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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 21-1b as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/21-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b)
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| 7 | Sec. 21-1b. Subject endorsement on certificates. All | ||||||
| 8 | certificates
initially issued under this Article after June 30, | ||||||
| 9 | 1986, shall be
specifically endorsed by the State Board of | ||||||
| 10 | Education for each subject the
holder of the certificate is | ||||||
| 11 | legally qualified to teach, such endorsements
to be made in | ||||||
| 12 | accordance with standards promulgated by the State Board of
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| 13 | Education in consultation with the State Teacher Certification | ||||||
| 14 | Board. The regional superintendent of schools, however, has the | ||||||
| 15 | duty, after appropriate training, to accept and review all | ||||||
| 16 | transcripts for new initial certificate applications and | ||||||
| 17 | ensure that each applicant has met all of the criteria | ||||||
| 18 | established by the State Board of Education in consultation | ||||||
| 19 | with with the State Teacher Certification Board. All
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| 20 | certificates which are issued under this Article prior to July | ||||||
| 21 | 1, 1986 may,
by application to the State Board of Education, be | ||||||
| 22 | specifically endorsed
for each subject the holder is legally | ||||||
| 23 | qualified to teach. Endorsements
issued under this Section | ||||||
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| 1 | shall not apply to substitute teacher's
certificates issued | ||||||
| 2 | under Section 21-9 of this Code.
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| 3 | Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for endorsement | ||||||
| 4 | of an existing
teaching certificate shall be accompanied by a | ||||||
| 5 | $30 nonrefundable fee. There is hereby created a Teacher | ||||||
| 6 | Certificate
Fee
Revolving Fund as a special fund within the | ||||||
| 7 | State Treasury. The proceeds of
each $30 fee shall be paid into | ||||||
| 8 | the Teacher
Certificate Fee Revolving
Fund; and the moneys in | ||||||
| 9 | that Fund shall be appropriated and used to provide the
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| 10 | technology and other resources necessary for the timely and | ||||||
| 11 | efficient
processing of certification requests. The Teacher | ||||||
| 12 | Certificate Fee Revolving Fund is not subject to administrative | ||||||
| 13 | charge transfers authorized under Section 8h of the State | ||||||
| 14 | Finance Act from the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund | ||||||
| 15 | into any other fund of this State.
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| 16 | The State Board of Education and each regional office of | ||||||
| 17 | education are authorized to charge a service or convenience fee | ||||||
| 18 | for the use of credit cards for the payment of certification | ||||||
| 19 | fees. This service or convenience fee may not exceed the amount | ||||||
| 20 | required by the credit card processing company or vendor that | ||||||
| 21 | has entered into a contract with the State Board or regional | ||||||
| 22 | office of education for this purpose, and the fee must be paid | ||||||
| 23 | to that company or vendor.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 26 | becoming law.
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