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Public Act 098-0603
Public Act 0603 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 098-0603
| | SB1845 Enrolled | LRB098 09595 NHT 39741 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 21-5b and 21-5c as follows:
| (105 ILCS 5/21-5b) | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016) | Sec. 21-5b. Alternative certification. The State Board of | Education, in
consultation with the State Teacher | Certification Board, shall
establish and implement an | alternative certification program under which
persons who meet | the requirements of and successfully complete the program
| established by this Section shall be issued an alternative | teaching certificate
for teaching in the schools. The program | shall be
limited to not more than 260 new participants during | each year that the program
is in effect. The State Board of | Education, in cooperation with one or more not-for-profit | organizations in the State that support excellence in teaching, | which may be in partnership
with a university that offers | 4-year baccalaureate and masters degree
programs and that is a | recognized institution as defined in Section 21B-105 of this | Code, may within
30 days after submission by the program | sponsor approve
a course of study developed by the program |
| sponsor that persons
in the program must successfully complete | in order to satisfy one
criterion for issuance of an | alternative certificate under this Section.
The Alternative | Teacher Certification program course of study must include | content and skills which have been approved by the State Board | of Education,
in consultation with the State Teacher | Certification Board, as meeting the requirement
for State | teacher certification. | The alternative certification program established under | this Section shall be
known as the Alternative Teacher | Certification program. The Alternative
Teacher Certification | Program shall be offered by the submitting partnership,
and | such partnership may be offered by one or more not-for-profit
| organizations in the State which support excellence in | teaching. The program
shall be
comprised of the following 3 | phases: (a) the first phase is the
course of study offered on | an intensive basis in education theory,
instructional methods, | and
practice
teaching; (b) the second phase is the person's | assignment to a full-time
teaching position for one school | year; and (c) the third phase is a
comprehensive assessment of | the person's teaching performance by school
officials and the | partnership participants
and a recommendation by the program | sponsor to the
State Board of Education that the person be | issued a standard alternative
teaching certificate. Successful | completion of the Alternative Teacher
Certification program | shall be deemed to satisfy any other
practice or student |
| teaching and subject matter requirements established by
law. | A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for | one year of
teaching
in the common schools and not renewable, | shall be issued under this Section
21-5b to persons who at the | time of applying for the provisional alternative
teaching | certificate under this Section: | (1) have graduated from an accredited college or | university with a
bachelor's degree; | (2) have successfully completed the first phase of the | Alternative Teacher
Certification program as provided in | this Section; | (3) have passed the tests of basic skills and subject | matter knowledge
required by Section
21-1a; and | (4) (i) have been employed for a period of at least 5 | years in an area
requiring application of the individual's | education or (ii) have attained at least a cumulative grade | average of a "B" if the individual is assigned either to a | school district that has not met the annual measurable | objective for highly qualified teachers required by the | Illinois Revised Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT) Plan or to | a school district whose data filed with the State Board of | Education indicates that the district's poor and minority | students are taught by teachers who are not highly | qualified at a higher rate than other students; however, | this item (4)
does not apply with respect to a provisional | alternative teaching certificate
for
teaching in schools |
| situated in a school district that is located in a city
| having a
population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants. | Assignment may be made under clause (ii) of this item (4) | only if the district superintendent and the exclusive | bargaining representative of the district's teachers, if | any, jointly agree to permit the assignment.
| A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate | under this Section
shall be treated as a regularly certified | teacher for purposes of compensation,
benefits, and other terms | and conditions of employment afforded teachers in the
school | who are members of a bargaining unit represented by an | exclusive
bargaining representative, if any. | Until February 15, 2000, a standard alternative teaching | certificate,
valid for 4 years for teaching
in the schools and | renewable as provided in
Section 21-14, shall be
issued under | this Section 21-5b to persons who first complete the | requirements
for the provisional alternative teaching | certificate
and who at the time of applying for a standard | alternative teaching certificate
under this Section have | successfully completed the second and third phases of
the | Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided in this | Section.
Alternatively, beginning February 15, 2000, at the end | of the 4-year
validity
period,
persons who were issued a | standard alternative teaching certificate shall be
eligible, | on
the same basis as holders of an Initial Teaching Certificate | issued under
subsection (b) of
Section 21-2 of this Code, to |
| apply for a Standard Teaching Certificate,
provided they
meet | the requirements of
subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code | and further provided that a
person who
does not
apply for and | receive a Standard Teaching Certificate shall be able to teach
| only in
schools situated in a school district that is located | in a city having a
population in excess
of 500,000 inhabitants. | Beginning February 15, 2000, persons who have completed the | requirements for
a
standard alternative teaching certificate | under this Section shall be issued an
Initial
Alternative | Teaching Certificate valid for 4 years of teaching and not
| renewable. At the end of the 4-year validity period, these | persons shall be
eligible, on the same
basis as
holders of an | Initial Teaching Certificate issued under subsection (b) of
| Section 21-2 of
this Code, to apply for a Standard Teaching | Certificate, provided they meet the
requirements of subsection | (c) of Section 21-2. | Such alternative certification program shall be | implemented so that the first
provisional alternative teaching | certificates issued under this Section are
effective upon the | commencement of the 1997-1998 academic year and the first
| standard alternative teaching certificates issued under this | Section are
effective upon the commencement of the 1998-1999 | academic year. | The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the | partnership or partnerships
establishing such Alternative | Teacher Certification programs, shall adopt rules
and |
| regulations that are consistent with this Section and that the | State Board
of Education deems necessary to establish and | implement the program. | No one may be admitted to an alternative certification | program under this Section after September 1, 2014 2013, and | those alternative certification candidates who are admitted on | or before September 1, 2014 2013 must complete their coursework | the program before January 1, 2016 2015, except that candidates | admitted to an alternative certification program at Governors | State University and participants in the Teacher Quality | Partnership Grant program must be admitted on or before March | 31, 2014, complete their coursework on or before August 31, | 2015, and be entitled to certification on or before September | 30, 2016 September 31, 2015. An The alternative certification | program at Governors State University shall provide the State | Board of Education with the names of the candidates who will be | eligible for certification under this exception. | This Section is repealed on January 1, 2017 2016. | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; 97-702, eff. 6-25-12; | 98-38, eff. 6-28-13.)
| (105 ILCS 5/21-5c) | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016) | Sec. 21-5c. Alternative route to teacher certification. | The State Board
of Education, in consultation with the State | Teacher Certification Board, shall
establish and implement one |
| or more alternative route to teacher certification programs
| under which persons who meet the requirements of and | successfully complete the programs
established by this Section | shall be issued an initial teaching
certificate for teaching in | schools in this State.
The State Board of Education may
approve | a course of study
that persons in such programs must | successfully complete in order to
satisfy one criterion for | issuance of a certificate under this Section. The
Alternative | Route to Teacher Certification programs course of study must | include
content and skills which have been approved by the | State Board of
Education, in consultation with the State | Teacher Certification Board, as meeting the
requirement for | State teacher certification. | Programs established under this Section shall be
known as | Alternative Route to Teacher Certification programs. The | programs
may be offered by a university that offers 4-year | baccalaureate and masters degree programs and that is a | recognized institution as defined in Section 21B-105 of this | Code, by one or more not-for-profit
organizations in the State, | or a combination thereof. The programs shall be comprised of | the following 3
phases: (a) a
course of study offered on an | intensive basis in education theory,
instructional methods, | and
practice teaching; (b) the person's assignment to a | full-time
teaching position for one school year, including the | designation of a
mentor teacher to advise and assist the person | with that
teaching assignment; and (c) a comprehensive |
| assessment of the person's
teaching performance by school | officials and program participants
and a recommendation by the | program sponsor to the
State Board of Education that the person | be issued an initial
teaching certificate. Successful | completion of Alternative Route to
Teacher
Certification | programs shall be deemed to satisfy any other
practice or | student teaching and subject matter requirements established | by
law. | A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for | one year of
teaching
in the common schools and not renewable, | shall be issued under this Section
21-5c to persons who at the | time of applying for the provisional alternative
teaching | certificate under this Section: | (1) have graduated from an accredited college or | university with a
bachelor's degree; | (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5 years | in an area
requiring application of the individual's | education; | (3) have successfully completed the first phase of the | Alternative Teacher
Certification program as provided in | this Section; and | (4) have passed the tests of basic skills and subject | matter knowledge
required by Section 21-1a. | An initial teaching certificate, valid for teaching
in the | common schools,
shall be
issued under Section 21-3 or 21-5 to | persons who first complete the
requirements
for the provisional |
| alternative teaching certificate
and who at the time of | applying for an initial teaching certificate
have successfully | completed the second and third phases of
the Alternative Route | to Teacher Certification program as provided in this
Section. | A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate | or an initial
teaching certificate earned under this Section
| shall be treated as a regularly certified teacher for purposes | of compensation,
benefits, and other terms and conditions of | employment afforded teachers in the
school who are members of a | bargaining unit represented by an exclusive
bargaining | representative, if any. | The State Board of Education may adopt rules
and | regulations that are consistent with this Section and that the | State Board
deems necessary to establish and implement the | program. | No one may be admitted to an alternative certification | program under this Section after September 1, 2014 2013, and | those alternative certification candidates who are admitted on | or before June 30, 2014 September 1, 2013 must complete their | coursework the program before January 1, 2016 2015, except that | candidates admitted to an alternative certification program at | Governors State University and participants in the Teacher | Quality Partnership Grant program must be admitted on or before | March 31, 2014, complete their coursework on or before August | 31, 2015, and be entitled to certification on or before | September 30, 2016 September 31, 2015. An The alternative |
| certification program at Governors State University shall | provide the State Board of Education with the names of the | candidates who will be eligible for certification under this | exception. | This Section is repealed on January 1, 2017 2016. | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; 97-702, eff. 6-25-12; | 98-38, eff. 6-28-13.)
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Effective Date: 6/1/2014
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