HB3483 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3483

Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Roger L. Eddy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/21-12

from Ch. 122, par. 21-12

Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. Provides that an application for a certificate or evaluation of credentials must be accompanied by an evaluation fee of $30 payable to the regional superintendent of schools (instead of the State Superintendent of Education). Provides that the proceeds of the fee must be paid into the institute fund (instead of the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund). Effective July 1, 2011.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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 Section 21-12 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/21-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-12)

Sec. 21-12. Printing; Seal; Signature; Credentials. All certificates shall be printed by and bear the signatures of the chairman and of the secretary of the State Teacher Certification Board. Each certificate shall show the integrally printed seal of the State Teacher Certification Board. All college credentials offered as the basis of a certificate shall be presented to the secretary of the State Teacher Certification Board for inspection and approval. The regional superintendent of schools, however, has the duty, after appropriate training, to accept and review all transcripts for new initial certificate applications and ensure that each applicant has met all of the criteria established by the State Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.

Each Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for a certificate or evaluation of credentials shall be accompanied by an evaluation fee of $30 payable to the regional superintendent of schools State Superintendent of Education, which is not refundable, except that no application or evaluation fee shall be required for a Master Certificate issued pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this Code. The proceeds of each $30 fee shall be paid into the institute fund Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund, created under Section 21-1b of this Code; and the moneys in that Fund shall be appropriated and used to provide the technology and other resources necessary for the timely and efficient processing of certification requests.

The State Board of Education and each regional office of education are authorized to charge a service or convenience fee for the use of credit cards for the payment of certification fees. This service or convenience fee may not exceed the amount required by the credit card processing company or vendor that has entered into a contract with the State Board or regional office of education for this purpose, and the fee must be paid to that company or vendor.

When evaluation verifies the requirements for a valid certificate, the applicant shall be issued an entitlement card that may be presented to a regional superintendent of schools for issuance of a certificate.

The applicant shall be notified of any deficiencies.

(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2011.