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Public Act 094-0105
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LRB094 11209 NHT 41915 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections |
21-25 and 21-27 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/21-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-25)
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Sec. 21-25. School service personnel certificate.
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(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, a school |
service
personnel certificate shall be issued to those |
applicants of good
character, good health, a citizen of the |
United States and at least 19
years of age who have a |
Bachelor's degree with not fewer than 120
semester hours from a |
regionally accredited institution of higher learning and
who |
meets the requirements established by the State Superintendent |
of
Education in consultation with the State Teacher |
Certification Board. A
school service personnel certificate |
with a school nurse endorsement may be
issued to a person who |
holds a bachelor of science degree from an institution
of |
higher learning accredited by the North Central Association or |
other
comparable regional accrediting association.
Persons |
seeking any other endorsement on the school service personnel
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certificate shall be recommended for the endorsement by a |
recognized teacher
education institution as having completed a |
program of preparation approved by
the State Superintendent of |
Education in consultation with the State Teacher
Certification |
Board.
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(b) Until August 30, 2002, a school service personnel |
certificate endorsed
for school social work may be issued to a |
student who has completed a school
social work program that has |
not been approved by the State Superintendent of
Education, |
provided that each of the following conditions is met:
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(1) The program was offered by a recognized, public |
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teacher education
institution that first enrolled students |
in its master's degree program in
social work in 1998;
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(2) The student applying for the school service |
personnel certificate was
enrolled in the institution's |
master's degree program in social work on or
after May 11, |
1998;
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(3) The State Superintendent verifies that the student |
has completed
coursework that is substantially similar to |
that required in approved school
social work programs, |
including (i) not fewer than 600 clock hours of a
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supervised internship in a school setting or (ii) if the |
student has completed
part of a supervised internship in a |
school setting prior to the effective date
of this |
amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly and receives |
the prior
approval of the State Superintendent, not fewer |
than 300 additional clock hours
of supervised work in a |
public school setting under the supervision of a
certified |
school social worker who certifies that the supervised work |
was
completed in a satisfactory manner; and
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(4) The student has passed a test of basic skills and |
the test of subject
matter knowledge required by Section |
21-1a.
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This subsection (b) does not apply after August 29, 2002.
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(c) A school service personnel certificate shall be |
endorsed
with the area of Service as
determined by the State |
Superintendent of Education in consultation with
the State |
Teacher Certification Board.
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The holder of such certificate shall be entitled to all of |
the rights
and privileges granted holders of a valid teaching |
certificate, including
teacher benefits, compensation and |
working conditions.
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When the holder of such certificate has earned a master's |
degree,
including 8 semester hours of graduate professional |
education from a
recognized institution of higher learning, and |
has at least 2 years of
successful school experience while |
holding such certificate, the
certificate may be endorsed for |
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supervision.
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(d) Persons who have successfully achieved National Board |
certification through the National Board for Professional |
Teaching Standards shall be issued a Master School Service |
Personnel Certificate, valid for 10 years and renewable |
thereafter every 10 years through compliance with requirements |
set forth by the State Board of Education, in consultation with |
the State Teacher Certification Board. However, each holder of |
a Master School Service Personnel Certificate shall be eligible |
for a corresponding position in this State in the areas for |
which he or she holds a Master Certificate without satisfying |
any other requirements of this Code, except for those |
requirements pertaining to criminal background checks.
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(Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 92-254, eff. 1-1-02.)
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(105 ILCS 5/21-27)
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Sec. 21-27. The Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. The |
Illinois
Teaching
Excellence Program is hereby established to |
provide categorical funding for
monetary
incentives and |
bonuses for teachers and school counselors who are employed by |
school districts and
who hold a
Master Certificate. The State |
Board of Education shall allocate and distribute
to each
school |
district an amount as annually appropriated by the General |
Assembly
from federal funds for the
Illinois Teaching |
Excellence Program. Unless otherwise provided by
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appropriation, each
school district's annual allocation shall |
be the sum of the amounts earned for
the
following incentives |
and bonuses:
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(1) An annual payment of $3,000 to be paid to (A) each
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teacher
who
successfully completes the program leading to |
and who receives a Master
Certificate and is employed as a |
teacher by a school district and (B) each school counselor |
who successfully completes the program leading to and who |
receives a Master Certificate and is employed as a school |
counselor by a school district. The school
district shall
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distribute this payment to each eligible teacher or school |
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counselor
as a single payment or in not more than 3 |
payments.
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(2) An annual incentive equal to $1,000 shall be paid |
to
each teacher
who
holds a Master Certificate, who is |
employed as a teacher by a school
district, and who
agrees,
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in writing, to provide 60 hours of mentoring during that |
year to classroom
teachers. This mentoring may include, |
either singly or in combination, (i)
providing high quality |
professional development for new and experienced
teachers,
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and (ii) assisting National Board for Professional |
Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
candidates through the NBPTS |
certification process. The school district shall
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distribute 50% of each annual incentive payment upon |
completion of 30 hours of
the required mentoring and the |
remaining 50% of the incentive upon completion
of the |
required 60 hours of mentoring. Credit may not be granted |
by a school
district for mentoring or related services |
provided during a regular school day
or
during the total |
number of days of required service for the school year.
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(3) An annual incentive equal to $3,000 shall be paid |
to
each teacher who
holds a Master Certificate, who is |
employed as a teacher by a school
district, and who
agrees,
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in writing, to provide 60 hours of mentoring during that |
year to classroom
teachers in schools on academic early |
warning status or in
schools
in which 50% or more of the |
students receive free or reduced price lunches, or
both.
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The school district shall distribute 50% of each annual |
incentive
payment upon completion of 30 hours of the |
required mentoring and the
remaining 50% of the incentive |
upon completion of the required 60 hours of
mentoring. |
Credit may not be granted by a school district for |
mentoring or
related services provided during a regular |
school day or during the total
number of
days of required |
service for the school year.
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Each regional superintendent of schools shall provide |
information
about the Master Certificate Program of the |