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| Public Act 097-1147 | ||||
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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 Section | ||||
21-14 as follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14) | ||||
Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates. | ||||
(a) A limited
four-year certificate or a certificate issued | ||||
after July 1, 1955, shall
be renewable at its expiration or | ||||
within 60 days thereafter by the
county superintendent of | ||||
schools having supervision and control over the
school where | ||||
the teacher is teaching upon certified evidence of meeting
the | ||||
requirements for renewal as required by this Act and prescribed | ||||
by
the State Board of Education in consultation with the State
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Teacher Certification Board. An elementary supervisory | ||||
certificate
shall not be renewed at the end of the first | ||||
four-year period covered by
the certificate unless the holder | ||||
thereof has filed certified evidence
with the State Teacher | ||||
Certification Board that he has a master's degree
or that he | ||||
has earned 8 semester hours of credit in the field of
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educational administration and supervision in a recognized | ||||
institution
of higher learning. The holder shall continue to | ||||
earn 8 semester hours
of credit each four-year period until | ||||
such time as he has earned a
master's degree. | ||
All certificates not renewed as provided in this Section or | ||
registered in accordance with this Code shall lapse after a | ||
period of 6 months from the expiration of the last year of | ||
registration. Such certificates may be immediately reinstated | ||
upon payment by the applicant to the State Board of Education | ||
of (1) any and all back fees, including without limitation | ||
registration fees, owed from the time of expiration of the | ||
certificate until the date of reinstatement; and (2) a $500 | ||
penalty or the demonstration of proficiency by completing 9 | ||
semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited | ||
institution of higher education in the content area that most | ||
aligns with the educator's endorsement area or areas; provided | ||
that, until September 1, 2012, certificates that have lapsed | ||
solely for the failure to pay a registration fee may be | ||
immediately reinstated upon payment only of any and all back | ||
fees, including without limitation registration fees, owed | ||
from the time of expiration of the certificate until the date | ||
of reinstatement. Any and all back fees and penalty amounts | ||
shall be deposited by the State Board of Education into the | ||
Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund. Any certificate may be | ||
voluntarily surrendered by the certificate holder. A | ||
voluntarily surrendered certificate shall be treated as a | ||
revoked certificate. | ||
(b) When those teaching certificates issued before | ||
February 15, 2000 are
renewed for the first time after February | ||
15, 2000, all
such
teaching
certificates
shall be exchanged for | ||
Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in subsection
(c) of | ||
Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard Teaching Certificates, | ||
including
those issued to persons who previously held teaching | ||
certificates issued before
February 15, 2000, shall be | ||
renewable under the conditions
set forth
in this
subsection | ||
(b). | ||
Initial Teaching Certificates are valid for 4 years of | ||
teaching, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 21-2 of this | ||
Code, and are renewable every 4 years until the person | ||
completes 4 years of teaching. If the holder of an Initial | ||
Certificate has completed 4 years of teaching but has not | ||
completed the requirements set forth in paragraph (2) of | ||
subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, then the Initial | ||
Certificate may be reinstated for one year, during which the | ||
requirements must be met. A holder of an Initial Certificate | ||
who has not completed 4 years of teaching may continuously | ||
register the certificate for additional 4-year periods without | ||
penalty. Initial Certificates that are not registered shall | ||
lapse consistent with subsection (a) of this Section and may be | ||
reinstated only in accordance with subsection (a).
Standard | ||
Teaching Certificates are renewable every 5 years as provided
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in
subsection (c) of Section 21-2
and subsection (c) of this | ||
Section.
For purposes of this Section, "teaching" is defined as | ||
employment and
performance of
services in an Illinois public or | ||
State-operated elementary school, secondary
school, or
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cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board | ||
of control, in a
certificated teaching position, or a charter | ||
school operating in compliance
with the
Charter Schools Law. | ||
(c) In compliance with subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of | ||
this Code, which
provides that a
Standard
Teaching Certificate | ||
may be renewed by the State Teacher Certification Board
based
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upon proof of continuing professional development, the State | ||
Board of Education
and
the State Teacher Certification Board | ||
shall jointly: | ||
(1) establish a procedure for renewing Standard | ||
Teaching Certificates,
which shall include but not be | ||
limited to annual timelines for the renewal
process and the | ||
components set forth in subsections (d) through (k) of this
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Section; | ||
(2) establish the standards for certificate renewal; | ||
(3) approve or disapprove the providers of continuing | ||
professional development
activities; | ||
(4) determine the maximum credit for each category of | ||
continuing
professional development activities, based upon | ||
recommendations submitted by
a continuing professional
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development
activity task force, which shall consist of 6 | ||
staff members from the State
Board of
Education, appointed | ||
by the State Superintendent of Education, and 6 teacher
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representatives, 3 of whom are selected by the Illinois | ||
Education Association
and 3 of
whom are selected by the | ||
Illinois Federation of Teachers; | ||
(5) designate the type and amount of documentation | ||
required to show that
continuing professional development | ||
activities have been completed; and | ||
(6) provide, on a timely basis to all Illinois | ||
teachers, certificate
holders, regional superintendents of | ||
schools,
school districts, and others with an interest in | ||
continuing professional
development, information about the | ||
standards and requirements established
pursuant to this | ||
subsection (c). | ||
(d) Any Standard Teaching Certificate held by an individual | ||
employed and
performing services in an
Illinois public or | ||
State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
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cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board | ||
of control in a
certificated teaching
position or a
charter | ||
school in compliance with the Charter Schools Law must be | ||
maintained
Valid
and
Active through certificate renewal | ||
activities specified in the certificate
renewal procedure
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established pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, | ||
provided that
a holder of a Valid
and Active
certificate who is | ||
only employed on either a part-time basis or day-to-day
basis | ||
as a
substitute
teacher shall pay only the required | ||
registration fee to renew his or her
certificate
and maintain | ||
it as Valid and Active. All other Standard Teaching | ||
Certificates
held may be
maintained as
Valid and Exempt through | ||
the registration process provided for in the
certificate | ||
renewal
procedure established pursuant to subsection (c) of | ||
this Section. A Valid and
Exempt
certificate must
be | ||
immediately activated, through procedures developed jointly by | ||
the State
Board of
Education and the State Teacher | ||
Certification Board, upon the certificate
holder
becoming | ||
employed and performing services in an Illinois public or
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State-operated elementary school,
secondary school, or | ||
cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
board | ||
of control in a
certificated
teaching position or a charter | ||
school operating in compliance with the Charter
Schools
Law. A | ||
holder of a Valid and Exempt certificate may activate his or | ||
her
certificate
through procedures provided for in the | ||
certificate renewal procedure
established pursuant to
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subsection (c) of this Section. | ||
(e)(1) A Standard Teaching Certificate that has been | ||
maintained as Valid
and
Active for the 5 years of the | ||
certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid
and Active
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upon the certificate holder: (i)
completing an advanced degree | ||
from an approved institution in an
education-related field; | ||
(ii)
completing at least
8 semester hours of
coursework as | ||
described in
subdivision (B) of paragraph (3) of this | ||
subsection (e);
(iii)
(blank); (iv) completing the National | ||
Board for
Professional
Teaching Standards process as described | ||
in subdivision (D) of
paragraph (3) of
this subsection (e); or | ||
(v) earning 120 continuing professional
development
units | ||
("CPDU") as described in subdivision (E) of paragraph (3) of
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this
subsection (e). The maximum continuing professional | ||
development units for each
continuing professional development | ||
activity identified in subdivisions
(F)
through (J) of | ||
paragraph (3) of this subsection (e) shall be
jointly | ||
determined
by the State Board of Education and the State | ||
Teacher Certification Board.
If, however, the certificate | ||
holder has maintained the certificate
as Valid and
Exempt for a | ||
portion of the 5-year period of validity, the number of
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continuing
professional development units needed to renew the | ||
certificate as Valid and
Active shall
be proportionately | ||
reduced by the amount of time the certificate was Valid and
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Exempt.
Furthermore, if a certificate holder is employed and | ||
performs teaching services
on a
part-time basis for all or a | ||
portion of the certificate's 5-year period of
validity, the | ||
number
of continuing professional development units needed to | ||
renew the certificate as
Valid
and Active shall be reduced by | ||
50% for the amount of time the certificate
holder has
been | ||
employed and performed teaching services on a part-time basis. | ||
Part-time
shall
be defined as less than 50% of the school day | ||
or school term. | ||
Notwithstanding any other requirements to the contrary, if | ||
a Standard
Teaching
Certificate has been maintained as Valid | ||
and Active for the 5 years of the
certificate's validity and | ||
the certificate holder has completed his or her
certificate | ||
renewal plan before July 1, 2002, the certificate shall
be | ||
renewed as Valid and Active. | ||
(2) Beginning July 1, 2004, in order to satisfy the | ||
requirements for continuing professional development provided | ||
for in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, each
Valid | ||
and Active Standard Teaching Certificate holder shall
complete | ||
professional development activities that address the | ||
certificate or those certificates that are required of his or | ||
her
certificated
teaching position, if the certificate holder | ||
is employed and performing
services in an Illinois public
or | ||
State-operated elementary school,
secondary school, or | ||
cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
board | ||
of control, or that certificate or those certificates most | ||
closely
related to his or
her teaching position, if the | ||
certificate holder is employed in a charter
school. Except as | ||
otherwise provided in this subsection (e), the certificate | ||
holder's activities must address purposes (A), (B),
(C), or (D) | ||
and must reflect purpose (E) of the following continuing | ||
professional
development purposes: | ||
(A) Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge | ||
and skills as a
teacher consistent with the Illinois | ||
Professional Teaching Standards and the
Illinois Content | ||
Area Standards in the certificate holder's areas of
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certification,
endorsement, or teaching assignment in | ||
order to keep the certificate holder
current
in those | ||
areas. | ||
(B) Develop the certificate holder's knowledge and | ||
skills in areas
determined
to be critical for all Illinois | ||
teachers, as defined by the State Board of
Education, known | ||
as "State priorities". | ||
(C) Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the | ||
certificate holder's
local
school improvement plan, if the | ||
teacher is employed in an Illinois public
or State-operated | ||
elementary school, secondary school, or cooperative or | ||
joint
agreement with a governing body or board of control. | ||
(D) Expand the certificate holder's knowledge and | ||
skills in an
additional teaching field or toward
the
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acquisition of another teaching certificate, endorsement, | ||
or relevant
education degree. | ||
(E) Address the needs of serving students with | ||
disabilities, including adapting and modifying the general | ||
curriculum related to the Illinois Learning Standards to | ||
meet the needs of students with disabilities and serving | ||
such students in the least restrictive environment. | ||
Teachers who hold certificates endorsed for special | ||
education must devote at least 50% of their continuing | ||
professional development activities to this purpose. | ||
Teachers holding other certificates must devote at least | ||
20% of their activities to this purpose.
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A speech-language pathologist or audiologist who is
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licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
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Audiology Practice Act and who has met the continuing
education | ||
requirements of that Act and the rules promulgated
under that | ||
Act shall be deemed to have satisfied the continuing
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professional development requirements established by the State
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Board of Education and the Teacher Certification Board to renew
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a Standard Certificate. | ||
(3) Continuing professional development activities may | ||
include, but are not limited to, the following activities: | ||
(A) completion of an advanced degree from an approved | ||
institution
in an education-related field; | ||
(B) at
least 8 semester hours of coursework
in an | ||
approved education-related program, of which at least 2 | ||
semester
hours relate
to the continuing professional | ||
development purpose set forth in purpose (A) of
paragraph | ||
(2) of this subsection (e), completion of which means no
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other continuing professional development activities are | ||
required; | ||
(C) (blank); | ||
(D) completion of the National Board for
Professional | ||
Teaching
Standards
("NBPTS") process for certification or | ||
recertification, completion of which means no other | ||
continuing professional development activities are | ||
required; | ||
(E) completion of 120 continuing professional | ||
development
units that
satisfy the continuing professional | ||
development purposes set forth in
paragraph (2) of this | ||
subsection (e) and may include without limitation
the | ||
activities identified in subdivisions (F) through
(J) of | ||
this paragraph
(3); | ||
(F) collaboration and partnership activities related | ||
to
improving the
teacher's knowledge and skills as a | ||
teacher, including the following: | ||
(i) participating on collaborative planning and | ||
professional
improvement
teams and committees; | ||
(ii) peer review and coaching; | ||
(iii) mentoring in a formal mentoring program, | ||
including service as a
consulting teacher | ||
participating in a remediation
process formulated | ||
under Section 24A-5 of this Code; | ||
(iv) participating in site-based management or | ||
decision making teams,
relevant committees, boards, or | ||
task forces directly related to school
improvement | ||
plans; | ||
(v) coordinating community resources in schools, | ||
if the project is a
specific goal of the school | ||
improvement plan; | ||
(vi) facilitating parent education programs for a | ||
school, school
district, or
regional office of | ||
education directly related to student achievement or
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school improvement plans; | ||
(vii) participating in business, school, or | ||
community partnerships
directly
related to student | ||
achievement or school improvement plans; or | ||
(viii) supervising a student teacher or teacher | ||
education candidate in
clinical supervision, provided | ||
that the supervision may only be counted
once during | ||
the course of 5 years; | ||
(G) college or university coursework related to | ||
improving the
teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher | ||
as follows: | ||
(i) completing undergraduate or graduate credit | ||
earned from a
regionally
accredited institution in | ||
coursework relevant to the certificate area being
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renewed,
including coursework that incorporates | ||
induction activities and
development of a portfolio of | ||
both student and teacher work that
provides experience | ||
in reflective practices,
provided the coursework meets | ||
Illinois Professional Teaching Standards
or Illinois | ||
Content Area Standards and
supports the essential | ||
characteristics of quality professional development; | ||
or | ||
(ii) teaching college or university courses in | ||
areas relevant to the
certificate area being renewed, | ||
provided that the teaching may only be
counted once | ||
during the course of 5 years; | ||
(H) conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, and
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symposiums related
to improving the teacher's knowledge | ||
and skills as a teacher, subject to disapproval of the | ||
activity or event by the State Teacher Certification Board | ||
acting jointly with the State Board of Education,
including
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the following: | ||
(i) completing non-university credit directly | ||
related to student
achievement, school improvement | ||
plans, or State priorities; | ||
(ii) participating in or presenting at workshops, | ||
seminars,
conferences,
institutes, and symposiums; | ||
(iii) training as external reviewers for Quality | ||
Assurance; | ||
(iv) training as reviewers of university teacher | ||
preparation programs; or | ||
(v) participating in or presenting at in-service | ||
training programs on suicide prevention or on sexual | ||
abuse and assault awareness and prevention. | ||
A teacher, however, may not receive credit for conferences, | ||
workshops, institutes, seminars, or symposiums that are | ||
designed for entertainment, promotional, or commercial | ||
purposes or that are solely inspirational or motivational. | ||
The State Superintendent of Education and regional | ||
superintendents of schools are authorized to review the | ||
activities and events provided or to be provided under this | ||
subdivision (H) and to investigate complaints regarding | ||
those activities and events, and either the State | ||
Superintendent of Education or a regional superintendent | ||
of schools may recommend that the State Teacher | ||
Certification Board and the State Board of Education | ||
jointly disapprove those activities and events considered | ||
to be inconsistent with this subdivision (H);
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(I) other educational experiences related to improving | ||
the
teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, including | ||
the following: | ||
(i) participating in action research and inquiry | ||
projects; | ||
(ii) observing programs or teaching in schools, | ||
related businesses, or
industry that is systematic, | ||
purposeful, and relevant to certificate renewal; | ||
(iii) traveling related to one's teaching | ||
assignment, directly related to
student achievement or | ||
school improvement plans and approved by the regional | ||
superintendent of schools or his or her designee at | ||
least
30 days prior to the travel experience,
provided | ||
that the traveling shall not include time spent | ||
commuting to
destinations where the learning | ||
experience will occur; | ||
(iv) participating in study groups related to | ||
student achievement or
school
improvement plans; | ||
(v) serving on a statewide education-related | ||
committee, including but
not
limited to the State | ||
Teacher Certification Board, State Board of Education
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strategic agenda teams, or the State Advisory Council | ||
on Education of
Children with Disabilities; | ||
(vi) participating in work/learn programs or | ||
internships; or | ||
(vii) developing a portfolio of student and | ||
teacher work; | ||
(J) professional leadership experiences related to | ||
improving
the teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, | ||
including the following: | ||
(i) participating in curriculum development or | ||
assessment activities
at the
school, school district, | ||
regional office of education, State, or national
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level; | ||
(ii) participating in team or department | ||
leadership in a school or
school
district; | ||
(iii) participating on external or internal school | ||
or school district
review
teams; | ||
(iv) publishing educational articles, columns, or | ||
books relevant to
the
certificate area being renewed; | ||
or | ||
(v) participating in non-strike related | ||
professional association or
labor organization
service | ||
or
activities related to professional development; | ||
(K) receipt of a subsequent Illinois certificate or | ||
endorsement pursuant to this Article;
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(L) completion of requirements for meeting the | ||
Illinois criteria for becoming "highly qualified" (for | ||
purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public | ||
Law 107-110) in an additional teaching area;
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(M) successful completion of 4 semester hours of | ||
graduate-level coursework on the assessment of one's own | ||
performance in relation to the Illinois Teaching | ||
Standards, as described in clause (B) of paragraph (2) of | ||
subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code; or | ||
(N) successful completion of a minimum of 4 semester | ||
hours of graduate-level coursework addressing preparation | ||
to meet the requirements for certification by the National | ||
Board for Professional Teaching Standards, as described in | ||
clause (C) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | ||
21-2 of this Code.
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(4) A person must complete the requirements of this | ||
subsection (e) before the expiration of his or her Standard | ||
Teaching Certificate and must submit assurance to the regional | ||
superintendent of schools or, if applicable, a local | ||
professional development committee authorized by the regional | ||
superintendent to submit recommendations to him or her for this | ||
purpose. The statement of assurance shall contain a list of the | ||
activities completed, the provider offering each activity, the | ||
number of credits earned for each activity, and the purposes to | ||
which each activity is attributed. The certificate holder shall | ||
maintain the evidence of completion of each activity for at | ||
least one certificate renewal cycle. The certificate holder | ||
shall affirm under penalty of perjury that he or she has | ||
completed the activities listed and will maintain the required | ||
evidence of completion. The State Board of Education or the | ||
regional superintendent of schools for each region shall | ||
conduct random audits of assurance statements and supporting | ||
documentation. | ||
(5) (Blank). | ||
(6) (Blank). | ||
(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, a | ||
school district is authorized to enter into an agreement with | ||
the exclusive bargaining representative, if any, to form a | ||
local professional development committee (LPDC). The | ||
membership and terms of members of the LPDC may be determined | ||
by the agreement. Provisions regarding LPDCs contained in a | ||
collective bargaining agreement in existence on the effective | ||
date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly | ||
between a school district and the exclusive bargaining | ||
representative shall remain in full force and effect for the | ||
term of the agreement, unless terminated by mutual agreement. | ||
The LPDC shall make recommendations to the regional | ||
superintendent of schools on renewal of teaching certificates. | ||
The regional superintendent of schools for each region shall
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perform
the following functions: | ||
(1)
review recommendations for certificate renewal, if | ||
any, received from LPDCs; | ||
(2) (blank); | ||
(3) (blank); | ||
(4) (blank); | ||
(5) determine whether certificate holders have met the
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requirements for certificate renewal and notify | ||
certificate holders
if the decision is not to renew the | ||
certificate; | ||
(6) provide a certificate holder with the opportunity | ||
to appeal a recommendation made by a LPDC, if any, not to | ||
renew the certificate to the regional professional | ||
development review committee; | ||
(7) issue and forward recommendations for renewal or | ||
nonrenewal
of certificate holders' Standard Teaching | ||
Certificates to the State Teacher Certification Board; and | ||
(8) (blank). | ||
(g)(1) Each regional superintendent of schools shall | ||
review and concur or
nonconcur
with each recommendation for | ||
renewal or nonrenewal of a Standard Teaching
Certificate he or | ||
she receives from a local professional development committee, | ||
if any,
or, if
a certificate
holder appeals the recommendation | ||
to the regional professional development
review committee, the
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recommendation for renewal or nonrenewal he or she receives | ||
from a regional
professional
development review committee and, | ||
within 14 days of receipt of the
recommendation,
shall
provide | ||
the State Teacher Certification Board with verification of the
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following, if applicable: | ||
(A) the certificate holder has satisfactorily | ||
completed professional development and continuing | ||
education activities set forth in paragraph (3) of | ||
subsection (e) of this Section; | ||
(B) the certificate holder has submitted the statement | ||
of assurance required under paragraph (4) of subsection (e) | ||
of this Section, and this statement has been attached to | ||
the application for renewal; | ||
(C) the local professional development committee, if | ||
any, has recommended the
renewal of the certificate | ||
holder's Standard Teaching Certificate and
forwarded the | ||
recommendation to the regional superintendent of schools; | ||
(D) the certificate holder has appealed his or her | ||
local professional
development committee's recommendation | ||
of nonrenewal, if any, to the regional
professional | ||
development review committee and the result of that appeal; | ||
(E) the regional superintendent of schools has | ||
concurred or nonconcurred
with
the
local professional | ||
development committee's or regional professional
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development review committee's recommendation, if any, to | ||
renew or nonrenew the
certificate holder's Standard | ||
Teaching Certificate and made a
recommendation to that | ||
effect; and | ||
(F) the established registration fee for the Standard | ||
Teaching
Certificate has
been paid. | ||
If
the notice required by this subsection
(g) includes a | ||
recommendation of certificate nonrenewal, then, at the same | ||
time the regional superintendent of schools provides the State | ||
Teacher Certification Board with the notice, he or she
shall
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also notify the
certificate holder in writing, by certified | ||
mail, return receipt requested, that
this notice has been | ||
provided to the
State
Teacher
Certification Board. | ||
(2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal
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his or her
local
professional development committee's | ||
recommendation of nonrenewal, if any, to the
regional
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professional development review committee, within 14 days of | ||
receipt of notice
that the
recommendation has
been sent to the | ||
regional superintendent of schools. Each regional
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superintendent of schools shall
establish a regional | ||
professional development review committee or committees
for | ||
the
purpose of
advising the regional superintendent of schools, | ||
upon request, and handling
certificate
holder appeals. This | ||
committee shall
consist of at least 4 classroom teachers, one | ||
non-administrative
certificated
educational
employee, 2 | ||
administrators, and one at-large member who shall be either (i) | ||
a
parent, (ii)
a member of the business community, (iii) a | ||
community member, or (iv) an
administrator, with preference | ||
given to an individual chosen from among those
persons
listed | ||
in items (i), (ii), and (iii) in order to secure representation | ||
of an
interest not already
represented on the committee. The | ||
teacher and non-administrative certificated
educational | ||
employee members of the review committee shall be selected by | ||
their
exclusive representative, if any, and the administrators | ||
and at-large member
shall be
selected by the regional | ||
superintendent of schools. A regional superintendent
of | ||
schools
may add additional members to the committee, provided | ||
that the same proportion
of
teachers to administrators and | ||
at-large members on the committee is maintained. Any
additional | ||
teacher and non-administrative certificated educational | ||
employee members
shall be selected by their exclusive | ||
representative, if any. Vacancies in positions on a
regional | ||
professional development review committee shall be filled in | ||
the same manner
as the original selections. Committee members | ||
shall serve staggered 3-year terms. All
individuals selected to | ||
serve on regional professional development review committees
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must be known to demonstrate the best practices in teaching or | ||
their respective
field of
practice. | ||
(h)(1) The State Teacher Certification Board shall review | ||
the regional
superintendent of schools' recommendations to | ||
renew or nonrenew Standard
Teaching Certificates
and notify | ||
certificate holders in writing whether their certificates have
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been renewed or
nonrenewed within 90 days of receipt of the | ||
recommendations,
unless a certificate holder has appealed a | ||
regional
superintendent of schools'
recommendation of | ||
nonrenewal, as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection
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(h). The State Teacher Certification Board shall verify that | ||
the
certificate holder
has met the renewal criteria set forth | ||
in paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of
this Section. | ||
(2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal | ||
a regional
superintendent of school's recommendation to | ||
nonrenew his or her Standard
Teaching Certificate
to
the State | ||
Teacher Certification Board, within 14 days of receipt of | ||
notice that
the
decision has been sent to the State Teacher | ||
Certification Board, which shall
hold an
appeal hearing within | ||
60 days of receipt of the appeal. When such an appeal is
taken,
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the certificate holder's Standard Teaching Certificate shall | ||
continue to be
valid until the
appeal is finally determined. | ||
The State Teacher Certification Board shall
review the
regional | ||
superintendent of school's recommendation, the regional | ||
professional
development review committee's recommendation, if | ||
any, and the local
professional
development committee's | ||
recommendation, if any, and all relevant documentation to | ||
verify
whether the certificate holder has met the renewal | ||
criteria set forth in
paragraph (1) of
subsection (g) of this | ||
Section. The State Teacher Certification Board may
request that
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the certificate holder appear before it. All actions taken by | ||
the State
Teacher
Certification Board shall require a quorum | ||
and be by a simple majority of those
present and voting.
A | ||
record of
all votes
shall be maintained. The State Teacher | ||
Certification Board shall notify the
certificate
holder in | ||
writing, within 7 days of completing the review, whether his or | ||
her
Standard
Teaching Certificate has been renewed or | ||
nonrenewed, provided that if the State
Teacher
Certification | ||
Board determines to nonrenew a certificate, the written notice
| ||
provided to
the certificate holder shall be by certified mail, | ||
return receipt requested.
All certificate
renewal or | ||
nonrenewal decisions of the State Teacher Certification Board | ||
are
final and
subject to administrative review. | ||
(i) Holders of Master Teaching Certificates shall meet the | ||
same
requirements
and follow the same procedures as holders of | ||
Standard Teaching Certificates,
except
that their renewal | ||
cycle shall be as set forth in subsection (d) of Section
21-2 | ||
of this
Code and their renewal requirements shall be subject to | ||
paragraph (8) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code. | ||
A holder of a
teaching certificate endorsed as a | ||
speech-language pathologist who
has been granted the | ||
Certificate of Clinical Competence by the
American | ||
Speech-Language Hearing Association may renew his or her
| ||
Standard Teaching Certificate pursuant to the 10-year renewal | ||
cycle set
forth in subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this Code. | ||
(j) Holders of Valid and Exempt Standard and Master | ||
Teaching Certificates
who are not employed and performing | ||
services in an Illinois public or
State-operated
elementary | ||
school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement | ||
with a
governing body or board of control, in a certificated | ||
teaching position,
may
voluntarily activate their certificates | ||
through the regional superintendent of schools of the regional | ||
office of
education for the geographic area where their | ||
teaching is done. These certificate holders shall follow the | ||
same renewal
criteria
and procedures as all other Standard and | ||
Master Teaching Certificate holders,
except
that their | ||
continuing professional development activities need not
| ||
reflect or
address the knowledge, skills, and goals of a local | ||
school improvement plan. | ||
(k) (Blank). | ||
(l) (Blank). | ||
(m) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act | ||
of the 93rd General Assembly that affect renewal of Standard | ||
and Master Certificates shall apply to those persons who hold | ||
Standard or Master Certificates on or after the effective date | ||
of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and shall | ||
be given effect upon renewal of those certificates.
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(Source: P.A. 96-951, eff. 6-28-10; 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; | ||
97-682, eff. 5-8-12.) | ||
Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | ||
Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | ||
follows:
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(105 ILCS 110/3)
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Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | ||
program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | ||
limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | ||
for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | ||
State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, | ||
the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | ||
abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, | ||
including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, | ||
transmission and spread of AIDS, age-appropriate sexual abuse | ||
and assault awareness and prevention education in grades | ||
pre-kindergarten through 12
sexual assault awareness in | ||
secondary schools, public and environmental health, consumer | ||
health, safety education and
disaster survival, mental health | ||
and illness, personal health habits,
alcohol, drug use, and | ||
abuse including the medical and legal ramifications
of alcohol, | ||
drug, and tobacco use, abuse during pregnancy, sexual
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abstinence until marriage, tobacco, nutrition, and dental | ||
health. The program shall also provide course material and | ||
instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant | ||
Protection Act.
The program shall include information about | ||
cancer, including without limitation types of cancer, signs and | ||
symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and | ||
detection, and information on where to go for help. | ||
Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the following | ||
areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula in all | ||
elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic first aid | ||
(including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation | ||
and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, diabetes, stroke, | ||
the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide, and teen | ||
dating violence in grades 8 through 12. | ||
The school board of each
public elementary and secondary | ||
school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other | ||
school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the | ||
knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer | ||
life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
| ||
Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be | ||
in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | ||
American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | ||
certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services of | ||
non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
| ||
life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | ||
personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged | ||
to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | ||
person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by | ||
another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to | ||
administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | ||
addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate | ||
appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | ||
conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | ||
personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | ||
to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | ||
resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | ||
teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
| ||
programs and other extracurricular school activities to | ||
acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | ||
necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | ||
resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
| ||
established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | ||
certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of | ||
Education shall establish and administer a matching grant | ||
program to pay for half of the cost that a school district | ||
incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel | ||
who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer | ||
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
| ||
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | ||
American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | ||
certifying organization) or in learning how to use an automated | ||
external defibrillator. A school district that applies for a | ||
grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay half of the | ||
cost of the training for which matching grant money is sought. | ||
The State Board of Education shall award the grants on a | ||
first-come, first-serve basis.
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No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any | ||
class or course on AIDS or family
life instruction if his | ||
parent or guardian submits written objection
thereto, and | ||
refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall
| ||
not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
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Curricula developed under programs established in | ||
accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | ||
alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | ||
instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | ||
shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | ||
effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | ||
integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | ||
Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | ||
and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | ||
guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the | ||
instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | ||
districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the | ||
school day or as part of an after school program, support | ||
services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | ||
parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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(Source: P.A. 95-43, eff. 1-1-08; 95-764, eff. 1-1-09; 96-128, | ||
eff. 1-1-10; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-383, eff. 1-1-10; | ||
96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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