97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB6193

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/21-14  from Ch. 122, par. 21-14
105 ILCS 110/3

    Amends the School Code and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. With respect to the renewal of a Standard Teaching Certificate, provides that continuing professional development activities may include participating in or presenting at in-service training programs on sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 (instead of sexual assault awareness in secondary schools). Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
521-14 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/21-14)  (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
7    Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
8    (a) A limited four-year certificate or a certificate issued
9after July 1, 1955, shall be renewable at its expiration or
10within 60 days thereafter by the county superintendent of
11schools having supervision and control over the school where
12the teacher is teaching upon certified evidence of meeting the
13requirements for renewal as required by this Act and prescribed
14by the State Board of Education in consultation with the State
15Teacher Certification Board. An elementary supervisory
16certificate shall not be renewed at the end of the first
17four-year period covered by the certificate unless the holder
18thereof has filed certified evidence with the State Teacher
19Certification Board that he has a master's degree or that he
20has earned 8 semester hours of credit in the field of
21educational administration and supervision in a recognized
22institution of higher learning. The holder shall continue to
23earn 8 semester hours of credit each four-year period until

 

 

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1such time as he has earned a master's degree.
2    All certificates not renewed as provided in this Section or
3registered in accordance with this Code shall lapse after a
4period of 6 months from the expiration of the last year of
5registration. Such certificates may be immediately reinstated
6upon payment by the applicant to the State Board of Education
7of (1) any and all back fees, including without limitation
8registration fees, owed from the time of expiration of the
9certificate until the date of reinstatement; and (2) a $500
10penalty or the demonstration of proficiency by completing 9
11semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited
12institution of higher education in the content area that most
13aligns with the educator's endorsement area or areas; provided
14that, until September 1, 2012, certificates that have lapsed
15solely for the failure to pay a registration fee may be
16immediately reinstated upon payment only of any and all back
17fees, including without limitation registration fees, owed
18from the time of expiration of the certificate until the date
19of reinstatement. Any and all back fees and penalty amounts
20shall be deposited by the State Board of Education into the
21Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund. Any certificate may be
22voluntarily surrendered by the certificate holder. A
23voluntarily surrendered certificate shall be treated as a
24revoked certificate.
25    (b) When those teaching certificates issued before
26February 15, 2000 are renewed for the first time after February

 

 

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115, 2000, all such teaching certificates shall be exchanged for
2Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in subsection (c) of
3Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard Teaching Certificates,
4including those issued to persons who previously held teaching
5certificates issued before February 15, 2000, shall be
6renewable under the conditions set forth in this subsection
7(b).
8    Initial Teaching Certificates are valid for 4 years of
9teaching, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 21-2 of this
10Code, and are renewable every 4 years until the person
11completes 4 years of teaching. If the holder of an Initial
12Certificate has completed 4 years of teaching but has not
13completed the requirements set forth in paragraph (2) of
14subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, then the Initial
15Certificate may be reinstated for one year, during which the
16requirements must be met. A holder of an Initial Certificate
17who has not completed 4 years of teaching may continuously
18register the certificate for additional 4-year periods without
19penalty. Initial Certificates that are not registered shall
20lapse consistent with subsection (a) of this Section and may be
21reinstated only in accordance with subsection (a). Standard
22Teaching Certificates are renewable every 5 years as provided
23in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 and subsection (c) of this
24Section. For purposes of this Section, "teaching" is defined as
25employment and performance of services in an Illinois public or
26State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or

 

 

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1cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board
2of control, in a certificated teaching position, or a charter
3school operating in compliance with the Charter Schools Law.
4    (c) In compliance with subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of
5this Code, which provides that a Standard Teaching Certificate
6may be renewed by the State Teacher Certification Board based
7upon proof of continuing professional development, the State
8Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board
9shall jointly:
10        (1) establish a procedure for renewing Standard
11    Teaching Certificates, which shall include but not be
12    limited to annual timelines for the renewal process and the
13    components set forth in subsections (d) through (k) of this
14    Section;
15        (2) establish the standards for certificate renewal;
16        (3) approve or disapprove the providers of continuing
17    professional development activities;
18        (4) determine the maximum credit for each category of
19    continuing professional development activities, based upon
20    recommendations submitted by a continuing professional
21    development activity task force, which shall consist of 6
22    staff members from the State Board of Education, appointed
23    by the State Superintendent of Education, and 6 teacher
24    representatives, 3 of whom are selected by the Illinois
25    Education Association and 3 of whom are selected by the
26    Illinois Federation of Teachers;

 

 

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1        (5) designate the type and amount of documentation
2    required to show that continuing professional development
3    activities have been completed; and
4        (6) provide, on a timely basis to all Illinois
5    teachers, certificate holders, regional superintendents of
6    schools, school districts, and others with an interest in
7    continuing professional development, information about the
8    standards and requirements established pursuant to this
9    subsection (c).
10    (d) Any Standard Teaching Certificate held by an individual
11employed and performing services in an Illinois public or
12State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
13cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board
14of control in a certificated teaching position or a charter
15school in compliance with the Charter Schools Law must be
16maintained Valid and Active through certificate renewal
17activities specified in the certificate renewal procedure
18established pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section,
19provided that a holder of a Valid and Active certificate who is
20only employed on either a part-time basis or day-to-day basis
21as a substitute teacher shall pay only the required
22registration fee to renew his or her certificate and maintain
23it as Valid and Active. All other Standard Teaching
24Certificates held may be maintained as Valid and Exempt through
25the registration process provided for in the certificate
26renewal procedure established pursuant to subsection (c) of

 

 

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1this Section. A Valid and Exempt certificate must be
2immediately activated, through procedures developed jointly by
3the State Board of Education and the State Teacher
4Certification Board, upon the certificate holder becoming
5employed and performing services in an Illinois public or
6State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
7cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board
8of control in a certificated teaching position or a charter
9school operating in compliance with the Charter Schools Law. A
10holder of a Valid and Exempt certificate may activate his or
11her certificate through procedures provided for in the
12certificate renewal procedure established pursuant to
13subsection (c) of this Section.
14    (e)(1) A Standard Teaching Certificate that has been
15maintained as Valid and Active for the 5 years of the
16certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid and Active
17upon the certificate holder: (i) completing an advanced degree
18from an approved institution in an education-related field;
19(ii) completing at least 8 semester hours of coursework as
20described in subdivision (B) of paragraph (3) of this
21subsection (e); (iii) (blank); (iv) completing the National
22Board for Professional Teaching Standards process as described
23in subdivision (D) of paragraph (3) of this subsection (e); or
24(v) earning 120 continuing professional development units
25("CPDU") as described in subdivision (E) of paragraph (3) of
26this subsection (e). The maximum continuing professional

 

 

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1development units for each continuing professional development
2activity identified in subdivisions (F) through (J) of
3paragraph (3) of this subsection (e) shall be jointly
4determined by the State Board of Education and the State
5Teacher Certification Board. If, however, the certificate
6holder has maintained the certificate as Valid and Exempt for a
7portion of the 5-year period of validity, the number of
8continuing professional development units needed to renew the
9certificate as Valid and Active shall be proportionately
10reduced by the amount of time the certificate was Valid and
11Exempt. Furthermore, if a certificate holder is employed and
12performs teaching services on a part-time basis for all or a
13portion of the certificate's 5-year period of validity, the
14number of continuing professional development units needed to
15renew the certificate as Valid and Active shall be reduced by
1650% for the amount of time the certificate holder has been
17employed and performed teaching services on a part-time basis.
18Part-time shall be defined as less than 50% of the school day
19or school term.
20    Notwithstanding any other requirements to the contrary, if
21a Standard Teaching Certificate has been maintained as Valid
22and Active for the 5 years of the certificate's validity and
23the certificate holder has completed his or her certificate
24renewal plan before July 1, 2002, the certificate shall be
25renewed as Valid and Active.
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1requirements for continuing professional development provided
2for in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, each Valid
3and Active Standard Teaching Certificate holder shall complete
4professional development activities that address the
5certificate or those certificates that are required of his or
6her certificated teaching position, if the certificate holder
7is employed and performing services in an Illinois public or
8State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
9cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board
10of control, or that certificate or those certificates most
11closely related to his or her teaching position, if the
12certificate holder is employed in a charter school. Except as
13otherwise provided in this subsection (e), the certificate
14holder's activities must address purposes (A), (B), (C), or (D)
15and must reflect purpose (E) of the following continuing
16professional development purposes:
17        (A) Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge
18    and skills as a teacher consistent with the Illinois
19    Professional Teaching Standards and the Illinois Content
20    Area Standards in the certificate holder's areas of
21    certification, endorsement, or teaching assignment in
22    order to keep the certificate holder current in those
23    areas.
24        (B) Develop the certificate holder's knowledge and
25    skills in areas determined to be critical for all Illinois
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1    as "State priorities".
2        (C) Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the
3    certificate holder's local school improvement plan, if the
4    teacher is employed in an Illinois public or State-operated
5    elementary school, secondary school, or cooperative or
6    joint agreement with a governing body or board of control.
7        (D) Expand the certificate holder's knowledge and
8    skills in an additional teaching field or toward the
9    acquisition of another teaching certificate, endorsement,
10    or relevant education degree.
11        (E) Address the needs of serving students with
12    disabilities, including adapting and modifying the general
13    curriculum related to the Illinois Learning Standards to
14    meet the needs of students with disabilities and serving
15    such students in the least restrictive environment.
16    Teachers who hold certificates endorsed for special
17    education must devote at least 50% of their continuing
18    professional development activities to this purpose.
19    Teachers holding other certificates must devote at least
20    20% of their activities to this purpose.
21    A speech-language pathologist or audiologist who is
22licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
23Audiology Practice Act and who has met the continuing education
24requirements of that Act and the rules promulgated under that
25Act shall be deemed to have satisfied the continuing
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1Board of Education and the Teacher Certification Board to renew
2a Standard Certificate.
3    (3) Continuing professional development activities may
4include, but are not limited to, the following activities:
5        (A) completion of an advanced degree from an approved
6    institution in an education-related field;
7        (B) at least 8 semester hours of coursework in an
8    approved education-related program, of which at least 2
9    semester hours relate to the continuing professional
10    development purpose set forth in purpose (A) of paragraph
11    (2) of this subsection (e), completion of which means no
12    other continuing professional development activities are
13    required;
14        (C) (blank);
15        (D) completion of the National Board for Professional
16    Teaching Standards ("NBPTS") process for certification or
17    recertification, completion of which means no other
18    continuing professional development activities are
19    required;
20        (E) completion of 120 continuing professional
21    development units that satisfy the continuing professional
22    development purposes set forth in paragraph (2) of this
23    subsection (e) and may include without limitation the
24    activities identified in subdivisions (F) through (J) of
25    this paragraph (3);
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1    to improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a
2    teacher, including the following:
3            (i) participating on collaborative planning and
4        professional improvement teams and committees;
5            (ii) peer review and coaching;
6            (iii) mentoring in a formal mentoring program,
7        including service as a consulting teacher
8        participating in a remediation process formulated
9        under Section 24A-5 of this Code;
10            (iv) participating in site-based management or
11        decision making teams, relevant committees, boards, or
12        task forces directly related to school improvement
13        plans;
14            (v) coordinating community resources in schools,
15        if the project is a specific goal of the school
16        improvement plan;
17            (vi) facilitating parent education programs for a
18        school, school district, or regional office of
19        education directly related to student achievement or
20        school improvement plans;
21            (vii) participating in business, school, or
22        community partnerships directly related to student
23        achievement or school improvement plans; or
24            (viii) supervising a student teacher or teacher
25        education candidate in clinical supervision, provided
26        that the supervision may only be counted once during

 

 

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1        the course of 5 years;
2        (G) college or university coursework related to
3    improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher
4    as follows:
5            (i) completing undergraduate or graduate credit
6        earned from a regionally accredited institution in
7        coursework relevant to the certificate area being
8        renewed, including coursework that incorporates
9        induction activities and development of a portfolio of
10        both student and teacher work that provides experience
11        in reflective practices, provided the coursework meets
12        Illinois Professional Teaching Standards or Illinois
13        Content Area Standards and supports the essential
14        characteristics of quality professional development;
15        or
16            (ii) teaching college or university courses in
17        areas relevant to the certificate area being renewed,
18        provided that the teaching may only be counted once
19        during the course of 5 years;
20        (H) conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, and
21    symposiums related to improving the teacher's knowledge
22    and skills as a teacher, subject to disapproval of the
23    activity or event by the State Teacher Certification Board
24    acting jointly with the State Board of Education, including
25    the following:
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1        related to student achievement, school improvement
2        plans, or State priorities;
3            (ii) participating in or presenting at workshops,
4        seminars, conferences, institutes, and symposiums;
5            (iii) training as external reviewers for Quality
6        Assurance;
7            (iv) training as reviewers of university teacher
8        preparation programs; or
9            (v) participating in or presenting at in-service
10        training programs on suicide prevention or on sexual
11        abuse and assault awareness and prevention.
12    A teacher, however, may not receive credit for conferences,
13    workshops, institutes, seminars, or symposiums that are
14    designed for entertainment, promotional, or commercial
15    purposes or that are solely inspirational or motivational.
16    The State Superintendent of Education and regional
17    superintendents of schools are authorized to review the
18    activities and events provided or to be provided under this
19    subdivision (H) and to investigate complaints regarding
20    those activities and events, and either the State
21    Superintendent of Education or a regional superintendent
22    of schools may recommend that the State Teacher
23    Certification Board and the State Board of Education
24    jointly disapprove those activities and events considered
25    to be inconsistent with this subdivision (H);
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1    the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher, including
2    the following:
3            (i) participating in action research and inquiry
4        projects;
5            (ii) observing programs or teaching in schools,
6        related businesses, or industry that is systematic,
7        purposeful, and relevant to certificate renewal;
8            (iii) traveling related to one's teaching
9        assignment, directly related to student achievement or
10        school improvement plans and approved by the regional
11        superintendent of schools or his or her designee at
12        least 30 days prior to the travel experience, provided
13        that the traveling shall not include time spent
14        commuting to destinations where the learning
15        experience will occur;
16            (iv) participating in study groups related to
17        student achievement or school improvement plans;
18            (v) serving on a statewide education-related
19        committee, including but not limited to the State
20        Teacher Certification Board, State Board of Education
21        strategic agenda teams, or the State Advisory Council
22        on Education of Children with Disabilities;
23            (vi) participating in work/learn programs or
24        internships; or
25            (vii) developing a portfolio of student and
26        teacher work;

 

 

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1        (J) professional leadership experiences related to
2    improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher,
3    including the following:
4            (i) participating in curriculum development or
5        assessment activities at the school, school district,
6        regional office of education, State, or national
7        level;
8            (ii) participating in team or department
9        leadership in a school or school district;
10            (iii) participating on external or internal school
11        or school district review teams;
12            (iv) publishing educational articles, columns, or
13        books relevant to the certificate area being renewed;
14        or
15            (v) participating in non-strike related
16        professional association or labor organization service
17        or activities related to professional development;
18        (K) receipt of a subsequent Illinois certificate or
19    endorsement pursuant to this Article;
20        (L) completion of requirements for meeting the
21    Illinois criteria for becoming "highly qualified" (for
22    purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public
23    Law 107-110) in an additional teaching area;
24        (M) successful completion of 4 semester hours of
25    graduate-level coursework on the assessment of one's own
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1    Standards, as described in clause (B) of paragraph (2) of
2    subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code; or
3        (N) successful completion of a minimum of 4 semester
4    hours of graduate-level coursework addressing preparation
5    to meet the requirements for certification by the National
6    Board for Professional Teaching Standards, as described in
7    clause (C) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
8    21-2 of this Code.
9    (4) A person must complete the requirements of this
10subsection (e) before the expiration of his or her Standard
11Teaching Certificate and must submit assurance to the regional
12superintendent of schools or, if applicable, a local
13professional development committee authorized by the regional
14superintendent to submit recommendations to him or her for this
15purpose. The statement of assurance shall contain a list of the
16activities completed, the provider offering each activity, the
17number of credits earned for each activity, and the purposes to
18which each activity is attributed. The certificate holder shall
19maintain the evidence of completion of each activity for at
20least one certificate renewal cycle. The certificate holder
21shall affirm under penalty of perjury that he or she has
22completed the activities listed and will maintain the required
23evidence of completion. The State Board of Education or the
24regional superintendent of schools for each region shall
25conduct random audits of assurance statements and supporting
26documentation.

 

 

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1    (5) (Blank).
2    (6) (Blank).
3    (f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, a
4school district is authorized to enter into an agreement with
5the exclusive bargaining representative, if any, to form a
6local professional development committee (LPDC). The
7membership and terms of members of the LPDC may be determined
8by the agreement. Provisions regarding LPDCs contained in a
9collective bargaining agreement in existence on the effective
10date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
11between a school district and the exclusive bargaining
12representative shall remain in full force and effect for the
13term of the agreement, unless terminated by mutual agreement.
14The LPDC shall make recommendations to the regional
15superintendent of schools on renewal of teaching certificates.
16The regional superintendent of schools for each region shall
17perform the following functions:
18        (1) review recommendations for certificate renewal, if
19    any, received from LPDCs;
20        (2) (blank);
21        (3) (blank);
22        (4) (blank);
23        (5) determine whether certificate holders have met the
24    requirements for certificate renewal and notify
25    certificate holders if the decision is not to renew the
26    certificate;

 

 

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1        (6) provide a certificate holder with the opportunity
2    to appeal a recommendation made by a LPDC, if any, not to
3    renew the certificate to the regional professional
4    development review committee;
5        (7) issue and forward recommendations for renewal or
6    nonrenewal of certificate holders' Standard Teaching
7    Certificates to the State Teacher Certification Board; and
8        (8) (blank).
9    (g)(1) Each regional superintendent of schools shall
10review and concur or nonconcur with each recommendation for
11renewal or nonrenewal of a Standard Teaching Certificate he or
12she receives from a local professional development committee,
13if any, or, if a certificate holder appeals the recommendation
14to the regional professional development review committee, the
15recommendation for renewal or nonrenewal he or she receives
16from a regional professional development review committee and,
17within 14 days of receipt of the recommendation, shall provide
18the State Teacher Certification Board with verification of the
19following, if applicable:
20        (A) the certificate holder has satisfactorily
21    completed professional development and continuing
22    education activities set forth in paragraph (3) of
23    subsection (e) of this Section;
24        (B) the certificate holder has submitted the statement
25    of assurance required under paragraph (4) of subsection (e)
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1    the application for renewal;
2        (C) the local professional development committee, if
3    any, has recommended the renewal of the certificate
4    holder's Standard Teaching Certificate and forwarded the
5    recommendation to the regional superintendent of schools;
6        (D) the certificate holder has appealed his or her
7    local professional development committee's recommendation
8    of nonrenewal, if any, to the regional professional
9    development review committee and the result of that appeal;
10        (E) the regional superintendent of schools has
11    concurred or nonconcurred with the local professional
12    development committee's or regional professional
13    development review committee's recommendation, if any, to
14    renew or nonrenew the certificate holder's Standard
15    Teaching Certificate and made a recommendation to that
16    effect; and
17        (F) the established registration fee for the Standard
18    Teaching Certificate has been paid.
19    If the notice required by this subsection (g) includes a
20recommendation of certificate nonrenewal, then, at the same
21time the regional superintendent of schools provides the State
22Teacher Certification Board with the notice, he or she shall
23also notify the certificate holder in writing, by certified
24mail, return receipt requested, that this notice has been
25provided to the State Teacher Certification Board.
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1his or her local professional development committee's
2recommendation of nonrenewal, if any, to the regional
3professional development review committee, within 14 days of
4receipt of notice that the recommendation has been sent to the
5regional superintendent of schools. Each regional
6superintendent of schools shall establish a regional
7professional development review committee or committees for
8the purpose of advising the regional superintendent of schools,
9upon request, and handling certificate holder appeals. This
10committee shall consist of at least 4 classroom teachers, one
11non-administrative certificated educational employee, 2
12administrators, and one at-large member who shall be either (i)
13a parent, (ii) a member of the business community, (iii) a
14community member, or (iv) an administrator, with preference
15given to an individual chosen from among those persons listed
16in items (i), (ii), and (iii) in order to secure representation
17of an interest not already represented on the committee. The
18teacher and non-administrative certificated educational
19employee members of the review committee shall be selected by
20their exclusive representative, if any, and the administrators
21and at-large member shall be selected by the regional
22superintendent of schools. A regional superintendent of
23schools may add additional members to the committee, provided
24that the same proportion of teachers to administrators and
25at-large members on the committee is maintained. Any additional
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1employee members shall be selected by their exclusive
2representative, if any. Vacancies in positions on a regional
3professional development review committee shall be filled in
4the same manner as the original selections. Committee members
5shall serve staggered 3-year terms. All individuals selected to
6serve on regional professional development review committees
7must be known to demonstrate the best practices in teaching or
8their respective field of practice.
9    (h)(1) The State Teacher Certification Board shall review
10the regional superintendent of schools' recommendations to
11renew or nonrenew Standard Teaching Certificates and notify
12certificate holders in writing whether their certificates have
13been renewed or nonrenewed within 90 days of receipt of the
14recommendations, unless a certificate holder has appealed a
15regional superintendent of schools' recommendation of
16nonrenewal, as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection
17(h). The State Teacher Certification Board shall verify that
18the certificate holder has met the renewal criteria set forth
19in paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of this Section.
20    (2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal
21a regional superintendent of school's recommendation to
22nonrenew his or her Standard Teaching Certificate to the State
23Teacher Certification Board, within 14 days of receipt of
24notice that the decision has been sent to the State Teacher
25Certification Board, which shall hold an appeal hearing within
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1the certificate holder's Standard Teaching Certificate shall
2continue to be valid until the appeal is finally determined.
3The State Teacher Certification Board shall review the regional
4superintendent of school's recommendation, the regional
5professional development review committee's recommendation, if
6any, and the local professional development committee's
7recommendation, if any, and all relevant documentation to
8verify whether the certificate holder has met the renewal
9criteria set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of this
10Section. The State Teacher Certification Board may request that
11the certificate holder appear before it. All actions taken by
12the State Teacher Certification Board shall require a quorum
13and be by a simple majority of those present and voting. A
14record of all votes shall be maintained. The State Teacher
15Certification Board shall notify the certificate holder in
16writing, within 7 days of completing the review, whether his or
17her Standard Teaching Certificate has been renewed or
18nonrenewed, provided that if the State Teacher Certification
19Board determines to nonrenew a certificate, the written notice
20provided to the certificate holder shall be by certified mail,
21return receipt requested. All certificate renewal or
22nonrenewal decisions of the State Teacher Certification Board
23are final and subject to administrative review.
24    (i) Holders of Master Teaching Certificates shall meet the
25same requirements and follow the same procedures as holders of
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1cycle shall be as set forth in subsection (d) of Section 21-2
2of this Code and their renewal requirements shall be subject to
3paragraph (8) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code.
4    A holder of a teaching certificate endorsed as a
5speech-language pathologist who has been granted the
6Certificate of Clinical Competence by the American
7Speech-Language Hearing Association may renew his or her
8Standard Teaching Certificate pursuant to the 10-year renewal
9cycle set forth in subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this Code.
10    (j) Holders of Valid and Exempt Standard and Master
11Teaching Certificates who are not employed and performing
12services in an Illinois public or State-operated elementary
13school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement
14with a governing body or board of control, in a certificated
15teaching position, may voluntarily activate their certificates
16through the regional superintendent of schools of the regional
17office of education for the geographic area where their
18teaching is done. These certificate holders shall follow the
19same renewal criteria and procedures as all other Standard and
20Master Teaching Certificate holders, except that their
21continuing professional development activities need not
22reflect or address the knowledge, skills, and goals of a local
23school improvement plan.
24    (k) (Blank).
25    (l) (Blank).
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1of the 93rd General Assembly that affect renewal of Standard
2and Master Certificates shall apply to those persons who hold
3Standard or Master Certificates on or after the effective date
4of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and shall
5be given effect upon renewal of those certificates.
6(Source: P.A. 96-951, eff. 6-28-10; 97-607, eff. 8-26-11;
797-682, eff. 5-8-12.)
 
8    Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive
9Health Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as
10follows:
 
11    (105 ILCS 110/3)
12    Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The
13program established under this Act shall include, but not be
14limited to, the following major educational areas as a basis
15for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in this
16State: human ecology and health, human growth and development,
17the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
18social responsibilities of family life, including sexual
19abstinence until marriage, prevention and control of disease,
20including instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the prevention,
21transmission and spread of AIDS, age-appropriate sexual abuse
22and assault awareness and prevention education in grades
23pre-kindergarten through 12 sexual assault awareness in
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1health, safety education and disaster survival, mental health
2and illness, personal health habits, alcohol, drug use, and
3abuse including the medical and legal ramifications of alcohol,
4drug, and tobacco use, abuse during pregnancy, sexual
5abstinence until marriage, tobacco, nutrition, and dental
6health. The program shall also provide course material and
7instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant
8Protection Act. The program shall include information about
9cancer, including without limitation types of cancer, signs and
10symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and
11detection, and information on where to go for help.
12Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the following
13areas may also be included as a basis for curricula in all
14elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic first aid
15(including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
16and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, diabetes, stroke,
17the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide, and teen
18dating violence in grades 8 through 12.
19    The school board of each public elementary and secondary
20school in the State shall encourage all teachers and other
21school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the
22knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer
23life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
24Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be
25in accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
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1certifying organization. A school board may use the services of
2non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
3life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school
4personnel in these techniques. Each school board is encouraged
5to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one
6person who is certified, by the American Red Cross or by
7another qualified certifying agency, as qualified to
8administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In
9addition, each school board is authorized to allocate
10appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to
11conduct training programs for teachers and other school
12personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified
13to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary
14resuscitation. School boards are urged to encourage their
15teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
16programs and other extracurricular school activities to
17acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills
18necessary to properly administer first aid and cardiopulmonary
19resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
20established by the American Red Cross or another qualified
21certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of
22Education shall establish and administer a matching grant
23program to pay for half of the cost that a school district
24incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel
25who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer
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1accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
2American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
3certifying organization) or in learning how to use an automated
4external defibrillator. A school district that applies for a
5grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay half of the
6cost of the training for which matching grant money is sought.
7The State Board of Education shall award the grants on a
8first-come, first-serve basis.
9    No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any
10class or course on AIDS or family life instruction if his
11parent or guardian submits written objection thereto, and
12refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall
13not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
14    Curricula developed under programs established in
15accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
16alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom
17instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which
18shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal
19effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be
20integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of
21Education shall develop and make available to all elementary
22and secondary schools in this State instructional materials and
23guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating the
24instruction into their existing curricula. In addition, school
25districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during the
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1services and instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent,
2parents, or guardians are chemically dependent.
3(Source: P.A. 95-43, eff. 1-1-08; 95-764, eff. 1-1-09; 96-128,
4eff. 1-1-10; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-383, eff. 1-1-10;
596-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.