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Public Act 094-0901
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| HB4308 Enrolled |
LRB094 15677 NHT 50886 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
21-27 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/21-27)
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Sec. 21-27. The Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. The |
Illinois
Teaching
Excellence Program is hereby established to |
provide categorical funding for
monetary
incentives and |
bonuses for teachers and school counselors who are employed by |
school districts and
who hold a
Master Certificate. The State |
Board of Education shall allocate and distribute
to each
school |
district an amount as annually appropriated by the General |
Assembly
from federal funds for the
Illinois Teaching |
Excellence Program. The State Board of Education's annual |
budget must set out by separate line item the appropriation for |
the program. Unless otherwise provided by
appropriation, each
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school district's annual allocation shall be the sum of the |
amounts earned for
the
following incentives and bonuses:
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(1) An annual payment of $3,000 to be paid to (A) each
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teacher
who
successfully completes the program leading to |
and who receives a Master
Certificate and is employed as a |
teacher by a school district and (B) each school counselor |
who successfully completes the program leading to and who |
receives a Master Certificate and is employed as a school |
counselor by a school district. The school
district shall
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distribute this payment to each eligible teacher or school |
counselor
as a single payment or in not more than 3 |
payments.
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(2) An annual incentive equal to $1,000 shall be paid |
to
each teacher
who
holds a Master Certificate, who is |
employed as a teacher by a school
district, and who
agrees,
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in writing, to provide 60 hours of mentoring during that |
year to classroom
teachers. This mentoring may include, |
either singly or in combination, (i)
providing high quality |
professional development for new and experienced
teachers,
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and (ii) assisting National Board for Professional |
Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
candidates through the NBPTS |
certification process. The school district shall
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distribute 50% of each annual incentive payment upon |
completion of 30 hours of
the required mentoring and the |
remaining 50% of the incentive upon completion
of the |
required 60 hours of mentoring. Credit may not be granted |
by a school
district for mentoring or related services |
provided during a regular school day
or
during the total |
number of days of required service for the school year.
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(3) An annual incentive equal to $3,000 shall be paid |
to
each teacher who
holds a Master Certificate, who is |
employed as a teacher by a school
district, and who
agrees,
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in writing, to provide 60 hours of mentoring during that |
year to classroom
teachers in schools on academic early |
warning status or in
schools
in which 50% or more of the |
students receive free or reduced price lunches, or
both.
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The school district shall distribute 50% of each annual |
incentive
payment upon completion of 30 hours of the |
required mentoring and the
remaining 50% of the incentive |
upon completion of the required 60 hours of
mentoring. |
Credit may not be granted by a school district for |
mentoring or
related services provided during a regular |
school day or during the total
number of
days of required |
service for the school year.
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Each regional superintendent of schools shall provide |
information
about the Master Certificate Program of the |
National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and |
this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly
to each |
individual
seeking
to register or renew a certificate under |
Section 21-14 of this Code.
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(Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03; 94-105, eff. 7-1-05.)
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