Full Text of SB3663 102nd General Assembly
SB3663sam002 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Sue Rezin Filed: 2/18/2022
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3663
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3663, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 6 | | 21B-45 as follows: | 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-45) | 8 | | Sec. 21B-45. Professional Educator License renewal. | 9 | | (a) Individuals holding a Professional Educator License | 10 | | are required to complete the licensure renewal requirements as | 11 | | specified in this Section, unless otherwise provided in this | 12 | | Code. | 13 | | Individuals holding a Professional Educator License shall | 14 | | meet the renewal requirements set forth in this Section, | 15 | | unless otherwise provided in this Code. If an individual holds | 16 | | a license endorsed in more than one area that has different |
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| 1 | | renewal requirements, that individual shall follow the renewal | 2 | | requirements for the position for which he or she spends the | 3 | | majority of his or her time working. | 4 | | (b) All Professional Educator Licenses not renewed as | 5 | | provided in this Section shall lapse on September 1 of that | 6 | | year. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, if | 7 | | a license holder's electronic mail address is available, the | 8 | | State Board of Education shall send him or her notification | 9 | | electronically that his or her license will lapse if not | 10 | | renewed, to be sent no more than 6 months prior to the license | 11 | | lapsing. Lapsed licenses may be immediately reinstated upon | 12 | | (i) payment by the applicant of a $500 penalty to the State | 13 | | Board of Education or (ii) the demonstration of proficiency by | 14 | | completing 9 semester hours of coursework from a regionally | 15 | | accredited institution of higher education in the content area | 16 | | that most aligns with one or more of the educator's | 17 | | endorsement areas. Any and all back fees, including without | 18 | | limitation registration fees owed from the time of expiration | 19 | | of the license until the date of reinstatement, shall be paid | 20 | | and kept in accordance with the provisions in Article 3 of this | 21 | | Code concerning an institute fund and the provisions in | 22 | | Article 21B of this Code concerning fees and requirements for | 23 | | registration. Licenses not registered in accordance with | 24 | | Section 21B-40 of this Code shall lapse after a period of 6 | 25 | | months from the expiration of the last year of registration or | 26 | | on January 1 of the fiscal year following initial issuance of |
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| 1 | | the license. An unregistered license is invalid after | 2 | | September 1 for employment and performance of services in an | 3 | | Illinois public or State-operated school or cooperative and in | 4 | | a charter school. Any license or endorsement may be | 5 | | voluntarily surrendered by the license holder. A voluntarily | 6 | | surrendered license shall be treated as a revoked license. An | 7 | | Educator License with Stipulations with only a | 8 | | paraprofessional endorsement does not lapse.
| 9 | | (c) From July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in order to | 10 | | satisfy the requirements for licensure renewal provided for in | 11 | | this Section, each professional educator licensee with an | 12 | | administrative endorsement who is working in a position | 13 | | requiring such endorsement shall complete one Illinois | 14 | | Administrators' Academy course, as described in Article 2 of | 15 | | this Code, per fiscal year. | 16 | | (c-5) All licenses issued by the State Board of Education | 17 | | under this Article that expire on June 30, 2020 and have not | 18 | | been renewed by the end of the 2020 renewal period shall be | 19 | | extended for one year and shall expire on June 30, 2021. | 20 | | (d) Beginning July 1, 2014, in order to satisfy the | 21 | | requirements for licensure renewal provided for in this | 22 | | Section, each professional educator licensee may create a | 23 | | professional development plan each year. The plan shall | 24 | | address one or more of the endorsements that are required of | 25 | | his or her educator position if the licensee is employed and | 26 | | performing services in an Illinois public or State-operated |
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| 1 | | school or cooperative. If the licensee is employed in a | 2 | | charter school, the plan shall address that endorsement or | 3 | | those endorsements most closely related to his or her educator | 4 | | position. Licensees employed and performing services in any | 5 | | other Illinois schools may participate in the renewal | 6 | | requirements by adhering to the same process. | 7 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the | 8 | | licensee's professional development activities shall align | 9 | | with one or more of the following criteria: | 10 | | (1) activities are of a type that engage participants | 11 | | over a sustained period of time allowing for analysis, | 12 | | discovery, and application as they relate to student | 13 | | learning, social or emotional achievement, or well-being; | 14 | | (2) professional development aligns to the licensee's | 15 | | performance; | 16 | | (3) outcomes for the activities must relate to student | 17 | | growth or district improvement; | 18 | | (4) activities align to State-approved standards;
and | 19 | | (5) higher education coursework. | 20 | | (e) For each renewal cycle, each professional educator | 21 | | licensee shall engage in professional development activities. | 22 | | Prior to renewal, the licensee shall enter electronically into | 23 | | the Educator Licensure Information System (ELIS) the name, | 24 | | date, and location of the activity, the number of professional | 25 | | development hours, and the provider's name. The following | 26 | | provisions shall apply concerning professional development |
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| 1 | | activities: | 2 | | (1) Each licensee shall complete a total of 120 hours | 3 | | of professional development per 5-year renewal cycle in | 4 | | order to renew the license, except as otherwise provided | 5 | | in this Section. | 6 | | (2) Beginning with his or her first full 5-year cycle, | 7 | | any licensee with an administrative endorsement who is not | 8 | | working in a position requiring such endorsement is not | 9 | | required to complete Illinois Administrators' Academy | 10 | | courses, as described in Article 2 of this Code. Such | 11 | | licensees must complete one Illinois Administrators' | 12 | | Academy course within one year after returning to a | 13 | | position that requires the administrative endorsement. | 14 | | (3) Any licensee with an administrative endorsement | 15 | | who is working in a position requiring such endorsement or | 16 | | an individual with a Teacher Leader endorsement serving in | 17 | | an administrative capacity at least 50% of the day shall | 18 | | complete one Illinois Administrators' Academy course, as | 19 | | described in Article 2 of this Code, each fiscal year in | 20 | | addition to 100 hours of professional development per | 21 | | 5-year renewal cycle in accordance with this Code. | 22 | | (4) Any licensee holding a current National Board for | 23 | | Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) master teacher | 24 | | designation shall complete a total of 60 hours of | 25 | | professional development per 5-year renewal cycle in order | 26 | | to renew the license. |
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| 1 | | (5) Licensees working in a position that does not | 2 | | require educator licensure or working in a position for | 3 | | less than 50% for any particular year are considered to be | 4 | | exempt and shall be required to pay only the registration | 5 | | fee in order to renew and maintain the validity of the | 6 | | license. | 7 | | (6) Licensees who are retired and qualify for benefits | 8 | | from a State of Illinois retirement system shall notify | 9 | | the State Board of Education using ELIS, and the license | 10 | | shall be maintained in retired status. For any renewal | 11 | | cycle in which a licensee retires during the renewal | 12 | | cycle, the licensee must complete professional development | 13 | | activities on a prorated basis depending on the number of | 14 | | years during the renewal cycle the educator held an active | 15 | | license. If a licensee retires during a renewal cycle, the | 16 | | licensee must notify the State Board of Education using | 17 | | ELIS that the licensee wishes to maintain the license in | 18 | | retired status and must show proof of completion of | 19 | | professional development activities on a prorated basis | 20 | | for all years of that renewal cycle for which the license | 21 | | was active. An individual with a license in retired status | 22 | | shall not be required to complete professional development | 23 | | activities or pay registration fees until returning to a | 24 | | position that requires educator licensure. Upon returning | 25 | | to work in a position that requires the Professional | 26 | | Educator License, the licensee shall immediately pay a |
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| 1 | | registration fee and complete renewal requirements for | 2 | | that year. A license in retired status cannot lapse. | 3 | | Beginning on January 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public | 4 | | Act 99-920) through December 31, 2017, any licensee who | 5 | | has retired and whose license has lapsed for failure to | 6 | | renew as provided in this Section may reinstate that | 7 | | license and maintain it in retired status upon providing | 8 | | proof to the State Board of Education using ELIS that the | 9 | | licensee is retired and is not working in a position that | 10 | | requires a Professional Educator License. | 11 | | (7) For any renewal cycle in which professional | 12 | | development hours were required, but not fulfilled, the | 13 | | licensee shall complete any missed hours to total the | 14 | | minimum professional development hours required in this | 15 | | Section prior to September 1 of that year. Professional | 16 | | development hours used to fulfill the minimum required | 17 | | hours for a renewal cycle may be used for only one renewal | 18 | | cycle. For any fiscal year or renewal cycle in which an | 19 | | Illinois Administrators' Academy course was required but | 20 | | not completed, the licensee shall complete any missed | 21 | | Illinois Administrators' Academy courses prior to | 22 | | September 1 of that year. The licensee may complete all | 23 | | deficient hours and Illinois Administrators' Academy | 24 | | courses while continuing to work in a position that | 25 | | requires that license until September 1 of that year. | 26 | | (8) Any licensee who has not fulfilled the |
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| 1 | | professional development renewal requirements set forth in | 2 | | this Section at the end of any 5-year renewal cycle is | 3 | | ineligible to register his or her license and may submit | 4 | | an appeal to the State Superintendent of Education for | 5 | | reinstatement of the license. | 6 | | (9) If professional development opportunities were | 7 | | unavailable to a licensee, proof that opportunities were | 8 | | unavailable and request for an extension of time beyond | 9 | | August 31 to complete the renewal requirements may be | 10 | | submitted from April 1 through June 30 of that year to the | 11 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. If an | 12 | | extension is approved, the license shall remain valid | 13 | | during the extension period. | 14 | | (10) Individuals who hold exempt licenses prior to | 15 | | December 27, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act | 16 | | 98-610) shall commence the annual renewal process with the | 17 | | first scheduled registration due after December 27, 2013 | 18 | | (the effective date of Public Act 98-610). | 19 | | (11) Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 20 | | subsection (e), if a licensee earns more than the required | 21 | | number of professional development hours during a renewal | 22 | | cycle, then the licensee may carry over any hours earned | 23 | | from April 1 through June 30 of the last year of the | 24 | | renewal cycle. Any hours carried over in this manner must | 25 | | be applied to the next renewal cycle. Illinois | 26 | | Administrators' Academy courses or hours earned in those |
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| 1 | | courses may not be carried over. | 2 | | (e-5) Subsection (e) does not apply for one year beginning | 3 | | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd | 4 | | General Assembly, except that the number of professional | 5 | | development hours required under subsection (e) is reduced by | 6 | | 20% for any renewal cycle that includes the 2021-2022 school | 7 | | year. | 8 | | (f) At the time of renewal, each licensee shall respond to | 9 | | the required questions under penalty of perjury. | 10 | | (f-5) The State Board of Education shall conduct random | 11 | | audits of licensees to verify a licensee's fulfillment of the | 12 | | professional development hours required under this Section. | 13 | | Upon completion of a random audit, if it is determined by the | 14 | | State Board of Education that the licensee did not complete | 15 | | the required number of professional development hours or did | 16 | | not provide sufficient proof of completion, the licensee shall | 17 | | be notified that his or her license has lapsed. A license that | 18 | | has lapsed under this subsection may be reinstated as provided | 19 | | in subsection (b). | 20 | | (g) The following entities shall be designated as approved | 21 | | to provide professional development activities for the renewal | 22 | | of Professional Educator Licenses: | 23 | | (1) The State Board of Education. | 24 | | (2) Regional offices of education and intermediate | 25 | | service centers. | 26 | | (3) Illinois professional associations representing |
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| 1 | | the following groups that are approved by the State | 2 | | Superintendent of Education: | 3 | | (A) school administrators; | 4 | | (B) principals; | 5 | | (C) school business officials; | 6 | | (D) teachers, including special education | 7 | | teachers; | 8 | | (E) school boards; | 9 | | (F) school districts; | 10 | | (G) parents; and | 11 | | (H) school service personnel. | 12 | | (4) Regionally accredited institutions of higher | 13 | | education that offer Illinois-approved educator | 14 | | preparation programs and public community colleges subject | 15 | | to the Public Community College Act. | 16 | | (5) Illinois public school districts, charter schools | 17 | | authorized under Article 27A of this Code, and joint | 18 | | educational programs authorized under Article 10 of this | 19 | | Code for the purposes of providing career and technical | 20 | | education or special education services. | 21 | | (6) A not-for-profit organization that, as of December | 22 | | 31, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act 98-1147), has | 23 | | had or has a grant from or a contract with the State Board | 24 | | of Education to provide professional development services | 25 | | in the area of English Learning to Illinois school | 26 | | districts, teachers, or administrators. |
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| 1 | | (7) State agencies, State boards, and State | 2 | | commissions. | 3 | | (8) Museums as defined in Section 10 of the Museum | 4 | | Disposition of Property Act. | 5 | | (h) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this | 6 | | Section shall make available professional development | 7 | | opportunities that satisfy at least one of the following: | 8 | | (1) increase the knowledge and skills of school and | 9 | | district leaders who guide continuous professional | 10 | | development; | 11 | | (2) improve the learning of students; | 12 | | (3) organize adults into learning communities whose | 13 | | goals are aligned with those of the school and district; | 14 | | (4) deepen educator's content knowledge; | 15 | | (5) provide educators with research-based | 16 | | instructional strategies to assist students in meeting | 17 | | rigorous academic standards; | 18 | | (6) prepare educators to appropriately use various | 19 | | types of classroom assessments; | 20 | | (7) use learning strategies appropriate to the | 21 | | intended goals; | 22 | | (8) provide educators with the knowledge and skills to | 23 | | collaborate; | 24 | | (9) prepare educators to apply research to decision | 25 | | making; | 26 | | (10) provide educators with training on inclusive |
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| 1 | | practices in the classroom that examines instructional and | 2 | | behavioral strategies that improve academic and | 3 | | social-emotional outcomes for all students, with or | 4 | | without disabilities, in a general education setting; or | 5 | | (11) beginning on July 1, 2022, provide educators with | 6 | | training on the physical
and mental health needs of | 7 | | students, student safety, educator ethics, professional | 8 | | conduct, and
other topics that address the well-being of | 9 | | students and improve the academic and social-emotional
| 10 | | outcomes of students. | 11 | | (i) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this | 12 | | Section shall do the following: | 13 | | (1) align professional development activities to the | 14 | | State-approved national standards for professional | 15 | | learning; | 16 | | (2) meet the professional development criteria for | 17 | | Illinois licensure renewal; | 18 | | (3) produce a rationale for the activity that explains | 19 | | how it aligns to State standards and identify the | 20 | | assessment for determining the expected impact on student | 21 | | learning or school improvement; | 22 | | (4) maintain original documentation for completion of | 23 | | activities; | 24 | | (5) provide license holders with evidence of | 25 | | completion of activities; | 26 | | (6) request an Illinois Educator Identification Number |
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| 1 | | (IEIN) for each educator during each professional | 2 | | development activity; and | 3 | | (7) beginning on July 1, 2019, register annually with | 4 | | the State Board of Education prior to offering any | 5 | | professional development opportunities in the current | 6 | | fiscal year. | 7 | | (j) The State Board of Education shall conduct annual | 8 | | audits of a subset of approved providers, except for school | 9 | | districts, which shall be audited by regional offices of | 10 | | education and intermediate service centers. The State Board of | 11 | | Education shall ensure that each approved provider, except for | 12 | | a school district, is audited at least once every 5 years. The | 13 | | State Board of Education may conduct more frequent audits of | 14 | | providers if evidence suggests the requirements of this | 15 | | Section or administrative rules are not being met. | 16 | | (1) (Blank). | 17 | | (2) Approved providers shall comply with the | 18 | | requirements in subsections (h) and (i) of this Section by | 19 | | annually submitting data to the State Board of Education | 20 | | demonstrating how the professional development activities | 21 | | impacted one or more of the following: | 22 | | (A) educator and student growth in regards to | 23 | | content knowledge or skills, or both; | 24 | | (B) educator and student social and emotional | 25 | | growth; or | 26 | | (C) alignment to district or school improvement |
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| 1 | | plans. | 2 | | (3) The State Superintendent of Education shall review | 3 | | the annual data collected by the State Board of Education, | 4 | | regional offices of education, and intermediate service | 5 | | centers in audits to determine if the approved provider | 6 | | has met the criteria and should continue to be an approved | 7 | | provider or if further action should be taken as provided | 8 | | in rules. | 9 | | (k) Registration fees shall be paid for the next renewal | 10 | | cycle between April 1 and June 30 in the last year of each | 11 | | 5-year renewal cycle using ELIS. If all required professional | 12 | | development hours for the renewal cycle have been completed | 13 | | and entered by the licensee, the licensee shall pay the | 14 | | registration fees for the next cycle using a form of credit or | 15 | | debit card. | 16 | | (l) Any professional educator licensee endorsed for school | 17 | | support personnel who is employed and performing services in | 18 | | Illinois public schools and who holds an active and current | 19 | | professional license issued by the Department of Financial and | 20 | | Professional Regulation or a national certification board, as | 21 | | approved by the State Board of Education, related to the | 22 | | endorsement areas on the Professional Educator License shall | 23 | | be deemed to have satisfied the continuing professional | 24 | | development requirements provided for in this Section. Such | 25 | | individuals shall be required to pay only registration fees to | 26 | | renew the Professional Educator License. An individual who |
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| 1 | | does not hold a license issued by the Department of Financial | 2 | | and Professional Regulation shall complete professional | 3 | | development requirements for the renewal of a Professional | 4 | | Educator License provided for in this Section. | 5 | | (m) Appeals to the State Educator Preparation and | 6 | | Licensure Board
must be made within 30 days after receipt of | 7 | | notice from the State Superintendent of Education that a | 8 | | license will not be renewed based upon failure to complete the | 9 | | requirements of this Section. A licensee may appeal that | 10 | | decision to the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board | 11 | | in a manner prescribed by rule. | 12 | | (1) Each appeal shall state the reasons why the State | 13 | | Superintendent's decision should be reversed and shall be | 14 | | sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the | 15 | | State Board of Education. | 16 | | (2) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board | 17 | | shall review each appeal regarding renewal of a license | 18 | | within 90 days after receiving the appeal in order to | 19 | | determine whether the licensee has met the requirements of | 20 | | this Section. The State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 21 | | Board may hold an appeal hearing or may make its | 22 | | determination based upon the record of review, which shall | 23 | | consist of the following: | 24 | | (A) the regional superintendent of education's | 25 | | rationale for recommending nonrenewal of the license, | 26 | | if applicable; |
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| 1 | | (B) any evidence submitted to the State | 2 | | Superintendent along with the individual's electronic | 3 | | statement of assurance for renewal; and | 4 | | (C) the State Superintendent's rationale for | 5 | | nonrenewal of the license. | 6 | | (3) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board | 7 | | shall notify the licensee of its decision regarding | 8 | | license renewal by certified mail, return receipt | 9 | | requested, no later than 30 days after reaching a | 10 | | decision. Upon receipt of notification of renewal, the | 11 | | licensee, using ELIS, shall pay the applicable | 12 | | registration fee for the next cycle using a form of credit | 13 | | or debit card. | 14 | | (n) The State Board of Education may adopt rules as may be | 15 | | necessary to implement this Section. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 101-85, eff. 1-1-20; 101-531, eff. 8-23-19; | 17 | | 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-676, eff. 12-3-21.)
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.".
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