98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3941

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/21B-40

    Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure of educators.


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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
521B-40 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/21B-40)
7    Sec. 21B-40. Fees.
8    (a) Beginning with the the start of the new licensure
9system established pursuant to this Article, the following fees
10shall be charged to applicants:
11        (1) A $75 application fee for a Professional Educator
12    License or an Educator License with Stipulations and for
13    individuals seeking a Substitute Teaching License.
14    However, beginning on January 1, 2015, the application fee
15    for a Professional Educator License, Educator License with
16    Stipulations, or Substitute Teaching License shall be
17    $100.
18        (2) A $150 application fee for individuals who have
19    completed an approved educator preparation program outside
20    of this State or who hold a valid, comparable credential
21    from another state or country and are seeking any of the
22    licenses set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection
23    (a).

 

 

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1        (3) A $50 application fee for each endorsement or
2    approval an individual holding a license wishes to add to
3    that license.
4        (4) A $10 per year registration fee for the course of
5    the validity cycle to register the license, which shall be
6    paid to the regional office of education having supervision
7    and control over the school in which the individual holding
8    the license is to be employed. If the individual holding
9    the license is not yet employed, then the license may be
10    registered in any county in this State. The registration
11    fee must be paid in its entirety the first time the
12    individual registers the license for a particular validity
13    period in a single region. No additional fee may be charged
14    for that validity period should the individual
15    subsequently register the license in additional regions.
16    An individual must register the license (i) immediately
17    after initial issuance of the license and (ii) at the
18    beginning of each renewal cycle if the individual has
19    satisfied the renewal requirements required under this
20    Code.
21    (b) All application fees paid pursuant to subdivisions (1)
22through (3) of subsection (a) of this Section shall be
23deposited into the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund and
24shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the State Board of
25Education to provide the technology and human resources
26necessary for the timely and efficient processing of

 

 

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1applications. The Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund is not
2subject to administrative charge transfers, authorized under
3Section 8h of the State Finance Act, from the Teacher
4Certificate Fee Revolving Fund into any other fund of this
5State, and moneys in the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund
6shall not revert back to the General Revenue Fund at any time.
7    The regional superintendent of schools shall deposit the
8registration fees paid pursuant to subdivision (4) of
9subsection (a) of this Section into the institute fund
10established pursuant to Section 3-11 of this Code.
11    (c) The State Board of Education and each regional office
12of education are authorized to charge a service or convenience
13fee for the use of credit cards for the payment of license
14fees. This service or convenience fee shall not exceed the
15amount required by the credit card processing company or vendor
16that has entered into a contract with the State Board or
17regional office of education for this purpose, and the fee must
18be paid to that company or vendor.
19    (d) If, at the time a certificate issued under Article 21
20of this Code is exchanged for a license issued under this
21Article, a person has paid registration fees for any years of
22the validity period of the certificate and these years have not
23expired when the certificate is exchanged, then those fees must
24be applied to the registration of the new license.
25(Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)