Section 25.450  Lapsed Certificates

a)         A lapsed certificate, one that has not been registered or renewed for a period of five or more years since expiration of its last registration, shall be reinstated for a one-year period upon payment of all accumulated registration fees.

b)         The Regional Superintendent shall notify the holder of a reinstated certificate of:

1)         The specific time of reinstatement, including beginning and ending dates.

2)         The requirement that, in order to renew the certificate at the end of the period of reinstatement, the certificate holder must:

A)        Have earned, within the six-year period that encompasses the certification year of reinstatement and the five-year period immediately prior to the year of reinstatement, five semester hours of college credit from one or more regionally accredited institutions of higher learning in the field of professional education or in courses related to the holder's contractual teaching duties, or

B)        Present evidence of holding a valid regular certificate of some other type, whether issued by Illinois or by another state, territory, or possession of the U.S.

c)         As a reinstated certificate is a reissued certificate, the expiration of all reinstated certificates shall be on June 30 following the date of reinstatement in accordance with Section 21-22 of the School Code.

d)         The Regional Superintendent shall stamp the back of a lapsed certificate with the date of reinstatement.

e)         Standard Certificates issued between July 1, 1929, and July 1, 1951, do not lapse.

f)          When a lapsed certificate that was issued prior to February 15, 2000, has been reinstated and then is to be renewed pursuant to this Section, it shall be exchanged for a comparable standard teaching certificate in accordance with Section 25.11 and Appendix C of this Part.  The certificate-holder shall thereupon become subject to the requirements of Sections 21-2 and 21-14 of the School Code and Subpart J of this Part regarding continuing professional development.

1)         Subsequent renewals of such an individual's certificate(s) shall be contingent upon his or her completion of continuing professional development activities in accordance with the requirements of Subpart J of this Part.

2)         College credit earned pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A) of this Section shall not be used to satisfy any portion of the  continuing professional development requirements of Section 21-14 of the School Code.

(Source:  Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 10068, effective June 30, 2005)