Rep. John E. Bradley

Filed: 3/11/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6390

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6390 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
5 21-23a as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/21-23a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23a)
7     Sec. 21-23a. Conviction of certain offenses as grounds for
8 revocation of certificate.
9     (a) Whenever the holder of any certificate issued pursuant
10 to this Article has been convicted of (i) any sex offense or
11 narcotics offense as defined in this Section or (ii) the
12 offense of endangering the life or health of a child, as
13 defined in Section 12-21.6 of the Criminal Code of 1961, if
14 baby shaking was the proximate cause of death or any offense
15 committed in any other state that, if committed in this State,
16 would have been punishable as the offense of endangering the

 

 

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1 life or health of a child, as defined in Section 12-21.6 of the
2 Criminal Code of 1961, if baby shaking was the proximate cause
3 of death, the State Superintendent of Education shall forthwith
4 suspend the certificate. If the conviction is reversed and the
5 holder is acquitted of the offense in a new trial or the
6 charges against him are dismissed, the suspending authority
7 shall forthwith terminate the suspension of the certificate.
8 When the conviction becomes final, the State Superintendent of
9 Education shall forthwith revoke the certificate. "Sex
10 offense" as used in this Section means any one or more of the
11 following offenses: (1) any offense defined in Sections 11-6
12 and 11-9 through 11-9.5, inclusive, Sections 11-14 through
13 11-21, inclusive, Sections 11-23 (if punished as a Class 3
14 felony), 11-24, 11-25, and 11-26, and Sections 12-4.9, 12-13,
15 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-32, and 12-33 of the Criminal
16 Code of 1961; (2) any attempt to commit any of the foregoing
17 offenses, and (3) any offense committed or attempted in any
18 other state which, if committed or attempted in this State,
19 would have been punishable as one or more of the foregoing
20 offenses. "Narcotics offense" as used in this Section means any
21 one or more of the following offenses: (1) any offense defined
22 in the Cannabis Control Act, except those defined in Sections
23 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act and any offense for which the
24 holder of any certificate is placed on probation under the
25 provisions of Section 10 of that Act, provided that if the
26 terms and conditions of probation required by the court are not

 

 

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1 fulfilled, the offense is not eligible for this exception; (2)
2 any offense defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act,
3 except any offense for which the holder of any certificate is
4 placed on probation under the provisions of Section 410 of that
5 Act, provided that if the terms and conditions of probation
6 required by the court are not fulfilled, the offense is not
7 eligible for this exception; (3) any offense defined in the
8 Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, except
9 any offense for which the holder of any certificate is placed
10 on probation under the provision of Section 70 of that Act,
11 provided that if the terms and conditions of probation required
12 by the court are not fulfilled, the offense is not eligible for
13 this exception; (4) any attempt to commit any of the foregoing
14 offenses; and (5) any offense committed or attempted in any
15 other state or against the laws of the United States which, if
16 committed or attempted in this State, would have been
17 punishable as one or more of the foregoing offenses. The
18 changes made by this amendatory Act of the 96th General
19 Assembly to the definition of "narcotics offense" in this
20 subsection (a) are declaratory of existing law.
21     (b) Whenever the holder of a certificate issued pursuant to
22 this Article has been convicted of first degree murder,
23 attempted first degree murder, conspiracy to commit first
24 degree murder, attempted conspiracy to commit first degree
25 murder, involuntary manslaughter in which the death of the
26 victim was proximately caused by baby shaking, or a Class X

 

 

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1 felony or any offense committed or attempted in any other state
2 or against the laws of the United States that, if committed or
3 attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
4 more of the foregoing offenses, the State Superintendent of
5 Education shall forthwith suspend the certificate. If the
6 conviction is reversed and the holder is acquitted of that
7 offense in a new trial or the charges that he or she committed
8 that offense are dismissed, the State Superintendent of
9 Education shall forthwith terminate the suspension of the
10 certificate. When the conviction becomes final, the State
11 Superintendent of Education shall forthwith revoke the
12 certificate.
13 (Source: P.A. 96-431, eff. 8-13-09.)
 
14     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.".