Sen. Dan Cronin
Filed: 5/23/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1647
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1647, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
6 | 21-25 as follows:
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7 | (105 ILCS 5/21-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-25)
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8 | Sec. 21-25. School service personnel certificate.
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9 | (a) For purposes of this Section, "school service | ||||||
10 | personnel" means persons employed and performing appropriate | ||||||
11 | services in an Illinois public or State-operated elementary | ||||||
12 | school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement | ||||||
13 | with a governing body or board of control or a charter school | ||||||
14 | operating in compliance with the Charter Schools Law in a | ||||||
15 | position requiring a school service personnel certificate. | ||||||
16 | Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, a school |
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1 | service
personnel certificate shall be issued to those | ||||||
2 | applicants of good
character, good health, a citizen of the | ||||||
3 | United States and at least 19
years of age who have a | ||||||
4 | Bachelor's degree with not fewer than 120
semester hours from a | ||||||
5 | regionally accredited institution of higher learning and
who | ||||||
6 | meets the requirements established by the State Superintendent | ||||||
7 | of
Education in consultation with the State Teacher | ||||||
8 | Certification Board. A
school service personnel certificate | ||||||
9 | with a school nurse endorsement may be
issued to a person who | ||||||
10 | holds a bachelor of science degree from an institution
of | ||||||
11 | higher learning accredited by the North Central Association or | ||||||
12 | other
comparable regional accrediting association.
Persons | ||||||
13 | seeking any other endorsement on the school service personnel
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14 | certificate shall be recommended for the endorsement by a | ||||||
15 | recognized teacher
education institution as having completed a | ||||||
16 | program of preparation approved by
the State Superintendent of | ||||||
17 | Education in consultation with the State Teacher
Certification | ||||||
18 | Board.
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19 | (b) Until August 30, 2002, a school service personnel | ||||||
20 | certificate endorsed
for school social work may be issued to a | ||||||
21 | student who has completed a school
social work program that has | ||||||
22 | not been approved by the State Superintendent of
Education, | ||||||
23 | provided that each of the following conditions is met:
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24 | (1) The program was offered by a recognized, public | ||||||
25 | teacher education
institution that first enrolled students | ||||||
26 | in its master's degree program in
social work in 1998;
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1 | (2) The student applying for the school service | ||||||
2 | personnel certificate was
enrolled in the institution's | ||||||
3 | master's degree program in social work on or
after May 11, | ||||||
4 | 1998;
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5 | (3) The State Superintendent verifies that the student | ||||||
6 | has completed
coursework that is substantially similar to | ||||||
7 | that required in approved school
social work programs, | ||||||
8 | including (i) not fewer than 600 clock hours of a
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9 | supervised internship in a school setting or (ii) if the | ||||||
10 | student has completed
part of a supervised internship in a | ||||||
11 | school setting prior to the effective date
of this | ||||||
12 | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly and receives | ||||||
13 | the prior
approval of the State Superintendent, not fewer | ||||||
14 | than 300 additional clock hours
of supervised work in a | ||||||
15 | public school setting under the supervision of a
certified | ||||||
16 | school social worker who certifies that the supervised work | ||||||
17 | was
completed in a satisfactory manner; and
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18 | (4) The student has passed a test of basic skills and | ||||||
19 | the test of subject
matter knowledge required by Section | ||||||
20 | 21-1a.
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21 | This subsection (b) does not apply after August 29, 2002.
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22 | (c) A school service personnel certificate shall be | ||||||
23 | endorsed
with the area of Service as
determined by the State | ||||||
24 | Superintendent of Education in consultation with
the State | ||||||
25 | Teacher Certification Board.
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26 | The holder of such certificate shall be entitled to all of |
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1 | the rights
and privileges granted holders of a valid teaching | ||||||
2 | certificate, including
teacher benefits, compensation and | ||||||
3 | working conditions.
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4 | When the holder of such certificate has earned a master's | ||||||
5 | degree,
including 8 semester hours of graduate professional | ||||||
6 | education from a
recognized institution of higher learning, and | ||||||
7 | has at least 2 years of
successful school experience while | ||||||
8 | holding such certificate, the
certificate may be endorsed for | ||||||
9 | supervision.
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10 | (d) Persons who have successfully achieved National Board | ||||||
11 | certification through the National Board for Professional | ||||||
12 | Teaching Standards shall be issued a Master School Service | ||||||
13 | Personnel Certificate, valid for 10 years and renewable | ||||||
14 | thereafter every 10 years through compliance with requirements | ||||||
15 | set forth by the State Board of Education, in consultation with | ||||||
16 | the State Teacher Certification Board. However, each holder of | ||||||
17 | a Master School Service Personnel Certificate shall be eligible | ||||||
18 | for a corresponding position in this State in the areas for | ||||||
19 | which he or she holds a Master Certificate without satisfying | ||||||
20 | any other requirements of this Code, except for those | ||||||
21 | requirements pertaining to criminal background checks.
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22 | (e) School service personnel certificates are renewable | ||||||
23 | every 5 years and may be renewed as provided in this Section. | ||||||
24 | Requests for renewals must be submitted, in a format prescribed | ||||||
25 | by the State Board of Education, to the regional office of | ||||||
26 | education responsible for the school where the holder is |
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1 | employed. | ||||||
2 | Upon completion of at least 80 hours of continuing | ||||||
3 | professional development as provided in this subsection (e), a | ||||||
4 | person who holds a valid school service personnel certificate | ||||||
5 | shall have his or her certificate renewed for a period of 5 | ||||||
6 | years. A person who (i) holds an active license issued by the | ||||||
7 | State as a clinical professional counselor, a professional | ||||||
8 | counselor, a clinical social worker, a social worker, or a | ||||||
9 | speech-language pathologist; (ii) holds national certification | ||||||
10 | as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist from the National | ||||||
11 | School Psychology Certification Board; (iii) is nationally | ||||||
12 | certified as a National Certified School Nurse from the | ||||||
13 | National Board for Certification of School Nurses; (iv) is | ||||||
14 | nationally certified as a National Certified Counselor or | ||||||
15 | National Certified School Counselor from the National Board for | ||||||
16 | Certified Counselors; or (v) holds a Certificate of Clinical | ||||||
17 | Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing | ||||||
18 | Association
shall be deemed to have satisfied the continuing | ||||||
19 | professional development requirements established by the State | ||||||
20 | Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board to | ||||||
21 | renew a school service personnel certificate. | ||||||
22 | School service personnel certificates may be renewed by the | ||||||
23 | State Teacher Certification Board based upon proof of | ||||||
24 | continuing professional development. The State Board of | ||||||
25 | Education shall (i) establish a procedure for renewing school | ||||||
26 | service personnel certificates, which shall include without |
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1 | limitation annual timelines for the renewal process and the | ||||||
2 | components set forth in this Section; (ii) approve or | ||||||
3 | disapprove the providers of continuing professional | ||||||
4 | development activities; and (iii) provide, on a timely basis to | ||||||
5 | all school service personnel certificate holders, regional | ||||||
6 | superintendents of schools, school districts, and others with | ||||||
7 | an interest in continuing professional development, | ||||||
8 | information about the standards and requirements established | ||||||
9 | pursuant to this subsection (e). | ||||||
10 | Any school service personnel certificate held by an | ||||||
11 | individual employed and performing services in an Illinois | ||||||
12 | public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school, | ||||||
13 | or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or | ||||||
14 | board of control in a certificated school service personnel | ||||||
15 | position or in a charter school in compliance with the Charter | ||||||
16 | Schools Law must be maintained Valid and Active through | ||||||
17 | certificate renewal activities specified in the certificate | ||||||
18 | renewal procedure established pursuant to this Section, | ||||||
19 | provided that a holder of a Valid and Active certificate who is | ||||||
20 | only employed on either a part-time basis or day-to-day basis | ||||||
21 | as a substitute shall pay only the required registration fee to | ||||||
22 | renew his or her certificate and maintain it as Valid and | ||||||
23 | Active. All other school service personnel certificates held | ||||||
24 | may be maintained as Valid and Exempt through the registration | ||||||
25 | process provided for in the certificate renewal procedure | ||||||
26 | established pursuant to Section 21-14 of this Code. A Valid and |
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1 | Exempt certificate must be immediately activated, through | ||||||
2 | procedures developed by the State Board of Education upon the | ||||||
3 | certificate holder becoming employed and performing services | ||||||
4 | in an Illinois public or State-operated elementary school, | ||||||
5 | secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement with a | ||||||
6 | governing body or board of control in a certificated school | ||||||
7 | service personnel position or in a charter school operating in | ||||||
8 | compliance with the Charter Schools Law. A holder of a Valid | ||||||
9 | and Exempt certificate may activate his or her certificate | ||||||
10 | through procedures provided for in the certificate renewal | ||||||
11 | procedure established pursuant to this Section. | ||||||
12 | A school service personnel certificate that has been | ||||||
13 | maintained as Valid and Active for the 5 years of the | ||||||
14 | certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid and Active | ||||||
15 | upon the certificate holder (i) completing the National Board | ||||||
16 | for Professional Teaching Standards process in an area of | ||||||
17 | concentration comparable to the holder's school service | ||||||
18 | personnel certificate of endorsement or (ii) earning 80 | ||||||
19 | continuing professional development units as described in this | ||||||
20 | Section. If, however, the certificate holder has maintained the | ||||||
21 | certificate as Valid and Exempt for a portion of the 5-year | ||||||
22 | period of validity, the number of continuing professional | ||||||
23 | development units needed to renew the certificate as Valid and | ||||||
24 | Active must be proportionately reduced by the amount of time | ||||||
25 | the certificate was Valid and Exempt. If a certificate holder | ||||||
26 | is employed and performs services requiring the holder's school |
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1 | service personnel certificate on a part-time basis for all or a | ||||||
2 | portion of the certificate's 5-year period of validity, the | ||||||
3 | number of continuing professional development units needed to | ||||||
4 | renew the certificate as Valid and Active shall be reduced by | ||||||
5 | 50% for the amount of time the certificate holder has been | ||||||
6 | employed and performing such services on a part-time basis. | ||||||
7 | "Part-time" means less than 50% of the school day or school | ||||||
8 | term. | ||||||
9 | Beginning July 1, 2008, in order to satisfy the | ||||||
10 | requirements for continuing professional development provided | ||||||
11 | for in this Section, each Valid and Active school service | ||||||
12 | personnel certificate holder shall complete professional | ||||||
13 | development activities that address the certificate or those | ||||||
14 | certificates that are required of his or her certificated | ||||||
15 | position, if the certificate holder is employed and performing | ||||||
16 | services in an Illinois public or State operated elementary | ||||||
17 | school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement | ||||||
18 | with a governing body or board of control, or that certificate | ||||||
19 | or those certificates most closely related to his or her | ||||||
20 | teaching position, if the certificate holder is employed in a | ||||||
21 | charter school. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection | ||||||
22 | (e), the certificate holder's activities must address and must | ||||||
23 | reflect the following continuing professional development | ||||||
24 | purposes: | ||||||
25 | (1) Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge
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26 | and skills consistent with the Illinois Standards for the |
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1 | service area in which the certificate is endorsed in order | ||||||
2 | to keep the certificate holder current in that area. | ||||||
3 | (2) Develop the certificate holder's knowledge and | ||||||
4 | skills in areas determined by the State Board of Education | ||||||
5 | to be critical for all school service personnel. | ||||||
6 | (3) Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the | ||||||
7 | certificate holder's local school improvement plan, if the | ||||||
8 | certificate holder is employed in an Illinois public or | ||||||
9 | State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or | ||||||
10 | cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or | ||||||
11 | board of control. | ||||||
12 | (4) Address the needs of serving students with | ||||||
13 | disabilities, including adapting and modifying clinical or | ||||||
14 | professional practices to meet the needs of students with | ||||||
15 | disabilities and serving such students in the least | ||||||
16 | restrictive environment. | ||||||
17 | The coursework or continuing professional development | ||||||
18 | units ("CPDU") required under this subsection (e) must total 80 | ||||||
19 | CPDUs or the equivalent and must address 3 of the 4 purposes | ||||||
20 | described in items (1) through (4) of this subsection (e). | ||||||
21 | Holders of school service personnel certificates may fulfill | ||||||
22 | this obligation with any combination of semester hours or CPDUs | ||||||
23 | as follows: | ||||||
24 | (A) Collaboration and partnership activities related | ||||||
25 | to improving the school service personnel certificate | ||||||
26 | holder's knowledge and skills, including (i) participating |
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1 | on collaborative planning and professional improvement | ||||||
2 | teams and committees; (ii) peer review and coaching; (iii) | ||||||
3 | mentoring in a formal mentoring program, including service | ||||||
4 | as a consulting teacher participating in a remediation | ||||||
5 | process formulated under Section 24A-5 of this Code; (iv) | ||||||
6 | participating in site-based management or decision-making | ||||||
7 | teams, relevant committees, boards, or task forces | ||||||
8 | directly related to school improvement plans; (v) | ||||||
9 | coordinating community resources in schools, if the | ||||||
10 | project is a specific goal of the school improvement plan; | ||||||
11 | (vi) facilitating parent education programs for a school, | ||||||
12 | school district, or regional office of education directly | ||||||
13 | related to student achievement or school improvement | ||||||
14 | plans; (vii) participating in business, school, or | ||||||
15 | community partnerships directly related to student | ||||||
16 | achievement or school improvement plans; or (viii) | ||||||
17 | supervising a student teacher (student services personnel) | ||||||
18 | or teacher education candidate in clinical supervision, | ||||||
19 | provided that the supervision may be counted only once | ||||||
20 | during the course of 5 years. | ||||||
21 | (B) Coursework from a regionally accredited | ||||||
22 | institution of higher learning related to one of the | ||||||
23 | purposes listed in items (1) through (4) of this subsection | ||||||
24 | (e), which shall apply at the rate of 15 continuing | ||||||
25 | professional development units per semester hour of credit | ||||||
26 | earned during the previous 5-year period when the status of |
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1 | the holder's school service personnel certificate was | ||||||
2 | Valid and Active. Proportionate reductions shall apply | ||||||
3 | when the holder's status was Valid and Active for less than | ||||||
4 | the 5-year period preceding the renewal. | ||||||
5 | (C) Teaching college or university courses in areas | ||||||
6 | relevant to the certificate area being renewed, provided | ||||||
7 | that the teaching may be counted only once during the | ||||||
8 | course of 5 years. | ||||||
9 | (D) Conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, or | ||||||
10 | symposiums designed to improve the certificate holder's | ||||||
11 | knowledge and skills in the service area and applicable to | ||||||
12 | the purposes listed in items (1) through (4) of this | ||||||
13 | subsection (e). One CPDU shall be awarded for each hour of | ||||||
14 | attendance. No one shall receive credit for conferences, | ||||||
15 | workshops, institutes, seminars, or symposiums that are | ||||||
16 | designed for entertainment, promotional, or commercial | ||||||
17 | purposes or that are solely inspirational or motivational. | ||||||
18 | The State Superintendent of Education and regional | ||||||
19 | superintendents of schools are authorized to review the | ||||||
20 | activities and events provided or to be provided under this | ||||||
21 | subdivision (D) and to investigate complaints regarding | ||||||
22 | those activities and events. Either the State | ||||||
23 | Superintendent of Education or a regional superintendent | ||||||
24 | of schools may recommend that the State Board of Education | ||||||
25 | disapprove those activities and events considered to be | ||||||
26 | inconsistent with this subdivision (D). |
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1 | (E) Completing non-university credit directly related | ||||||
2 | to student achievement, school improvement plans, or State | ||||||
3 | priorities. | ||||||
4 | (F) Participating in or presenting at workshops, | ||||||
5 | seminars, conferences, institutes, or symposiums. | ||||||
6 | (G) Training as external reviewers for quality | ||||||
7 | assurance. | ||||||
8 | (H) Training as reviewers of university teacher | ||||||
9 | preparation programs. | ||||||
10 | (I) Other educational experiences related to improving | ||||||
11 | the school service personnel's knowledge and skills as a | ||||||
12 | teacher, including (i) participating in action research | ||||||
13 | and inquiry projects; (ii) traveling related to one's | ||||||
14 | assignment and directly related to school service | ||||||
15 | personnel achievement or school improvement plans and | ||||||
16 | approved by the regional superintendent of schools or his | ||||||
17 | or her designee at least 30 days prior to the travel | ||||||
18 | experience, provided that the traveling shall not include | ||||||
19 | time spent commuting to destinations where the learning | ||||||
20 | experience will occur; (iii) participating in study groups | ||||||
21 | related to student achievement or school improvement | ||||||
22 | plans; (iv) serving on a statewide education-related | ||||||
23 | committee, including without limitation the State Teacher | ||||||
24 | Certification Board, State Board of Education strategic | ||||||
25 | agenda teams, or the State Advisory Council on Education of | ||||||
26 | Children with Disabilities; (v) participating in |
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1 | work/learn programs or internships; or (vi) developing a | ||||||
2 | portfolio of student and teacher work. | ||||||
3 | (J) Professional leadership experiences related to | ||||||
4 | improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher, | ||||||
5 | including (i) participating in curriculum development or | ||||||
6 | assessment activities at the school, school district, | ||||||
7 | regional office of education, State, or national level; | ||||||
8 | (ii) participating in team or department leadership in a | ||||||
9 | school or school district; (iii) participating on external | ||||||
10 | or internal school or school district review teams; (iv) | ||||||
11 | publishing educational articles, columns, or books | ||||||
12 | relevant to the certificate area being renewed; or (v) | ||||||
13 | participating in non-strike-related professional | ||||||
14 | association or labor organization service or activities | ||||||
15 | related to professional development.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 94-105, eff. 7-1-05.)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
18 | 2008.".
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