Full Text of SB3663 102nd General Assembly
SB3663 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB3663 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.192 new | | 105 ILCS 5/10-17 | from Ch. 122, par. 10-17 | 105 ILCS 5/10-20.26 | from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.26 | 105 ILCS 5/21B-45 | | 105 ILCS 5/27-23.7 | |
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Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to (i) combine the Grant Periodic Reporting and Electronic Expenditure Reporting into one report, (ii) require only school districts that have multiple facilities or schools to comply with the Site-Based Expenditure Reporting requirements of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, and (iii) combine the financial reporting required for all school districts into 2 reports. Sets forth related provisions. Provides that for 2 years beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act (i) requirements related to the submission and publication of the annual statement of the affairs of a school district, (ii) requirements related to the submission of an annual report of teacher dismissals, and (iii) requirements related to completing professional development activities for the renewal of a Professional Educator License do not apply. Requires only the Chicago school district (rather than each school district, charter school, and nonpublic, non-sectarian elementary or secondary school) to file its policy on bullying with the State Board of Education. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 10-17, 10-20.26, 21B-45, and 27-23.7 and by adding Section | 6 | | 2-3.192 as follows: | 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.192 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2-3.192. Reduction in reporting. | 9 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall combine Grant | 10 | | Periodic Reporting and Electronic Expenditure Reporting into | 11 | | one report that shall be due at the close of the second quarter | 12 | | and fourth quarter, unless a school district requires | 13 | | reimbursement for expenses before the close of the second | 14 | | quarter or the fourth quarter. If a school district requires | 15 | | reimbursement for expenses before the close of the second | 16 | | quarter or fourth quarter, the State Board of Education may | 17 | | elect to submit the report more frequently. | 18 | | (b) The State Board shall require only school districts | 19 | | that have multiple facilities or schools to comply with the | 20 | | Site-Based Expenditure Reporting requirements of Title I of | 21 | | the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. School districts with | 22 | | a single facility or school need not comply with the | 23 | | Site-Based Expenditure Reporting requirements. |
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| 1 | | (c) The State Board shall combine the financial reporting | 2 | | required for all school districts into the following 2 | 3 | | reports: | 4 | | (1) one report, to be titled "Budget Report", that | 5 | | reflects the planned spending of school districts; and | 6 | | (2) one report, to be titled "Audit/Annual Financial | 7 | | Report", that contains the actual expenses of school | 8 | | districts at the close of a fiscal year. | 9 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17)
| 10 | | Sec. 10-17. Statement of affairs.
| 11 | | (a) In Class I or Class II county
school units the school | 12 | | board may use either a cash basis or accrual
system of | 13 | | accounting; however, any board so electing to use the accrual
| 14 | | system may not change to a cash basis without the permission of | 15 | | the
State Board of Education.
| 16 | | School Boards using either a cash basis or accrual system | 17 | | of
accounting shall maintain records showing the assets, | 18 | | liabilities and
fund balances in such minimum forms as may be | 19 | | prescribed by the
State Board of Education. Prior to the | 20 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 21 | | Assembly and beginning again 2 years after the effective date | 22 | | of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, such | 23 | | Such boards shall make available to the public a
statement of | 24 | | the affairs of the district prior to December 1 annually by | 25 | | submitting the statement of affairs in
such form as may be |
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| 1 | | prescribed by the State Board of Education for
posting on the | 2 | | State Board of Education's Internet website, by having
copies | 3 | | of the statement of affairs available in the main | 4 | | administrative office of the district, and by publishing in a | 5 | | newspaper of general circulation published in the school | 6 | | district an annual statement of affairs summary containing at | 7 | | a minimum all of the following information: | 8 | | (1) A summary statement of operations for all funds of | 9 | | the district, as excerpted from the statement of affairs | 10 | | filed with the State Board of Education. The summary | 11 | | statement must include a listing of all moneys received by | 12 | | the district, indicating the total amounts, in the | 13 | | aggregate, each fund of the district received, with a | 14 | | general statement concerning the source of receipts. | 15 | | (2) Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this | 16 | | subsection (a), a listing of all moneys paid out by the | 17 | | district where the total amount paid during the fiscal | 18 | | year exceeds $2,500 in the aggregate per person, giving | 19 | | the name of each person to whom moneys were paid and the | 20 | | total paid to each person. | 21 | | (3) A listing of all personnel, by name, with an | 22 | | annual fiscal year gross payment in the categories set | 23 | | forth in subdivisions 1 and 2 of subsection (c) of this | 24 | | Section. | 25 | | In this Section, "newspaper of general circulation" means a | 26 | | newspaper of general circulation published in the school |
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| 1 | | district, or, if no newspaper is published in the school | 2 | | district, a newspaper published in the county where the school | 3 | | district is located or, if no newspaper is published in the | 4 | | county, a newspaper published in the educational service | 5 | | region where the regional superintendent of schools has | 6 | | supervision and control of the school district. The submission | 7 | | to the State Board of Education shall include an assurance | 8 | | that the statement of affairs has been made available in the | 9 | | main administrative office of the school district and that the | 10 | | required notice has been published in accordance with this | 11 | | Section.
| 12 | | After December 15 annually, upon 10 days prior written | 13 | | notice to the school district, the State Board of Education | 14 | | may discontinue the processing of payments to the State | 15 | | Comptroller's office on behalf of any school district that is | 16 | | not in compliance with the requirements imposed by this | 17 | | Section. The State Board of Education shall resume the | 18 | | processing of payments to the State Comptroller's Office on | 19 | | behalf of the school district once the district is in | 20 | | compliance with the requirements imposed by this Section.
| 21 | | The State Board of Education must post, on or before | 22 | | January 15, all statements of affairs timely received from | 23 | | school districts.
| 24 | | (b) When any school district is the administrative | 25 | | district for several
school districts operating under a joint | 26 | | agreement as authorized by this
Code, no receipts or |
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| 1 | | disbursements accruing, received or paid out
by that
school | 2 | | district as such an administrative district shall be included | 3 | | in
the statement of affairs of the district required by this | 4 | | Section.
However, that district shall have prepared and made | 5 | | available to the public, in accordance with subsection (a) of | 6 | | this Section, in the same
manner and subject to the same | 7 | | requirements as are provided in this
Section for the statement | 8 | | of affairs of that district, a statement
showing the cash | 9 | | receipts and disbursements by funds (or the revenue,
expenses | 10 | | and financial position, if the accrual system of accounting is
| 11 | | used) of the district as such administrative district, in the | 12 | | form
prescribed by the State Board of Education. The costs of
| 13 | | publishing the notice and summary of this separate statement
| 14 | | prepared by such an administrative
district shall be | 15 | | apportioned among and paid by the participating
districts in | 16 | | the same manner as other costs and expenses accruing to
those | 17 | | districts jointly.
| 18 | | School districts on a cash basis shall have prepared and | 19 | | made available to
the public, in accordance with subsection | 20 | | (a) of this Section, a
statement showing the cash receipts and | 21 | | disbursements by funds in the
form prescribed by the State | 22 | | Board of Education.
| 23 | | School districts using the accrual system of accounting | 24 | | shall have
prepared and made available to the public, in | 25 | | accordance with subsection (a) of this Section, a statement of
| 26 | | revenue
and expenses and a statement
of financial position in |
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| 1 | | the form prescribed by the State Board of Education.
| 2 | | In Class II county school units such statement shall be | 3 | | prepared and
made available to the public, in accordance with | 4 | | subsection (a) of this Section, by the township treasurer of | 5 | | the
unit within which such
districts are located, except with | 6 | | respect to the school board of any
school district that no | 7 | | longer is subject to the jurisdiction and authority
of a | 8 | | township treasurer or trustees of schools of a township
| 9 | | because the district has withdrawn from the jurisdiction and | 10 | | authority of the
township treasurer and trustees of schools of | 11 | | the township or because
those offices have been abolished as | 12 | | provided in subsection (b) or
(c) of Section 5-1, and as to | 13 | | each such school district the statement
required by this | 14 | | Section shall be prepared and made available to the public, in | 15 | | accordance with subsection (a) of this Section, by the school
| 16 | | board of such district in the same manner as required for | 17 | | school boards of
school districts situated in Class I county | 18 | | school units.
| 19 | | (c) The statement of affairs required pursuant to this | 20 | | Section shall contain such information as may
be required by | 21 | | the State Board of Education, including:
| 22 | | 1. Annual fiscal year gross payment for certificated | 23 | | personnel to be
shown by name, listing each employee in | 24 | | one of the following categories:
| 25 | | (a) Under $25,000
| 26 | | (b) $25,000 to $39,999
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| 1 | | (c) $40,000 to $59,999
| 2 | | (d) $60,000 to $89,999
| 3 | | (e) $90,000 and over
| 4 | | 2. Annual fiscal year payment for non-certificated | 5 | | personnel to be
shown by name, listing each employee in | 6 | | one of the following categories:
| 7 | | (a) Under $25,000
| 8 | | (b) $25,000 to $39,999
| 9 | | (c) $40,000 to $59,999
| 10 | | (d) $60,000 and over
| 11 | | 3. In addition to wages and salaries all other moneys | 12 | | in the
aggregate paid to recipients of $1,000 or more, | 13 | | giving the name of the
person, firm or corporation and the | 14 | | total amount received by each.
| 15 | | 4. Approximate size of school district in square | 16 | | miles.
| 17 | | 5. Number of school attendance centers.
| 18 | | 6. Numbers of employees as follows:
| 19 | | (a) Full-time certificated employees;
| 20 | | (b) Part-time certificated employees;
| 21 | | (c) Full-time non-certificated employees;
| 22 | | (d) Part-time non-certificated employees.
| 23 | | 7. Numbers of pupils as follows:
| 24 | | (a) Enrolled by grades;
| 25 | | (b) Total enrolled;
| 26 | | (c) Average daily attendance.
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| 1 | | 8. Assessed valuation as follows:
| 2 | | (a) Total of the district;
| 3 | | (b) Per pupil in average daily attendance.
| 4 | | 9. Tax rate for each district fund.
| 5 | | 10. District financial obligation at the close of the | 6 | | fiscal year as
follows:
| 7 | | (a) Teachers' orders outstanding;
| 8 | | (b) Anticipation warrants outstanding for each | 9 | | fund.
| 10 | | 11. Total bonded debt at the close of the fiscal year.
| 11 | | 12. Percent of bonding power obligated currently.
| 12 | | 13. Value of capital assets of the district including:
| 13 | | (a) Land;
| 14 | | (b) Buildings;
| 15 | | (c) Equipment.
| 16 | | 14. Total amount of investments each fund.
| 17 | | 15. Change in net cash position from the previous | 18 | | report period for
each district fund.
| 19 | | In addition to the above report, a report
of expenditures | 20 | | in the aggregate paid on behalf of recipients of $500 or
more, | 21 | | giving the name of the person, firm or corporation and the | 22 | | total
amount received by each shall be available in the school | 23 | | district office
for public inspection. This listing shall | 24 | | include all wages, salaries
and expenditures over $500 | 25 | | expended from any revolving fund maintained
by the district. | 26 | | Any resident of the school district may receive a copy
of this |
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| 1 | | report, upon request, by paying a reasonable charge to defray
| 2 | | the costs of preparing such copy.
| 3 | | (d) This Section does not apply to cities having a | 4 | | population exceeding
500,000.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.26) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.26)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-20.26. Report of teacher dismissals. To send an | 8 | | annual report,
on or before October 15, to the State Board of | 9 | | Education which discloses
the number of probationary teachers | 10 | | and the number of teachers in contractual
continued service | 11 | | who have been dismissed or removed as a result of the
board's | 12 | | decision to decrease the number of teachers employed or to | 13 | | discontinue
any type of teaching service. The report will also | 14 | | list the number in each
teacher category which were | 15 | | subsequently reemployed by the board. This Section does not | 16 | | apply for 2 years beginning on the effective date of this | 17 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
| 19 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-45) | 20 | | Sec. 21B-45. Professional Educator License renewal. | 21 | | (a) Individuals holding a Professional Educator License | 22 | | are required to complete the licensure renewal requirements as | 23 | | specified in this Section, unless otherwise provided in this | 24 | | Code. |
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| 1 | | Individuals holding a Professional Educator License shall | 2 | | meet the renewal requirements set forth in this Section, | 3 | | unless otherwise provided in this Code. If an individual holds | 4 | | a license endorsed in more than one area that has different | 5 | | renewal requirements, that individual shall follow the renewal | 6 | | requirements for the position for which he or she spends the | 7 | | majority of his or her time working. | 8 | | (b) All Professional Educator Licenses not renewed as | 9 | | provided in this Section shall lapse on September 1 of that | 10 | | year. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, if | 11 | | a license holder's electronic mail address is available, the | 12 | | State Board of Education shall send him or her notification | 13 | | electronically that his or her license will lapse if not | 14 | | renewed, to be sent no more than 6 months prior to the license | 15 | | lapsing. Lapsed licenses may be immediately reinstated upon | 16 | | (i) payment by the applicant of a $500 penalty to the State | 17 | | Board of Education or (ii) the demonstration of proficiency by | 18 | | completing 9 semester hours of coursework from a regionally | 19 | | accredited institution of higher education in the content area | 20 | | that most aligns with one or more of the educator's | 21 | | endorsement areas. Any and all back fees, including without | 22 | | limitation registration fees owed from the time of expiration | 23 | | of the license until the date of reinstatement, shall be paid | 24 | | and kept in accordance with the provisions in Article 3 of this | 25 | | Code concerning an institute fund and the provisions in | 26 | | Article 21B of this Code concerning fees and requirements for |
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| 1 | | registration. Licenses not registered in accordance with | 2 | | Section 21B-40 of this Code shall lapse after a period of 6 | 3 | | months from the expiration of the last year of registration or | 4 | | on January 1 of the fiscal year following initial issuance of | 5 | | the license. An unregistered license is invalid after | 6 | | September 1 for employment and performance of services in an | 7 | | Illinois public or State-operated school or cooperative and in | 8 | | a charter school. Any license or endorsement may be | 9 | | voluntarily surrendered by the license holder. A voluntarily | 10 | | surrendered license shall be treated as a revoked license. An | 11 | | Educator License with Stipulations with only a | 12 | | paraprofessional endorsement does not lapse.
| 13 | | (c) From July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in order to | 14 | | satisfy the requirements for licensure renewal provided for in | 15 | | this Section, each professional educator licensee with an | 16 | | administrative endorsement who is working in a position | 17 | | requiring such endorsement shall complete one Illinois | 18 | | Administrators' Academy course, as described in Article 2 of | 19 | | this Code, per fiscal year. | 20 | | (c-5) All licenses issued by the State Board of Education | 21 | | under this Article that expire on June 30, 2020 and have not | 22 | | been renewed by the end of the 2020 renewal period shall be | 23 | | extended for one year and shall expire on June 30, 2021. | 24 | | (d) Beginning July 1, 2014, in order to satisfy the | 25 | | requirements for licensure renewal provided for in this | 26 | | Section, each professional educator licensee may create a |
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| 1 | | professional development plan each year. The plan shall | 2 | | address one or more of the endorsements that are required of | 3 | | his or her educator position if the licensee is employed and | 4 | | performing services in an Illinois public or State-operated | 5 | | school or cooperative. If the licensee is employed in a | 6 | | charter school, the plan shall address that endorsement or | 7 | | those endorsements most closely related to his or her educator | 8 | | position. Licensees employed and performing services in any | 9 | | other Illinois schools may participate in the renewal | 10 | | requirements by adhering to the same process. | 11 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the | 12 | | licensee's professional development activities shall align | 13 | | with one or more of the following criteria: | 14 | | (1) activities are of a type that engage participants | 15 | | over a sustained period of time allowing for analysis, | 16 | | discovery, and application as they relate to student | 17 | | learning, social or emotional achievement, or well-being; | 18 | | (2) professional development aligns to the licensee's | 19 | | performance; | 20 | | (3) outcomes for the activities must relate to student | 21 | | growth or district improvement; | 22 | | (4) activities align to State-approved standards;
and | 23 | | (5) higher education coursework. | 24 | | (e) For each renewal cycle, each professional educator | 25 | | licensee shall engage in professional development activities. | 26 | | Prior to renewal, the licensee shall enter electronically into |
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| 1 | | the Educator Licensure Information System (ELIS) the name, | 2 | | date, and location of the activity, the number of professional | 3 | | development hours, and the provider's name. The following | 4 | | provisions shall apply concerning professional development | 5 | | activities: | 6 | | (1) Each licensee shall complete a total of 120 hours | 7 | | of professional development per 5-year renewal cycle in | 8 | | order to renew the license, except as otherwise provided | 9 | | in this Section. | 10 | | (2) Beginning with his or her first full 5-year cycle, | 11 | | any licensee with an administrative endorsement who is not | 12 | | working in a position requiring such endorsement is not | 13 | | required to complete Illinois Administrators' Academy | 14 | | courses, as described in Article 2 of this Code. Such | 15 | | licensees must complete one Illinois Administrators' | 16 | | Academy course within one year after returning to a | 17 | | position that requires the administrative endorsement. | 18 | | (3) Any licensee with an administrative endorsement | 19 | | who is working in a position requiring such endorsement or | 20 | | an individual with a Teacher Leader endorsement serving in | 21 | | an administrative capacity at least 50% of the day shall | 22 | | complete one Illinois Administrators' Academy course, as | 23 | | described in Article 2 of this Code, each fiscal year in | 24 | | addition to 100 hours of professional development per | 25 | | 5-year renewal cycle in accordance with this Code. | 26 | | (4) Any licensee holding a current National Board for |
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| 1 | | Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) master teacher | 2 | | designation shall complete a total of 60 hours of | 3 | | professional development per 5-year renewal cycle in order | 4 | | to renew the license. | 5 | | (5) Licensees working in a position that does not | 6 | | require educator licensure or working in a position for | 7 | | less than 50% for any particular year are considered to be | 8 | | exempt and shall be required to pay only the registration | 9 | | fee in order to renew and maintain the validity of the | 10 | | license. | 11 | | (6) Licensees who are retired and qualify for benefits | 12 | | from a State of Illinois retirement system shall notify | 13 | | the State Board of Education using ELIS, and the license | 14 | | shall be maintained in retired status. For any renewal | 15 | | cycle in which a licensee retires during the renewal | 16 | | cycle, the licensee must complete professional development | 17 | | activities on a prorated basis depending on the number of | 18 | | years during the renewal cycle the educator held an active | 19 | | license. If a licensee retires during a renewal cycle, the | 20 | | licensee must notify the State Board of Education using | 21 | | ELIS that the licensee wishes to maintain the license in | 22 | | retired status and must show proof of completion of | 23 | | professional development activities on a prorated basis | 24 | | for all years of that renewal cycle for which the license | 25 | | was active. An individual with a license in retired status | 26 | | shall not be required to complete professional development |
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| 1 | | activities or pay registration fees until returning to a | 2 | | position that requires educator licensure. Upon returning | 3 | | to work in a position that requires the Professional | 4 | | Educator License, the licensee shall immediately pay a | 5 | | registration fee and complete renewal requirements for | 6 | | that year. A license in retired status cannot lapse. | 7 | | Beginning on January 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public | 8 | | Act 99-920) through December 31, 2017, any licensee who | 9 | | has retired and whose license has lapsed for failure to | 10 | | renew as provided in this Section may reinstate that | 11 | | license and maintain it in retired status upon providing | 12 | | proof to the State Board of Education using ELIS that the | 13 | | licensee is retired and is not working in a position that | 14 | | requires a Professional Educator License. | 15 | | (7) For any renewal cycle in which professional | 16 | | development hours were required, but not fulfilled, the | 17 | | licensee shall complete any missed hours to total the | 18 | | minimum professional development hours required in this | 19 | | Section prior to September 1 of that year. Professional | 20 | | development hours used to fulfill the minimum required | 21 | | hours for a renewal cycle may be used for only one renewal | 22 | | cycle. For any fiscal year or renewal cycle in which an | 23 | | Illinois Administrators' Academy course was required but | 24 | | not completed, the licensee shall complete any missed | 25 | | Illinois Administrators' Academy courses prior to | 26 | | September 1 of that year. The licensee may complete all |
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| 1 | | deficient hours and Illinois Administrators' Academy | 2 | | courses while continuing to work in a position that | 3 | | requires that license until September 1 of that year. | 4 | | (8) Any licensee who has not fulfilled the | 5 | | professional development renewal requirements set forth in | 6 | | this Section at the end of any 5-year renewal cycle is | 7 | | ineligible to register his or her license and may submit | 8 | | an appeal to the State Superintendent of Education for | 9 | | reinstatement of the license. | 10 | | (9) If professional development opportunities were | 11 | | unavailable to a licensee, proof that opportunities were | 12 | | unavailable and request for an extension of time beyond | 13 | | August 31 to complete the renewal requirements may be | 14 | | submitted from April 1 through June 30 of that year to the | 15 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. If an | 16 | | extension is approved, the license shall remain valid | 17 | | during the extension period. | 18 | | (10) Individuals who hold exempt licenses prior to | 19 | | December 27, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act | 20 | | 98-610) shall commence the annual renewal process with the | 21 | | first scheduled registration due after December 27, 2013 | 22 | | (the effective date of Public Act 98-610). | 23 | | (11) Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 24 | | subsection (e), if a licensee earns more than the required | 25 | | number of professional development hours during a renewal | 26 | | cycle, then the licensee may carry over any hours earned |
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| 1 | | from April 1 through June 30 of the last year of the | 2 | | renewal cycle. Any hours carried over in this manner must | 3 | | be applied to the next renewal cycle. Illinois | 4 | | Administrators' Academy courses or hours earned in those | 5 | | courses may not be carried over. | 6 | | This subsection (e) does not apply for 2 years beginning | 7 | | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd | 8 | | General Assembly. | 9 | | (f) At the time of renewal, each licensee shall respond to | 10 | | the required questions under penalty of perjury. | 11 | | (f-5) The State Board of Education shall conduct random | 12 | | audits of licensees to verify a licensee's fulfillment of the | 13 | | professional development hours required under this Section. | 14 | | Upon completion of a random audit, if it is determined by the | 15 | | State Board of Education that the licensee did not complete | 16 | | the required number of professional development hours or did | 17 | | not provide sufficient proof of completion, the licensee shall | 18 | | be notified that his or her license has lapsed. A license that | 19 | | has lapsed under this subsection may be reinstated as provided | 20 | | in subsection (b). | 21 | | (g) The following entities shall be designated as approved | 22 | | to provide professional development activities for the renewal | 23 | | of Professional Educator Licenses: | 24 | | (1) The State Board of Education. | 25 | | (2) Regional offices of education and intermediate | 26 | | service centers. |
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| 1 | | (3) Illinois professional associations representing | 2 | | the following groups that are approved by the State | 3 | | Superintendent of Education: | 4 | | (A) school administrators; | 5 | | (B) principals; | 6 | | (C) school business officials; | 7 | | (D) teachers, including special education | 8 | | teachers; | 9 | | (E) school boards; | 10 | | (F) school districts; | 11 | | (G) parents; and | 12 | | (H) school service personnel. | 13 | | (4) Regionally accredited institutions of higher | 14 | | education that offer Illinois-approved educator | 15 | | preparation programs and public community colleges subject | 16 | | to the Public Community College Act. | 17 | | (5) Illinois public school districts, charter schools | 18 | | authorized under Article 27A of this Code, and joint | 19 | | educational programs authorized under Article 10 of this | 20 | | Code for the purposes of providing career and technical | 21 | | education or special education services. | 22 | | (6) A not-for-profit organization that, as of December | 23 | | 31, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act 98-1147), has | 24 | | had or has a grant from or a contract with the State Board | 25 | | of Education to provide professional development services | 26 | | in the area of English Learning to Illinois school |
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| 1 | | districts, teachers, or administrators. | 2 | | (7) State agencies, State boards, and State | 3 | | commissions. | 4 | | (8) Museums as defined in Section 10 of the Museum | 5 | | Disposition of Property Act. | 6 | | (h) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this | 7 | | Section shall make available professional development | 8 | | opportunities that satisfy at least one of the following: | 9 | | (1) increase the knowledge and skills of school and | 10 | | district leaders who guide continuous professional | 11 | | development; | 12 | | (2) improve the learning of students; | 13 | | (3) organize adults into learning communities whose | 14 | | goals are aligned with those of the school and district; | 15 | | (4) deepen educator's content knowledge; | 16 | | (5) provide educators with research-based | 17 | | instructional strategies to assist students in meeting | 18 | | rigorous academic standards; | 19 | | (6) prepare educators to appropriately use various | 20 | | types of classroom assessments; | 21 | | (7) use learning strategies appropriate to the | 22 | | intended goals; | 23 | | (8) provide educators with the knowledge and skills to | 24 | | collaborate; | 25 | | (9) prepare educators to apply research to decision | 26 | | making; |
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| 1 | | (10) provide educators with training on inclusive | 2 | | practices in the classroom that examines instructional and | 3 | | behavioral strategies that improve academic and | 4 | | social-emotional outcomes for all students, with or | 5 | | without disabilities, in a general education setting; or | 6 | | (11) beginning on July 1, 2022, provide educators with | 7 | | training on the physical
and mental health needs of | 8 | | students, student safety, educator ethics, professional | 9 | | conduct, and
other topics that address the well-being of | 10 | | students and improve the academic and social-emotional
| 11 | | outcomes of students. | 12 | | (i) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this | 13 | | Section shall do the following: | 14 | | (1) align professional development activities to the | 15 | | State-approved national standards for professional | 16 | | learning; | 17 | | (2) meet the professional development criteria for | 18 | | Illinois licensure renewal; | 19 | | (3) produce a rationale for the activity that explains | 20 | | how it aligns to State standards and identify the | 21 | | assessment for determining the expected impact on student | 22 | | learning or school improvement; | 23 | | (4) maintain original documentation for completion of | 24 | | activities; | 25 | | (5) provide license holders with evidence of | 26 | | completion of activities; |
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| 1 | | (6) request an Illinois Educator Identification Number | 2 | | (IEIN) for each educator during each professional | 3 | | development activity; and | 4 | | (7) beginning on July 1, 2019, register annually with | 5 | | the State Board of Education prior to offering any | 6 | | professional development opportunities in the current | 7 | | fiscal year. | 8 | | (j) The State Board of Education shall conduct annual | 9 | | audits of a subset of approved providers, except for school | 10 | | districts, which shall be audited by regional offices of | 11 | | education and intermediate service centers. The State Board of | 12 | | Education shall ensure that each approved provider, except for | 13 | | a school district, is audited at least once every 5 years. The | 14 | | State Board of Education may conduct more frequent audits of | 15 | | providers if evidence suggests the requirements of this | 16 | | Section or administrative rules are not being met. | 17 | | (1) (Blank). | 18 | | (2) Approved providers shall comply with the | 19 | | requirements in subsections (h) and (i) of this Section by | 20 | | annually submitting data to the State Board of Education | 21 | | demonstrating how the professional development activities | 22 | | impacted one or more of the following: | 23 | | (A) educator and student growth in regards to | 24 | | content knowledge or skills, or both; | 25 | | (B) educator and student social and emotional | 26 | | growth; or |
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| 1 | | (C) alignment to district or school improvement | 2 | | plans. | 3 | | (3) The State Superintendent of Education shall review | 4 | | the annual data collected by the State Board of Education, | 5 | | regional offices of education, and intermediate service | 6 | | centers in audits to determine if the approved provider | 7 | | has met the criteria and should continue to be an approved | 8 | | provider or if further action should be taken as provided | 9 | | in rules. | 10 | | (k) Registration fees shall be paid for the next renewal | 11 | | cycle between April 1 and June 30 in the last year of each | 12 | | 5-year renewal cycle using ELIS. If all required professional | 13 | | development hours for the renewal cycle have been completed | 14 | | and entered by the licensee, the licensee shall pay the | 15 | | registration fees for the next cycle using a form of credit or | 16 | | debit card. | 17 | | (l) Any professional educator licensee endorsed for school | 18 | | support personnel who is employed and performing services in | 19 | | Illinois public schools and who holds an active and current | 20 | | professional license issued by the Department of Financial and | 21 | | Professional Regulation or a national certification board, as | 22 | | approved by the State Board of Education, related to the | 23 | | endorsement areas on the Professional Educator License shall | 24 | | be deemed to have satisfied the continuing professional | 25 | | development requirements provided for in this Section. Such | 26 | | individuals shall be required to pay only registration fees to |
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| 1 | | renew the Professional Educator License. An individual who | 2 | | does not hold a license issued by the Department of Financial | 3 | | and Professional Regulation shall complete professional | 4 | | development requirements for the renewal of a Professional | 5 | | Educator License provided for in this Section. | 6 | | (m) Appeals to the State Educator Preparation and | 7 | | Licensure Board
must be made within 30 days after receipt of | 8 | | notice from the State Superintendent of Education that a | 9 | | license will not be renewed based upon failure to complete the | 10 | | requirements of this Section. A licensee may appeal that | 11 | | decision to the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board | 12 | | in a manner prescribed by rule. | 13 | | (1) Each appeal shall state the reasons why the State | 14 | | Superintendent's decision should be reversed and shall be | 15 | | sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the | 16 | | State Board of Education. | 17 | | (2) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board | 18 | | shall review each appeal regarding renewal of a license | 19 | | within 90 days after receiving the appeal in order to | 20 | | determine whether the licensee has met the requirements of | 21 | | this Section. The State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 22 | | Board may hold an appeal hearing or may make its | 23 | | determination based upon the record of review, which shall | 24 | | consist of the following: | 25 | | (A) the regional superintendent of education's | 26 | | rationale for recommending nonrenewal of the license, |
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| 1 | | if applicable; | 2 | | (B) any evidence submitted to the State | 3 | | Superintendent along with the individual's electronic | 4 | | statement of assurance for renewal; and | 5 | | (C) the State Superintendent's rationale for | 6 | | nonrenewal of the license. | 7 | | (3) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board | 8 | | shall notify the licensee of its decision regarding | 9 | | license renewal by certified mail, return receipt | 10 | | requested, no later than 30 days after reaching a | 11 | | decision. Upon receipt of notification of renewal, the | 12 | | licensee, using ELIS, shall pay the applicable | 13 | | registration fee for the next cycle using a form of credit | 14 | | or debit card. | 15 | | (n) The State Board of Education may adopt rules as may be | 16 | | necessary to implement this Section. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 101-85, eff. 1-1-20; 101-531, eff. 8-23-19; | 18 | | 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-676, eff. 12-3-21.) | 19 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.7) | 20 | | Sec. 27-23.7. Bullying prevention. | 21 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that a safe and civil | 22 | | school environment is necessary for students to learn and | 23 | | achieve and that bullying causes physical, psychological, and | 24 | | emotional harm to students and interferes with students' | 25 | | ability to learn and participate in school activities. The |
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| 1 | | General Assembly further finds that bullying has been linked | 2 | | to other forms of antisocial behavior, such as vandalism, | 3 | | shoplifting, skipping and dropping out of school, fighting, | 4 | | using drugs and alcohol, sexual harassment, and sexual | 5 | | violence. Because of the negative outcomes associated with | 6 | | bullying in schools, the General Assembly finds that school | 7 | | districts, charter schools, and non-public, non-sectarian | 8 | | elementary and secondary schools should educate students, | 9 | | parents, and school district, charter school, or non-public, | 10 | | non-sectarian elementary or secondary school personnel about | 11 | | what behaviors constitute prohibited bullying. | 12 | | Bullying on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, | 13 | | religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, | 14 | | physical or mental disability, military status, sexual | 15 | | orientation, gender-related identity or expression, | 16 | | unfavorable discharge from military service, association with | 17 | | a person or group with one or more of the aforementioned actual | 18 | | or perceived characteristics, or any other distinguishing | 19 | | characteristic is prohibited in all school districts, charter | 20 | | schools, and non-public, non-sectarian elementary and | 21 | | secondary schools.
No student shall be subjected to bullying: | 22 | | (1) during any school-sponsored education program or | 23 | | activity; | 24 | | (2) while in school, on school property, on school | 25 | | buses or other school vehicles, at designated school bus | 26 | | stops waiting for the school bus, or at school-sponsored |
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| 1 | | or school-sanctioned events or activities; | 2 | | (3) through the transmission of information from a | 3 | | school computer, a school computer network, or other | 4 | | similar electronic school equipment; or | 5 | | (4) through the transmission of information from a | 6 | | computer that is accessed at a nonschool-related location, | 7 | | activity, function, or program or from the use of | 8 | | technology or an electronic device that is not owned, | 9 | | leased, or used by a school district or school if the | 10 | | bullying causes a substantial disruption to the | 11 | | educational process or orderly operation of a school. This | 12 | | item (4) applies only in cases in which a school | 13 | | administrator or teacher receives a report that bullying | 14 | | through this means has occurred and does not require a | 15 | | district or school to staff or monitor any | 16 | | nonschool-related activity, function, or program. | 17 | | (a-5) Nothing in this Section is intended to infringe upon | 18 | | any right to exercise free expression or the free exercise of | 19 | | religion or religiously based views protected under the First | 20 | | Amendment to the United States Constitution or under Section 3 | 21 | | of Article I of the Illinois Constitution. | 22 | | (b) In this Section:
| 23 | | "Bullying" includes "cyber-bullying" and means any severe | 24 | | or pervasive physical or verbal act or conduct, including | 25 | | communications made in writing or electronically, directed | 26 | | toward a student or students that has or can be reasonably |
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| 1 | | predicted to have the effect of one or more of the following: | 2 | | (1) placing the student or students in reasonable fear | 3 | | of harm to the student's or students' person or property; | 4 | | (2) causing a substantially detrimental effect on the | 5 | | student's or students' physical or mental health; | 6 | | (3) substantially interfering with the student's or | 7 | | students' academic performance; or | 8 | | (4) substantially interfering with the student's or | 9 | | students' ability to participate in or benefit from the | 10 | | services, activities, or privileges provided by a school. | 11 | | Bullying, as defined in this subsection (b), may take | 12 | | various forms, including without limitation one or more of the | 13 | | following: harassment, threats, intimidation, stalking, | 14 | | physical violence, sexual harassment, sexual violence, theft, | 15 | | public humiliation, destruction of property, or retaliation | 16 | | for asserting or alleging an act of bullying. This list is | 17 | | meant to be illustrative and non-exhaustive. | 18 | | "Cyber-bullying" means bullying through the use of | 19 | | technology or any electronic communication, including without | 20 | | limitation any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, | 21 | | sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in | 22 | | whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic system, | 23 | | photoelectronic system, or photooptical system, including | 24 | | without limitation electronic mail, Internet communications, | 25 | | instant messages, or facsimile communications. | 26 | | "Cyber-bullying" includes the creation of a webpage or weblog |
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| 1 | | in which the creator assumes the identity of another person or | 2 | | the knowing impersonation of another person as the author of | 3 | | posted content or messages if the creation or impersonation | 4 | | creates any of the effects enumerated in the definition of | 5 | | bullying in this Section. "Cyber-bullying" also includes the | 6 | | distribution by electronic means of a communication to more | 7 | | than one person or the posting of material on an electronic | 8 | | medium that may be accessed by one or more persons if the | 9 | | distribution or posting creates any of the effects enumerated | 10 | | in the definition of bullying in this Section. | 11 | | "Policy on bullying" means a bullying prevention policy | 12 | | that meets the following criteria: | 13 | | (1) Includes the bullying definition provided in this | 14 | | Section. | 15 | | (2) Includes a statement that bullying is contrary to | 16 | | State law and the policy of the school district, charter | 17 | | school, or non-public, non-sectarian elementary or | 18 | | secondary school and is consistent with subsection (a-5) | 19 | | of this Section. | 20 | | (3) Includes procedures for promptly reporting | 21 | | bullying, including, but not limited to, identifying and | 22 | | providing the school e-mail address (if applicable) and | 23 | | school telephone number for the staff person or persons | 24 | | responsible for receiving such reports and a procedure for | 25 | | anonymous reporting; however, this shall not be construed | 26 | | to permit formal disciplinary action solely on the basis |
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| 1 | | of an anonymous report. | 2 | | (4) Consistent with federal and State laws and rules | 3 | | governing student privacy rights, includes procedures for | 4 | | promptly informing parents or guardians of all students | 5 | | involved in the alleged incident of bullying and | 6 | | discussing, as appropriate, the availability of social | 7 | | work services, counseling, school psychological services, | 8 | | other interventions, and restorative measures. | 9 | | (5) Contains procedures for promptly investigating and | 10 | | addressing reports of bullying, including the following: | 11 | | (A) Making all reasonable efforts to complete the | 12 | | investigation within 10 school days after the date the | 13 | | report of the incident of bullying was received and | 14 | | taking into consideration additional relevant | 15 | | information received during the course of the | 16 | | investigation about the reported incident of bullying. | 17 | | (B) Involving appropriate school support personnel | 18 | | and other staff persons with knowledge, experience, | 19 | | and training on bullying prevention, as deemed | 20 | | appropriate, in the investigation process. | 21 | | (C) Notifying the principal or school | 22 | | administrator or his or her designee of the report of | 23 | | the incident of bullying as soon as possible after the | 24 | | report is received. | 25 | | (D) Consistent with federal and State laws and | 26 | | rules governing student privacy rights, providing |
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| 1 | | parents and guardians of the students who are parties | 2 | | to the investigation information about the | 3 | | investigation and an opportunity to meet with the | 4 | | principal or school administrator or his or her | 5 | | designee to discuss the investigation, the findings of | 6 | | the investigation, and the actions taken to address | 7 | | the reported incident of bullying. | 8 | | (6) Includes the interventions that can be taken to | 9 | | address bullying, which may include, but are not limited | 10 | | to, school social work services, restorative measures, | 11 | | social-emotional skill building, counseling, school | 12 | | psychological services, and community-based services. | 13 | | (7) Includes a statement prohibiting reprisal or | 14 | | retaliation against any person who reports an act of | 15 | | bullying and the consequences and appropriate remedial | 16 | | actions for a person who engages in reprisal or | 17 | | retaliation. | 18 | | (8) Includes consequences and appropriate remedial | 19 | | actions for a person found to have falsely accused another | 20 | | of bullying as a means of retaliation or as a means of | 21 | | bullying. | 22 | | (9) Is based on the engagement of a range of school | 23 | | stakeholders, including students and parents or guardians. | 24 | | (10) Is posted on the school district's, charter
| 25 | | school's, or non-public, non-sectarian elementary or
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| 1 | | in the student handbook, and, where applicable,
posted | 2 | | where other policies, rules, and standards of
conduct are | 3 | | currently posted in the school and provided periodically | 4 | | throughout the school year to students and faculty, and is
| 5 | | distributed annually to parents, guardians, students, and
| 6 | | school personnel, including new employees when hired. | 7 | | (11) As part of the process of reviewing and | 8 | | re-evaluating the policy under subsection (d) of this | 9 | | Section, contains a policy evaluation process to assess | 10 | | the outcomes and effectiveness of the policy that | 11 | | includes, but is not limited to, factors such as the | 12 | | frequency of victimization; student, staff, and family | 13 | | observations of safety at a school; identification of | 14 | | areas of a school where bullying occurs; the types of | 15 | | bullying utilized; and bystander intervention or | 16 | | participation. The school district, charter school, or | 17 | | non-public, non-sectarian elementary or secondary school | 18 | | may use relevant data and information it already collects | 19 | | for other purposes in the policy evaluation. The | 20 | | information developed as a result of the policy evaluation | 21 | | must be made available on the Internet website of the | 22 | | school district, charter school, or non-public, | 23 | | non-sectarian elementary or secondary school. If an | 24 | | Internet website is not available, the information must be | 25 | | provided to school administrators, school board members, | 26 | | school personnel, parents, guardians, and students. |
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| 1 | | (12) Is consistent with the policies of the school | 2 | | board, charter school, or non-public, non-sectarian | 3 | | elementary or secondary school. | 4 | | "Restorative measures" means a continuum of school-based | 5 | | alternatives to exclusionary discipline, such as suspensions | 6 | | and expulsions, that: (i) are adapted to the particular needs | 7 | | of the school and community, (ii) contribute to maintaining | 8 | | school safety, (iii) protect the integrity of a positive and | 9 | | productive learning climate, (iv) teach students the personal | 10 | | and interpersonal skills they will need to be successful in | 11 | | school and society, (v) serve to build and restore | 12 | | relationships among students, families, schools, and | 13 | | communities, (vi) reduce the likelihood of future disruption | 14 | | by balancing accountability with an understanding of students' | 15 | | behavioral health needs in order to keep students in school, | 16 | | and (vii) increase student accountability if the incident of | 17 | | bullying is based on religion, race, ethnicity, or any other | 18 | | category that is identified in the Illinois Human Rights Act. | 19 | | "School personnel" means persons employed by, on contract | 20 | | with, or who volunteer in a school district, charter school, | 21 | | or non-public, non-sectarian elementary or secondary school, | 22 | | including without limitation school and school district | 23 | | administrators, teachers, school social workers, school | 24 | | counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, cafeteria | 25 | | workers, custodians, bus drivers, school resource officers, | 26 | | and security guards. |
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| 1 | | (c) (Blank).
| 2 | | (d) Each school district, charter school, and non-public, | 3 | | non-sectarian elementary or secondary school shall create, | 4 | | maintain, and implement a policy on bullying . In a school | 5 | | district organized under Article 34, the , which policy must be | 6 | | filed with the State Board of Education. The policy or | 7 | | implementing procedure shall include a process to investigate | 8 | | whether a reported act of bullying is within the permissible | 9 | | scope of the district's or school's jurisdiction and shall | 10 | | require that the district or school provide the victim with | 11 | | information regarding services that are available within the | 12 | | district and community, such as counseling, support services, | 13 | | and other programs. School personnel available for help with a | 14 | | bully or to make a report about bullying shall be made known to | 15 | | parents or legal guardians, students, and school personnel. | 16 | | Every 2 years, each school district, charter school, and | 17 | | non-public, non-sectarian elementary or secondary school shall | 18 | | conduct a review and re-evaluation of its policy and make any | 19 | | necessary and appropriate revisions. In a school district | 20 | | organized under Article 34, the The policy must be filed with | 21 | | the State Board of Education after being updated. The State | 22 | | Board of Education shall monitor and provide technical support | 23 | | for the implementation of policies created under this | 24 | | subsection (d). | 25 | | (e) This Section shall not be interpreted to prevent a | 26 | | victim from seeking redress under any other available civil or |
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| 1 | | criminal law.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 102-197, eff. 7-30-21; 102-241, eff. 8-3-21; | 3 | | revised 10-18-21.)
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law.
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