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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6007
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 6007 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Section 21-5b as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-5b)
7 Sec. 21-5b. Alternative certification. The State Board
8 of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
9 Certification Board, shall establish and implement an
10 alternative certification program under which persons who
11 meet the requirements of and successfully complete the
12 program established by this Section shall be issued an
13 alternative teaching certificate for teaching in the schools.
14 The program shall be limited to not more than 260 new
15 participants not to exceed the number of unfilled positions
16 as reported to the State Board of Education during the prior
17 school year each year that the program is in effect. The
18 State Board of Education, in cooperation with a partnership
19 formed with a university that offers 4-year baccalaureate and
20 masters degree programs and that is a recognized institution
21 as defined in Section 21-21 and one or more not-for-profit
22 organizations in the State which support excellence in
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1 teaching, shall within 30 days after submission by the
2 partnership approve a course of study developed by the
3 partnership that persons in the program must successfully
4 complete in order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of an
5 alternative certificate under this Section. The Alternative
6 Teacher Certification program course of study must include
7 the current content and skills contained in the university's
8 current courses for State certification which have been
9 approved by the State Board of Education, in consultation
10 with the State Teacher Certification Board, as the
11 requirement for State teacher certification.
12 The alternative certification program established under
13 this Section shall be known as the Alternative Teacher
14 Certification program. The Alternative Teacher Certification
15 Program shall be offered by the submitting partnership and
16 may be offered in conjunction with one or more not-for-profit
17 organizations in the State which support excellence in
18 teaching. The program shall be comprised of the following 3
19 phases: (a) the first phase is the course of study offered on
20 an intensive basis in education theory, instructional
21 methods, and practice teaching; (b) the second phase is the
22 person's assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
23 school year; and (c) the third phase is a comprehensive
24 assessment of the person's teaching performance by school
25 officials and the partnership participants and a
26 recommendation by the partner institution of higher education
27 to the State Board of Education that the person be issued a
28 standard alternative teaching certificate. Successful
29 completion of the Alternative Teacher Certification program
30 shall be deemed to satisfy any other practice or student
31 teaching and subject matter requirements established by law.
32 A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
33 one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
34 shall be issued under this Section 21-5b to persons who at
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1 the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
2 certificate under this Section:
3 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
4 university with a bachelor's degree;
5 (2) have successfully completed the first phase of
6 the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
7 in this Section;
8 (3) have passed the tests of basic skills and
9 subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a; and
10 (4) have been employed for a period of at least 5
11 years in an area requiring application of the
12 individual's education; however, this requirement does
13 not apply with respect to a provisional alternative
14 teaching certificate for teaching in schools situated in
15 a school district that is located in a city having a
16 population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants.
17 A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
18 under this Section shall be treated as a regularly certified
19 teacher for purposes of compensation, benefits, and other
20 terms and conditions of employment afforded teachers in the
21 school who are members of a bargaining unit represented by an
22 exclusive bargaining representative, if any.
23 Until February 15, 2000, a standard alternative teaching
24 certificate, valid for 4 years for teaching in the schools
25 and renewable as provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued
26 under this Section 21-5b to persons who first complete the
27 requirements for the provisional alternative teaching
28 certificate and who at the time of applying for a standard
29 alternative teaching certificate under this Section have
30 successfully completed the second and third phases of the
31 Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided in this
32 Section. Alternatively, beginning February 15, 2000, at the
33 end of the 4-year validity period, persons who were issued a
34 standard alternative teaching certificate shall be eligible,
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1 on the same basis as holders of an Initial Teaching
2 Certificate issued under subsection (b) of Section 21-2 of
3 this Code, to apply for a Standard Teaching Certificate,
4 provided they meet the requirements of subsection (c) of
5 Section 21-2 of this Code and further provided that a person
6 who does not apply for and receive a Standard Teaching
7 Certificate shall be able to teach only in schools situated
8 in a school district that is located in a city having a
9 population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants.
10 Beginning February 15, 2000, persons who have completed
11 the requirements for a standard alternative teaching
12 certificate under this Section shall be issued an Initial
13 Alternative Teaching Certificate valid for 4 years of
14 teaching and not renewable. At the end of the 4-year
15 validity period, these persons shall be eligible, on the same
16 basis as holders of an Initial Teaching Certificate issued
17 under subsection (b) of Section 21-2 of this Code, to apply
18 for a Standard Teaching Certificate, provided they meet the
19 requirements of subsection (c) of Section 21-2.
20 This alternative certification program shall be
21 implemented so that the first provisional alternative
22 teaching certificates issued under this Section are effective
23 upon the commencement of the 1997-1998 academic year and the
24 first standard alternative teaching certificates issued under
25 this Section are effective upon the commencement of the
26 1998-1999 academic year.
27 The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the
28 partnership establishing the Alternative Teacher
29 Certification program, shall adopt rules and regulations that
30 are consistent with this Section and that the State Board of
31 Education deems necessary to establish and implement the
32 program.
33 (Source: P.A. 91-609, eff. 1-1-00.)".