SB1553enr 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB1553 Enrolled LRB093 03067 NHT 03084 b

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

4		Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
5		is amended by changing Sections 6.5 and 6.6 as follows:
6		(5 ILCS 375/6.5)
7		(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2004)
8		Sec. 6.5. Health benefits for TRS benefit recipients and
9		TRS dependent beneficiaries.
10		(a) Purpose. It is the purpose of this amendatory Act of
11		1995 to transfer the administration of the program of health
12		benefits established for benefit recipients and their
13		dependent beneficiaries under Article 16 of the Illinois
14		Pension Code to the Department of Central Management Services.
15		(b) Transition provisions. The Board of Trustees of the
16		Teachers' Retirement System shall continue to administer the
17		health benefit program established under Article 16 of the
18		Illinois Pension Code through December 31, 1995. Beginning
19		January 1, 1996, the Department of Central Management Services
20		shall be responsible for administering a program of health
21		benefits for TRS benefit recipients and TRS dependent
22		beneficiaries under this Section. The Department of Central
23		Management Services and the Teachers' Retirement System shall
24		cooperate in this endeavor and shall coordinate their
25		activities so as to ensure a smooth transition and
26		uninterrupted health benefit coverage.
27		(c) Eligibility. All persons who were enrolled in the
28		Article 16 program at the time of the transfer shall be
29		eligible to participate in the program established under this
30		Section without any interruption or delay in coverage or
31		limitation as to pre-existing medical conditions. Eligibility
32		to participate shall be determined by the Teachers' Retirement

1		System. Eligibility information shall be communicated to the
2		Department of Central Management Services in a format
3		acceptable to the Department.
4		A TRS dependent beneficiary who is an unmarried child age
5		19 or over and mentally or physically disabled handicapped does
6		not become ineligible to participate by reason of (i) becoming
7		ineligible to be claimed as a dependent for Illinois or federal
8		income tax purposes or (ii) receiving earned income, so long as
9		those earnings are insufficient for the child to be fully
10		self-sufficient.
11		(d) Coverage. The level of health benefits provided under
12		this Section shall be similar to the level of benefits provided
13		by the program previously established under Article 16 of the
14		Illinois Pension Code.
15		Group life insurance benefits are not included in the
16		benefits to be provided to TRS benefit recipients and TRS
17		dependent beneficiaries under this Act.
18		The program of health benefits under this Section may
19		include any or all of the benefit limitations, including but
20		not limited to a reduction in benefits based on eligibility for
21		federal medicare benefits, that are provided under subsection
22		(a) of Section 6 of this Act for other health benefit programs
23		under this Act.
24		(e) Insurance rates and premiums. The Director shall
25		determine the insurance rates and premiums for TRS benefit
26		recipients and TRS dependent beneficiaries, and shall present
27		to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, by
28		April 15 of each calendar year, the rate-setting methodology
29		(including but not limited to utilization levels and costs)
30		used to determine the amount of the health care premiums.
31		For Fiscal Year 1996, the premium shall be equal to the
32		premium actually charged in Fiscal Year 1995; in subsequent
33		years, the premium shall never be lower than the premium
34		charged in Fiscal Year 1995.
35		For Fiscal Year 2003, the premium shall not exceed 110%
36		of the premium actually charged in Fiscal Year 2002.

1		For Fiscal Year 2004, the premium shall not exceed 112%
2		of the premium actually charged in Fiscal Year 2003.
3		For Fiscal Year 2005, the premium shall not exceed a
4		weighted average of 106.6% of the premium actually charged
5		in Fiscal Year 2004.
6		For Fiscal Year 2006, the premium shall not exceed a
7		weighted average of 109.1% of the premium actually charged
8		in Fiscal Year 2005.
9		For Fiscal Year 2007, the premium shall not exceed a
10		weighted average of 103.9% of the premium actually charged
11		in Fiscal Year 2006.
12		For Fiscal Year 2008 and thereafter, the premium in
13		each fiscal year shall not exceed 105% of the premium
14		actually charged in the previous fiscal year.
15		Rates and premiums may be based in part on age and
16		eligibility for federal medicare coverage. However, the cost of
17		participation for a TRS dependent beneficiary who is an
18		unmarried child age 19 or over and mentally or physically
19		disabled handicapped shall not exceed the cost for a TRS
20		dependent beneficiary who is an unmarried child under age 19
21		and participates in the same major medical or managed care
22		program.
23		The cost of health benefits under the program shall be paid
24		as follows:
25		(1) For a TRS benefit recipient selecting a managed
26		care program, up to 75% of the total insurance rate shall
27		be paid from the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund.
28		Effective with Fiscal Year 2007 and thereafter, for a TRS
29		benefit recipient selecting a managed care program, 75% of
30		the total insurance rate shall be paid from the Teacher
31		Health Insurance Security Fund.
32		(2) For a TRS benefit recipient selecting the major
33		medical coverage program, up to 50% of the total insurance
34		rate shall be paid from the Teacher Health Insurance
35		Security Fund if a managed care program is accessible, as
36		determined by the Teachers' Retirement System. Effective

1		with Fiscal Year 2007 and thereafter, for a TRS benefit
2		recipient selecting the major medical coverage program,
3		50% of the total insurance rate shall be paid from the
4		Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund if a managed care
5		program is accessible, as determined by the Department of
6		Central Management Services.
7		(3) For a TRS benefit recipient selecting the major
8		medical coverage program, up to 75% of the total insurance
9		rate shall be paid from the Teacher Health Insurance
10		Security Fund if a managed care program is not accessible,
11		as determined by the Teachers' Retirement System.
12		Effective with Fiscal Year 2007 and thereafter, for a TRS
13		benefit recipient selecting the major medical coverage
14		program, 75% of the total insurance rate shall be paid from
15		the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund if a managed
16		care program is not accessible, as determined by the
17		Department of Central Management Services.
18		(3.1) For a TRS dependent beneficiary who is Medicare
19		primary and enrolled in a managed care plan, or the major
20		medical coverage program if a managed care plan is not
21		available, 25% of the total insurance rate shall be paid
22		from the Teacher Health Security Fund as determined by the
23		Department of Central Management Services. For the purpose
24		of this item (3.1), the term "TRS dependent beneficiary who
25		is Medicare primary" means a TRS dependent beneficiary who
26		is participating in Medicare Parts A and B.
27		(4) Except as otherwise provided in item (3.1), the The
28		balance of the rate of insurance, including the entire
29		premium of any coverage for TRS dependent beneficiaries
30		that has been elected, shall be paid by deductions
31		authorized by the TRS benefit recipient to be withheld from
32		his or her monthly annuity or benefit payment from the
33		Teachers' Retirement System; except that (i) if the balance
34		of the cost of coverage exceeds the amount of the monthly
35		annuity or benefit payment, the difference shall be paid
36		directly to the Teachers' Retirement System by the TRS

1		benefit recipient, and (ii) all or part of the balance of
2		the cost of coverage may, at the school board's option, be
3		paid to the Teachers' Retirement System by the school board
4		of the school district from which the TRS benefit recipient
5		retired, in accordance with Section 10-22.3b of the School
6		Code. The Teachers' Retirement System shall promptly
7		deposit all moneys withheld by or paid to it under this
8		subdivision (e)(4) into the Teacher Health Insurance
9		Security Fund. These moneys shall not be considered assets
10		of the Retirement System.
11		(f) Financing. Beginning July 1, 1995, all revenues arising
12		from the administration of the health benefit programs
13		established under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code or
14		this Section shall be deposited into the Teacher Health
15		Insurance Security Fund, which is hereby created as a
16		nonappropriated trust fund to be held outside the State
17		Treasury, with the State Treasurer as custodian. Any interest
18		earned on moneys in the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund
19		shall be deposited into the Fund.
20		Moneys in the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund shall
21		be used only to pay the costs of the health benefit program
22		established under this Section, including associated
23		administrative costs, and the costs associated with the health
24		benefit program established under Article 16 of the Illinois
25		Pension Code, as authorized in this Section. Beginning July 1,
26		1995, the Department of Central Management Services may make
27		expenditures from the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund
28		for those costs.
29		After other funds authorized for the payment of the costs
30		of the health benefit program established under Article 16 of
31		the Illinois Pension Code are exhausted and until January 1,
32		1996 (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Director
33		of Central Management Services and the Secretary of the
34		Teachers' Retirement System), the Secretary of the Teachers'
35		Retirement System may make expenditures from the Teacher Health
36		Insurance Security Fund as necessary to pay up to 75% of the

1		cost of providing health coverage to eligible benefit
2		recipients (as defined in Sections 16-153.1 and 16-153.3 of the
3		Illinois Pension Code) who are enrolled in the Article 16
4		health benefit program and to facilitate the transfer of
5		administration of the health benefit program to the Department
6		of Central Management Services.
7		(g) Contract for benefits. The Director shall by contract,
8		self-insurance, or otherwise make available the program of
9		health benefits for TRS benefit recipients and their TRS
10		dependent beneficiaries that is provided for in this Section.
11		The contract or other arrangement for the provision of these
12		health benefits shall be on terms deemed by the Director to be
13		in the best interest of the State of Illinois and the TRS
14		benefit recipients based on, but not limited to, such criteria
15		as administrative cost, service capabilities of the carrier or
16		other contractor, and the costs of the benefits.
17		(g-5) Committee. A Teacher Retirement Insurance Program
18		Committee shall be established, to consist of 10 persons
19		appointed by the Governor.
20		The Committee shall convene at least 4 times each year, and
21		shall consider and make recommendations on issues affecting the
22		program of health benefits provided under this Section.
23		Recommendations of the Committee shall be based on a consensus
24		of the members of the Committee.
25		If the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund experiences a
26		deficit balance based upon the contribution and subsidy rates
27		established in this Section and Section 6.6 for Fiscal Year
28		2008 or thereafter, the Committee shall make recommendations
29		for adjustments to the funding sources established under these
30		Sections.
31		(h) Continuation and termination of program. It is the
32		intention of the General Assembly that the program of health
33		benefits provided under this Section be maintained on an
34		ongoing, affordable basis. through June 30, 2004. The program
35		of health benefits provided under this Section is terminated on
36		July 1, 2004.

1		The program of health benefits provided under this Section
2		may be amended by the State and is not intended to be a pension
3		or retirement benefit subject to protection under Article XIII,
4		Section 5 of the Illinois Constitution.
5		(i) Repeal. (Blank). This Section is repealed on July 1,
6		2004.
7		(Source: P.A. 92-505, eff. 12-20-01; 92-862, eff. 1-3-03;
8		revised 1-10-03.)
9		(5 ILCS 375/6.6)
10		(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2004)
11		Sec. 6.6. Contributions to the Teacher Health Insurance
12		Security Fund.
13		(a) Beginning July 1, 1995, all active contributors of the
14		Teachers' Retirement System (established under Article 16 of
15		the Illinois Pension Code) who are not employees of a
16		department as defined in Section 3 of this Act shall make
17		contributions toward the cost of annuitant and survivor health
18		benefits. These contributions shall be at the following rates:
19		until January 1, 2002, 0.5% of salary; beginning January 1,
20		2002, 0.65% of salary; beginning July 1, 2003, 0.75% of salary;
21		beginning July 1, 2005, 0.80% of salary; beginning July 1,
22		2007, a percentage of salary to be determined by the Department
23		of Central Management Services by rule, which in each fiscal
24		year shall not exceed 105% of the percentage of salary actually
25		required to be paid in the previous fiscal year.
26		These contributions shall be deducted by the employer and
27		paid to the System as service agent for the Department of
28		Central Management Services. The System may use the same
29		processes for collecting the contributions required by this
30		subsection that it uses to collect contributions received from
31		school districts and other covered employers under Sections
32		16-154 and 16-155 of the Illinois Pension Code.
33		An employer may agree to pick up or pay the contributions
34		required under this subsection on behalf of the teacher; such
35		contributions shall be deemed to have to have been paid by the

1		teacher. Beginning January 1, 2002, if the employer does not
2		directly pay the required member contribution, then the
3		employer shall reduce the member's salary by an amount equal to
4		the required contribution and shall then pay the contribution
5		on behalf of the member. This reduction shall not change the
6		amounts reported as creditable earnings to the Teachers'
7		Retirement System.
8		A person who purchases optional service credit under
9		Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code for a period after June
10		30, 1995 must also make a contribution under this subsection
11		for that optional credit, at the rate provided in subsection
12		(a), based on the salary used in computing the optional service
13		credit, plus interest on this employee contribution. This
14		contribution shall be collected by the System as service agent
15		for the Department of Central Management Services. The
16		contribution required under this subsection for the optional
17		service credit must be paid in full before any annuity based on
18		that credit begins.
19		(a-5) Beginning January 1, 2002, every employer of a
20		teacher (other than an employer that is a department as defined
21		in Section 3 of this Act) shall pay an employer contribution
22		toward the cost of annuitant and survivor health benefits.
23		These contributions shall be computed as follows:
24		(1) Beginning January 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003,
25		the employer contribution shall be equal to 0.4% of each
26		teacher's salary.
27		(2) Beginning July 1, 2003, the employer contribution
28		shall be equal to 0.5% of each teacher's salary.
29		(3) Beginning July 1, 2005, the employer contribution
30		shall be equal to 0.6% of each teacher's salary.
31		(4) Beginning July 1, 2007, the employer contribution
32		shall be a percentage of each teacher's salary to be
33		determined by the Department of Central Management
34		Services by rule, which in each fiscal year shall not
35		exceed 105% of the percentage of each teacher's salary
36		actually required to be paid in the previous fiscal year.

1		These contributions shall be paid by the employer to the
2		System as service agent for the Department of Central
3		Management Services. The System may use the same processes for
4		collecting the contributions required by this subsection that
5		it uses to collect contributions received from school districts
6		and other covered employers under the Illinois Pension Code.
7		The school district or other employing unit may pay these
8		employer contributions out of any source of funding available
9		for that purpose and shall forward the contributions to the
10		System on the schedule established for the payment of member
11		contributions.
12		(b) The Teachers' Retirement System shall promptly deposit
13		all moneys collected under subsections (a) and (a-5) of this
14		Section into the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund created
15		in Section 6.5 of this Act. The moneys collected under this
16		Section shall be used only for the purposes authorized in
17		Section 6.5 of this Act and shall not be considered to be
18		assets of the Teachers' Retirement System. Contributions made
19		under this Section are not transferable to other pension funds
20		or retirement systems and are not refundable upon termination
21		of service.
22		(c) On or before November 15 of each year, the Board of
23		Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System shall certify to
24		the Governor, the Director of Central Management Services, and
25		the State Comptroller its estimate of the total amount of
26		contributions to be paid under subsection (a) of this Section
27		6.6 for the next fiscal year. The amount certified shall be
28		decreased or increased each year by the amount that the actual
29		active teacher contributions either fell short of or exceeded
30		the estimate used by the Board in making the certification for
31		the previous fiscal year. The certification shall include a
32		detailed explanation of the methods and information that the
33		Board relied upon in preparing its estimate. As soon as
34		possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
35		92nd General Assembly, the Board shall recalculate and
36		recertify its certifications for fiscal years 2002 and 2003.

1		(d) Beginning in fiscal year 1996, on the first day of each
2		month, or as soon thereafter as may be practical, the State
3		Treasurer and the State Comptroller shall transfer from the
4		General Revenue Fund to the Teacher Health Insurance Security
5		Fund 1/12 of the annual amount appropriated for that fiscal
6		year to the State Comptroller for deposit into the Teacher
7		Health Insurance Security Fund under Section 1.3 of the State
8		Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act.
9		(e) Except where otherwise specified in this Section, the
10		definitions that apply to Article 16 of the Illinois Pension
11		Code apply to this Section.
12		(f) (Blank). This Section is repealed on July 1, 2004.
13		(Source: P.A. 92-505, eff. 12-20-01.)

14		Section 10. The State Pension Funds Continuing
15		Appropriation Act is amended by changing Section 1.3 as
16		follows:
17		(40 ILCS 15/1.3)
18		Sec. 1.3. Appropriations for the Teacher Health Insurance
19		Security Fund. Beginning in State fiscal year 1996, there is
20		hereby appropriated, on a continuing annual basis, from the
21		General Revenue Fund to the State Comptroller for deposit into
22		the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund, an amount equal to
23		the amount certified by the Board of Trustees of the Teachers'
24		Retirement System of Illinois under subsection (c) of Section
25		6.6 of the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 as the
26		estimated total amount of contributions to be paid under
27		subsection (a) of that Section 6.6 in that fiscal year.
28		In addition to any other amounts that may be appropriated
29		for this purpose, in State fiscal years 2005 through 2007,
30		there is hereby appropriated, on a continuing annual basis,
31		from the General Revenue Fund to the State Comptroller for
32		deposit into the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund, an
33		amount equal to $13,000,000 in each fiscal year.
34		The moneys appropriated under this Section 1.3 shall be

1		deposited into the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund and
2		used only for the purposes authorized in Section 6.5 of the
3		State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.
4		(Source: P.A. 89-25, eff. 6-21-95.)

5		Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
6		2-3.11, 21-1a, 21-1b, 21-2, 21-7.1, 21-9, 21-12, 21-14, 21-16,
7		21-17, 21-18, and 21-23 as follows:
8		(105 ILCS 5/2-3.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11)
9		Sec. 2-3.11. Report to Governor and General Assembly. To
10		report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on or
11		before January 14 the condition of the schools of the State for
12		the preceding year, ending on June 30.
13		Such annual report shall contain reports of the State
14		Teacher Certification Board; the schools of the State
15		charitable institutions; reports on driver education, special
16		education, and transportation; and for such year the annual
17		statistical reports of the State Board of Education, including
18		the number and kinds of school districts; number of school
19		attendance centers; number of men and women teachers;
20		enrollment by grades; total enrollment; total days attendance;
21		total days absence; average daily attendance; number of
22		elementary and secondary school graduates; assessed valuation;
23		tax levies and tax rates for various purposes; amount of
24		teachers' orders, anticipation warrants, and bonds
25		outstanding; and number of men and women teachers and total
26		enrollment of private schools. The report shall give for all
27		school districts receipts from all sources and expenditures for
28		all purposes for each fund; the total operating expense, and
29		the per capita cost, and instructional expenditures; federal
30		and state aids and reimbursements; new school buildings, and
31		recognized schools; together with such other information and
32		suggestions as the State Board of Education may deem important
33		in relation to the schools and school laws and the means of
34		promoting education throughout the state.

1		In this Section, "instructional expenditures" means the
2		annual expenditures of school districts properly attributable
3		to expenditure functions defined in rules of the State Board of
4		Education as: 1100 (Regular Education); 1200-1220 (Special
5		Education); 1250 (Ed. Deprived/Remedial); 1400 (Vocational
6		Programs); 1600 (Summer School); 1650 (Gifted); 1800
7		(Bilingual Programs); 1900 (Truant Alternative); 2110
8		(Attendance and Social Work Services); 2120 (Guidance
9		Services); 2130 (Health Services); 2140 (Psychological
10		Services); 2150 (Speech Pathology and Audiology Services);
11		2190 (Other Support Services Pupils); 2210 (Improvement of
12		Instruction); 2220 (Educational Media Services); 2230
13		(Assessment and Testing); 2540 (Operation and Maintenance of
14		Plant Services); 2550 (Pupil Transportation Service); 2560
15		(Food Service); 4110 (Payments for Regular Programs); 4120
16		(Payments for Special Education Programs); 4130 (Payments for
17		Adult Education Programs); 4140 (Payments for Vocational
18		Education Programs); 4170 (Payments for Community College
19		Programs); 4190 (Other payments to in-state government units);
20		and 4200 (Other payments to out of state government units).
21		(Source: P.A. 84-1308; 84-1424.)
22		(105 ILCS 5/21-1a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a)
23		Sec. 21-1a. Tests required for certification and teacher
24		preparation.
25		(a) After July 1, 1988, in addition to all other
26		requirements, early childhood, elementary, special, high
27		school, school service personnel, or, except as provided in
28		Section 34-6, administrative certificates shall be issued to
29		persons who have satisfactorily passed a test of basic skills
30		and subject matter knowledge. A person who holds a valid and
31		comparable out-of-state certificate, however, is not required
32		to take a test of basic skills and is not required to take a
33		test of subject matter knowledge, provided that the person has
34		successfully passed a test of subject matter knowledge in
35		another state or territory of the United States that is

1		directly related in content to the specific subject area of
2		certification. The tests of basic skills and subject matter
3		knowledge shall be the tests which from time to time are
4		designated by the State Board of Education in consultation with
5		the State Teacher Certification Board and may be tests prepared
6		by an educational testing organization or tests designed by the
7		State Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
8		Certification Board. The areas to be covered by the test of
9		basic skills shall include the basic skills of reading,
10		writing, grammar and mathematics. The test of subject matter
11		knowledge shall assess content knowledge in the specific
12		subject field. The tests shall be designed to be racially
13		neutral to assure that no person in taking the tests is thereby
14		discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national
15		origin or other factors unrelated to the person's ability to
16		perform as a certificated employee. The score required to pass
17		the tests of basic skills and subject matter knowledge shall be
18		fixed by the State Board of Education in consultation with the
19		State Teacher Certification Board. The tests shall be held not
20		fewer than 3 times a year at such time and place as may be
21		designated by the State Board of Education in consultation with
22		the State Teacher Certification Board.
23		(b) Except as provided in Section 34-6, the provisions of
24		subsection (a) of this Section shall apply equally in any
25		school district subject to Article 34, provided that the State
26		Board of Education shall determine which certificates issued
27		under Sections 34-8.1 and 34-83 prior to July 1, 1988 are
28		comparable to any early childhood certificate, elementary
29		school certificate, special certificate, high school
30		certificate, school service personnel certificate or
31		administrative certificate issued under this Article as of July
32		1, 1988.
33		(c) A person who holds an early childhood, elementary,
34		special, high school or school service personnel certificate
35		issued under this Article on or at any time before July 1,
36		1988, including a person who has been issued any such

1		certificate pursuant to Section 21-11.1 or in exchange for a
2		comparable certificate theretofore issued under Section 34-8.1
3		or Section 34-83, shall not be required to take or pass the
4		tests in order to thereafter have such certificate renewed.
5		(d) The State Board of Education in consultation with the
6		State Teacher Certification Board shall conduct a pilot
7		administration of the tests by administering the test to
8		students completing teacher education programs in the 1986-87
9		school year for the purpose of determining the effect and
10		impact of testing candidates for certification.
11		Beginning with the 2002-2003 academic year, a student may
12		not enroll in a teacher preparation program at a recognized
13		teacher training institution until he or she has passed the
14		basic skills test.
15		Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, a preservice
16		education teacher may not student teach until he or she has
17		passed the subject matter test in the discipline in which he or
18		she will student teach.
19		(e) The rules and regulations developed to implement the
20		required test of basic skills and subject matter knowledge
21		shall include the requirements of subsections (a), (b), and (c)
22		and shall include specific regulations to govern test
23		selection; test validation and determination of a passing
24		score; administration of the tests; frequency of
25		administration; applicant fees; frequency of applicants'
26		taking the tests; the years for which a score is valid; and,
27		waiving certain additional tests for additional certificates
28		to individuals who have satisfactorily passed the test of basic
29		skills and subject matter knowledge as required in subsection
30		(a). The State Board of Education shall provide, by rule,
31		specific policies that assure uniformity in the difficulty
32		level of each form of the basic skills test and each subject
33		matter knowledge test from test-to-test and year-to-year. The
34		State Board of Education shall also set a passing score for the
35		tests.
36		(f) The State Teacher Certification Board may issue a

1		nonrenewable temporary certificate between July 1, 1988 and
2		August 31, 1988 to individuals who have taken the tests of
3		basic skills and subject matter knowledge prescribed by this
4		Section but have not received such test scores by August 31,
5		1988. Such temporary certificates shall expire on December 31,
6		1988.
7		(g) Beginning February 15, 2000, the State Board of
8		Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
9		Certification Board, shall implement and administer a new
10		system of certification for teachers in the State of Illinois.
11		The State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
12		Teacher Certification Board, shall design and implement a
13		system of examinations and various other criteria which shall
14		be required prior to the issuance of Initial Teaching
15		Certificates and Standard Teaching Certificates. These
16		examinations and indicators shall be based on national and
17		State professional teaching standards, as determined by the
18		State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
19		Teacher Certification Board. The State Board of Education may
20		adopt any and all regulations necessary to implement and
21		administer this Section.
22		(h) The State Board of Education shall report to the
23		Illinois General Assembly and the Governor with
24		recommendations for further changes and improvements to the
25		teacher certification system no later than July 1, 1999 and on
26		an annual basis until July 1, 2001.
27		(Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 92-734, eff. 7-25-02.)
28		(105 ILCS 5/21-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b)
29		Sec. 21-1b. Subject endorsement on certificates. All
30		certificates initially issued under this Article after June 30,
31		1986, shall be specifically endorsed by the State Board of
32		Education for each subject the holder of the certificate is
33		legally qualified to teach, such endorsements to be made in
34		accordance with standards promulgated by the State Board of
35		Education in consultation with the State Teacher Certification

1		Board. All certificates which are issued under this Article
2		prior to July 1, 1986 may, by application to the State Board of
3		Education, be specifically endorsed for each subject the holder
4		is legally qualified to teach. Endorsements issued under this
5		Section shall not apply to substitute teacher's certificates
6		issued under Section 21-9 of this Code.
7		Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for endorsement
8		of an existing teaching certificate shall be accompanied by a
9		$30 nonrefundable fee. There is hereby created a Teacher
10		Certificate Fee Revolving Fund as a special fund within the
11		State Treasury. The proceeds of each $30 fee shall be paid into
12		the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund; and the moneys in
13		that Fund shall be appropriated and used to provide the
14		technology and other resources necessary for the timely and
15		efficient processing of certification requests.
16		The State Board of Education and each regional office of
17		education are authorized to charge a service or convenience fee
18		for the use of credit cards for the payment of certification
19		fees. This service or convenience fee may not exceed the amount
20		required by the credit card processing company or vendor that
21		has entered into a contract with the State Board or regional
22		office of education for this purpose, and the fee must be paid
23		to that company or vendor.
24		(Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
25		(105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
26		Sec. 21-2. Grades of certificates.
27		(a) All certificates issued under this Article shall be
28		State certificates valid, except as limited in Section 21-1, in
29		every school district coming under the provisions of this Act
30		and shall be limited in time and designated as follows:
31		Provisional vocational certificate, temporary provisional
32		vocational certificate, early childhood certificate,
33		elementary school certificate, special certificate, secondary
34		certificate, school service personnel certificate,
35		administrative certificate, provisional certificate, and

1		substitute certificate. The requirement of student teaching
2		under close and competent supervision for obtaining a teaching
3		certificate may be waived by the State Teacher Certification
4		Board upon presentation to the Board by the teacher of evidence
5		of 5 years successful teaching experience on a valid
6		certificate and graduation from a recognized institution of
7		higher learning with a bachelor's degree.
8		(b) Initial Teaching Certificate. Persons who (1) have
9		completed an approved teacher preparation program, (2) are
10		recommended by an approved teacher preparation program, (3)
11		have successfully completed the Initial Teaching Certification
12		examinations required by the State Board of Education, and (4)
13		have met all other criteria established by the State Board of
14		Education in consultation with the State Teacher Certification
15		Board, shall be issued an Initial Teaching Certificate valid
16		for 4 years of teaching, as defined in Section 21-14 of this
17		Code. Initial Teaching Certificates shall be issued for
18		categories corresponding to Early Childhood, Elementary,
19		Secondary, and Special K-12, with special certification
20		designations for Special Education, Bilingual Education,
21		fundamental learning areas (including Language Arts, Reading,
22		Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Physical Development and
23		Health, Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and other areas
24		designated by the State Board of Education, in consultation
25		with the State Teacher Certification Board. Notwithstanding
26		any other provision of this Article, an Initial Teaching
27		Certificate shall be automatically extended for one year for
28		all persons who (i) have been issued an Initial Teaching
29		Certificate that expires on June 30, 2004 and (ii) have not
30		met, prior to July 1, 2004, the Standard Certificate
31		requirements under paragraph (c) of this Section. An
32		application and fee shall not be required for this extension.
33		(b-5) A person who holds an out-of-state certificate and
34		who is otherwise eligible for a comparable Illinois certificate
35		may be issued an Initial Certificate if that person has not
36		completed 4 years of teaching. Upon completion of 4 years of

1		teaching, the person is eligible for a Standard Certificate.
2		Beginning July 1, 2004, an out-of-state candidate who has
3		already earned a second-tier certificate in another state is
4		not subject to any Standard Certificate eligibility
5		requirements stated in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this
6		Section other than completion of the 4 years of teaching. An
7		out-of-state candidate who has completed less than 4 years of
8		teaching and does not hold a second-tier certificate from
9		another state must meet the requirements stated in paragraph
10		(2) of subsection (c) of this Section, proportionately reduced
11		by the amount of time remaining to complete the 4 years of
12		teaching.
13		(c) Standard Certificate.
14		(1) Persons who (i) have completed 4 years of teaching, as
15		defined in Section 21-14 of this Code, with an Initial
16		Certificate or an Initial Alternative Teaching Certificate and
17		have met all other criteria established by the State Board of
18		Education in consultation with the State Teacher Certification
19		Board, (ii) have completed 4 years of teaching on a valid
20		equivalent certificate in another State or territory of the
21		United States, or have completed 4 years of teaching in a
22		nonpublic Illinois elementary or secondary school with an
23		Initial Certificate or an Initial Alternative Teaching
24		Certificate, and have met all other criteria established by the
25		State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
26		Teacher Certification Board, or (iii) were issued teaching
27		certificates prior to February 15, 2000 and are renewing those
28		certificates after February 15, 2000, shall be issued a
29		Standard Certificate valid for 5 years, which may be renewed
30		thereafter every 5 years by the State Teacher Certification
31		Board based on proof of continuing education or professional
32		development. Beginning July 1, 2003, persons who have completed
33		4 years of teaching, as described in clauses (i) and (ii) of
34		this paragraph (1), have successfully completed the
35		requirements of paragraphs (2) through (4) of this subsection
36		(c), and have met all other criteria established by the State

1		Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
2		Certification Board, shall be issued Standard Certificates.
3		Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
4		beginning July 1, 2004, persons who hold valid out-of-state
5		certificates and have completed 4 years of teaching on a valid
6		equivalent certificate in another State or territory of the
7		United States shall be issued comparable Standard
8		Certificates. Beginning July 1, 2004, persons who hold valid
9		out-of-state certificates as described in subsection (b-5) of
10		this Section are subject to the requirements of paragraphs (2)
11		through (4) of this subsection (c), as required in subsection
12		(b-5) of this Section, in order to receive a Standard
13		Certificate. Standard Certificates shall be issued for
14		categories corresponding to Early Childhood, Elementary,
15		Secondary, and Special K-12, with special certification
16		designations for Special Education, Bilingual Education,
17		fundamental learning areas (including Language Arts, Reading,
18		Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Physical Development and
19		Health, Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and other areas
20		designated by the State Board of Education, in consultation
21		with the State Teacher Certification Board.
22		(2) This paragraph (2) applies only to those persons
23		required to successfully complete the requirements of this
24		paragraph under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c). In order
25		to receive a Standard Teaching Certificate, a person must
26		satisfy one of the following requirements, which the person
27		must identify, in writing, as the requirement that the person
28		has chosen to satisfy to the responsible local professional
29		development committee established pursuant to subsection (f)
30		of Section 21-14 of this Code:
31		(A) Completion of a program of induction and mentoring
32		for new teachers that is based upon a specific plan
33		approved by the State Board of Education, in consultation
34		with the State Teacher Certification Board. Nothing in this
35		Section, however, prohibits an induction or mentoring
36		program from operating prior to approval. Holders of

1		Initial Certificates issued before September 1, 2007 must
2		complete, at a minimum, an approved one-year induction and
3		mentoring program. Holders of Initial Certificates issued
4		on or after September 1, 2007 must complete an approved
5		2-year induction and mentoring program. The plan must
6		describe the role of mentor teachers, the criteria and
7		process for their selection, and how all the following
8		components are to be provided:
9		(i) Assignment of a formally trained mentor
10		teacher to each new teacher for a specified period of
11		time, which shall be established by the employing
12		school or school district but shall be at least 2
13		school years in duration, provided that a mentor
14		teacher may not directly or indirectly participate in
15		the evaluation of a new teacher pursuant to Article 24A
16		of this Code or the evaluation procedure of the school.
17		(ii) Formal mentoring for each new teacher.
18		(iii) Support for each new teacher in relation to
19		the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, the
20		content-area standards applicable to the new teacher's
21		area of certification, and any applicable local school
22		improvement and professional development plans.
23		(iv) Professional development specifically
24		designed to foster the growth of each new teacher's
25		knowledge and skills.
26		(v) Formative assessment that is based on the
27		Illinois Professional Teaching Standards and designed
28		to provide feedback to the new teacher and
29		opportunities for reflection on his or her
30		performance, which must not be used directly or
31		indirectly in any evaluation of a new teacher pursuant
32		to Article 24A of this Code or the evaluation procedure
33		of the school and which must include the activities
34		specified in clauses (B)(i), (B)(ii), and (B)(iii) of
35		this paragraph (2).
36		(vi) Assignment of responsibility for coordination

1		of the induction and mentoring program within each
2		school district participating in the program.
3		(B) Successful completion of 4 semester hours of
4		graduate-level coursework on the assessment of one's own
5		performance in relation to the Illinois Professional
6		Teaching Standards. The coursework must be approved by the
7		State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
8		Teacher Certification Board; must be offered either by an
9		institution of higher education, by such an institution in
10		partnership with a teachers' association or union or with a
11		regional office of education, or by another entity
12		authorized to issue college credit; and must include
13		demonstration of performance through all of the following
14		activities for each of the Illinois Professional Teaching
15		Standards:
16		(i) Observation, by the course instructor or
17		another experienced teacher, of the new teacher's
18		classroom practice (the observation may be recorded
19		for later viewing) for the purpose of identifying and
20		describing how the new teacher made content meaningful
21		for students; how the teacher motivated individuals
22		and the group and created an environment conducive to
23		positive social interactions, active learning, and
24		self-motivation; what instructional strategies the
25		teacher used to encourage students' development of
26		critical thinking, problem solving, and performance;
27		how the teacher communicated using written, verbal,
28		nonverbal, and visual communication techniques; and
29		how the teacher maintained standards of professional
30		conduct and provided leadership to improve students'
31		learning.
32		(ii) Review and analysis, by the course instructor
33		or another experienced teacher, of written
34		documentation (i.e., lesson plans, assignments,
35		assessment instruments, and samples of students' work)
36		prepared by the new teacher for at least 2 lessons. The

1		documentation must provide evidence of classroom
2		performance related to Illinois Professional Teaching
3		Standards 1 through 9, with an emphasis on how the
4		teacher used his or her understanding of students,
5		assessment data, and subject matter to decide on
6		learning goals; how the teacher designed or selected
7		activities and instructional materials and aligned
8		instruction to the relevant Illinois Learning
9		Standards; how the teacher adapted or modified
10		curriculum to meet individual students' needs; and how
11		the teacher sequenced instruction and designed or
12		selected student assessment strategies.
13		(iii) Demonstration of professional expertise on
14		the part of the new teacher in reflecting on his or her
15		practice, which was observed under clause (B)(i) of
16		this paragraph (2) and documented under clause (B)(ii)
17		of this paragraph (2), in terms of teaching strengths,
18		weaknesses, and implications for improvement according
19		to the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards.
20		(C) Successful completion of a minimum of 4 semester
21		hours of graduate-level coursework addressing preparation
22		to meet the requirements for certification by the National
23		Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). The
24		coursework must be approved by the State Board of
25		Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
26		Certification Board, and must be offered either by an
27		institution of higher education, by such an institution in
28		partnership with a teachers' association or union or with a
29		regional office of education, or by another entity
30		authorized to issue college credit. The course must address
31		the 5 NBPTS Core Propositions and relevant standards
32		through such means as the following:
33		(i) Observation, by the course instructor or
34		another experienced teacher, of the new teacher's
35		classroom practice (the observation may be recorded
36		for later viewing) for the purpose of identifying and

1		describing how the new teacher made content meaningful
2		for students; how the teacher motivated individuals
3		and the group and created an environment conducive to
4		positive social interactions, active learning, and
5		self-motivation; what instructional strategies the
6		teacher used to encourage students' development of
7		critical thinking, problem solving, and performance;
8		how the teacher communicated using written, verbal,
9		nonverbal, and visual communication techniques; and
10		how the teacher maintained standards of professional
11		conduct and provided leadership to improve students'
12		learning.
13		(ii) Review and analysis, by the course instructor
14		or another experienced teacher, of written
15		documentation (i.e., lesson plans, assignments,
16		assessment instruments, and samples of students' work)
17		prepared by the new teacher for at least 2 lessons. The
18		documentation must provide evidence of classroom
19		performance, including how the teacher used his or her
20		understanding of students, assessment data, and
21		subject matter to decide on learning goals; how the
22		teacher designed or selected activities and
23		instructional materials and aligned instruction to the
24		relevant Illinois Learning Standards; how the teacher
25		adapted or modified curriculum to meet individual
26		students' needs; and how the teacher sequenced
27		instruction and designed or selected student
28		assessment strategies.
29		(iii) Demonstration of professional expertise on
30		the part of the new teacher in reflecting on his or her
31		practice, which was observed under clause (C)(i) of
32		this paragraph (2) and documented under clause (C)(ii)
33		of this paragraph (2), in terms of teaching strengths,
34		weaknesses, and implications for improvement.
35		(C-5) Satisfactory completion of a minimum of 12
36		semester hours of graduate credit towards an advanced

1		degree in an education-related field from an accredited
2		institution of higher education.
3		(D) Receipt of an advanced degree from an accredited
4		institution of higher education in an education-related
5		field that is earned by a person either while he or she
6		holds an Initial Teaching Certificate or prior to his or
7		her receipt of that certificate , provided that at least 8
8		semester hours of the coursework completed count toward a
9		degree, certificate, or endorsement in a teaching field.
10		(E) Accumulation of 60 continuing professional
11		development units (CPDUs), earned by completing selected
12		activities that comply with paragraphs (3) and (4) of this
13		subsection (c). However, for an individual who holds an
14		Initial Teaching Certificate on the effective date of this
15		amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, the number of
16		CPDUs shall be reduced to reflect the teaching time
17		remaining on the Initial Teaching Certificate.
18		(F) Completion of a nationally normed,
19		performance-based assessment, if made available by the
20		State Board of Education in consultation with the State
21		Teacher Certification Board, provided that the cost to the
22		person shall not exceed the cost of the coursework
23		described in clause (B) of this paragraph (2).
24		(G) Completion of requirements for meeting the
25		Illinois criteria for becoming "highly qualified" (for
26		purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public
27		Law 107-110) in an additional teaching area.
28		(H) Receipt of a minimum 12-hour, post-baccalaureate,
29		education-related professional development certificate
30		issued by an Illinois institution of higher education and
31		developed in accordance with rules adopted by the State
32		Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
33		Certification Board.
34		(I) Completion of the National Board for Professional
35		Teaching Standards (NBPTS) process.
36		(J) Receipt of a subsequent Illinois certificate or

1		endorsement pursuant to Article 21 of this Code.
2		(3) This paragraph (3) applies only to those persons
3		required to successfully complete the requirements of this
4		paragraph under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c). Persons
5		who seek to satisfy the requirements of clause (E) of paragraph
6		(2) of this subsection (c) through accumulation of CPDUs may
7		earn credit At least one-half the CPDUs a person must accrue in
8		order to qualify for a Standard Teaching Certificate must be
9		earned through completion of coursework, workshops, seminars,
10		conferences, and other similar training events that are
11		pre-approved by the State Board of Education, in consultation
12		with the State Teacher Certification Board, for the purpose of
13		reflection on teaching practices in order to address all of the
14		Illinois Professional Teaching Standards necessary to obtain a
15		Standard Teaching Certificate. These activities must meet all
16		of the following requirements:
17		(A) Each activity must be designed to advance a
18		person's knowledge and skills in relation to one or more of
19		the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards or in
20		relation to the content-area standards applicable to the
21		teacher's field of certification.
22		(B) Taken together, the activities completed must
23		address each of the Illinois Professional Teaching
24		Standards as provided in clauses (B)(i), (B)(ii), and
25		(B)(iii) of paragraph (2) of this subsection (c).
26		(C) Each activity must be provided by an entity
27		approved by the State Board of Education, in consultation
28		with the State Teacher Certification Board, for this
29		purpose.
30		(D) Each activity, integral to its successful
31		completion, must require participants to demonstrate the
32		degree to which they have acquired new knowledge or skills,
33		such as through performance, through preparation of a
34		written product, through assembling samples of students'
35		or teachers' work, or by some other means that is
36		appropriate to the subject matter of the activity.

1		(E) One CPDU shall be available for each hour of direct
2		participation by a holder of an Initial Teaching
3		Certificate in a qualifying activity. An activity may be
4		attributed to more than one of the Illinois Professional
5		Teaching Standards, but credit for any activity shall be
6		counted only once.
7		(4) This paragraph (4) applies only to those persons
8		required to successfully complete the requirements of this
9		paragraph under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c). Persons
10		who seek to satisfy the requirements of clause (E) of paragraph
11		(2) of this subsection (c) through accumulation of CPDUs may
12		earn credit from the following, provided that each activity is
13		designed to advance a person's knowledge and skills in relation
14		to one or more of the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards
15		or in relation to the content-area standards applicable to the
16		person's field or fields of certification The balance of the
17		CPDUs a person must accrue in order to qualify for a Standard
18		Teaching Certificate, in combination with those earned
19		pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection (c), may be chosen
20		from among the following, provided that an activity listed in
21		clause (C) of this paragraph (4) shall be creditable only if
22		its provider is approved for this purpose by the State Board of
23		Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
24		Certification Board:
25		(A) Collaboration and partnership activities related
26		to improving a person's knowledge and skills as a teacher,
27		including all of the following:
28		(i) Peer review and coaching.
29		(ii) Mentoring in a formal mentoring program,
30		including service as a consulting teacher
31		participating in a remediation process formulated
32		under Section 24A-5 of this Code.
33		(iii) Facilitating parent education programs
34		directly related to student achievement for a school,
35		school district, or regional office of education.
36		(iv) Participating in business, school, or

1		community partnerships directly related to student
2		achievement.
3		(B) Teaching college or university courses in areas
4		relevant to a teacher's field of certification, provided
5		that the teaching may only be counted once during the
6		course of 4 years.
7		(C) Conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, and
8		symposiums related to improving a person's knowledge and
9		skills as a teacher, including all of the following:
10		(i) Completing non-university credit directly
11		related to student achievement, the Illinois
12		Professional Teaching Standards, or content-area
13		standards.
14		(ii) Participating in or presenting at workshops,
15		seminars, conferences, institutes, and symposiums.
16		(iii) (Blank). Training as external reviewers for
17		the State Board of Education.
18		(iv) Training as reviewers of university teacher
19		preparation programs.
20		An activity listed in this clause (C) is creditable
21		only if its provider is approved for this purpose by the
22		State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
23		Teacher Certification Board.
24		(D) Other educational experiences related to improving
25		a person's knowledge and skills as a teacher, including all
26		of the following:
27		(i) Participating in action research and inquiry
28		projects.
29		(ii) Observing programs or teaching in schools,
30		related businesses, or industry that is systematic,
31		purposeful, and relevant to a teacher's field of
32		certification.
33		(iii) Participating in study groups related to
34		student achievement, the Illinois Professional
35		Teaching Standards, or content-area standards.
36		(iv) Participating in work/learn programs or

1		internships.
2		(v) Developing a portfolio of students' and
3		teacher's work.
4		(E) Professional leadership experiences related to
5		improving a person's knowledge and skills as a teacher,
6		including all of the following:
7		(i) Participating in curriculum development or
8		assessment activities at the school, school district,
9		regional office of education, State, or national level.
10		(ii) Participating in team or department
11		leadership in a school or school district.
12		(iii) (Blank). Participating on external or
13		internal school or school district review teams.
14		(iv) Publishing educational articles, columns, or
15		books relevant to a teacher's field of certification.
16		(v) Participating in non-strike related activities
17		of a professional association or labor organization
18		that are related to professional development.
19		(5) A person must complete the requirements his or her
20		chosen requirement under paragraph (2) of this subsection (c)
21		before the expiration of his or her Initial Teaching
22		Certificate and must submit assurance evidence of having done
23		so to the regional superintendent of schools or a local
24		professional development committee authorized by the regional
25		superintendent to submit recommendations to him or her for this
26		purpose. Within 30 days after receipt of a person's evidence of
27		completion, the local professional development committee shall
28		forward the evidence of completion to the responsible regional
29		superintendent of schools along with the local professional
30		development committee's recommendation, based on that
31		evidence, as to whether the person is eligible to receive a
32		Standard Teaching Certificate. The local professional
33		development committee shall provide a copy of this
34		recommendation to the affected person.
35		Within 30 days after receipt, the The regional
36		superintendent of schools shall review the assurance evidence

1		of completion submitted by a person and, based upon compliance
2		with all of the requirements for receipt of a Standard Teaching
3		Certificate, shall forward to the State Board of Education a
4		recommendation for issuance of the Standard Certificate or
5		non-issuance. The regional superintendent of schools shall
6		notify the affected person if the recommendation is for
7		non-issuance of the Standard Certificate. A person who is
8		considered not to be eligible for a Standard Certificate and
9		who has received the notice of non-issuance may appeal this
10		determination to the Regional Professional Development Review
11		Committee (RPDRC). The recommendation of the regional
12		superintendent and the RPDRC, along with all supporting
13		materials, must then be forwarded to the State Board of
14		Education for a final determination of the recommendation
15		forwarded.
16		Upon review of a regional superintendent of school's
17		recommendations, the State Board of Education shall issue
18		Standard Teaching Certificates to those who qualify and shall
19		notify a person, in writing, of a decision denying a Standard
20		Teaching Certificate. Any decision denying issuance of a
21		Standard Teaching Certificate to a person may be appealed to
22		the State Teacher Certification Board.
23		(6) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
24		State Teacher Certification Board, may adopt rules to implement
25		this subsection (c) and may periodically evaluate any of the
26		methods of qualifying for a Standard Teaching Certificate
27		described in this subsection (c).
28		(7) The changes made to paragraphs (1) through (5) of this
29		subsection (c) by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
30		Assembly shall apply to those persons who hold or are eligible
31		to hold an Initial Certificate on or after the effective date
32		of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and shall
33		be given effect upon their application for a Standard
34		Certificate.
35		(8) Beginning July 1, 2004, persons who hold a Standard
36		Certificate and have acquired one master's degree in an

1		education-related field are eligible for certificate renewal
2		upon completion of two-thirds of the continuing education units
3		specified in subdivision (C) of paragraph (3) of subsection (e)
4		of Section 21-14 of this Code or of the continuing professional
5		development units specified in subdivision (E) of paragraph (3)
6		of subsection (e) of Section 21-14 of this Code. Persons who
7		hold a Standard Certificate and have acquired a second master's
8		degree, an education specialist, or a doctorate in an
9		education-related field or hold a Master Certificate are
10		eligible for certificate renewal upon completion of one-third
11		of the continuing education units specified in subdivision (C)
12		of paragraph (3) of subsection (e) of Section 21-14 of this
13		Code or of the continuing professional development units
14		specified in subdivision (E) of paragraph (3) of subsection (e)
15		of Section 21-14 of this Code.
16		(d) Master Certificate. Persons who have successfully
17		achieved National Board certification through the National
18		Board for Professional Teaching Standards shall be issued a
19		Master Certificate, valid for 10 years and renewable thereafter
20		every 10 years through compliance with requirements set forth
21		by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
22		Teacher Certification Board. However, each teacher who holds a
23		Master Certificate shall be eligible for a teaching position in
24		this State in the areas for which he or she holds a Master
25		Certificate without satisfying any other requirements of this
26		Code, except for those requirements pertaining to criminal
27		background checks. A holder of a Master Certificate in an area
28		of science or social science is eligible to teach in any of the
29		subject areas within those fields, including those taught at
30		the advanced level, as defined by the State Board of Education
31		in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. A
32		teacher who holds a Master Certificate shall be deemed to meet
33		State certification renewal requirements in the area or areas
34		for which he or she holds a Master Certificate for the 10-year
35		term of the teacher's Master Certificate.
36		(Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 91-606, eff. 8-16-99;

1		91-609, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-796, eff.
2		8-10-02.)
3		(105 ILCS 5/21-7.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1)
4		Sec. 21-7.1. Administrative certificate.
5		(a) After July 1, 1999, an administrative certificate valid
6		for 5 years of supervising and administering in the public
7		common schools (unless changed under subsection (a-5) of this
8		Section) may be issued to persons who have graduated from a
9		regionally accredited institution of higher learning with a
10		master's degree and who have been recommended by a recognized
11		institution of higher learning as having completed a program of
12		preparation for one or more of these endorsements. Such
13		programs of academic and professional preparation required for
14		endorsement shall be administered by the institution in
15		accordance with standards set forth by the State Superintendent
16		of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
17		Certification Board.
18		(a-5) Beginning July 1, 2003, if an administrative
19		certificate holder holds a Standard Teaching Certificate, the
20		validity period of the administrative certificate shall be
21		changed, if necessary, so that the validity period of the
22		administrative certificate coincides with the validity period
23		of the Standard Teaching Certificate. Beginning July 1, 2003,
24		if an administrative certificate holder holds a Master Teaching
25		Certificate, the validity period of the administrative
26		certificate shall be changed so that the validity period of the
27		administrative certificate coincides with the validity period
28		of the Master Teaching Certificate.
29		(b) No administrative certificate shall be issued for the
30		first time after June 30, 1987 and no endorsement provided for
31		by this Section shall be made or affixed to an administrative
32		certificate for the first time after June 30, 1987 unless the
33		person to whom such administrative certificate is to be issued
34		or to whose administrative certificate such endorsement is to
35		be affixed has been required to demonstrate as a part of a

1		program of academic or professional preparation for such
2		certification or endorsement: (i) an understanding of the
3		knowledge called for in establishing productive parent-school
4		relationships and of the procedures fostering the involvement
5		which such relationships demand; and (ii) an understanding of
6		the knowledge required for establishing a high quality school
7		climate and promoting good classroom organization and
8		management, including rules of conduct and instructional
9		procedures appropriate to accomplishing the tasks of
10		schooling; and (iii) a demonstration of the knowledge and
11		skills called for in providing instructional leadership. The
12		standards for demonstrating an understanding of such knowledge
13		shall be set forth by the State Board of Education in
14		consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board, and
15		shall be administered by the recognized institutions of higher
16		learning as part of the programs of academic and professional
17		preparation required for certification and endorsement under
18		this Section. As used in this subsection: "establishing
19		productive parent-school relationships" means the ability to
20		maintain effective communication between parents and school
21		personnel, to encourage parental involvement in schooling, and
22		to motivate school personnel to engage parents in encouraging
23		student achievement, including the development of programs and
24		policies which serve to accomplish this purpose; and
25		"establishing a high quality school climate" means the ability
26		to promote academic achievement, to maintain discipline, to
27		recognize substance abuse problems among students and utilize
28		appropriate law enforcement and other community resources to
29		address these problems, to support teachers and students in
30		their education endeavors, to establish learning objectives
31		and to provide instructional leadership, including the
32		development of policies and programs which serve to accomplish
33		this purpose; and "providing instructional leadership" means
34		the ability to effectively evaluate school personnel, to
35		possess general communication and interpersonal skills, and to
36		establish and maintain appropriate classroom learning

1		environments. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply
2		to or affect the initial issuance or making on or before June
3		30, 1987 of any administrative certificate or endorsement
4		provided for under this Section, nor shall such provisions
5		apply to or affect the renewal after June 30, 1987 of any such
6		certificate or endorsement initially issued or made on or
7		before June 30, 1987.
8		(c) Administrative certificates shall be renewed every 5
9		years with the first renewal being 5 years following the
10		initial receipt of an administrative certificate, unless the
11		validity period for the administrative certificate has been
12		changed under subsection (a-5) of this Section, in which case
13		the certificate shall be renewed at the same time that the
14		Standard or Master Teaching Certificate is renewed.
15		(c-5) Before July 1, 2003, renewal requirements for
16		administrators whose positions require certification shall be
17		based upon evidence of continuing professional education which
18		promotes the following goals: (1) improving administrators'
19		knowledge of instructional practices and administrative
20		procedures; (2) maintaining the basic level of competence
21		required for initial certification; and (3) improving the
22		mastery of skills and knowledge regarding the improvement of
23		teaching performance in clinical settings and assessment of the
24		levels of student performance in their schools. Evidence of
25		continuing professional education must include verification of
26		biennial attendance in a program developed by the Illinois
27		Administrators' Academy and verification of annual
28		participation in a school district approved activity which
29		contributes to continuing professional education.
30		(c-10) Beginning July 1, 2003, except as otherwise provided
31		in subsection (c-15) of this Section, persons holding
32		administrative certificates must follow the certificate
33		renewal procedure set forth in this subsection (c-10), provided
34		that those persons holding administrative certificates on June
35		30, 2003 who are renewing those certificates on or after July
36		1, 2003 shall be issued new administrative certificates valid

1		for 5 years (unless changed under subsection (a-5) of this
2		Section), which may be renewed thereafter as set forth in this
3		subsection (c-10).
4		(1) A person holding an administrative certificate and
5		employed in a position requiring administrative certification,
6		including a regional superintendent of schools, must satisfy
7		develop an administrative certificate renewal plan for
8		satisfying the continuing professional development
9		requirements of this Section required to renew his or her
10		administrative certificate. The continuing professional
11		development An administrative certificate renewal plan must
12		include a minimum of 3 individual improvement goals developed
13		by the certificate holder and must include without limitation
14		the following continuing professional development purposes:
15		(1) (A) To improve the administrator's knowledge of
16		instructional practices and administrative procedures in
17		accordance with the Illinois Professional School Leader
18		Standards.
19		(2) (B) To maintain the basic level of competence
20		required for initial certification.
21		(3) (C) To improve the administrator's mastery of
22		skills and knowledge regarding the improvement of teaching
23		performance in clinical settings and assessment of the
24		levels of student performance in the schools.
25		An administrative certificate renewal plan must include a
26		description of how the improvement goals are to be achieved
27		and an explanation of the selected continuing professional
28		development activities to be completed, each of which must
29		meet one or more of the continuing professional development
30		purposes specified in this paragraph (1).
31		The continuing professional development (2) In addition to
32		the requirements in paragraph (1) of this subsection (c-10),
33		the administrative certificate renewal plan must include the
34		following in order for the certificate to be renewed:
35		(A) Participation in continuing professional
36		development activities, which must total a minimum of 100

1		hours of continuing professional development. and which
2		must meet all of the following requirements: (i) The
3		participation must consist of a minimum of 5 activities per
4		validity period of the certificate, and the certificate
5		holder must maintain documentation of completion of each
6		activity.
7		(ii) The activities must address the goals in
8		the certificate holder's professional development
9		plan.
10		(iii) The activities must be aligned with the
11		Illinois Professional School Leader Standards.
12		(iv) A portion of the activities must address
13		the certificate holder's school improvement plan
14		at either the district or school level.
15		(v) The participation must include a
16		communication, dissemination, or application
17		component.
18		(vi) There must be documentation of completion
19		of each activity.
20		(B) Participation every year in an Illinois
21		Administrators' Academy course, which participation must
22		total a minimum of 30 36 continuing professional
23		development hours during the period of the certificate's
24		validity and which must include completion all of the
25		following: (i) Completion of applicable required
26		coursework, including completion of a communication,
27		dissemination, or application component, as defined by the
28		State Board of Education.
29		(ii) Completion of a communication,
30		dissemination, or application component.
31		(iii) Documentation of completion of each
32		activity.
33		(3) Each administrator who is subject to the
34		requirements of this subsection (c-10) but who is not
35		serving as a district or regional superintendent, a
36		director of a cooperative program or special education

1		program, or a director of a State-operated school must
2		submit his or her administrative certificate renewal plan
3		for review to the superintendent of the employing school
4		district or to the director of the cooperative or special
5		education program or State-operated school (or to the
6		superintendent's or director's designee). Each district or
7		regional superintendent, director of a cooperative program
8		or special education program, or director of a
9		State-operated school must submit his or her
10		administrative certificate renewal plan for review to a
11		review panel comprised of peers established by the regional
12		superintendent of schools for the geographic area where the
13		certificate holder is employed as an administrator.
14		(4) If the certificate holder's plan does not conform
15		to the requirements of this subsection (c-10), the reviewer
16		or review panel must notify the certificate holder, who
17		must revise the administrative certificate renewal plan. A
18		certificate holder who is not a regional superintendent of
19		schools may appeal that determination to the regional
20		superintendent of schools for the geographic area where the
21		certificate holder is employed as an administrator. A
22		certificate holder who is a regional superintendent of
23		schools may appeal that determination to the State
24		Superintendent of Education. The regional superintendent
25		of schools or the State Superintendent of Education (or the
26		regional superintendent's or State Superintendent's
27		designee) shall facilitate any modification of the plan, if
28		necessary, to make it acceptable.
29		(5) A certificate holder may modify his or her
30		administrative certificate renewal plan at any time during
31		the validity period of the administrative certificate
32		through the process outlined in paragraphs (3) and (4) of
33		this subsection (c-10).
34		(6) Evidence of completion of the activities in the
35		administrative certificate renewal plan must be submitted
36		to the responsible reviewer or review panel. Before the

1		expiration of the administrative certificate, the
2		certificate holder must request from the responsible
3		reviewer or review panel a signed verification form
4		developed by the State Board of Education confirming that
5		the certificate holder has met the requirements for renewal
6		contained in this Section. A certificate holder who is not
7		a regional superintendent of schools must submit this form
8		to the responsible regional superintendent of schools (or
9		his or her designee) at the time of application for renewal
10		of the certificate. A certificate holder who is a regional
11		superintendent of schools must submit this form for
12		validation to the State Superintendent of Education (or his
13		or her designee) at the time of application for renewal of
14		the certificate.
15		The certificate holder must complete a verification form
16		developed by the State Board of Education and certify that 100
17		hours of continuing professional development activities and 5
18		Administrators' Academy courses have been completed. (7) The
19		regional superintendent of schools shall review and validate
20		the verification form for a certificate holder. Based on
21		compliance with all of the requirements for renewal, the
22		regional superintendent of schools shall forward a
23		recommendation for renewal or non-renewal to the State
24		Superintendent of Education and shall notify the certificate
25		holder of the recommendation. The State Superintendent of
26		Education shall review the recommendation to renew or non-renew
27		and shall notify, in writing, the certificate holder of a
28		decision denying renewal of his or her certificate. Any
29		decision regarding non-renewal of an administrative
30		certificate may be appealed to the State Teacher Certification
31		Board.
32		The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
33		State Teacher Certification Board, shall adopt rules to
34		implement this subsection (c-10).
35		The regional superintendent of schools shall monitor the
36		process for renewal of administrative certificates established

1		in this subsection (c-10).
2		(c-15) This subsection (c-15) applies to the first period
3		of an administrative certificate's validity during which the
4		holder becomes subject to the requirements of subsection (c-10)
5		of this Section if the certificate has less than 5 years'
6		validity or has less than 5 years' validity remaining when the
7		certificate holder becomes subject to the requirements of
8		subsection (c-10) of this Section. With respect to this period,
9		the 100 hours of continuing professional development and 5
10		activities per validity period specified in clause (A) of
11		paragraph (2) of subsection (c-10) of this Section shall
12		instead be deemed to mean 20 hours of continuing professional
13		development and one activity per year of the certificate's
14		validity or remaining validity and the 30 36 continuing
15		professional development hours specified in clause (B) of
16		paragraph (2) of subsection (c-10) of this Section shall
17		instead be deemed to mean completion of at least one course per
18		year of the certificate's validity or remaining validity.
19		Certificate holders who evaluate certified staff must complete
20		a 2-day teacher evaluation course, in addition to the 30
21		continuing professional development hours. If the certificate
22		has 3 or fewer years of validity or 3 or fewer years of
23		validity remaining, the certificate holder is not subject to
24		the requirements for submission and approval of plans for
25		continuing professional development described in paragraphs
26		(1) through (4) of subsection (c-10) of this Section with
27		respect to that period of the certificate's validity.
28		(c-20) The State Board of Education, in consultation with
29		the State Teacher Certification Board, shall develop
30		procedures for implementing this Section and shall administer
31		the renewal of administrative certificates. Failure to submit
32		satisfactory evidence of continuing professional education
33		which contributes to promoting the goals of this Section shall
34		result in a loss of administrative certification.
35		(d) Any limited or life supervisory certificate issued
36		prior to July 1, 1968 shall continue to be valid for all

1		administrative and supervisory positions in the public schools
2		for which it is valid as of that date as long as its holder
3		meets the requirements for registration or renewal as set forth
4		in the statutes or until revoked according to law.
5		(e) The administrative or supervisory positions for which
6		the certificate shall be valid shall be determined by one or
7		more of 3 endorsements: general supervisory, general
8		administrative and superintendent.
9		Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, endorsements
10		shall be made under conditions set forth in this Section. The
11		State Board of Education shall, in consultation with the State
12		Teacher Certification Board, adopt rules pursuant to the
13		Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, establishing
14		requirements for obtaining administrative certificates where
15		the minimum administrative or supervisory requirements surpass
16		those set forth in this Section.
17		The State Teacher Certification Board shall file with the
18		State Board of Education a written recommendation when
19		considering additional administrative or supervisory
20		requirements. All additional requirements shall be based upon
21		the requisite knowledge necessary to perform those tasks
22		required by the certificate. The State Board of Education shall
23		in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
24		establish standards within its rules which shall include the
25		academic and professional requirements necessary for
26		certification. These standards shall at a minimum contain, but
27		not be limited to, those used by the State Board of Education
28		in determining whether additional knowledge will be required.
29		Additionally, the State Board of Education shall in
30		consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
31		establish provisions within its rules whereby any member of the
32		educational community or the public may file a formal written
33		recommendation or inquiry regarding requirements.
34		(1) Until July 1, 2003, the general supervisory
35		endorsement shall be affixed to the administrative
36		certificate of any holder who has at least 16 semester

1		hours of graduate credit in professional education
2		including 8 semester hours of graduate credit in curriculum
3		and research and who has at least 2 years of full-time
4		teaching experience or school service personnel experience
5		in public schools, schools under the supervision of the
6		Department of Corrections, schools under the
7		administration of the Department of Rehabilitation
8		Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the standards
9		established by the State Superintendent of Education or
10		comparable out-of-state recognition standards approved by
11		the State Superintendent of Education.
12		Such endorsement shall be required for supervisors,
13		curriculum directors and for such similar and related
14		positions as determined by the State Superintendent of
15		Education in consultation with the State Teacher
16		Certification Board.
17		(2) The general administrative endorsement shall be
18		affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder who
19		has at least 20 semester hours of graduate credit in
20		educational administration and supervision and who has at
21		least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school
22		service personnel experience in public schools, schools
23		under the supervision of the Department of Corrections,
24		schools under the administration of the Department of
25		Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
26		standards established by the State Superintendent of
27		Education or comparable out-of-state recognition standards
28		approved by the State Superintendent of Education.
29		Such endorsement shall be required for principal,
30		assistant principal, assistant or associate
31		superintendent, junior college dean and for related or
32		similar positions as determined by the State
33		Superintendent of Education in consultation with the State
34		Teacher Certification Board.
35		Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act,
36		after January 1, 1990 and until January 1, 1991, any

1		teacher employed by a district subject to Article 34 shall
2		be entitled to receive an administrative certificate with a
3		general administrative endorsement affixed thereto if he
4		or she: (i) had at least 3 years of experience as a
5		certified teacher for such district prior to August 1,
6		1985; (ii) obtained a Master's degree prior to August 1,
7		1985; (iii) completed at least 20 hours of graduate credit
8		in education courses (including at least 12 hours in
9		educational administration and supervision) prior to
10		September 1, 1987; and (iv) has received a rating of
11		superior for at least each of the last 5 years. Any person
12		who obtains an administrative certificate with a general
13		administrative endorsement affixed thereto under this
14		paragraph shall not be qualified to serve in any
15		administrative position except assistant principal.
16		(3) The chief school business official endorsement
17		shall be affixed to the administrative certificate of any
18		holder who qualifies by having a Master's degree, two years
19		of administrative experience in school business
20		management, and a minimum of 20 semester hours of graduate
21		credit in a program established by the State Superintendent
22		of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
23		Certification Board for the preparation of school business
24		administrators. Such endorsement shall also be affixed to
25		the administrative certificate of any holder who qualifies
26		by having a Master's Degree in Business Administration,
27		Finance or Accounting from a regionally accredited
28		institution of higher education.
29		After June 30, 1977, such endorsement shall be required
30		for any individual first employed as a chief school
31		business official.
32		(4) The superintendent endorsement shall be affixed to
33		the administrative certificate of any holder who has
34		completed 30 semester hours of graduate credit beyond the
35		master's degree in a program for the preparation of
36		superintendents of schools including 16 semester hours of

1		graduate credit in professional education and who has at
2		least 2 years experience as an administrator or supervisor
3		in the public schools or the State Board of Education or
4		education service regions or in nonpublic schools meeting
5		the standards established by the State Superintendent of
6		Education or comparable out-of-state recognition standards
7		approved by the State Superintendent of Education and holds
8		general supervisory or general administrative endorsement,
9		or who has had 2 years of experience as a supervisor or
10		administrator while holding an all-grade supervisory
11		certificate or a certificate comparable in validity and
12		educational and experience requirements.
13		After June 30, 1968, such endorsement shall be required
14		for a superintendent of schools, except as provided in the
15		second paragraph of this Section and in Section 34-6.
16		Any person appointed to the position of superintendent
17		between the effective date of this Act and June 30, 1993 in
18		a school district organized pursuant to Article 32 with an
19		enrollment of at least 20,000 pupils shall be exempt from
20		the provisions of this paragraph (4) until June 30, 1996.
21		(f) All official interpretations or acts of issuing or
22		denying administrative certificates or endorsements by the
23		State Teacher's Certification Board, State Board of Education
24		or the State Superintendent of Education, from the passage of
25		P.A. 81-1208 on November 8, 1979 through September 24, 1981 are
26		hereby declared valid and legal acts in all respects and
27		further that the purported repeal of the provisions of this
28		Section by P.A. 81-1208 and P.A. 81-1509 is declared null and
29		void.
30		(Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 92-796, eff. 8-10-02.)
31		(105 ILCS 5/21-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-9)
32		Sec. 21-9. Substitute certificates and substitute
33		teaching.
34		(a) A substitute teacher's certificate may be issued for
35		teaching in all grades of the common schools. Such certificate

1		may be issued upon request of the regional superintendent of
2		schools of any region in which the teacher is to teach. A
3		substitute teacher's certificate is valid for teaching in the
4		public schools of any county. Such certificate may be issued to
5		persons who either (a) hold a certificate valid for teaching in
6		the common schools as shown on the face of the certificate, (b)
7		hold a bachelor of arts degree from an institution of higher
8		learning accredited by the North Central Association or other
9		comparable regional accrediting association or have been
10		graduated from a recognized institution of higher learning with
11		a bachelor's degree, or (c) have had 2 years of teaching
12		experience and meet such other rules and regulations as may be
13		adopted by the State Board of Education in consultation with
14		the State Teacher Certification Board. Such certificate shall
15		expire on June 30 in the fourth year from date of issue.
16		Substitute teacher's certificates are not subject to
17		endorsement as described in Section 21-1b of this Code.
18		(b) A teacher holding a substitute teacher's certificate
19		may teach only in the place of a certified teacher who is under
20		contract with the employing board and may teach only when no
21		appropriate fully certified teacher is available to teach in a
22		substitute capacity. A teacher holding an early childhood
23		certificate, an elementary certificate, a high school
24		certificate, or a special certificate may also substitute teach
25		in grades K-12 but only in the place of a certified teacher who
26		is under contract with the employing board. A substitute
27		teacher may teach only for a period not to exceed 90 paid
28		school days or 450 paid school hours in any one school district
29		in any one school term. However, for the 2001-2002, 2002-2003,
30		and 2003-2004 school years, a teacher holding an early
31		childhood, elementary, high school, or special certificate may
32		substitute teach for a period not to exceed 120 paid school
33		days or 600 paid school hours in any one school district in any
34		one school term. Where such teaching is partly on a daily and
35		partly on an hourly basis, a school day shall be considered as
36		5 hours. The teaching limitations imposed by this subsection

1		upon teachers holding substitute certificates shall not apply
2		in any school district operating under Article 34.
3		(Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 92-184, eff. 7-27-01.)
4		(105 ILCS 5/21-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-12)
5		Sec. 21-12. Printing; Seal; Signature; Credentials. All
6		certificates shall be printed by and bear the signatures of the
7		chairman and of the secretary of the State Teacher
8		Certification Board. Each certificate shall show the
9		integrally printed seal of the State Teacher Certification
10		Board. All college credentials offered as the basis of a
11		certificate shall be presented to the secretary of the State
12		Teacher Certification Board for inspection and approval.
13		Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for a certificate
14		or evaluation of credentials shall be accompanied by an
15		evaluation fee of $30 payable to the State Superintendent of
16		Education, which is not refundable, except that no application
17		or evaluation fee shall be required for a Master Certificate
18		issued pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this Code.
19		The proceeds of each $30 fee shall be paid into the Teacher
20		Certificate Fee Revolving Fund, created under Section 21-1b of
21		this Code; and the moneys in that Fund shall be appropriated
22		and used to provide the technology and other resources
23		necessary for the timely and efficient processing of
24		certification requests.
25		The State Board of Education and each regional office of
26		education are authorized to charge a service or convenience fee
27		for the use of credit cards for the payment of certification
28		fees. This service or convenience fee may not exceed the amount
29		required by the credit card processing company or vendor that
30		has entered into a contract with the State Board or regional
31		office of education for this purpose, and the fee must be paid
32		to that company or vendor.
33		When evaluation verifies the requirements for a valid
34		certificate, the applicant shall be issued an entitlement card
35		that may be presented to a regional superintendent of schools

1		for issuance of a certificate.
2		The applicant shall be notified of any deficiencies.
3		(Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
4		(105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
5		Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
6		(a) A limited four-year certificate or a certificate issued
7		after July 1, 1955, shall be renewable at its expiration or
8		within 60 days thereafter by the county superintendent of
9		schools having supervision and control over the school where
10		the teacher is teaching upon certified evidence of meeting the
11		requirements for renewal as required by this Act and prescribed
12		by the State Board of Education in consultation with the State
13		Teacher Certification Board. An elementary supervisory
14		certificate shall not be renewed at the end of the first
15		four-year period covered by the certificate unless the holder
16		thereof has filed certified evidence with the State Teacher
17		Certification Board that he has a master's degree or that he
18		has earned 8 semester hours of credit in the field of
19		educational administration and supervision in a recognized
20		institution of higher learning. The holder shall continue to
21		earn 8 semester hours of credit each four-year period until
22		such time as he has earned a master's degree.
23		All certificates not renewed or registered as herein
24		provided shall lapse after a period of 5 years from the
25		expiration of the last year of registration. Such certificates
26		may be reinstated for a one year period upon payment of all
27		accumulated registration fees. Such reinstated certificates
28		shall only be renewed: (1) by earning 5 semester hours of
29		credit in a recognized institution of higher learning in the
30		field of professional education or in courses related to the
31		holder's contractual teaching duties; or (2) by presenting
32		evidence of holding a valid regular certificate of some other
33		type. Any certificate may be voluntarily surrendered by the
34		certificate holder. A voluntarily surrendered certificate
35		shall be treated as a revoked certificate.

1		(b) When those teaching certificates issued before
2		February 15, 2000 are renewed for the first time after February
3		15, 2000, all such teaching certificates shall be exchanged for
4		Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in subsection (c) of
5		Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard Teaching Certificates,
6		including those issued to persons who previously held teaching
7		certificates issued before February 15, 2000, shall be
8		renewable under the conditions set forth in this subsection
9		(b).
10		Initial Teaching Certificates are nonrenewable and are
11		valid for 4 years of teaching, as provided in subsection (b) of
12		Section 21-2 of this Code, and are renewable every 4 years
13		until the person completes 4 years of teaching. If the holder
14		of an Initial Certificate has completed 4 years of teaching but
15		has not completed the requirements set forth in paragraph (2)
16		of subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, then the
17		Initial Certificate may be reinstated for one year, during
18		which the requirements must be met. A holder of an Initial
19		Certificate who has not completed 4 years of teaching may
20		continuously register the certificate for additional 4-year
21		periods without penalty. Initial Certificates that are not
22		registered shall lapse consistent with subsection (a) of this
23		Section and may be reinstated only in accordance with
24		subsection (a). Standard Teaching Certificates are renewable
25		every 5 years as provided in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 and
26		subsection (c) of this Section. For purposes of this Section,
27		"teaching" is defined as employment and performance of services
28		in an Illinois public or State-operated elementary school,
29		secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement with a
30		governing body or board of control, in a certificated teaching
31		position, or a charter school operating in compliance with the
32		Charter Schools Law.
33		(c) In compliance with subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of
34		this Code, which provides that a Standard Teaching Certificate
35		may be renewed by the State Teacher Certification Board based
36		upon proof of continuing professional development, the State

1		Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board
2		shall jointly:
3		(1) establish a procedure for renewing Standard
4		Teaching Certificates, which shall include but not be
5		limited to annual timelines for the renewal process and the
6		components set forth in subsections (d) through (k) of this
7		Section;
8		(2) establish the standards for certificate renewal;
9		(3) approve or disapprove the providers of continuing
10		professional development activities;
11		(4) determine the maximum credit for each category of
12		continuing professional development activities, based upon
13		recommendations submitted by a continuing professional
14		development activity task force, which shall consist of 6
15		staff members from the State Board of Education, appointed
16		by the State Superintendent of Education, and 6 teacher
17		representatives, 3 of whom are selected by the Illinois
18		Education Association and 3 of whom are selected by the
19		Illinois Federation of Teachers;
20		(5) designate the type and amount of documentation
21		required to show that continuing professional development
22		activities have been completed; and
23		(6) provide, on a timely basis to all Illinois
24		teachers, certificate holders, regional superintendents of
25		schools, school districts, and others with an interest in
26		continuing professional development, information about the
27		standards and requirements established pursuant to this
28		subsection (c).
29		(d) Any Standard Teaching Certificate held by an individual
30		employed and performing services in an Illinois public or
31		State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
32		cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board
33		of control in a certificated teaching position or a charter
34		school in compliance with the Charter Schools Law must be
35		maintained Valid and Active through certificate renewal
36		activities specified in the certificate renewal procedure

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

1		subsection (e). The maximum continuing professional
2		development units for each continuing professional development
3		activity identified in subdivisions (F) through (J) of
4		paragraph (3) of this subsection (e) shall be jointly
5		determined by the State Board of Education and the State
6		Teacher Certification Board. If, however, the certificate
7		holder has maintained the certificate as Valid and Exempt for a
8		portion of the 5-year period of validity, the number of
9		continuing professional development units needed to renew the
10		certificate as Valid and Active shall be proportionately
11		reduced by the amount of time the certificate was Valid and
12		Exempt. Furthermore, if a certificate holder is employed and
13		performs teaching services on a part-time basis for all or a
14		portion of the certificate's 5-year period of validity, the
15		number of continuing professional development units needed to
16		renew the certificate as Valid and Active shall be reduced by
17		50% for the amount of time the certificate holder has been
18		employed and performed teaching services on a part-time basis.
19		Part-time shall be defined as less than 50% of the school day
20		or school term.
21		Notwithstanding any other requirements to the contrary, if
22		a Standard Teaching Certificate has been maintained as Valid
23		and Active for the 5 years of the certificate's validity and
24		the certificate holder has completed his or her certificate
25		renewal plan before July 1, 2002, the certificate shall be
26		renewed as Valid and Active.
27		(2) Beginning July 1, 2004, in order to satisfy the
28		requirements for continuing professional development provided
29		for in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, each Each
30		Valid and Active Standard Teaching Certificate holder shall
31		complete professional development activities develop a
32		certificate renewal plan for satisfying the continuing
33		professional development requirement provided for in
34		subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code. Certificate
35		holders with multiple certificates shall develop a certificate
36		renewal plan that addresses only that address the certificate

1		or those certificates that are required of his or her
2		certificated teaching position, if the certificate holder is
3		employed and performing services in an Illinois public or
4		State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
5		cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board
6		of control, or that certificate or those certificates most
7		closely related to his or her teaching position, if the
8		certificate holder is employed in a charter school. Except as
9		otherwise provided in this subsection (e), the certificate
10		holder's activities must address a certificate renewal plan
11		shall include a minimum of 3 individual improvement goals
12		developed by the certificate holder and shall reflect purposes
13		(A), (B), and (C), or (D) and must may reflect purpose (E) (D)
14		of the following continuing professional development purposes:
15		(A) Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge
16		and skills as a teacher consistent with the Illinois
17		Professional Teaching Standards and the Illinois Content
18		Area Standards in the certificate holder's areas of
19		certification, endorsement, or teaching assignment in
20		order to keep the certificate holder current in those
21		areas.
22		(B) Develop the certificate holder's knowledge and
23		skills in areas determined to be critical for all Illinois
24		teachers, as defined by the State Board of Education, known
25		as "State priorities".
26		(C) Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the
27		certificate holder's local school improvement plan, if the
28		teacher is employed in an Illinois public or State-operated
29		elementary school, secondary school, or cooperative or
30		joint agreement with a governing body or board of control.
31		(D) Expand the certificate holder's knowledge and
32		skills in an additional teaching field or toward the
33		acquisition of another teaching certificate, endorsement,
34		or relevant education degree.
35		(E) Address the needs of serving students with
36		disabilities, including adapting and modifying the general

1		curriculum related to the Illinois Learning Standards to
2		meet the needs of students with disabilities and serving
3		such students in the least restrictive environment.
4		Teachers who hold certificates endorsed for special
5		education must devote at least 50% of their continuing
6		professional development activities to this purpose.
7		Teachers holding other certificates must devote at least
8		20% of their activities to this purpose.
9		A certificate renewal plan must include a description of how
10		these goals are to be achieved and an explanation of selected
11		continuing professional development activities to be
12		completed, each of which must meet one or more of the
13		continuing professional development purposes specified in this
14		paragraph (2). The plan shall identify potential activities and
15		include projected timelines for those activities that will
16		assure completion of the plan before the expiration of the
17		5-year validity of the Standard Teaching Certificate. Except as
18		otherwise provided in this subsection (e), at least 50% of
19		continuing professional development units must relate to
20		purposes (A) and (B) set forth in this paragraph (2): the
21		advancement of a certificate holder's knowledge and skills as a
22		teacher consistent with the Illinois Professional Teaching
23		Standards and the Illinois Content Area Standards in the
24		certificate holder's areas of certification, endorsement, or
25		teaching assignment in order to keep the certificate holder
26		current in those areas and the development of a certificate
27		holder's knowledge and skills in the State priorities that
28		exist at the time the certificate renewal plan is developed.
29		A speech-language pathologist or audiologist who is
30		licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
31		Audiology Practice Act and who has met the continuing education
32		requirements of that Act and the rules promulgated under that
33		Act shall be deemed to have satisfied the continuing
34		professional development requirements established by the State
35		Board of Education and the Teacher Certification Board to renew
36		a Standard Certificate.

1		(3) Continuing professional development activities
2		included in a certificate renewal plan may include, but are not
3		limited to, the following activities:
4		(A) completion of an advanced degree from an approved
5		institution in an education-related field;
6		(B) at least 8 semester hours of coursework in an
7		approved education-related program, of which at least 2
8		semester hours relate to the continuing professional
9		development purpose set forth in purpose (A) of paragraph
10		(2) of this subsection (e), completion of which means no
11		provided that such a plan need not include any other
12		continuing professional development activities are
13		required nor reflect or contain activities related to the
14		other continuing professional development purposes set
15		forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection (e);
16		(C) continuing education units that satisfy the
17		continuing professional development purposes set forth in
18		paragraph (2) of this subsection (e), with each continuing
19		education unit equal to 5 clock hours, provided that a plan
20		that includes at least 24 continuing education units (or
21		120 clock/contact hours) need not include any other
22		continuing professional development activities;
23		(D) completion of the National Board for of
24		Professional Teaching Standards ("NBPTS") process for
25		certification or recertification, completion of which
26		means no provided that a plan that includes completion of
27		the NBPTS process need not include any other continuing
28		professional development activities are required nor
29		reflect or contain activities related to the continuing
30		professional development purposes set forth in paragraph
31		(2) of subsection (e) of this Section;
32		(E) completion of 120 continuing professional
33		development units that satisfy the continuing professional
34		development purposes set forth in paragraph (2) of this
35		subsection (e) and may include without limitation the
36		activities identified in subdivisions (F) through (J) of

1		this paragraph (3);
2		(F) collaboration and partnership activities related
3		to improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a
4		teacher, including the following:
5		(i) participating on collaborative planning and
6		professional improvement teams and committees;
7		(ii) peer review and coaching;
8		(iii) mentoring in a formal mentoring program,
9		including service as a consulting teacher
10		participating in a remediation process formulated
11		under Section 24A-5 of this Code;
12		(iv) participating in site-based management or
13		decision making teams, relevant committees, boards, or
14		task forces directly related to school improvement
15		plans;
16		(v) coordinating community resources in schools,
17		if the project is a specific goal of the school
18		improvement plan;
19		(vi) facilitating parent education programs for a
20		school, school district, or regional office of
21		education directly related to student achievement or
22		school improvement plans;
23		(vii) participating in business, school, or
24		community partnerships directly related to student
25		achievement or school improvement plans; or
26		(viii) supervising a student teacher or teacher
27		education candidate in clinical supervision, provided
28		that the supervision may only be counted once during
29		the course of 5 years;
30		(G) college or university coursework related to
31		improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher
32		as follows:
33		(i) completing undergraduate or graduate credit
34		earned from a regionally accredited institution in
35		coursework relevant to the certificate area being
36		renewed, including coursework that incorporates

1		induction activities and development of a portfolio of
2		both student and teacher work that provides experience
3		in reflective practices, provided the coursework meets
4		Illinois Professional Teaching Standards or Illinois
5		Content Area Standards and supports the essential
6		characteristics of quality professional development;
7		or
8		(ii) teaching college or university courses in
9		areas relevant to the certificate area being renewed,
10		provided that the teaching may only be counted once
11		during the course of 5 years;
12		(H) conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, and
13		symposiums related to improving the teacher's knowledge
14		and skills as a teacher, subject to disapproval of the
15		activity or event by the State Teacher Certification Board
16		acting jointly with the State Board of Education, including
17		the following:
18		(i) completing non-university credit directly
19		related to student achievement, school improvement
20		plans, or State priorities;
21		(ii) participating in or presenting at workshops,
22		seminars, conferences, institutes, and symposiums;
23		(iii) training as external reviewers for Quality
24		Assurance; or
25		(iv) training as reviewers of university teacher
26		preparation programs. ;
27		A teacher, however, may not receive credit for conferences,
28		workshops, institutes, seminars, or symposiums that are
29		designed for entertainment, promotional, or commercial
30		purposes or that are solely inspirational or motivational.
31		The State Superintendent of Education and regional
32		superintendents of schools are authorized to review the
33		activities and events provided or to be provided under this
34		subdivision (H) and to investigate complaints regarding
35		those activities and events, and either the State
36		Superintendent of Education or a regional superintendent

1		of schools may recommend that the State Teacher
2		Certification Board and the State Board of Education
3		jointly disapprove those activities and events considered
4		to be inconsistent with this subdivision (H);
5		(I) other educational experiences related to improving
6		the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher, including
7		the following:
8		(i) participating in action research and inquiry
9		projects;
10		(ii) observing programs or teaching in schools,
11		related businesses, or industry that is systematic,
12		purposeful, and relevant to certificate renewal;
13		(iii) traveling related to one's ones teaching
14		assignment, directly related to student achievement or
15		school improvement plans and approved by the regional
16		superintendent of schools or his or her designee at
17		least 30 days prior to the travel experience, provided
18		that the traveling shall not include time spent
19		commuting to destinations where the learning
20		experience will occur;
21		(iv) participating in study groups related to
22		student achievement or school improvement plans;
23		(v) serving on a statewide education-related
24		committee, including but not limited to the State
25		Teacher Certification Board, State Board of Education
26		strategic agenda teams, or the State Advisory Council
27		on Education of Children with Disabilities;
28		(vi) participating in work/learn programs or
29		internships; or
30		(vii) developing a portfolio of student and
31		teacher work;
32		(J) professional leadership experiences related to
33		improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher,
34		including the following:
35		(i) participating in curriculum development or
36		assessment activities at the school, school district,

1		regional office of education, State, or national
2		level;
3		(ii) participating in team or department
4		leadership in a school or school district;
5		(iii) participating on external or internal school
6		or school district review teams;
7		(iv) publishing educational articles, columns, or
8		books relevant to the certificate area being renewed;
9		or
10		(v) participating in non-strike related
11		professional association or labor organization service
12		or activities related to professional development; .
13		(K) receipt of a subsequent Illinois certificate or
14		endorsement pursuant to this Article; or
15		(L) completion of requirements for meeting the
16		Illinois criteria for becoming "highly qualified" (for
17		purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public
18		Law 107-110) in an additional teaching area.
19		(M) Successful completion of 4 semester hours of
20		graduate-level coursework on the assessment of one's own
21		performance in relation to the Illinois Teaching
22		Standards, as described in clause (B) of paragraph (2) of
23		subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code.
24		(N) Successful completion of a minimum of 4 semester
25		hours of graduate-level coursework addressing preparation
26		to meet the requirements for certification by the National
27		Board for Professional Teaching Standards, as described in
28		clause (C) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
29		21-2 of this Code.
30		(4) A person must complete the requirements of this
31		subsection (e) before the expiration of his or her Standard
32		Teaching Certificate and must submit assurance to the regional
33		superintendent of schools or, if applicable, a local
34		professional development committee authorized by the regional
35		superintendent to submit recommendations to him or her for this
36		purpose. The statement of assurance shall contain a list of the

1		activities completed, the provider offering each activity, the
2		number of credits earned for each activity, and the purposes to
3		which each activity is attributed. The certificate holder shall
4		maintain the evidence of completion of each activity for at
5		least one certificate renewal cycle. The certificate holder
6		shall affirm under penalty of perjury that he or she has
7		completed the activities listed and will maintain the required
8		evidence of completion. The State Board of Education or the
9		regional superintendent of schools for each region shall
10		conduct random audits of assurance statements and supporting
11		documentation. A certificate renewal plan must initially be
12		approved by the certificate holder's local professional
13		development committee, as provided for in subsection (f) of
14		this Section. If the local professional development committee
15		does not approve the certificate renewal plan, the certificate
16		holder may appeal that determination to the regional
17		professional development review committee, as provided for in
18		paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of this Section. If the
19		regional professional development review committee disagrees
20		with the local professional development committee's
21		determination, the certificate renewal plan shall be deemed
22		approved and the certificate holder may begin satisfying the
23		continuing professional development activities set forth in
24		the plan. If the regional professional development review
25		committee agrees with the local professional development
26		committee's determination, the certificate renewal plan shall
27		be deemed disapproved and shall be returned to the certificate
28		holder to develop a revised certificate renewal plan. In all
29		cases, the regional professional development review committee
30		shall immediately notify both the local professional
31		development committee and the certificate holder of its
32		determination.
33		(5) (Blank). A certificate holder who wishes to modify the
34		continuing professional development activities or goals in his
35		or her certificate renewal plan must submit the proposed
36		modifications to his or her local professional development

1		committee for approval prior to engaging in the proposed
2		activities. If the local professional development committee
3		does not approve the proposed modification, the certificate
4		holder may appeal that determination to the regional
5		professional development review committee, as set forth in
6		paragraph (4) of this subsection (e).
7		(6) (Blank). When a certificate holder changes assignments
8		or school districts during the course of completing a
9		certificate renewal plan, the professional development and
10		continuing education credit earned pursuant to the plan shall
11		transfer to the new assignment or school district and count
12		toward the total requirements. This certificate renewal plan
13		must be reviewed by the appropriate local professional
14		development committee and may be modified to reflect the
15		certificate holder's new work assignment or the school
16		improvement plan of the new school district or school building.
17		(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, a
18		school district is authorized to enter into an agreement with
19		the exclusive bargaining representative, if any, to form a
20		local professional development committee (LPDC). The
21		membership and terms of members of the LPDC may be determined
22		by the agreement. Provisions regarding LPDCs contained in a
23		collective bargaining agreement in existence on the effective
24		date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
25		between a school district and the exclusive bargaining
26		representative shall remain in full force and effect for the
27		term of the agreement, unless terminated by mutual agreement.
28		The LPDC shall make recommendations to the regional
29		superintendent of schools on renewal of teaching certificates.
30		The regional superintendent of schools for each region each
31		school district, charter school, and cooperative or joint
32		agreement with a governing body or board of control that
33		employs certificated staff, shall establish and implement, in
34		conjunction with its exclusive representative, if any, one or
35		more local professional development committees, as set forth in
36		this subsection (f), which shall perform the following

1		functions:
2		(1) review recommendations for and approve certificate
3		renewal, if any, received from LPDCs plans and any
4		modifications made to these plans, including transferred
5		plans;
6		(2) (blank); maintain a file of approved certificate
7		renewal plans;
8		(3) (blank); monitor certificate holders' progress in
9		completing approved certificate renewal plans, provided
10		that a local professional development committee shall not
11		be required to maintain materials submitted by certificate
12		holders to demonstrate their progress in completing their
13		certificate renewal plans after the committee has reviewed
14		the materials and the credits have been awarded;
15		(4) (blank); assist in the development of professional
16		development plans based upon needs identified in
17		certificate renewal plans;
18		(5) determine whether certificate holders have met the
19		requirements for of their certificate renewal plans and
20		notify certificate holders if the decision is not to renew
21		the certificate of its determination;
22		(6) provide a certificate holder with the opportunity
23		to appeal a recommendation made by a LPDC, if any, not to
24		renew the certificate to the regional professional
25		development review committee address the committee when it
26		has determined that the certificate holder has not met the
27		requirements of his or her certificate renewal plan;
28		(7) issue and forward recommendations for renewal or
29		nonrenewal of certificate holders' Standard Teaching
30		Certificates to the State Teacher Certification Board
31		appropriate regional superintendent of schools, based upon
32		whether certificate holders have met the requirements of
33		their approved certificate renewal plans, with 30-day
34		written notice of its recommendation provided to the
35		certificate holder prior to forwarding the recommendation
36		to the regional superintendent of schools, provided that if

1		the local professional development committee's
2		recommendation is for certificate nonrenewal, the written
3		notice provided to the certificate holder shall include a
4		return receipt; and
5		(8) (blank). reconsider its recommendation of
6		certificate nonrenewal, upon request of the certificate
7		holder within 30 days of receipt of written notification
8		that the local professional development committee will
9		make such a recommendation, and forward to the regional
10		superintendent of schools its recommendation within 30
11		days of receipt of the certificate holder's request.
12		Each local professional development committee shall
13		consist of at least 3 classroom teachers; one superintendent or
14		chief administrator of the school district, charter school, or
15		cooperative or joint agreement or his or her designee; and one
16		at-large member who shall be either (i) a parent, (ii) a member
17		of the business community, (iii) a community member, or (iv) an
18		administrator, with preference given to an individual chosen
19		from among those persons listed in items (i), (ii), and (iii)
20		in order to secure representation of an interest not already
21		represented on the committee. Except in a school district in a
22		city having a population exceeding 500,000, a local
23		professional development committee shall be responsible for no
24		more than 200 certificate renewal plans annually unless
25		otherwise mutually agreed upon by the school district, charter
26		school, or governing body or board of control of a cooperative
27		or joint agreement and its exclusive representative, if any. If
28		mutually agreed upon by the school district, charter school, or
29		governing body or board of control of a cooperative or joint
30		agreement and its exclusive representative, if any, additional
31		members may be added to a local professional development
32		committee, provided that a majority of members are classroom
33		teachers. Except in a school district in a city having a
34		population exceeding 500,000, if additional members are added
35		to a local professional development committee, the maximum
36		number of certificate renewal plans for which the committee

1		shall annually be responsible may be increased by 50 plans for
2		each additional member, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon
3		by the school district, charter school, or governing body or
4		board of control of a cooperative or joint agreement and its
5		exclusive representative, if any. The school district, charter
6		school, or governing body or board of control of a cooperative
7		or joint agreement and its exclusive representative, if any,
8		shall determine the term of service of the members of a local
9		professional development committee. All individuals selected
10		to serve on local professional development committees must be
11		known to demonstrate the best practices in teaching or their
12		respective field of practice.
13		The exclusive representative, if any, shall select the
14		classroom teacher members of the local professional
15		development committee. If no exclusive representative exists,
16		then the classroom teacher members of a local professional
17		development committee shall be selected by the classroom
18		teachers that come within the local professional development
19		committee's authority. The school district, charter school, or
20		governing body or board of control of a cooperative or joint
21		agreement shall select the 2 non-classroom teacher members (the
22		superintendent or chief administrator of the school district,
23		charter school, or cooperative or joint agreement or his or her
24		designee and the at-large member) of a local professional
25		development committee. Vacancies in positions on a local
26		professional development committee shall be filled in the same
27		manner as the original selections. The members of a local
28		professional development committee shall select a chairperson.
29		Local professional development committee meetings shall be
30		scheduled so as not to interfere with committee members'
31		regularly scheduled teaching duties, except when otherwise
32		permitted by the policies of or agreed to or approved by the
33		school district, charter school, or governing body or board of
34		control of a cooperative or joint agreement, or its designee.
35		The board of education or governing board shall convene the
36		first meeting of the local professional development committee.

1		All actions taken by the local professional development
2		committee shall require that a majority of committee members be
3		present, and no committee action may be taken unless 50% or
4		more of those present are teacher members.
5		The State Board of Education and the State Teacher
6		Certification Board shall jointly provide local professional
7		development committee members with a training manual, and the
8		members shall certify that they have received and read the
9		manual.
10		Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subsection
11		(f), for a teacher employed and performing services in a
12		nonpublic or State-operated elementary or secondary school,
13		all references to a local professional development committee
14		shall mean the regional superintendent of schools of the
15		regional office of education for the geographic area where the
16		teaching is done.
17		(g)(1) Each regional superintendent of schools shall
18		review and concur or nonconcur with each recommendation for
19		renewal or nonrenewal of a Standard Teaching Certificate he or
20		she receives from a local professional development committee,
21		if any, or, if a certificate holder appeals the recommendation
22		to the regional professional development review committee, the
23		recommendation for renewal or nonrenewal he or she receives
24		from a regional professional development review committee and,
25		within 14 days of receipt of the recommendation, shall provide
26		the State Teacher Certification Board with verification of the
27		following, if applicable:
28		(A) the certificate holder has satisfactorily
29		completed professional development and continuing
30		education activities set forth in paragraph (3) of
31		subsection (e) of this Section; a certificate renewal plan
32		was filed and approved by the appropriate local
33		professional development committee;
34		(B) the certificate holder has submitted the statement
35		of assurance required under paragraph (4) of subsection (e)
36		of this Section, and this statement has been attached to

1		the application for renewal; the professional development
2		and continuing education activities set forth in the
3		approved certificate renewal plan have been satisfactorily
4		completed;
5		(C) the local professional development committee, if
6		any, has recommended the renewal of the certificate
7		holder's Standard Teaching Certificate and forwarded the
8		recommendation, along with all supporting documentation as
9		jointly required by the State Board of Education and the
10		State Teacher Certification Board, to the regional
11		superintendent of schools;
12		(D) the certificate holder has appealed his or her
13		local professional development committee's recommendation
14		of nonrenewal, if any, to the regional professional
15		development review committee and the result of that appeal;
16		(E) the regional superintendent of schools has
17		concurred or nonconcurred with the local professional
18		development committee's or regional professional
19		development review committee's recommendation, if any, to
20		renew or nonrenew the certificate holder's Standard
21		Teaching Certificate and made a recommendation to that
22		effect; and
23		(F) the established registration fee for the Standard
24		Teaching Certificate has been paid.
25		If At the same time the regional superintendent of schools
26		provides the State Teacher Certification Board with the notice
27		required by this subsection (g) includes a recommendation of
28		certificate nonrenewal, then, at the same time the regional
29		superintendent of schools provides the State Teacher
30		Certification Board with the notice, he or she shall also
31		notify the certificate holder in writing, by certified mail,
32		return receipt requested, that this notice has been provided to
33		the State Teacher Certification Board, provided that if the
34		notice provided by the regional superintendent of schools to
35		the State Teacher Certification Board includes a
36		recommendation of certificate nonrenewal, the written notice

1		provided to the certificate holder shall be by certified mail,
2		return receipt requested.
3		(2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal
4		his or her local professional development committee's
5		recommendation of nonrenewal, if any, to the regional
6		professional development review committee, within 14 days of
7		receipt of notice that the recommendation has been sent to the
8		regional superintendent of schools. Each regional
9		superintendent of schools shall establish a regional
10		professional development review committee or committees for
11		the purpose of advising the regional superintendent of schools,
12		upon request, and handling certificate holder appeals. This
13		committee shall consist of at least 4 classroom teachers, one
14		non-administrative certificated educational employee, 2
15		administrators, and one at-large member who shall be either (i)
16		a parent, (ii) a member of the business community, (iii) a
17		community member, or (iv) an administrator, with preference
18		given to an individual chosen from among those persons listed
19		in items (i), (ii), and (iii) in order to secure representation
20		of an interest not already represented on the committee. The
21		teacher and non-administrative certificated educational
22		employee members of the review committee shall be selected by
23		their exclusive representative, if any, and the administrators
24		and at-large member shall be selected by the regional
25		superintendent of schools. A regional superintendent of
26		schools may add additional members to the committee, provided
27		that the same proportion of teachers to administrators and
28		at-large members on the committee is maintained. Any additional
29		teacher and non-administrative certificated educational
30		employee members shall be selected by their exclusive
31		representative, if any. Vacancies in positions on a regional
32		professional development review committee shall be filled in
33		the same manner as the original selections. Committee members
34		shall serve staggered 3-year terms. All individuals selected to
35		serve on regional professional development review committees
36		must be known to demonstrate the best practices in teaching or

1		their respective field of practice.
2		The exclusive representative responsible for choosing the
3		individuals that serve on a regional professional development
4		review committee shall notify each school district, charter
5		school, or governing body or board of control of a cooperative
6		or joint agreement employing the individuals chosen to serve
7		and provide their names to the appropriate regional
8		superintendent of schools. Regional professional development
9		review committee meetings shall be scheduled so as not to
10		interfere with the committee members' regularly scheduled
11		teaching duties, except when otherwise permitted by the
12		policies of or agreed to or approved by the school district,
13		charter school, or governing body or board of control of a
14		cooperative or joint agreement, or its designee, provided that
15		the school district, charter school, or governing body or board
16		of control shall not unreasonably withhold permission for a
17		committee member to attend regional professional development
18		review committee meetings.
19		In a city having a population exceeding 500,000 that does
20		not have a regional office of education, one or more separate
21		regional professional development review committees shall be
22		established as mutually agreed upon by the board of education
23		of the school district organized under Article 34 of this Code
24		and the exclusive representative. The composition of each
25		committee shall be the same as for a regional professional
26		development review committee, except that members of the
27		committee shall be jointly appointed by the board of education
28		and the exclusive representative. All other provisions of this
29		Section concerning regional professional development review
30		committees shall apply to these committees.
31		The regional professional development review committee may
32		require information in addition to that received from a
33		certificate holder's local professional development committee
34		or request that the certificate holder appear before it, shall
35		either concur or nonconcur with a local professional
36		development committee's recommendation of nonrenewal, and

1		shall forward to the regional superintendent of schools its
2		recommendation of renewal or nonrenewal. All actions taken by
3		the regional professional development review committee shall
4		require a quorum and be by a simple majority of those present
5		and voting. A record of all votes shall be maintained. The
6		committee shall have 45 days from receipt of a certificate
7		holder's appeal to make its recommendation to the regional
8		superintendent of schools.
9		The State Board of Education and the State Teacher
10		Certification Board shall jointly provide regional
11		professional development review committee members with a
12		training manual, and the members shall be required to attend
13		one training seminar sponsored jointly by the State Board of
14		Education and the State Teacher Certification Board.
15		(h)(1) The State Teacher Certification Board shall review
16		the regional superintendent of schools' recommendations to
17		renew or nonrenew Standard Teaching Certificates and notify
18		certificate holders in writing whether their certificates have
19		been renewed or nonrenewed within 90 days of receipt of the
20		recommendations, unless a certificate holder has appealed a
21		regional superintendent of schools' recommendation of
22		nonrenewal, as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection
23		(h). The State Teacher Certification Board shall verify that
24		the certificate holder has met the renewal criteria set forth
25		in paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of this Section.
26		(2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal
27		a regional superintendent of school's recommendation to
28		nonrenew his or her Standard Teaching Certificate to the State
29		Teacher Certification Board, within 14 days of receipt of
30		notice that the decision has been sent to the State Teacher
31		Certification Board, which shall hold an appeal hearing within
32		60 days of receipt of the appeal. When such an appeal is taken,
33		the certificate holder's Standard Teaching Certificate shall
34		continue to be valid until the appeal is finally determined.
35		The State Teacher Certification Board shall review the regional
36		superintendent of school's recommendation, the regional

1		professional development review committee's recommendation, if
2		any, and the local professional development committee's
3		recommendation, if any, and all relevant documentation to
4		verify whether the certificate holder has met the renewal
5		criteria set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of this
6		Section. The State Teacher Certification Board may request that
7		the certificate holder appear before it. All actions taken by
8		the State Teacher Certification Board shall require a quorum
9		and be by a simple majority of those present and voting. A
10		record of all votes shall be maintained. The State Teacher
11		Certification Board shall notify the certificate holder in
12		writing, within 7 days of completing the review, whether his or
13		her Standard Teaching Certificate has been renewed or
14		nonrenewed, provided that if the State Teacher Certification
15		Board determines to nonrenew a certificate, the written notice
16		provided to the certificate holder shall be by certified mail,
17		return receipt requested. All certificate renewal or
18		nonrenewal decisions of the State Teacher Certification Board
19		are final and subject to administrative review, as set forth in
20		Section 21-24 of this Code.
21		(i) Holders of Master Teaching Certificates shall meet the
22		same requirements and follow the same procedures as holders of
23		Standard Teaching Certificates, except that their renewal
24		cycle shall be as set forth in subsection (d) of Section 21-2
25		of this Code and their renewal requirements shall be subject to
26		paragraph (8) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code.
27		A holder of a teaching certificate endorsed as a
28		speech-language pathologist who has been granted the
29		Certificate of Clinical Competence by the American
30		Speech-Language Hearing Association may renew his or her
31		Standard Teaching Certificate pursuant to the 10-year renewal
32		cycle set forth in subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this Code.
33		(j) Holders of Valid and Exempt Standard and Master
34		Teaching Certificates who are not employed and performing
35		services in an Illinois public or State-operated elementary
36		school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement

1		with a governing body or board of control, in a certificated
2		teaching position, may voluntarily activate their certificates
3		through by developing and submitting a certificate renewal plan
4		to the regional superintendent of schools of the regional
5		office of education for the geographic area where their
6		teaching is done, who, or whose designee, shall approve the
7		plan and serve as the certificate holder's local professional
8		development committee. These certificate holders shall follow
9		the same renewal criteria and procedures as all other Standard
10		and Master Teaching Certificate holders, except that their
11		continuing professional development activities need not plans
12		shall not be required to reflect or address the knowledge,
13		skills, and goals of a local school improvement plan.
14		(k) (Blank). Each school district, charter school, or
15		cooperative or joint agreement shall be paid an annual amount
16		of not less than $1,000, as determined by a formula based on
17		the number of Standard Teaching and Master Teaching Certificate
18		holders, subject to renewal and established by rule, not to
19		exceed $1,000,000 annually for all school districts, charter
20		schools, and cooperatives or joint agreements, for
21		administrative costs associated with conducting the meetings
22		of the local professional development committee, as determined
23		in consultation with the committee. Each regional office of
24		education shall receive $2,000 annually to pay school
25		districts, charter schools, or cooperatives or joint
26		agreements for costs, as defined by rule, incurred in staff
27		attendance at regional professional development review
28		committee meetings and the training seminar required under
29		paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of this Section.
30		(l) (Blank). The State Board of Education and the State
31		Teacher Certification Board shall jointly contract with an
32		independent party to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the
33		certificate renewal system pursuant to this Section. The first
34		report of this evaluation shall be presented to the General
35		Assembly on January 1, 2005 and on January 1 of every third
36		year thereafter.

1		(m) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act
2		of the 93rd General Assembly that affect renewal of Standard
3		and Master Certificates shall apply to those persons who hold
4		Standard or Master Certificates on or after the effective date
5		of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and shall
6		be given effect upon renewal of those certificates.
7		(Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02; 92-796, eff. 8-10-02; 93-81,
8		eff. 7-2-03.)
9		(105 ILCS 5/21-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-16)
10		Sec. 21-16. Fees - Requirement for registration.
11		(a) Until February 15, 2000, every applicant when issued a
12		certificate shall pay to the regional superintendent of schools
13		a fee of $1, which shall be paid into the institute fund. Every
14		certificate issued under the provisions of this Act shall be
15		registered annually or, at the option of the holder of the
16		certificate, once every 3 years. The regional superintendent of
17		schools having supervision and control over the school where
18		the teaching is done shall register the certificate before the
19		holder begins to teach, otherwise it shall be registered in any
20		county in the State of Illinois; and one fee of $4 per year for
21		registration or renewal of one or more certificates which have
22		been issued to the same holder shall be paid into the institute
23		fund.
24		Until February 15, 2000, requirements for registration of
25		any certificate limited in time shall include evidence of
26		professional growth defined as successful teaching experience
27		since last registration of certificate, attendance at
28		professional meetings, membership in professional
29		organizations, additional credits earned in recognized
30		teacher-training institutions, travel specifically for
31		educational experience, reading of professional books and
32		periodicals, filing all reports as required by the regional
33		superintendent of schools and the State Superintendent of
34		Education or such other professional experience or combination
35		of experiences as are presented by the teacher and are approved

1		by the State Superintendent of Education in consultation with
2		the State Teacher Certification Board. A duplicate certificate
3		may be issued to the holder of a valid life certificate or
4		valid certificate limited in time by the State Superintendent
5		of Education; however, it shall only be issued upon request of
6		a regional superintendent of schools and upon payment to the
7		regional superintendent of schools who requests such duplicate
8		a fee of $4.
9		(b) Beginning February 15, 2000, all persons who are issued
10		Standard Teaching Certificates pursuant to clause (ii) of
11		paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2 and all persons
12		who renew Standard Teaching Certificates shall pay a $25 fee
13		for registration of all certificates held. All persons who are
14		issued Standard Teaching Certificates under clause (i) of
15		paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2 and all other
16		applicants for Standard Teaching Certificates shall pay an
17		original application fee, pursuant to Section 21-12, and a $25
18		fee for registration of all certificates held. These
19		certificates shall be registered and the registration fee paid
20		once every 5 years. Standard Teaching Certificate applicants
21		and holders shall not be required to pay any other registration
22		fees for issuance or renewal of their certificates, except as
23		provided in Section 21-17 of this Code. Beginning February 15,
24		2000, Master Teaching Certificates shall be issued and renewed
25		upon payment by the applicant or certificate holder of a $50
26		fee for registration of all certificates held. These
27		certificates shall be registered and the fee paid once every 10
28		years. Master Teaching Certificate applicants and holders
29		shall not be required to pay any other application or
30		registration fees for issuance or renewal of their
31		certificates, except as provided in Section 21-17 of this Code.
32		All other certificates issued under the provisions of this Code
33		shall be registered for the validity period of the certificate
34		at the rate of $5 per year for the total number of years for
35		which the certificate is valid for registration of all
36		certificates held, or for a maximum of 5 years for life

1		certificates. The regional superintendent of schools having
2		supervision and control over the school where the teaching is
3		done shall register the certificate before the holder begins to
4		teach, otherwise it shall be registered in any county in the
5		State of Illinois. Each holder shall pay the appropriate
6		registration fee to the regional superintendent of schools. The
7		regional superintendent of schools shall deposit the
8		registration fees into the institute fund. Any certificate
9		holder who teaches in more than one educational service region
10		shall register the certificate or certificates in all regions
11		where the teaching is done, but shall be required to pay one
12		registration fee for all certificates held, provided holders of
13		certificates issued pursuant to Section 21-9 of this Code shall
14		be required to pay one registration fee, in each educational
15		service region in which his or her certificate or certificates
16		are registered, for all certificates held.
17		A duplicate certificate may be issued to the holder of a
18		valid life certificate or valid certificate limited in time by
19		the State Superintendent of Education; however, it shall only
20		be issued upon request of a regional superintendent of schools
21		and upon payment to the regional superintendent of schools who
22		requests the duplicate a fee of $4, which shall be deposited
23		into the institute fund.
24		The State Board of Education and each regional office of
25		education are authorized to charge a service or convenience fee
26		for the use of credit cards for the payment of certification
27		fees. This service or convenience fee may not exceed the amount
28		required by the credit card processing company or vendor that
29		has entered into a contract with the State Board or regional
30		office of education for this purpose, and the fee must be paid
31		to that company or vendor.
32		(Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 92-796, eff. 8-10-02.)
33		(105 ILCS 5/21-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-17)
34		Sec. 21-17. Fee and duplicate certificate. A duplicate
35		certificate shall be issued by the State Superintendent of

1		Education when requested by the regional superintendent of
2		schools as provided in Section 21-16. The request for a
3		duplicate certificate shall be accompanied by a fee of $4,
4		which shall be deposited into the Teacher Certificate Fee
5		Revolving Fund.
6		The State Board of Education and each regional office of
7		education are authorized to charge a service or convenience fee
8		for the use of credit cards for the payment of certification
9		fees. This service or convenience fee may not exceed the amount
10		required by the credit card processing company or vendor that
11		has entered into a contract with the State Board or regional
12		office of education for this purpose, and the fee must be paid
13		to that company or vendor.
14		(Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
15		(105 ILCS 5/21-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-18)
16		Sec. 21-18. Registration of life certificate-Fee.
17		The holder of any life certificate, while he continues to
18		teach, shall annually before entering upon his duties, present
19		his certificate or proper evidence thereof to the regional
20		county superintendent of schools for registration and pay a fee
21		of $2, which fee shall be paid into the institute fund.
22		The State Board of Education and each regional office of
23		education are authorized to charge a service or convenience fee
24		for the use of credit cards for the payment of certification
25		fees. This service or convenience fee may not exceed the amount
26		required by the credit card processing company or vendor that
27		has entered into a contract with the State Board or regional
28		office of education for this purpose, and the fee must be paid
29		to that company or vendor.
30		(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
31		(105 ILCS 5/21-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23)
32		Sec. 21-23. Suspension or revocation of certificate.
33		(a) Any certificate issued pursuant to this Article,
34		including but not limited to any administrative certificate or

1		endorsement, may be suspended for a period not to exceed one
2		calendar year by the regional superintendent or for a period
3		not to exceed 5 calendar years by the State Superintendent of
4		Education upon evidence of immorality, a condition of health
5		detrimental to the welfare of pupils, incompetency,
6		unprofessional conduct, the neglect of any professional duty,
7		willful failure to report an instance of suspected child abuse
8		or neglect as required by the Abused and Neglected Child
9		Reporting Act, failure to establish satisfactory repayment on
10		an educational loan guaranteed by the Illinois Student
11		Assistance Commission, or other just cause. Unprofessional
12		conduct shall include refusal to attend or participate in,
13		institutes, teachers' meetings, professional readings, or to
14		meet other reasonable requirements of the regional
15		superintendent or State Superintendent of Education.
16		Unprofessional conduct also includes conduct that violates the
17		standards, ethics, or rules applicable to the security,
18		administration, monitoring, or scoring of, or the reporting of
19		scores from, any assessment test or the Prairie State
20		Achievement Examination administered under Section 2-3.64 or
21		that is known or intended to produce or report manipulated or
22		artificial, rather than actual, assessment or achievement
23		results or gains from the administration of those tests or
24		examinations. It shall also include neglect or unnecessary
25		delay in making of statistical and other reports required by
26		school officers. The regional superintendent or State
27		Superintendent of Education shall upon receipt of evidence of
28		immorality, a condition of health detrimental to the welfare of
29		pupils, incompetency, unprofessional conduct, the neglect of
30		any professional duty or other just cause serve written notice
31		to the individual and afford the individual opportunity for a
32		hearing prior to suspension. If a hearing is requested within
33		10 days of notice of opportunity for hearing it shall act as a
34		stay of proceedings not to exceed 30 days, unless the
35		individual requests a delay. In such an instance, the stay of
36		proceedings must be continued for another 30 days. No

1		certificate shall be suspended until the teacher has an
2		opportunity for a hearing at the educational service region.
3		When a certificate is suspended, the right of appeal shall lie
4		to the State Teacher Certification Board. When an appeal is
5		taken within 10 days after notice of suspension it shall act as
6		a stay of proceedings not to exceed 120 60 days. If a
7		certificate is suspended for a period greater than one year,
8		the State Superintendent of Education shall review the
9		suspension prior to the expiration of that period to determine
10		whether the cause for the suspension has been remedied or
11		continues to exist. Upon determining that the cause for
12		suspension has not abated, the State Superintendent of
13		Education may order that the suspension be continued for an
14		appropriate period. Nothing in this Section prohibits the
15		continuance of such a suspension for an indefinite period if
16		the State Superintendent determines that the cause for the
17		suspension remains unabated. Any certificate may be revoked for
18		the same reasons as for suspension by the State Superintendent
19		of Education. No certificate shall be revoked until the teacher
20		has an opportunity for a hearing before the State Teacher
21		Certification Board, which hearing must be held within 120 60
22		days from the date the appeal is taken, unless the State
23		Teacher Certification Board requests a delay. In such an
24		instance, the stay of the revocation proceedings must be
25		continued until the completion of the proceedings.
26		The State Board may refuse to issue or may suspend the
27		certificate of any person who fails to file a return, or to pay
28		the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay
29		any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as required
30		by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department of
31		Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any such tax
32		Act are satisfied.
33		(b) Any certificate issued pursuant to this Article may be
34		suspended for an appropriate length of time as determined by
35		either the regional superintendent or State Superintendent of
36		Education upon evidence that the holder of the certificate has

1		been named as a perpetrator in an indicated report filed
2		pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act,
3		approved June 26, 1975, as amended, and upon proof by clear and
4		convincing evidence that the licensee has caused a child to be
5		an abused child or neglected child as defined in the Abused and
6		Neglected Child Reporting Act.
7		The regional superintendent or State Superintendent of
8		Education shall, upon receipt of evidence that the certificate
9		holder has been named a perpetrator in any indicated report,
10		serve written notice to the individual and afford the
11		individual opportunity for a hearing prior to suspension. If a
12		hearing is requested within 10 days of notice of opportunity
13		for hearing, it shall act as a stay of proceedings not to
14		exceed 30 days, unless the individual requests a delay. In such
15		an instance, the stay of proceedings must be continued for
16		another 30 days. No certificate shall be suspended until the
17		teacher has an opportunity for a hearing at the educational
18		service region. When a certificate is suspended, the right of
19		appeal shall lie to the State Teacher Certification Board. When
20		an appeal is taken within 10 days after notice of suspension it
21		shall act as a stay of proceedings not to exceed 120 60 days.
22		The State Superintendent may revoke any certificate upon proof
23		at hearing by clear and convincing evidence that the
24		certificate holder has caused a child to be an abused child or
25		neglected child as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child
26		Reporting Act. No certificate shall be revoked until the
27		teacher has an opportunity for a hearing before the State
28		Teacher Certification Board, which hearing must be held within
29		120 60 days from the date the appeal is taken, unless the
30		teacher or the hearing officer appointed by the State Teacher
31		Certification Board requests a delay. In such an instance, the
32		stay of the revocation proceedings must be continued until the
33		completion of the proceedings.
34		(c) The State Superintendent of Education or a person
35		designated by him shall have the power to administer oaths to
36		witnesses at any hearing conducted before the State Teacher

1		Certification Board pursuant to this Section. The State
2		Superintendent of Education or a person designated by him is
3		authorized to subpoena and bring before the State Teacher
4		Certification Board any person in this State and to take
5		testimony either orally or by deposition or by exhibit, with
6		the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as prescribed
7		by law in judicial proceedings in the civil cases in circuit
8		courts of this State.
9		Any circuit court, upon the application of the State
10		Superintendent of Education, may, by order duly entered,
11		require the attendance of witnesses and the production of
12		relevant books and papers at any hearing the State
13		Superintendent of Education is authorized to conduct pursuant
14		to this Section, and the court may compel obedience to its
15		orders by proceedings for contempt.
16		(d) As used in this Section, "teacher" means any school
17		district employee regularly required to be certified, as
18		provided in this Article, in order to teach or supervise in the
19		public schools.
20		(Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)

21		Section 20. The School Construction Law is amended by
22		changing Sections 5-30 and 5-40 and adding Section 5-57 as
23		follows:
24		(105 ILCS 230/5-30)
25		Sec. 5-30. Priority of school construction projects. The
26		State Board of Education shall develop standards for the
27		determination of priority needs concerning school construction
28		projects based upon approved district facilities plans. Such
29		standards shall call for prioritization based on the degree of
30		need and project type in the following order:
31		(1) Replacement or reconstruction of school buildings
32		destroyed or damaged by flood, tornado, fire, earthquake,
33		or other disasters, either man-made or produced by nature;
34		(2) Projects designed to alleviate a shortage of

1		classrooms due to population growth or to replace aging
2		school buildings;
3		(3) Projects resulting from interdistrict
4		reorganization of school districts contingent on local
5		referenda;
6		(4) Replacement or reconstruction of school facilities
7		determined to be severe and continuing health or life
8		safety hazards;
9		(5) Alterations necessary to provide accessibility for
10		qualified individuals with disabilities; and
11		(6) Other unique solutions to facility needs.
12		The State Board of Education may not make any material changes
13		to the standards in effect on May 18, 2004, unless the State
14		Board of Education is specifically authorized by law.
15		(Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
16		(105 ILCS 230/5-40)
17		Sec. 5-40. Supervision of school construction projects.
18		The Capital Development Board shall exercise general
19		supervision over school construction projects financed
20		pursuant to this Article. School districts, however, must be
21		allowed to choose the architect and engineer for their school
22		construction projects, and no project may be disapproved by the
23		State Board of Education or the Capital Development Board
24		solely due to a school district's selection of an architect or
25		engineer.
26		(Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
27		(105 ILCS 230/5-57 new)
28		Sec. 5-57. Administration of powers; no changes.
29		Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Capital
30		Development Board may not make any material changes in the
31		administration of its powers granted under this Law from how it
32		administered those powers on May 18, 2004, unless specifically
33		authorized by law.

1		Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
2		Section 8.28 as follows:
3		(30 ILCS 805/8.28 new)
4		Sec. 8.28. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
5		of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
6		implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
7		the 93rd General Assembly.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.