93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2862


 
Introduced 2/6/2004, by J. Bradley Burzynski
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














105 ILCS 5/21-0.01









    Amends the School Code.  Gives the State Teacher Certification Board the power to simplify or streamline the teacher certification process in order to make the process more efficient for both the State Teacher Certification Board and certificate applicants. Effective July 1, 2004.
















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SB2862

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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 
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21-0.01 as follows:
 



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    (105 ILCS 5/21-0.01)



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    Sec. 21-0.01. Powers after January 1, 1998. Beginning on 
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January 1, 1998
and thereafter, the State Board of Education, 
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in consultation with the State
Teacher Certification Board, 
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shall have the
power and authority to do all of the following:


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        (1) set standards for teaching, supervising, or 
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    holding other certificated
employment in the public 
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    schools, and administer the certification process as

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    provided in this Article; provided, however, that the State 
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    Teacher
Certification Board shall be solely responsible 
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    for the renewal of Standard
Teaching Certificates as 
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    provided in Sections 21-2 and 21-14
of this Code and the 
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    State Teacher Certification Board shall have the power to 
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    simplify or streamline the teacher certification process 
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    outlined in this Article in order to make the process more 
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    efficient for both the State Teacher Certification Board 
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    and certificate applicants;


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        (2) approve and evaluate teacher and administrator 
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    preparation programs;


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        (3) enter into agreements with other states relative to 
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    reciprocal
approval of teacher and administrator 
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    preparation programs;


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        (4) establish standards for the issuance of new types 
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    of certificates; and


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        (5) take such other action relating to the improvement 
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    of instruction in
the public schools through teacher 
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    education and professional development and
that attracts 
 


 






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    qualified candidates into teacher training programs as is

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    appropriate and consistent with applicable laws.

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(Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2004.