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 1        AN ACT relating to certification of school personnel.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by changing
 5    Sections 2-3.11,  10-21.9,  10-22.20a,  10-22.24a,  10-22.34,
 6    14-1.09.1,  14-8.05,  14C-2, 21-1, 21-1a, 21-1b, 21-1c, 21-2,
 7    21-2.1, 21-2b, 21-3, 21-4, 21-5, 21-5a, 21-5b, 21-5c,  21-5d,
 8    21-7.1,  21-9,  21-10,  21-11.1,  21-11.2,  21-11.3, 21-11.4,
 9    21-12, 21-14, 21-16, 21-17,  21-19,  21-21,  21-21.1,  21-23,
10    21-23b,  21-24,  21-25, 34-18.5, and 34-83 and adding Section
11    21-0.05 as follows:

12        (105 ILCS 5/2-3.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11)
13        Sec. 2-3.11.  Report to Governor  and  General  Assembly.
14    To report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on or
15    before  January  14 the condition of the schools of the State
16    for the preceding year, ending on June 30.
17        Such annual report shall contain  reports  of  the  State
18    Teacher   Certification  Board;  the  schools  of  the  State
19    charitable institutions; reports on driver education, special
20    education, and transportation; and for such year  the  annual
21    statistical   reports   of  the  State  Board  of  Education,
22    including the number and kinds of school districts; number of
23    school attendance centers; number of men and women  teachers;
24    enrollment   by   grades;   total   enrollment;   total  days
25    attendance; total days  absence;  average  daily  attendance;
26    number of elementary and secondary school graduates; assessed
27    valuation;  tax  levies  and  tax rates for various purposes;
28    amount of teachers' orders, anticipation warrants, and  bonds
29    outstanding;  and  number of men and women teachers and total
30    enrollment of private schools. The report shall give for  all
31    school  districts  receipts from all sources and expenditures
 
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 1    for all purposes for each fund; the total  operating  expense
 2    and  the  per  capita  cost;   federal  and  state  aids  and
 3    reimbursements; new school buildings, and recognized schools;
 4    together  with  such other information and suggestions as the
 5    State Board of Education may deem important  in  relation  to
 6    the  schools  and  school  laws  and  the  means of promoting
 7    education throughout the state.
 8    (Source: P.A. 84-1308; 84-1424.)

 9        (105 ILCS 5/10-21.9) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9)
10        Sec. 10-21.9.  Criminal background investigations.
11        (a)  After August 1,  1985,  certified  and  noncertified
12    applicants  for  employment  with  a  school district, except
13    school bus driver applicants, are required as a condition  of
14    employment to authorize an investigation to determine if such
15    applicants  have  been  convicted  of  any  of the enumerated
16    criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of  this  Section
17    or have been convicted, within 7 years of the application for
18    employment  with  the  school  district,  of any other felony
19    under the laws of this State or of any offense  committed  or
20    attempted  in  any  other  state  or  against the laws of the
21    United States that, if committed or attempted in this  State,
22    would have been punishable as a felony under the laws of this
23    State. Authorization for the investigation shall be furnished
24    by  the  applicant to the school district, except that if the
25    applicant is a substitute teacher seeking employment in  more
26    than  one  school  district,  a  teacher  seeking  concurrent
27    part-time  employment  positions  with  more  than one school
28    district (as a reading specialist, special education  teacher
29    or  otherwise),  or an educational support personnel employee
30    seeking employment positions with more than one district, any
31    such  district  may  require   the   applicant   to   furnish
32    authorization   for   the   investigation   to  the  regional
33    superintendent of the educational service region in which are
 
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 1    located the  school  districts  in  which  the  applicant  is
 2    seeking  employment  as  a substitute or concurrent part-time
 3    teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee.
 4    Upon receipt of this authorization, the  school  district  or
 5    the  appropriate regional superintendent, as the case may be,
 6    shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date  of  birth
 7    and  social security number to the Department of State Police
 8    on  forms  prescribed  by  the   Department.   The   regional
 9    superintendent  submitting  the  requisite information to the
10    Department of State Police shall promptly notify  the  school
11    districts  in  which the applicant is seeking employment as a
12    substitute or  concurrent  part-time  teacher  or  concurrent
13    educational support personnel employee that the investigation
14    of  the applicant has been requested. The Department of State
15    Police shall conduct an investigation  to  ascertain  if  the
16    applicant  being considered for employment has been convicted
17    of any  of  the  enumerated  criminal  or  drug  offenses  in
18    subsection  (c)  or has been convicted, within 7 years of the
19    application for employment with the school district,  of  any
20    other  felony  under the laws of this State or of any offense
21    committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws
22    of the United States that, if committed or attempted in  this
23    State,  would have been punishable as a felony under the laws
24    of this State.    The  Department  shall  charge  the  school
25    district or the appropriate regional superintendent a fee for
26    conducting  such  investigation, which fee shall be deposited
27    in the State Police Services Fund and shall  not  exceed  the
28    cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a
29    fee  for  such investigation by the school district or by the
30    regional superintendent.   The  regional  superintendent  may
31    seek  reimbursement  from the State Board of Education or the
32    appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
33    regional superintendent to the Department  for  the  criminal
34    background investigations required by this Section.
 
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 1        (b)  The  Department  shall furnish, pursuant to positive
 2    identification, records of convictions,  until  expunged,  to
 3    the  president  of  the  school board for the school district
 4    which  requested  the  investigation,  or  to  the   regional
 5    superintendent   who   requested   the   investigation.   Any
 6    information concerning the record of convictions obtained  by
 7    the   president   of   the   school  board  or  the  regional
 8    superintendent  shall  be  confidential  and  may   only   be
 9    transmitted  to  the superintendent of the school district or
10    his designee, the appropriate regional superintendent if  the
11    investigation  was  requested  by  the  school  district, the
12    presidents  of  the  appropriate   school   boards   if   the
13    investigation  was  requested  from  the  Department of State
14    Police   by   the   regional   superintendent,   the    State
15    Superintendent   of   Education,   the  Professional  Teacher
16    Standards Board State  Teacher  Certification  Board  or  any
17    other   person  necessary  to  the  decision  of  hiring  the
18    applicant  for  employment.   A  copy  of   the   record   of
19    convictions  obtained  from  the  Department  of State Police
20    shall be provided to the  applicant  for  employment.  If  an
21    investigation  of an applicant for employment as a substitute
22    or concurrent part-time  teacher  or  concurrent  educational
23    support  personnel  employee in more than one school district
24    was  requested  by  the  regional  superintendent,  and   the
25    Department of State Police upon investigation ascertains that
26    the applicant has not been convicted of any of the enumerated
27    criminal  or  drug offenses in subsection (c) or has not been
28    convicted, within 7 years of the application  for  employment
29    with  the school district, of any other felony under the laws
30    of this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
31    other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
32    committed  or  attempted  in  this  State,  would  have  been
33    punishable as a felony under the laws of this  State  and  so
34    notifies  the  regional  superintendent,  then  the  regional
 
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 1    superintendent  shall  issue  to  the applicant a certificate
 2    evidencing that as of the date specified by the Department of
 3    State Police the applicant has not been convicted of  any  of
 4    the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) or
 5    has not been convicted, within 7 years of the application for
 6    employment  with  the  school  district,  of any other felony
 7    under the laws of this State or of any offense  committed  or
 8    attempted  in  any  other  state  or  against the laws of the
 9    United States that, if committed or attempted in this  State,
10    would have been punishable as a felony under the laws of this
11    State.   The  school  board of any school district located in
12    the  educational  service  region  served  by  the   regional
13    superintendent  who issues such a certificate to an applicant
14    for employment as a substitute teacher in more than one  such
15    district  may  rely on the certificate issued by the regional
16    superintendent to that applicant, or  may  initiate  its  own
17    investigation  of  the  applicant  through  the Department of
18    State Police as provided in subsection (a).  Any  person  who
19    releases any confidential information concerning any criminal
20    convictions of an applicant for employment shall be guilty of
21    a Class A misdemeanor, unless the release of such information
22    is authorized by this Section.
23        (c)  No  school board shall knowingly employ a person who
24    has been convicted  for  committing  attempted  first  degree
25    murder or for committing or attempting to commit first degree
26    murder  or  a  Class  X  felony  or  any  one  or more of the
27    following offenses: (i) those defined in Sections 11-6, 11-9,
28    11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18,  11-19,  11-19.1,
29    11-19.2,  11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15
30    and 12-16 of the "Criminal Code of 1961"; (ii) those  defined
31    in  the  "Cannabis  Control  Act"  except  those  defined  in
32    Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act; (iii) those defined
33    in  the  "Illinois  Controlled  Substances Act"; and (iv) any
34    offense committed or attempted in any other state or  against
 
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 1    the  laws  of  the  United  States,  which  if  committed  or
 2    attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
 3    more  of  the  foregoing  offenses.  Further, no school board
 4    shall knowingly employ a person who has been found to be  the
 5    perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor under 18
 6    years  of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the
 7    Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
 8        (d)  No school board shall knowingly employ a person  for
 9    whom   a  criminal  background  investigation  has  not  been
10    initiated.
11        (e)  Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of  or  a
12    finding  of child abuse by a holder of any certificate issued
13    pursuant to Article 21 or Section  34-8.1  or  34-83  of  the
14    School  Code,  the  appropriate  regional  superintendent  of
15    schools  or  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education  shall
16    initiate    the   certificate   suspension   and   revocation
17    proceedings authorized by law.
18        (f)  After January 1, 1990 the provisions of this Section
19    shall apply to all employees  of  persons  or  firms  holding
20    contracts with any school district including, but not limited
21    to,  food  service  workers,  school  bus  drivers  and other
22    transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
23    the pupils of any school in such district.  For  purposes  of
24    criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
25    firms  holding  contracts  with more than one school district
26    and assigned to more than one school district,  the  regional
27    superintendent of the educational service region in which the
28    contracting  school districts are located may, at the request
29    of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
30    authorization  for  investigation  prepared  by   each   such
31    employee  and  submitting the same to the Department of State
32    Police.  Any information concerning the record of  conviction
33    of  any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
34    shall  be  promptly  reported  to  the   president   of   the
 
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 1    appropriate school board or school boards.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98; 91-885, eff. 7-6-00.)

 3        (105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a)
 4        Sec.  10-22.20a.   Advanced  vocational training program,
 5    and career education. To enter  into  joint  agreements  with
 6    community  college  districts  and other school districts for
 7    the  purpose  of  providing  career  education  or   advanced
 8    vocational training of students in the 11th and higher grades
 9    who  desire  preparation  for  a  trade.   Transportation for
10    students to any facility covered  by  a  joint  agreement  as
11    described   in   this   Section  shall  be  provided  by  the
12    participating school district, or by the participating school
13    district in conjunction with other school districts.    Joint
14    agreements  entered  into  under  this  Section  may  include
15    provisions  for joint authority to acquire and improve sites,
16    construct and equip facilities thereon and  lease  and  equip
17    facilities  deemed  necessary  by  the  parties  to the joint
18    agreement, to maintain programs and to provide for  financing
19    of  the  foregoing  jointly by the respective parties, all in
20    accordance with the terms of the joint agreement.
21        Nothing herein contained shall be construed  to  restrict
22    or  prohibit  the  rights  of  community college districts or
23    school districts to enter into  joint  agreements  under  the
24    provisions  of  the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, as now
25    or hereinafter amended.
26        The  duration  of  the  career  education   or   advanced
27    vocational  training  program  shall  be  such  period as the
28    school district may approve but it may not exceed 2 years for
29    any school district pupil.  Participation in the  program  is
30    accorded the same credit toward a high school diploma as time
31    spent in other courses.
32        The  participating  community  college  shall  bill  each
33    participating  student's  school district for an amount equal
 
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 1    to the per capita cost of  operating  the  community  college
 2    attended  or  a  charge  for  participation  may  be  made in
 3    accordance with the joint  agreement  between  the  community
 4    college  district  and  the  student's school district.  Such
 5    agreement shall not provide for payments  in  excess  of  the
 6    actual  cost  of operating the course or courses in which the
 7    student is enrolled.   Participating  high  schools  may  use
 8    State aid monies to pay the charges.
 9        The   community  college  instructors  teaching  in  such
10    programs need not be certified by  the  Professional  Teacher
11    Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
12    (Source: P.A. 79-76.)

13        (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
14        Sec.  10-22.24a.   School  counselor.  To  employ  school
15    counselors.   A  school  counselor  is  a  qualified guidance
16    specialist who holds  or  is  qualified  for  an  elementary,
17    secondary,   or   special  K-12  certificate  issued  by  the
18    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State    Teacher
19    Certification   Board   and   a   School   Service  Personnel
20    certificate endorsed in guidance issued by  the  Professional
21    Teacher  Standards  Board  State Teacher Certification Board.
22    Individuals who have completed  approved  programs  in  other
23    states  may  apply for a School Service Personnel certificate
24    endorsed  in  guidance  if  a  review  of  their  credentials
25    indicates that they hold or qualify for an  elementary,  high
26    school, or special certificate in their own state.
27    (Source: P.A. 91-70, eff. 7-9-99.)

28        (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34)
29        Sec. 10-22.34. Non-certificated personnel.
30        (a)  School  Boards  may employ non-teaching personnel or
31    utilize volunteer personnel for:  (1) non-teaching duties not
32    requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils; and
 
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 1    (2) supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception
 2    areas used incident to instructional programs transmitted  by
 3    electronic  media  such  as  computers, video, and audio, and
 4    detention  and   discipline   areas,   and   school-sponsored
 5    extracurricular activities.
 6        (b)  School   boards   may   further   utilize  volunteer
 7    non-certificated   personnel   or   employ   non-certificated
 8    personnel to assist in the instruction of  pupils  under  the
 9    immediate   supervision   of   a  teacher,  holding  a  valid
10    certificate, directly engaged in teaching subject  matter  or
11    conducting  activities.  The  teacher  shall  be continuously
12    aware of the non-certificated persons' activities  and  shall
13    be  able  to  control  or  modify  them.  The  State Board of
14    Education, in  consultation  with  the  Professional  Teacher
15    Standards  Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board, shall
16    determine  qualifications  of  such   personnel   and   shall
17    prescribe  rules for determining the duties and activities to
18    be assigned  to  such  personnel.  In  the  determination  of
19    qualifications   of   such  personnel,  the  State  Board  of
20    Education shall accept  coursework  earned  in  a  recognized
21    institution   or  from  an  institution  of  higher  learning
22    accredited  by  the  North  Central  Association   or   other
23    comparable regional accrediting association.
24        (c)  School  boards  may  also  employ students holding a
25    bachelor's degree from a  recognized  institution  of  higher
26    learning as part time teaching interns when such students are
27    enrolled in a college or university internship program, which
28    has  prior  approval  by  the  Professional Teacher Standards
29    Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
30    Teacher Certification Board, leading to a masters degree.
31        (d)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  require  constant
32    supervision of  a  student  teacher  enrolled  in  a  student
33    teaching  course  at  a  college or university, provided such
34    activity has the prior approval of the representative of  the
 
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 1    higher   education   institution   and  teaching  plans  have
 2    previously  been  discussed  with   and   approved   by   the
 3    supervising  teacher  and further provided that such teaching
 4    is within guidelines established by the Professional  Teacher
 5    Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
 6    the State Teacher Certification Board.
 7    (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)

 8        (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1)
 9        Sec.  14-1.09.1.  School  psychological services.  In the
10    public schools, school  psychological  services  provided  by
11    qualified   specialists  who  hold  Type  73  School  Service
12    Personnel Certificates endorsed for school psychology  issued
13    by  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards Board State Teacher
14    Certification Board may include, but are not limited to:  (i)
15    administration   and   interpretation  of  psychological  and
16    educational   evaluations;   (ii)   developing   school-based
17    prevention programs, including violence prevention  programs;
18    (iii)  counseling  with  students,  parents,  and teachers on
19    educational and mental health issues; (iv) acting as liaisons
20    between public schools and community agencies; (v) evaluating
21    program effectiveness;  (vi)  providing  crisis  intervention
22    within  the  school setting; (vii) helping teachers, parents,
23    and others involved in the  educational  process  to  provide
24    optimum  teaching  and  learning conditions for all students;
25    (viii) supervising school psychologist  interns  enrolled  in
26    school   psychology   programs   that   meet   the  standards
27    established  by  the  State  Board  of  Education;  and  (ix)
28    screening of school  enrollments  to  identify  children  who
29    should  be  referred  for  individual study.  Nothing in this
30    Section  prohibits   other   qualified   professionals   from
31    providing   those   services   listed   for  which  they  are
32    appropriately trained.
33    (Source: P.A. 89-339, eff. 8-17-95.)
 
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 1        (105 ILCS 5/14-8.05) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05)
 2        Sec. 14-8.05.  Behavioral intervention.
 3        (a)  The  General  Assembly  finds  and   declares   that
 4    principals and teachers of students with disabilities require
 5    training   and   guidance   that  provide  ways  for  working
 6    successfully with children who have  difficulties  conforming
 7    to  acceptable  behavioral  patterns  in  order to provide an
 8    environment in which learning can occur.  It is the intent of
 9    the General Assembly:
10             (1)  That when behavioral  interventions  are  used,
11        they  be  used  in  consideration of the pupil's physical
12        freedom and social interaction, and be administered in  a
13        manner  that  respects human dignity and personal privacy
14        and that ensures a pupil's  right  to  placement  in  the
15        least restrictive educational environment.
16             (2)  That  behavioral  management plans be developed
17        and used, to the extent possible, in a consistent  manner
18        when a local educational agency has placed the pupil in a
19        day or residential setting for education purposes.
20             (3)  That  a statewide study be conducted of the use
21        of   behavioral   interventions   with   students    with
22        disabilities  receiving  special  education  and  related
23        services.
24             (4)  That   training   programs   be  developed  and
25        implemented in  institutions  of  higher  education  that
26        train  teachers, and that in-service training programs be
27        made available  as  necessary  in  school  districts,  in
28        educational    service    centers,    and   by   regional
29        superintendents of  schools  to  assure  that  adequately
30        trained  staff are available to work effectively with the
31        behavioral   intervention   needs   of   students    with
32        disabilities.
33        (b)  On   or   before   September  30,  1993,  the  State
34    Superintendent of Education shall conduct a  statewide  study
 
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 1    of  the  use  of  behavioral interventions with students with
 2    disabilities  receiving   special   education   and   related
 3    services.   The  study  shall include, but not necessarily be
 4    limited to identification of the  frequency  in  the  use  of
 5    behavioral   interventions;  the  number  of  districts  with
 6    policies  in  place  for  working  with  children  exhibiting
 7    continuous serious behavioral problems; how policies,  rules,
 8    or  regulations within districts differ between emergency and
 9    routine  behavioral  interventions  commonly  practiced;  the
10    nature and extent of costs for training provided to personnel
11    for  implementing  a  program   of   nonaversive   behavioral
12    interventions;  and  the  nature  and  extent  of  costs  for
13    training  provided  to  parents of students with disabilities
14    who would be receiving behavioral interventions.   The  scope
15    of  the  study  shall  be  developed  by  the  State Board of
16    Education,  in  consultation  with  individuals  and   groups
17    representing    parents,    teachers,   administrators,   and
18    advocates.  On or before June 30, 1994, the  State  Board  of
19    Education   shall  issue  guidelines  based  on  the  study's
20    findings.  The guidelines shall address, but not  be  limited
21    to, the following:  (i) appropriate behavioral interventions,
22    and  (ii)  how  to  properly document the need for and use of
23    behavioral  interventions  in  the  process   of   developing
24    individualized    education    plans    for   students   with
25    disabilities.  The guidelines shall be used as a reference to
26    assist  school  boards  in  developing  local  policies   and
27    procedures  in accordance with this Section.  The State Board
28    of Education, with the advice of  parents  of  students  with
29    disabilities  and  other  parents,  teachers, administrators,
30    advocates for persons with disabilities, and individuals with
31    knowledge or expertise in the development and  implementation
32    of  behavioral  interventions  for persons with disabilities,
33    shall review its behavioral intervention guidelines at  least
34    once   every   3   years   to   determine   their  continuing
 
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 1    appropriateness  and  effectiveness  and  shall   make   such
 2    modifications in the guidelines as it deems necessary.
 3        (c)  Each  school  board  must  establish  and maintain a
 4    committee to develop policies and procedures on  the  use  of
 5    behavioral  interventions  for students with disabilities who
 6    require behavioral intervention.  The policies and procedures
 7    shall be adopted and implemented by school boards by  January
 8    1,  1996,  shall  be  amended as necessary to comply with the
 9    rules established by  the  State  Board  of  Education  under
10    Section 2-3.130 2-3.126 of this Code not later than one month
11    after  commencement  of the school year after the State Board
12    of Education's rules are adopted, and shall: (i) be developed
13    with the advice of parents with  students  with  disabilities
14    and  other  parents,  teachers, administrators, advocates for
15    persons with disabilities, and individuals with knowledge  or
16    expertise in the development and implementation of behavioral
17    interventions  for  persons with disabilities; (ii) emphasize
18    positive interventions  that  are  designed  to  develop  and
19    strengthen  desirable behaviors; (iii) incorporate procedures
20    and methods consistent with generally  accepted  practice  in
21    the  field  of behavioral intervention; (iv) include criteria
22    for determining when a student with disabilities may  require
23    a   behavioral   intervention  plan;  (v)  reflect  that  the
24    guidelines of the State Board of Education have been reviewed
25    and considered and provide the address of the State Board  of
26    Education  so  that  copies  of  the State Board of Education
27    behavioral guidelines may  be  requested;  and  (vi)  include
28    procedures  for  monitoring the use of restrictive behavioral
29    interventions.  Each school board shall (i) furnish a copy of
30    its local policies and procedures to parents and guardians of
31    all students with individualized education  plans  within  15
32    days  after  the policies and procedures have been adopted by
33    the school board, or within 15 days after  the  school  board
34    has  amended  its  policies and procedures, or at the time an
 
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 1    individualized education plan is first  implemented  for  the
 2    student,  and  (ii)  require  that  each  school  inform  its
 3    students  of  the  existence  of  the policies and procedures
 4    annually.  Provided, at the annual  individualized  education
 5    plan  review,  the  school  board shall (1) explain the local
 6    policies and procedures, (2) furnish  a  copy  of  the  local
 7    policies  to  parents  and guardians, and (3) make available,
 8    upon request of any parents and guardians, a  copy  of  local
 9    procedures.
10        (d)  The  State Superintendent of Education shall consult
11    with representatives of institutions of higher education  and
12    the   Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Teacher
13    Certification  Board  in  regard  to  the  current   training
14    requirements  for teachers to ensure that sufficient training
15    is  available   in   appropriate   behavioral   interventions
16    consistent   with   professionally   accepted  practices  and
17    standards for people entering the field of education.
18    (Source: P.A.  90-63,  eff.  7-3-97;  91-600,  eff.  8-14-99;
19    revised 11-8-99.)

20        (105 ILCS 5/14C-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2)
21        Sec.  14C-2.  Definitions.  Unless  the context indicates
22    otherwise, the terms used in this Article have the  following
23    meanings:
24        (a)  "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
25        (b)  "Certification Board" means the Professional Teacher
26    Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
27        (c)  "School   District"   means   any   school  district
28    established under this Code.
29        (d)  "Children of limited English-speaking ability" means
30    (1) children who were not born in  the  United  States  whose
31    native  tongue  is  a language other than English and who are
32    incapable of performing ordinary classwork  in  English;  and
33    (2)  children  who  were born in the United States of parents
 
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 1    possessing no or limited English-speaking ability and who are
 2    incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English.
 3        (e)  "Teacher of transitional bilingual education"  means
 4    a  teacher  with a speaking and reading ability in a language
 5    other than English in which transitional bilingual  education
 6    is offered and with communicative skills in English.
 7        (f)  "Program  in transitional bilingual education" means
 8    a full-time program of instruction (1) in all  those  courses
 9    or  subjects  which a child is required by law to receive and
10    which are required by the child's school district which shall
11    be given in the native language of the  children  of  limited
12    English-speaking  ability who are enrolled in the program and
13    also in English, (2) in the reading and writing of the native
14    language of the children of limited English-speaking  ability
15    who   are   enrolled   in   the   program  and  in  the  oral
16    comprehension, speaking, reading and writing of English,  and
17    (3)  in  the history and culture of the country, territory or
18    geographic area which is the native land of  the  parents  of
19    children of limited English-speaking ability who are enrolled
20    in  the  program and in the history and culture of the United
21    States; or a part-time program of instruction  based  on  the
22    educational    needs    of    those   children   of   limited
23    English-speaking ability who do not need a full-time  program
24    of instruction.
25    (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)

26        (105 ILCS 5/21-0.05 new)
27        Sec. 21-0.05.  Professional Teacher Standards Board.
28        (a)  The  Professional  Teacher Standards Board is hereby
29    created.  The  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  shall
30    consist  of  15  members  appointed  by the Governor.  Of the
31    members so appointed, 2 shall be  administrative  or  faculty
32    members of public or private colleges or universities located
33    in  the  State,  one  shall  be  a regional superintendent of
 
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 1    schools who has been nominated by a  regional  superintendent
 2    organization,  2  shall  be school administrators employed in
 3    the public schools of the State who have each been  nominated
 4    by  an  administrator  organization,  8  shall  be  classroom
 5    teachers  employed in the public schools of the State, with 4
 6    nominated by one professional teachers'  organization  and  4
 7    nominated by another professional teachers' organization, and
 8    2  shall  be  private  sector  members  who are each either a
 9    parent of a student attending a public school of  the  State,
10    who has been nominated by a statewide parent organization, or
11    a  representative of the business community of the State.  At
12    least one of the school administrators and 2 of the classroom
13    teachers so appointed shall be employees of a school district
14    that is subject to the provisions of Article 34.  Whenever  a
15    vacancy  in  a classroom teacher position on the Professional
16    Teacher Standards Board is to be filled as provided  in  this
17    Section,   the   professional   teachers'  organization  that
18    nominated the member who vacated the office  is  entitled  to
19    nominate  a  candidate for the vacancy.  The nominations of a
20    professional teachers' organization shall be submitted by the
21    organization to the Governor not less than 60 days  prior  to
22    the  expiration  of  the term of a person holding a classroom
23    teacher position on the Professional Teacher Standards  Board
24    or  not  more than 60 days after a vacancy in such a position
25    occurs for any other reason.  The  nominations  shall  be  in
26    writing and shall be signed by the president and secretary of
27    the  organization submitting the nominations.  Of the members
28    initially appointed to  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards
29    Board:  one  of  the  2  administrative or faculty members of
30    public or private colleges or universities shall be appointed
31    to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of January, 2004
32    and the other  administrative  or  faculty  member  shall  be
33    appointed  to  serve  a  term expiring on the third Monday of
34    January, 2006; the regional superintendent of  schools  shall
 
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 1    be  appointed to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of
 2    January, 2004; one of the 2 school  administrators  shall  be
 3    appointed  to  serve  a  term expiring on the third Monday of
 4    January, 2004 and the other  school  administrator  shall  be
 5    appointed  to  serve  a  term expiring on the third Monday of
 6    January, 2006;  4  of  the  8  classroom  teachers  shall  be
 7    appointed  to  serve  terms  expiring  on the third Monday of
 8    January, 2004 with the remaining 4 classroom  teachers  being
 9    appointed  to  serve  terms  expiring  on the third Monday of
10    January, 2006; and one of the private sector members shall be
11    appointed to serve a term expiring on  the  third  Monday  of
12    January,  2004  and  the other private sector member shall be
13    appointed to serve a term expiring on  the  third  Monday  of
14    January,  2006.    The  successors  in  office of the members
15    initially appointed under this subsection  shall  each  serve
16    terms  of  4 years, commencing on the third Monday of January
17    of the appropriate  odd-numbered  year.   All  members  shall
18    serve  until  a successor is appointed, and any vacancy shall
19    be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in  the  same
20    manner as an appointment for a full term is made.
21        (b)  The  State  Teacher Certification Board is abolished
22    and the terms of its members are terminated  when  8  of  the
23    initial  members of the Professional Teacher Standards Board,
24    which shall constitute a quorum of that Board, are  appointed
25    as   provided   in   subsection  (a).   The  members  of  the
26    Professional Teacher Standards Board shall  take  office  and
27    assume,   exercise,  and  perform  the  powers,  duties,  and
28    responsibilities of that Board  under  this  Article  when  a
29    quorum  of  the  initial  members of that Board is appointed.
30    Until the State Teacher Certification Board is abolished upon
31    the appointment of 8 persons to serve as initial  members  of
32    the Professional Teacher Standards Board, but not thereafter,
33    the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board  shall exercise the
34    powers and duties that  it  was  authorized  or  required  to
 
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 1    exercise   and  perform  under  this  Article  prior  to  its
 2    abolition.
 3        (c)  The  chairperson   of   the   Professional   Teacher
 4    Standards  Board shall be elected by the members of the Board
 5    from among their number to serve for a term of one  year.   A
 6    person  elected  to  serve as chairperson of the Board may be
 7    reelected by the members of the Board to succeed  himself  or
 8    herself  in  that  office.   The  members of the Professional
 9    Teacher  Standards  Board  shall  meet  promptly   upon   the
10    appointment   of   a   quorum  of  the  members  to  organize
11    themselves, elect from their number a  chairperson  and  such
12    other  officers  as  they  deem  necessary, and establish the
13    dates of the regular meetings of the Board. The Board   shall
14    hold  special  meetings upon the call of the chairperson or a
15    majority of its members.  Members of the Professional Teacher
16    Standards Board shall be  reimbursed  for  all  ordinary  and
17    necessary  expenses  incurred  in  performing their duties as
18    members of the Board.
19        (d)  The Professional Teacher Standards Board, as a State
20    agency that is eligible for appropriations, shall comply with
21    the provisions of the Bureau of the Budget Act applicable  to
22    State agencies.
23        (e)  The  Professional Teacher Standards Board, acting in
24    accordance with the provisions of this Article and exercising
25    the exclusive powers granted to it under Section 21-1c, shall
26    have the power and authority to do all of the following:
27             (1)  set standards  for  teaching,  supervising,  or
28        holding  other  certificated  employment  in  the  public
29        schools,  and  administer  the  certification  process as
30        provided in this Article;
31             (2)  approve and evaluate teacher and  administrator
32        preparation programs;
33             (3)  revoke  and  suspend  certificates  issued  for
34        teaching,  supervising,  or  holding  other  certificated
 
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 1        employment in the public schools;
 2             (4)  enter   into   agreements   with  other  states
 3        relative  to   reciprocal   approval   of   teacher   and
 4        administrator preparation programs;
 5             (5)  establish  standards  for  the  issuance of new
 6        types of certificates;
 7             (6)  employ and direct  an  Executive  Director  and
 8        such other staff as the Board deems necessary to exercise
 9        its  powers and duties under this Article, subject to the
10        following conditions: all employees of the State Board of
11        Education who shall lose their employment with the  State
12        Board  of Education as the result of the establishment of
13        the  Professional  Teacher  Standards   Board   and   the
14        attendant   transfer   of   power   and   duties  to  the
15        Professional Teacher Standards Board  shall  be  afforded
16        the   right   to   transfer   their   employment  without
17        interruption from the State Board  of  Education  to  the
18        Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board,  retaining their
19        seniority status and salary as it then  exists  with  the
20        State Board of Education;
21             (7)  establish  standards  for induction, mentoring,
22        and professional development programs;
23             (8)  take  such  other  action   relating   to   the
24        improvement  of instruction in the public schools through
25        teacher education and professional development  and  that
26        attracts   qualified  candidates  into  teacher  training
27        programs as is appropriate and consistent with applicable
28        laws; and
29             (9)  make and prescribe rules and  regulations  that
30        are necessary for the administration of this Article.
31        (f)  The  Board may create standing committees, comprised
32    solely of Board members, when deemed necessary by  the  Board
33    to  carry  out  its functions and responsibilities under this
34    Article.   In  addition  the  Board  may  establish  advisory
 
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 1    committees if the Board determines that such  action  may  be
 2    necessary or appropriate.

 3        (105 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1)
 4        Sec.  21-1.   Qualification  of  teachers.  No one may be
 5    certified to teach or supervise in the public schools of this
 6    State who is not of good character, good health, a citizen of
 7    the United States  or  legally  present  and  authorized  for
 8    employment, and at least 19 years of age.  If the holder of a
 9    certificate under this Section is not a citizen of the United
10    States 6 years after the date of the issuance of the original
11    certificate, any certificate held by such person on that date
12    shall  be  cancelled  by  the board of education and no other
13    certificate to teach shall be issued  to  such  person  until
14    such person is a citizen of the United States.
15        Citizenship  is  not  required  for  the  issuance  of  a
16    temporary  part-time  certificate to participants in approved
17    training programs  for  exchange  students  as  described  in
18    Section  21-10.2.  A certificate issued under this plan shall
19    expire on June 30 following the date of issue.   One  renewal
20    for  one  year  is  authorized  if  the  holder remains as an
21    official participant in an approved exchange program.
22        In determining good character  under  this  Section,  any
23    felony   conviction  of  the  applicant  may  be  taken  into
24    consideration, but such a conviction shall not operate  as  a
25    bar to registration.
26        No  person  otherwise qualified shall be denied the right
27    to be certified, to  receive  training  for  the  purpose  of
28    becoming  a  teacher or to engage in practice teaching in any
29    school because of a physical  disability  including  but  not
30    limited  to  visual  and  hearing disabilities; nor shall any
31    school district refuse to employ a teacher on  such  grounds,
32    provided  that  the person is able to carry out the duties of
33    the position for which he applies.
 
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 1        No person may be granted or continue to hold  a  teaching
 2    certificate  who  has knowingly altered or misrepresented his
 3    or her  teaching  qualifications  in  order  to  acquire  the
 4    certificate.   Any  other certificate held by such person may
 5    be suspended or revoked by the Professional Teacher Standards
 6    Board State Teacher Certification Board, depending  upon  the
 7    severity of the alteration or misrepresentation.
 8        No  one  may teach or supervise in the public schools nor
 9    receive for teaching or supervising any part  of  any  public
10    school fund, who does not hold a certificate of qualification
11    granted,  on  or  after  January  1, 2003 by the Professional
12    Teacher Standards Board, or granted prior to that date by the
13    State  Board  of  Education   or   by   the   State   Teacher
14    Certification  Board and a regional superintendent of schools
15    as hereinafter provided, or by the board of  education  of  a
16    city  having  a  population  exceeding  500,000  inhabitants,
17    except as provided in Section 34-6 and in Section 10-22.34 or
18    Section 10-22.34b. However, the provisions of this Article do
19    not  apply to a member of the armed forces who is employed as
20    a teacher of subjects in the Reserve Officer's Training Corps
21    of any school.  Sections 21-2 through 21-24 do not  apply  to
22    cities  having  a  population  exceeding 500,000 inhabitants,
23    beginning until July 1, 1988.
24        Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this  Act,  the
25    board  of  education  of  any  school district may grant to a
26    teacher of the district a leave of absence with full pay  for
27    a  period of not more than one year to permit such teacher to
28    teach in a foreign state under the provisions of the Exchange
29    Teacher  Program  established  under  Public  Law  584,  79th
30    Congress, and Public Law 402, 80th Congress, as amended.  The
31    school board granting such leave of absence may  employ  with
32    or  without  pay  a national of the foreign state wherein the
33    teacher on leave of absence will teach, if  the  national  is
34    qualified  to  teach  in  that  foreign  state,  and  if that
 
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 1    national will teach in a grade level similar to the one which
 2    was taught in such foreign state.  The  Professional  Teacher
 3    Standards Board State Board of Education shall promulgate and
 4    enforce  such  reasonable  rules  and  regulations  as may be
 5    necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Article or may
 6    adopt for such purposes any  of  the  rules  and  regulations
 7    promulgated  prior  to  July  1,  2002  by the State Board of
 8    Education or by the State Teacher Certification  Board  prior
 9    to the abolition of that Board paragraph.
10    (Source:  P.A.  88-189;  89-159,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-397, eff.
11    8-20-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

12        (105 ILCS 5/21-1a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a)
13        Sec. 21-1a. Tests required for certification.
14        (a)  After  July  1,  1988,  in  addition  to  all  other
15    requirements,  early  childhood,  elementary,  special,  high
16    school, school service personnel, or, except as  provided  in
17    Section  34-6, administrative certificates shall be issued to
18    persons who have satisfactorily passed a test of basic skills
19    and subject matter knowledge.  The tests of basic skills  and
20    subject  matter  knowledge shall be the tests which from time
21    to time are designated by the Professional Teacher  Standards
22    Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
23    Teacher  Certification  Board and may be tests prepared by an
24    educational testing organization or  tests  designed  by  the
25    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
26    in  consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board.
27    The areas to be covered by the test  of  basic  skills  shall
28    include  the  basic  skills  of reading, writing, grammar and
29    mathematics.  The test  of  subject  matter  knowledge  shall
30    assess  content  knowledge in the specific subject field. The
31    tests shall be designed to be racially neutral to assure that
32    no person  in  taking  the  tests  is  thereby  discriminated
33    against on the basis of race, color, national origin or other
 
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 1    factors  unrelated  to  the  person's ability to perform as a
 2    certificated employee.  The score required to pass the  tests
 3    of  basic  skills and subject matter knowledge shall be fixed
 4    by the Professional Teacher Standards Board  State  Board  of
 5    Education    in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
 6    Certification Board.  The tests shall be held not fewer  than
 7    3 times a year at such time and place as may be designated by
 8    the  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board of
 9    Education   in   consultation   with   the   State    Teacher
10    Certification Board.
11        (b)  Except  as  provided in Section 34-6, the provisions
12    of subsection (a) of this Section shall apply equally in  any
13    school  district  subject  to  Article  34, provided that the
14    State Board of Education shall determine  which  certificates
15    issued  under Sections 34-8.1 and 34-83 prior to July 1, 1988
16    are comparable to any early childhood certificate, elementary
17    school  certificate,   special   certificate,   high   school
18    certificate,   school   service   personnel   certificate  or
19    administrative certificate issued under this  Article  as  of
20    July 1, 1988.
21        (c)  A  person  who holds an early childhood, elementary,
22    special, high school or school service personnel  certificate
23    issued  under  this  Article on or at any time before July 1,
24    1988, including  a  person  who  has  been  issued  any  such
25    certificate  pursuant to Section 21-11.1 or in exchange for a
26    comparable  certificate  theretofore  issued  under   Section
27    34-8.1  or  Section  34-83,  shall not be required to take or
28    pass the tests in order to thereafter have  such  certificate
29    renewed.
30        (d)  (Blank).   The   State   Board   of   Education   in
31    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board shall
32    conduct  a pilot administration of the tests by administering
33    the test to students completing teacher education programs in
34    the 1986-87 school year for the purpose  of  determining  the
 
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 1    effect and impact of testing candidates for certification.
 2        (e)  The rules and regulations developed to implement the
 3    required  test  of  basic skills and subject matter knowledge
 4    shall include the requirements of subsections (a),  (b),  and
 5    (c)  and  shall  include  specific regulations to govern test
 6    selection; test validation and  determination  of  a  passing
 7    score;    administration   of   the   tests;   frequency   of
 8    administration;  applicant  fees;  frequency  of  applicants'
 9    taking the tests; the years for which a score is valid;  and,
10    waiving  certain additional tests for additional certificates
11    to individuals who have satisfactorily  passed  the  test  of
12    basic  skills  and  subject  matter  knowledge as required in
13    subsection (a).  The  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board
14    State  Board  of  Education  shall provide, by rule, specific
15    policies that assure uniformity in the  difficulty  level  of
16    each  form  of  the basic skills test and each subject matter
17    knowledge  test  from  test-to-test  and  year-to-year.   The
18    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
19    shall also set a passing score for the tests.
20        (f)  (Blank). The State Teacher Certification  Board  may
21    issue  a  nonrenewable  temporary certificate between July 1,
22    1988 and August 31, 1988 to individuals who  have  taken  the
23    tests of basic skills and subject matter knowledge prescribed
24    by  this  Section  but  have not received such test scores by
25    August 31, 1988.  Such temporary certificates shall expire on
26    December 31, 1988.
27        (g)  Beginning February 15, 1999 and until July 1,  2002,
28    the  State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
29    Teacher Certification Board, shall implement  and  administer
30    the  a  new system of certification for teachers in the State
31    of Illinois.  Beginning on  July  1,  2002  the  Professional
32    Teachers  Standards Board shall implement and administer this
33    system of certification.  The Professional Teacher  Standards
34    Board  State  Board  of  Education,  in consultation with the
 
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 1    State Teacher Certification Board, shall design and implement
 2    a system of examinations and  various  other  criteria  which
 3    shall  be  required prior to the issuance of Initial Teaching
 4    Certificates  and  Standard  Teaching  Certificates.    These
 5    examinations  and  indicators  shall be based on national and
 6    State professional teaching standards, as determined  by  the
 7    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State  Board  of
 8    Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
 9    Certification Board. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
10    The  State  Board  of  Education  may  adopt  any   and   all
11    regulations   necessary  to  implement  and  administer  this
12    Section.
13        (h)  The State Board of Education  shall  report  to  the
14    Illinois    General    Assembly   and   the   Governor   with
15    recommendations for further changes and improvements  to  the
16    teacher  certification  system no later than July 1, 1999 and
17    on an annual basis until July 1, 2001.
18    (Source: P.A. 90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-811,  eff.  1-26-99;
19    91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

20        (105 ILCS 5/21-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b)
21        Sec.  21-1b.   Subject  endorsement on certificates.  All
22    certificates initially issued under this Article  after  June
23    30,  1986,  shall be specifically endorsed by the State Board
24    of Education for each subject the holder of  the  certificate
25    is  legally  qualified to teach, such endorsements to be made
26    in accordance with standards promulgated by the  State  Board
27    of  Education  in  consultation with the Professional Teacher
28    Standards  Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board.   All
29    certificates which are issued under  this  Article  prior  to
30    July  1, 1986 may, by application to the Professional Teacher
31    Standards Board State Board  of  Education,  be  specifically
32    endorsed  for each subject the holder is legally qualified to
33    teach.  All subject endorsements made on  or  after  July  1,
 
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 1    2002  to  new  or  existing  certificates as provided in this
 2    Section shall be made by the Professional  Teacher  Standards
 3    Board.    Endorsements  issued  under  this Section shall not
 4    apply  to  substitute  teacher's  certificates  issued  under
 5    Section 21-9 of this Code.
 6        Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for endorsement
 7    of an existing teaching certificate shall be accompanied by a
 8    $30 nonrefundable fee.  There is  hereby  created  a  Teacher
 9    Certificate  Fee  Revolving Fund as a special fund within the
10    State Treasury.  The proceeds of each $30 fee shall  be  paid
11    into  the  Teacher  Certificate  Fee  Revolving Fund; and the
12    moneys in that Fund shall be appropriated to the Professional
13    Teacher Standards Board and used by that Board to provide the
14    technology and other resources necessary for the  timely  and
15    efficient processing of certification requests.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

17        (105 ILCS 5/21-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b)
18        Sec.  21-1b.   Subject  endorsement on certificates.  All
19    certificates initially issued under this Article  after  June
20    30,  1986,  shall be specifically endorsed by the State Board
21    of Education for each subject the holder of  the  certificate
22    is  legally  qualified to teach, such endorsements to be made
23    in accordance with standards promulgated by the  Professional
24    Teacher   Standards   Board   State  Board  of  Education  in
25    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.  All
26    certificates which are issued under  this  Article  prior  to
27    July  1, 1986 may, by application to the Professional Teacher
28    Standards Board State Board  of  Education,  be  specifically
29    endorsed  for each subject the holder is legally qualified to
30    teach.  All subject endorsements made on  or  after  July  1,
31    2002  to  new  or  existing  certificates as provided in this
32    Section shall be made by the Professional  Teacher  Standards
33    Board.    Endorsements  issued  under  this Section shall not
 
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 1    apply  to  substitute  teacher's  certificates  issued  under
 2    Section 21-9 of this Code.
 3        Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for endorsement
 4    of an existing teaching certificate shall be accompanied by a
 5    $30 nonrefundable fee.  There is  hereby  created  a  Teacher
 6    Certificate  Fee  Revolving Fund as a special fund within the
 7    State Treasury.  The proceeds of each $30 fee shall  be  paid
 8    into  the  Teacher  Certificate  Fee  Revolving Fund; and the
 9    moneys in that Fund shall be appropriated to the Professional
10    Teacher Standards Board and used by that Board to provide the
11    technology and other resources necessary for the  timely  and
12    efficient processing of certification requests.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

14        (105 ILCS 5/21-1c) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c)
15        Sec.  21-1c.   Exclusive certificate authority.  Only the
16    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
17    and State Teacher Certification Board, acting  in  accordance
18    with  the  applicable  provisions  of this Act and the rules,
19    regulations and standards promulgated thereunder, shall  have
20    the  authority  to  issue or endorse any certificate required
21    for teaching, supervising or holding certificated  employment
22    in  the  public schools; and no other State agency shall have
23    any power or authority (i)  to  establish  or  prescribe  any
24    qualifications or other requirements applicable to teacher or
25    administrator  training  and certification or to the issuance
26    or  endorsement  of  any  such  certificate,   required   for
27    teaching, supervising, or holding certified employment in the
28    public  schools,  or  (ii)  to  establish  or  prescribe  any
29    licensure  or  equivalent requirement which must be satisfied
30    in order to teach, supervise or hold certificated  employment
31    in  the  public  schools.  This Section does not prohibit the
32    Professional  Teacher  Standards   Board   State   Board   of
33    Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
 
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 1    Certification    Board,    from    delegating   to   regional
 2    superintendents of schools the authority to  grant  temporary
 3    employment   authorizations   to   teacher  applicants  whose
 4    qualifications  have  been  confirmed  by  the   Professional
 5    Teacher   Standards   Board  State  Board  of  Education,  in
 6    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
 7    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

 8        (105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
 9        Sec. 21-2.  Grades of certificates.
10        (a)  Until February 15,  2000,  all  certificates  issued
11    under  this Article shall be State certificates valid, except
12    as limited in Section 21-1, in every school  district  coming
13    under the provisions of this Act and shall be limited in time
14    and    designated    as   follows:   Provisional   vocational
15    certificate, temporary  provisional  vocational  certificate,
16    early  childhood  certificate, elementary school certificate,
17    special certificate, high school certificate, school  service
18    personnel     certificate,     administrative    certificate,
19    provisional certificate,  and  substitute  certificate.   The
20    requirement  of  student  teaching  under close and competent
21    supervision for  obtaining  a  teaching  certificate  may  be
22    waived  by  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards Board State
23    Teacher Certification Board upon  presentation  to  that  the
24    Board  by  the  teacher  of  evidence  of  5 years successful
25    teaching experience on a  valid  certificate  and  graduation
26    from  a  recognized  institution  of  higher  learning with a
27    bachelor's degree with not less than 120 semester hours and a
28    minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education.
29        (b)  Initial Teaching  Certificate.   Beginning  February
30    15,  2000, persons who (1) have completed an approved teacher
31    preparation program,  (2)  are  recommended  by  an  approved
32    teacher  preparation program, (3) have successfully completed
33    the Initial Teaching Certification examinations  required  by
 
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 1    the  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board of
 2    Education, and (4) have met all other criteria established by
 3    the Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of
 4    Education    in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
 5    Certification Board, shall  be  issued  an  Initial  Teaching
 6    Certificate  valid  for  4  years  of teaching, as defined in
 7    Section 21-14 of this Code.   Initial  Teaching  Certificates
 8    shall   be  issued  for  categories  corresponding  to  Early
 9    Childhood, Elementary,  Secondary,  and  Special  K-12,  with
10    special  certification  designations  for  Special Education,
11    Bilingual Education, fundamental  learning  areas  (including
12    Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Science,
13    Physical  Development  and  Health,  Fine  Arts,  and Foreign
14    Language), and other areas  designated  by  the  Professional
15    Teacher   Standards   Board  State  Board  of  Education,  in
16    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
17        (c)  Standard Certificate.  Beginning February 15,  2000,
18    persons  who  (1)  have  completed  4  years  of teaching, as
19    defined in Section  21-14  of  this  Code,  with  an  Initial
20    Certificate  or  an  Initial Alternative Teaching Certificate
21    and have met all other  criteria  established  by  the  State
22    Board  of  Education  in  consultation with the State Teacher
23    Certification  Board  before  July  1,  2002   and   by   the
24    Professional  Teachers  Standards  Board on and after July 1,
25    2002, (2) have completed 4  years  of  teaching  on  a  valid
26    equivalent  certificate  in another State or territory of the
27    United States, or have completed 4 years  of  teaching  in  a
28    nonpublic  Illinois  elementary  or  secondary school with an
29    Initial  Certificate  or  an  Initial  Alternative   Teaching
30    Certificate,  and  have met all other criteria established by
31    the State Board of Education, in consultation with the  State
32    Teacher  Certification  Board, before July 1, 2002 and by the
33    Professional Teacher Standards Board on  and  after  July  1,
34    2002,  or  (3)  were  issued  teaching  certificates prior to
 
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 1    February 15, 2000 and are renewing those  certificates  after
 2    February  15,  2000,  shall  be issued a Standard Certificate
 3    valid for 5 years, which may be renewed  thereafter  every  5
 4    years  by  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board State
 5    Teacher Certification Board  based  on  proof  of  continuing
 6    education  or  professional  development.  Beginning  July 1,
 7    2003, persons who have completed  4  years  of  teaching,  as
 8    described in clauses (1) and (2) of this subsection (c), have
 9    successfully  completed  the  Standard  Teaching  Certificate
10    Examinations,  and have met all other criteria established by
11    the Professional Teacher Standards State Board of  Education,
12    in  consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board,
13    shall be issued Standard Certificates.  Standard Certificates
14    shall  be  issued  for  categories  corresponding  to   Early
15    Childhood,  Elementary,  Secondary,  and  Special  K-12, with
16    special certification  designations  for  Special  Education,
17    Bilingual  Education,  fundamental  learning areas (including
18    Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Science,
19    Physical Development  and  Health,  Fine  Arts,  and  Foreign
20    Language),  and  other  areas  designated by the Professional
21    Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of   Education,   in
22    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
23        (d)  Master  Certificate.   Beginning  February 15, 2000,
24    persons  who  have  successfully  achieved   National   Board
25    certification  through  the  National  Board for Professional
26    Teaching Standards shall  be  issued  a  Master  Certificate,
27    valid  for  10  years and renewable thereafter every 10 years
28    through compliance with requirements set forth by  the  State
29    Board  of  Education,  in consultation with the State Teacher
30    Certification  Board,  before  July  1,  2002  and   by   the
31    Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  on and after July 1,
32    2002. However, each teacher who holds  a  Master  Certificate
33    shall  be  eligible  for a teaching position in this State in
34    the areas for which he or  she  holds  a  Master  Certificate
 
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 1    without  satisfying  any  other  requirements  of  this Code,
 2    except  for  those  requirements   pertaining   to   criminal
 3    background  checks.  A teacher who holds a Master Certificate
 4    shall  be  deemed  to  meet   State   certification   renewal
 5    requirements in the area or areas for which he or she holds a
 6    Master  Certificate  for  the  10-year  term of the teacher's
 7    Master Certificate.
 8    (Source: P.A. 90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-653,  eff.  7-29-98;
 9    90-811,  eff.  1-26-99;  91-102,  eff.  7-12-99; 91-606, eff.
10    8-16-99; 91-609, eff. 1-1-00; revised 10-7-99.)

11        (105 ILCS 5/21-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1)
12        Sec. 21-2.1.  Early childhood certificate.
13        (a)  An early childhood certificate shall be valid for  4
14    years  for  teaching children up to 6 years of age, exclusive
15    of children enrolled in kindergarten, in facilities  approved
16    by   the   Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State
17    Superintendent  of  Education.   Beginning July 1, 1988, such
18    certificate shall be valid for 4 years for Teaching  children
19    through   grade   3  in  facilities  approved  by  the  State
20    Superintendent of Education before July 1, 2002  and  by  the
21    Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  on and after July 1,
22    2002.  Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a,  it  shall
23    be  issued  to  persons  who have graduated from a recognized
24    institution of higher learning with a bachelor's  degree  and
25    with not fewer than 120 semester hours including professional
26    education  or  human  development  or, until July 1, 1992, to
27    persons who have early childhood  education  instruction  and
28    practical  experience involving supervised work with children
29    under 6 years of age or with children through grade  3.  Such
30    persons   shall   be  recommended  for  the  early  childhood
31    certificate by a recognized institution as  having  completed
32    an   approved  program  of  preparation  which  includes  the
33    requisite hours and academic  and  professional  courses  and
 
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 1    practical  experience  approved  by  the Professional Teacher
 2    Standards  Board  State  Superintendent   of   Education   in
 3    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
 4        (b)  Beginning  February  15,  2000, Initial and Standard
 5    Early Childhood Education Certificates  shall  be  issued  to
 6    persons  who meet the criteria established by the State Board
 7    of Education before July 1,  2002  and  by  the  Professional
 8    Teacher Standards Board on and after July 1, 2002.
 9    (Source:  P.A.  90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-811, eff. 1-26-99;
10    91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

11        (105 ILCS 5/21-2b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2b)
12        Sec. 21-2b.   Teacher  education  program  entrance.   In
13    consultation  with  the State Teacher Certification Board The
14    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
15    shall develop  procedures  which  ensure  that  all  students
16    entering  approved  teacher education programs are proficient
17    in the areas of reading, mathematics and language arts.  Each
18    institution  of  higher  learning   shall   submit   to   the
19    Professional    Teacher   Standards   Board   State   Teacher
20    Certification Board a plan which sets  forth  procedures  for
21    implementation of this Section.
22    (Source: P.A. 84-126.)

23        (105 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-3)
24        Sec. 21-3.  Elementary certificate.
25        (a)  An  elementary school certificate shall be valid for
26    4 years for teaching in the kindergarten and lower  9  grades
27    of  the common schools.  Subject to the provisions of Section
28    21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated  from
29    a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
30    degree  and with not fewer than 120 semester hours and with a
31    minimum of  16  semester  hours  in  professional  education,
32    including   5   semester  hours  in  student  teaching  under
 
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 1    competent  and  close  supervision.  Such  persons  shall  be
 2    recommended for the elementary certificate  by  a  recognized
 3    institution  as  having  completed  an  approved  program  of
 4    preparation  which  includes intensive preservice training in
 5    the  humanities,  natural  sciences,  mathematics,  and   the
 6    academic   and   professional   courses   approved   by   the
 7    Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
 8    Education   in   consultation   with   the   State    Teacher
 9    Certification Board.
10        (b)  Beginning  February  15,  2000, Initial and Standard
11    Elementary Certificates shall be issued to persons  who  meet
12    all  of  the  criteria  established  by  the  State  Board of
13    Education for elementary education before July 1, 2002 and by
14    the Professional Teacher Standards Board on and after July 1,
15    2002.
16    (Source: P.A. 90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-811,  eff.  1-26-99;
17    91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

18        (105 ILCS 5/21-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-4)
19        Sec. 21-4.  Special certificate.
20        (a)  A special certificate shall be valid for 4 years for
21    teaching  the special subjects named therein in all grades of
22    the common schools. Subject  to  the  provisions  of  Section
23    21-1a,  it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
24    a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
25    degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours including a
26    minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education, 5  of
27    which  shall be in student teaching under competent and close
28    supervision. When the holder of such certificate has earned a
29    master's degree, including 8 eight semester hours of graduate
30    professional  education  from  a  recognized  institution  of
31    higher learning and with 2 two years' teaching experience, it
32    may be endorsed for supervision.
33        Such  persons  shall  be  recommended  for  the   special
 
                            -34-               LRB9204494NTsb
 1    certificate  by  a recognized institution as having completed
 2    an approved program of preparation  which  includes  academic
 3    and professional courses approved by the Professional Teacher
 4    Standards   Board   State   Superintendent  of  Education  in
 5    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
 6        (b)  Those  persons  holding  special   certificates   on
 7    February 15, 2000 shall be eligible for one of the following:
 8             (1)  The   issuance   of   Standard  Elementary  and
 9        Standard Secondary Certificates with appropriate  special
10        certification  designations  as  determined  by the State
11        Board  of  Education,  in  consultation  with  the  State
12        Teacher Certification Board, before July 1, 2002  and  by
13        the  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board on and after
14        July 1, 2002 and consistent with  rules  adopted  by  the
15        State  Board  of Education before July 1, 2002 and by the
16        Professional Teacher Standards Board on and after July 1,
17        2002.  These certificates shall be renewed as provided in
18        subsection (c) of Section 21-2.
19             (2)  The   issuance   of   Standard   Special   K-12
20        Certificates  with  appropriate   special   certification
21        designations,  which  shall  be  renewed  as  provided in
22        subsection (c) of Section 21-2.  These certificates shall
23        not be eligible for additional certification designations
24        except as approved by the Professional Teacher  Standards
25        Board  State Board of Education, in consultation with the
26        State Teacher Certification Board.
27        (c)  Those persons eligible to receive K-12 certification
28    after February 15, 2000 shall be  issued  Initial  Elementary
29    and  Initial  Secondary Certificates with appropriate special
30    certification  designations  pursuant  to  this  Section   or
31    Initial  Special  K-12  Certificates with appropriate special
32    certification designations pursuant to this  Section.   These
33    Initial  K-12  Special Certificates shall not be eligible for
34    additional certification designations except as  approved  by
 
                            -35-               LRB9204494NTsb
 1    the  State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
 2    Teacher Certification Board, before July 1, 2002 and  by  the
 3    Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  on and after July 1,
 4    2002.
 5        (d)  All persons holding a  special  certificate  with  a
 6    special  education endorsement are exempt from the provisions
 7    of Section 2-3.71 of this Code, provided they  meet  all  the
 8    other   requirements  for  teaching  as  established  by  the
 9    Professional  Teacher  Standards   Board   State   Board   of
10    Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
11    Certification Board.
12        Beginning  February  15,  2000,  all persons exchanging a
13    special  certificate  pursuant  to  subsection  (b)  of  this
14    Section with a special education endorsement or  receiving  a
15    special education designation on either a special certificate
16    or  an  elementary  certificate issued pursuant to subsection
17    (c) of this Section are exempt from the provisions of Section
18    2-3.71 of  this  Code,  provided  they  meet  all  the  other
19    requirements  for  teaching as established by the State Board
20    of  Education,  in  consultation  with  the   State   Teacher
21    Certification   Board,   before  July  1,  2002  and  by  the
22    Professional Teacher Standards Board on  and  after  July  1,
23    2002.
24        Certificates   exchanged   or  issued  pursuant  to  this
25    subsection (d) shall be  valid  for  teaching  children  with
26    disabilities, as defined in Section 14-1.02 of this Code, and
27    these   special  certificates  shall  be  called  Initial  or
28    Standard Special Preschool - Age 21 Certificates.  Nothing in
29    this subsection (d) shall be construed  to  adversely  affect
30    the  rights  of any person presently certificated, any person
31    whose certification is currently pending, or any  person  who
32    is  currently  enrolled or enrolls prior to February 15, 2000
33    in an approved Special K-12 certification program.
34    (Source: P.A. 90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-653,  eff.  7-29-98;
 
                            -36-               LRB9204494NTsb
 1    90-811,  eff.  1-26-99;  91-102,  eff.  7-12-99; 91-765, eff.
 2    6-9-00.)

 3        (105 ILCS 5/21-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5)
 4        Sec. 21-5.  High school certificate.
 5        (a)  A high school certificate shall be valid for 4 years
 6    for teaching in grades  6  to  12  inclusive  of  the  common
 7    schools. Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall
 8    be  issued  to  persons  who have graduated from a recognized
 9    institution of higher learning with a bachelor's  degree  and
10    with  not fewer than 120 semester hours including 16 semester
11    hours in professional education,  5  of  which  shall  be  in
12    student  teaching  under  competent and close supervision and
13    with one or more  teaching  fields.  Such  persons  shall  be
14    recommended  for  the high school certificate by a recognized
15    institution  as  having  completed  an  approved  program  of
16    preparation which  includes  the  academic  and  professional
17    courses  approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
18    State Superintendent of Education in  consultation  with  the
19    State Teacher Certification Board.
20        (b)  Beginning  February  15,  2000, Initial and Standard
21    Secondary Certificates shall be issued to  persons  who  meet
22    all  of  the  criteria  established  by  the  State  Board of
23    Education before July 1, 2002 and by the Professional Teacher
24    Standards Board on and  after  July  1,  2002  for  secondary
25    education.
26    (Source:  P.A.  90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-811, eff. 1-26-99;
27    91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

28        (105 ILCS 5/21-5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a)
29        Sec. 21-5a.  Alternative math-science certification.  The
30    Professional  Teacher  Standards   Board   State   Board   of
31    Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
32    Certification   Board,  shall  establish  and  implement  and
 
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 1    administer an alternative certification program  under  which
 2    persons  who  qualify  for admission to, and who successfully
 3    complete the program and  meet  the  additional  requirements
 4    established  by  this  Section  shall  be  issued  an initial
 5    teaching certificate for  teaching  mathematics,  science  or
 6    mathematics  and science in grades 9 through 12 of the common
 7    schools.   In  establishing  an   alternative   certification
 8    program   under   this   Section,  the  Professional  Teacher
 9    Standards Board State Board of Education shall  designate  an
10    appropriate  area within the State where the program shall be
11    offered and made available to persons qualified for admission
12    to  the  program.   In  addition,  the  Professional  Teacher
13    Standards Board State Board of Education, in cooperation with
14    one or more recognized institutions of higher learning, shall
15    develop, evaluate, and revise as  necessary  a  comprehensive
16    course  of  study  that  persons admitted to the program must
17    successfully complete in order to satisfy one  criterion  for
18    issuance  of  an  initial certificate under this Section. The
19    comprehensive course of study so developed shall include  one
20    semester of practice teaching.
21        An  initial  teaching  certificate, valid for 4 years for
22    teaching mathematics, science, or mathematics and science  in
23    grades  9  through  12 of the common schools and renewable as
24    provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued under this Section
25    21-5a to persons who qualify for admission to the alternative
26    certification program and who at the time of applying for  an
27    initial teaching certificate under this Section:
28             (1)  have   graduated  with  a  master's  degree  in
29        mathematics or any science discipline from an institution
30        of  higher  learning  whose  scholarship  standards   are
31        approved  by  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards Board
32        State Board of Education for purposes of the  alternative
33        certification program;
34             (2)  have  been employed for at least 10 years in an
 
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 1        area requiring knowledge  and  practical  application  of
 2        their  academic  background  in  mathematics or a science
 3        discipline;
 4             (3)  have  successfully  completed  the  alternative
 5        certification program and  the  course  of  comprehensive
 6        study,  including  one  semester  of  practice  teaching,
 7        developed  as  part  of  the  program as provided in this
 8        Section  and  approved  by   the   Professional   Teacher
 9        Standards Board State Board of Education; and
10             (4)  have   passed   the  examinations  required  by
11        Section 21-1a.
12        The   alternative   certification   program   shall    be
13    implemented  at  the  commencement  of the 1992-1993 academic
14    year.
15        The Professional Teacher Standards Board State  Board  of
16    Education  shall  establish  criteria  for  admission  to the
17    alternative certification program and shall adopt  rules  and
18    regulations  that  are  consistent with this Section and that
19    the Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of
20    Education  deems  necessary  to  establish  and implement and
21    administer the program.
22    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

23        (105 ILCS 5/21-5b)
24        Sec. 21-5b.  Alternative certification.  The Professional
25    Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of   Education,   in
26    consultation  with  the  State  Teacher  Certification Board,
27    shall establish and implement  an  alternative  certification
28    program  under which persons who meet the requirements of and
29    successfully complete the program established by this Section
30    shall be  issued  an  alternative  teaching  certificate  for
31    teaching  in the schools. The program shall be limited to not
32    more than 260 new participants  during  each  year  that  the
33    program  is  in  effect.   The Professional Teacher Standards
 
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 1    Board  State  Board  of  Education,  in  cooperation  with  a
 2    partnership formed  with  a  university  that  offers  4-year
 3    baccalaureate  and  masters  degree  programs  and  that is a
 4    recognized institution as defined in Section 21-21 and one or
 5    more not-for-profit organizations in the State which  support
 6    excellence in teaching, shall within 30 days after submission
 7    by the partnership approve a course of study developed by the
 8    partnership  that  persons  in  the program must successfully
 9    complete in order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of an
10    alternative certificate under this Section.  The  Alternative
11    Teacher  Certification  program  course of study must include
12    the current content and skills contained in the  university's
13    current  courses  for  State  certification  which  have been
14    approved by the Professional Teacher  Standards  Board  State
15    Board  of  Education,  in consultation with the State Teacher
16    Certification Board, as the  requirement  for  State  teacher
17    certification.
18        The  alternative  certification program established under
19    this Section  shall  be  known  as  the  Alternative  Teacher
20    Certification program.  The Alternative Teacher Certification
21    Program  shall  be  offered by the submitting partnership and
22    may be offered in conjunction with one or more not-for-profit
23    organizations  in  the  State  which  support  excellence  in
24    teaching.  The program shall be comprised of the following  3
25    phases: (a) the first phase is the course of study offered on
26    an   intensive   basis  in  education  theory,  instructional
27    methods, and practice teaching; (b) the second phase  is  the
28    person's  assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
29    school year; and (c)  the  third  phase  is  a  comprehensive
30    assessment  of  the  person's  teaching performance by school
31    officials   and   the   partnership   participants   and    a
32    recommendation by the partner institution of higher education
33    to  the  Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Board of
34    Education that the person be issued  a  standard  alternative
 
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 1    teaching   certificate.    Successful   completion   of   the
 2    Alternative  Teacher Certification program shall be deemed to
 3    satisfy any other practice or student  teaching  and  subject
 4    matter requirements established by law.
 5        A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
 6    one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
 7    shall  be  issued  under this Section 21-5b to persons who at
 8    the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
 9    certificate under this Section:
10             (1)  have graduated from an  accredited  college  or
11        university with a bachelor's degree;
12             (2)  have  successfully completed the first phase of
13        the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
14        in this Section;
15             (3)  have passed  the  tests  of  basic  skills  and
16        subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a; and
17             (4)  have  been  employed for a period of at least 5
18        years  in  an   area   requiring   application   of   the
19        individual's  education;  however,  this requirement does
20        not apply  with  respect  to  a  provisional  alternative
21        teaching  certificate for teaching in schools situated in
22        a school district that is located  in  a  city  having  a
23        population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants.
24        A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
25    under  this Section shall be treated as a regularly certified
26    teacher for purposes of  compensation,  benefits,  and  other
27    terms  and  conditions of employment afforded teachers in the
28    school who are members of a bargaining unit represented by an
29    exclusive bargaining representative, if any.
30        Until February 15, 2000, a standard alternative  teaching
31    certificate,  valid  for  4 years for teaching in the schools
32    and renewable as provided in Section 21-14, shall  be  issued
33    under  this  Section  21-5b to persons who first complete the
34    requirements  for  the   provisional   alternative   teaching
 
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 1    certificate  and  who  at the time of applying for a standard
 2    alternative teaching  certificate  under  this  Section  have
 3    successfully  completed  the  second  and third phases of the
 4    Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided in this
 5    Section. Alternatively, beginning February 15, 2000,  at  the
 6    end of the 4-year validity period,  persons who were issued a
 7    standard  alternative teaching certificate shall be eligible,
 8    on   the  same  basis  as  holders  of  an  Initial  Teaching
 9    Certificate  issued  under subsection (b) of  Section 21-2 of
10    this Code, to apply  for  a  Standard  Teaching  Certificate,
11    provided  they    meet  the requirements of subsection (c) of
12    Section 21-2 of this Code and further provided that a  person
13    who  does  not  apply  for  and  receive  a Standard Teaching
14    Certificate shall be able to teach only in  schools  situated
15    in  a  school  district  that  is  located in a city having a
16    population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants.
17        Beginning February 15, 2000, persons who  have  completed
18    the   requirements   for   a  standard  alternative  teaching
19    certificate under this Section shall  be  issued  an  Initial
20    Alternative   Teaching  Certificate  valid  for  4  years  of
21    teaching and  not  renewable.   At  the  end  of  the  4-year
22    validity period, these persons shall be eligible, on the same
23    basis  as   holders of an Initial Teaching Certificate issued
24    under subsection (b) of Section 21-2 of  this Code, to  apply
25    for  a  Standard Teaching Certificate, provided they meet the
26    requirements of subsection (c) of Section 21-2.
27        This   alternative   certification   program   shall   be
28    implemented  so  that  the  first   provisional   alternative
29    teaching certificates issued under this Section are effective
30    upon  the commencement of the 1997-1998 academic year and the
31    first standard alternative teaching certificates issued under
32    this Section are  effective  upon  the  commencement  of  the
33    1998-1999 academic year.
34        The  Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Board of
 
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 1    Education, in cooperation with the  partnership  establishing
 2    the  Alternative  Teacher  Certification program, shall adopt
 3    rules and regulations that are consistent with  this  Section
 4    and that the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
 5    of  Education  deems necessary to establish and implement the
 6    program.
 7    (Source: P.A. 91-609, eff. 1-1-00.)

 8        (105 ILCS 5/21-5c)
 9        Sec. 21-5c.  Alternative route to teacher  certification.
10    The  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board of
11    Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
12    Certification  Board,  shall  establish  and   implement   an
13    alternative  route  to  teacher  certification  program under
14    which persons who meet the requirements of  and  successfully
15    complete  the  program  established  by this Section shall be
16    issued  an  initial  teaching  certificate  for  teaching  in
17    schools in this State.  The  Professional  Teacher  Standards
18    Board  State  Board  of  Education  shall approve a course of
19    study that persons in the program must successfully  complete
20    in   order  to  satisfy  one  criterion  for  issuance  of  a
21    certificate under this Section.   The  Alternative  Route  to
22    Teacher  Certification  program  course of study must include
23    the current content and skills contained  in  a  university's
24    current  courses  for  State  certification  which  have been
25    approved by the Professional Teacher  Standards  Board  State
26    Board  of  Education,  in consultation with the State Teacher
27    Certification Board, as the  requirement  for  State  teacher
28    certification.
29        The program established under this Section shall be known
30    as  the  Alternative  Route to Teacher Certification program.
31    The program may be offered in conjunction with  one  or  more
32    not-for-profit organizations in the State.  The program shall
33    be comprised of the following 3 phases: (a) a course of study
 
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 1    offered   on   an   intensive   basis  in  education  theory,
 2    instructional  methods,  and  practice  teaching;   (b)   the
 3    person's  assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
 4    school year, including the designation of a mentor teacher to
 5    advise and assist the person with that  teaching  assignment;
 6    and  (c)  a comprehensive assessment of the person's teaching
 7    performance by school officials and program participants  and
 8    a  recommendation  by  the institution of higher education to
 9    the Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of
10    Education  that  the  person  be  issued  an initial teaching
11    certificate.  Successful completion of the Alternative  Route
12    to  Teacher  Certification program shall be deemed to satisfy
13    any other practice or student  teaching  and  subject  matter
14    requirements established by law.
15        A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
16    one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
17    shall  be  issued  under this Section 21-5c to persons who at
18    the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
19    certificate under this Section:
20             (1)  have graduated from an  accredited  college  or
21        university with a bachelor's degree;
22             (2)  have  been  employed for a period of at least 5
23        years  in  an   area   requiring   application   of   the
24        individual's education;
25             (3)  have  successfully completed the first phase of
26        the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
27        in this Section; and
28             (4)  have passed  the  tests  of  basic  skills  and
29        subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a.
30        An  initial  teaching  certificate, valid for teaching in
31    the common schools, shall be issued  under  Section  21-3  or
32    21-5  to  persons who first complete the requirements for the
33    provisional alternative teaching certificate and who  at  the
34    time  of  applying  for  an initial teaching certificate have
 
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 1    successfully completed the second and  third  phases  of  the
 2    Alternative   Route   to  Teacher  Certification  program  as
 3    provided in this Section.
 4        A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
 5    or an initial teaching certificate earned under this  Section
 6    shall  be  treated  as  a  regularly  certified  teacher  for
 7    purposes  of  compensation,  benefits,  and  other  terms and
 8    conditions of employment afforded teachers in the school  who
 9    are  members of a bargaining unit represented by an exclusive
10    bargaining representative, if any.
11        The Professional Teacher Standards Board State  Board  of
12    Education may adopt rules and regulations that are consistent
13    with this Section and that the Professional Teacher Standards
14    Board  State Board deems necessary to establish and implement
15    the program.
16    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

17        (105 ILCS 5/21-5d)
18        Sec.  21-5d.    Alternative   route   to   administrative
19    certification.   The  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board
20    State  Board  of  Education,  in  consultation with the State
21    Teacher Certification Board and an advisory panel  consisting
22    of  no  less  than  7  administrators  appointed by the State
23    Superintendent of Education, shall establish and implement an
24    alternative route  to  administrative  certification  program
25    under   which  persons  who  meet  the  requirements  of  and
26    successfully complete the program established by this Section
27    shall be issued a  standard  administrative  certificate  for
28    serving  as  an  administrator in schools in this State.  For
29    the purposes of this Section only,  "administrator"  means  a
30    person  holding  any  administrative  position  for  which  a
31    standard    administrative   certificate   with   a   general
32    administrative endorsement, chief  school  business  official
33    endorsement,   or  superintendent  endorsement  is  required,
 
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 1    except  a  principal  or   an   assistant   principal.    The
 2    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
 3    shall  approve  a course of study that persons in the program
 4    must successfully complete in order to satisfy one  criterion
 5    for  issuance  of  a  certificate  under  this  Section.  The
 6    Alternative Route  to  Administrative  Certification  program
 7    course  of  study must include the current content and skills
 8    contained  in  a  university's  current  courses  for   State
 9    certification  which  have  been approved by the Professional
10    Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of   Education,   in
11    consultation  with  the State Teacher Certification Board, as
12    the requirement for administrative certification.
13        The program established under this Section shall be known
14    as the  Alternative  Route  to  Administrative  Certification
15    program.   The  program shall be comprised of the following 3
16    phases: (a) a course of study offered on an  intensive  basis
17    in   education   management,  governance,  organization,  and
18    planning; (b) the person's assignment to a full-time position
19    for  one  school  year  as  an  administrator;  and   (c)   a
20    comprehensive  assessment  of  the  person's  performance  by
21    school  officials  and  a  recommendation to the Professional
22    Teacher Standards Board State Board  of  Education  that  the
23    person  be  issued  a  standard  administrative  certificate.
24    Successful   completion   of   the   Alternative   Route   to
25    Administrative  Certification  program  shall  be  deemed  to
26    satisfy  any other supervisory, administrative, or management
27    experience requirements established by law.
28        A  provisional  alternative  administrative  certificate,
29    valid for one year of serving  as  an  administrator  in  the
30    common  schools and not renewable, shall be issued under this
31    Section 21-5d to persons who at the time of applying for  the
32    provisional alternative administrative certificate under this
33    Section:
34             (1)  have  graduated  from  an accredited college or
 
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 1        university with a master's degree in a  management  field
 2        or  with  a  bachelor's  degree  and  the life experience
 3        equivalent of a master's degree in a management field  as
 4        determined  by  the  Professional Teacher Standards Board
 5        State Board of Education;
 6             (2)  have been employed for a period of at  least  5
 7        years in a management level position;
 8             (3)  have  successfully completed the first phase of
 9        the Alternative  Route  to  Administrative  Certification
10        program as provided in this Section; and
11             (4)  have  passed  any  examination  required by the
12        Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of
13        Education.
14        A standard  administrative  certificate  with  a  general
15    administrative  endorsement,  chief  school business official
16    endorsement,  or  superintendent  endorsement,  renewable  as
17    provided in Section 21-14,  shall  be  issued  under  Section
18    21-7.1 to persons who first complete the requirements for the
19    provisional alternative administrative certificate and who at
20    the   time   of   applying   for  a  standard  administrative
21    certificate have successfully completed the second and  third
22    phases   of   the   Alternative   Route   to   Administrative
23    Certification program as provided in this Section.
24        The  Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Board of
25    Education may adopt rules and regulations that are consistent
26    with this Section and that the Professional Teacher Standards
27    Board State Board deems necessary to establish and  implement
28    the program.
29    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

30        (105 ILCS 5/21-7.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1)
31        Sec. 21-7.1.  Administrative certificate.
32        (a)  After  July  1,  1999, an administrative certificate
33    valid for 5 years of supervising  and  administering  in  the
 
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 1    public  common  schools  may  be  issued  to persons who have
 2    graduated from a regionally accredited institution of  higher
 3    learning with a master's degree and who have been recommended
 4    by  a  recognized  institution  of  higher learning as having
 5    completed a program of preparation for one or more  of  these
 6    endorsements.  Such  programs  of  academic  and professional
 7    preparation required for endorsement shall be administered by
 8    the institution in accordance with standards set forth by the
 9    State Superintendent of Education in  consultation  with  the
10    State  Teacher Certification Board before July 1, 2002 and by
11    the Professional Teacher Standards Board on and after July 1,
12    2002.
13        (b)  No administrative certificate shall  be  issued  for
14    the  first  time  after  June  30,  1987  and  no endorsement
15    provided for by this Section shall be made or affixed  to  an
16    administrative  certificate for the first time after June 30,
17    1987  unless  the  person   to   whom   such   administrative
18    certificate  is  to  be  issued  or  to  whose administrative
19    certificate such  endorsement  is  to  be  affixed  has  been
20    required to demonstrate as a part of a program of academic or
21    professional    preparation   for   such   certification   or
22    endorsement: (i) an understanding of the knowledge called for
23    in establishing productive parent-school relationships and of
24    the  procedures  fostering   the   involvement   which   such
25    relationships  demand;  and  (ii)  an  understanding  of  the
26    knowledge  required  for  establishing  a high quality school
27    climate  and  promoting  good  classroom   organization   and
28    management,  including  rules  of  conduct  and instructional
29    procedures  appropriate  to  accomplishing   the   tasks   of
30    schooling;  and  (iii)  a  demonstration of the knowledge and
31    skills called for in providing instructional leadership.  The
32    standards  for  demonstrating  an   understanding   of   such
33    knowledge  shall  be  set  forth  by the Professional Teacher
34    Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
 
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 1    the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board,   and   shall   be
 2    administered   by   the  recognized  institutions  of  higher
 3    learning as part of the programs of academic and professional
 4    preparation required for certification and endorsement  under
 5    this  Section.   As  used  in  this subsection: "establishing
 6    productive parent-school relationships" means the ability  to
 7    maintain  effective  communication between parents and school
 8    personnel, to encourage parental  involvement  in  schooling,
 9    and  to  motivate  school  personnel  to  engage  parents  in
10    encouraging student achievement, including the development of
11    programs and policies which serve to accomplish this purpose;
12    and  "establishing  a  high quality school climate" means the
13    ability  to  promote  academic   achievement,   to   maintain
14    discipline,  to  recognize  substance  abuse  problems  among
15    students  and  utilize  appropriate law enforcement and other
16    community resources to address  these  problems,  to  support
17    teachers  and  students  in  their  education  endeavors,  to
18    establish  learning  objectives  and to provide instructional
19    leadership,  including  the  development  of   policies   and
20    programs   which   serve  to  accomplish  this  purpose;  and
21    "providing instructional leadership"  means  the  ability  to
22    effectively  evaluate  school  personnel,  to possess general
23    communication and interpersonal skills, and to establish  and
24    maintain  appropriate  classroom  learning environments.  The
25    provisions of this subsection shall not apply  to  or  affect
26    the  initial issuance or making on or before June 30, 1987 of
27    any administrative certificate or  endorsement  provided  for
28    under  this  Section,  nor  shall such provisions apply to or
29    affect  the  renewal  after  June  30,  1987  of   any   such
30    certificate  or  endorsement  initially  issued or made on or
31    before June 30, 1987.
32        (c)  Administrative certificates shall be renewed every 5
33    five  years  with  the  first  renewal  being  5  five  years
34    following  the   initial   receipt   of   an   administrative
 
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 1    certificate.  Renewal  requirements  for administrators whose
 2    positions require certification shall be based upon  evidence
 3    of  continuing  professional  education  which  promotes  the
 4    following  goals:  (1) Improving administrators' knowledge of
 5    instructional practices and  administrative  procedures;  (2)
 6    Maintaining  the  basic  level  of  competence  required  for
 7    initial  certification;  and  (3)  Improving  the  mastery of
 8    skills and knowledge regarding the  improvement  of  teaching
 9    performance in clinical settings and assessment of the levels
10    of  student  performance  in  their  schools.    Evidence  of
11    continuing  professional  education must include verification
12    of biennial attendance in a program developed by the Illinois
13    Administrators'   Academy   and   verification   of    annual
14    participation  in  a  school district approved activity which
15    contributes  to  continuing  professional   education.    The
16    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State  Board  of
17    Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
18    Certification Board, shall develop, evaluate, and  revise  as
19    necessary  procedures for implementing this Section and shall
20    administer  the  renewal  of   administrative   certificates.
21    Failure   to   submit  satisfactory  evidence  of  continuing
22    professional education which  contributes  to  promoting  the
23    goals   of   this   Section   shall   result  in  a  loss  of
24    administrative certification.
25        (d)  Any limited or life supervisory  certificate  issued
26    prior  to  July  1,  1968  shall continue to be valid for all
27    administrative  and  supervisory  positions  in  the   public
28    schools  for which it is valid as of that date as long as its
29    holder meets the requirements for registration or renewal  as
30    set forth in the statutes or until revoked according to law.
31        (e)  The  administrative  or  supervisory  positions  for
32    which  the  certificate shall be valid shall be determined by
33    one or more of 3 endorsements: general  supervisory,  general
34    administrative and superintendent.
 
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 1        Subject  to the provisions of Section 21-1a, endorsements
 2    shall be made under conditions set  forth  in  this  Section.
 3    The  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board of
 4    Education shall,  in  consultation  with  the  State  Teacher
 5    Certification  Board,  adopt  rules  pursuant to the Illinois
 6    Administrative Procedure Act, establishing  requirements  for
 7    obtaining   administrative  certificates  where  the  minimum
 8    administrative or supervisory requirements surpass those  set
 9    forth in this Section.
10        If  the  Professional Teacher Standards Board establishes
11    State Teacher Certification Board shall file with  the  State
12    Board  of Education a written recommendation when considering
13    additional administrative or supervisory requirements, those.
14    All additional requirements shall be based upon the requisite
15    knowledge necessary to perform the those  tasks  required  by
16    the  certificate.   The  Professional Teacher Standards Board
17    State Board of Education shall in consultation with the State
18    Teacher Certification Board, establish standards  within  its
19    rules  which  shall  include  the  academic  and professional
20    requirements necessary for  certification.   These  standards
21    shall at a minimum contain, but not be limited to, those used
22    by  the  Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Board of
23    Education in determining whether additional knowledge will be
24    required.  Additionally, the Professional  Teacher  Standards
25    Board State Board of Education shall in consultation with the
26    State   Teacher  Certification  Board,  establish  provisions
27    within its  rules  whereby  any  member  of  the  educational
28    community   or   the   public   may  file  a  formal  written
29    recommendation or inquiry regarding requirements.
30             (1)  Until July 1,  2003,  the  general  supervisory
31        endorsement   shall  be  affixed  to  the  administrative
32        certificate of any holder who has at  least  16  semester
33        hours   of  graduate  credit  in  professional  education
34        including  8  semester  hours  of  graduate   credit   in
 
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 1        curriculum  and  research and who has at least 2 years of
 2        full-time teaching experience or school service personnel
 3        experience  in  public   schools,   schools   under   the
 4        supervision  of  the  Department  of Corrections, schools
 5        under   the   administration   of   the   Department   of
 6        Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
 7        standards established  by  the  State  Superintendent  of
 8        Education    or   comparable   out-of-state   recognition
 9        standards  approved  by  the  State   Superintendent   of
10        Education.
11             Such  endorsement shall be required for supervisors,
12        curriculum directors and for  such  similar  and  related
13        positions  as  determined  by  the  Professional  Teacher
14        Standards  Board  State  Superintendent  of  Education in
15        consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
16             (2)  The general administrative endorsement shall be
17        affixed to the administrative certificate of  any  holder
18        who  has at least 20 semester hours of graduate credit in
19        educational administration and supervision and who has at
20        least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or  school
21        service  personnel  experience in public schools, schools
22        under the supervision of the Department  of  Corrections,
23        schools  under  the  administration  of the Department of
24        Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
25        standards established  by  the  State  Superintendent  of
26        Education    or   comparable   out-of-state   recognition
27        standards  approved  by  the  State   Superintendent   of
28        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  Professional
33        Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education
34        in consultation  with  the  State  Teacher  Certification
 
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 1        Board.
 2             Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions of this Act,
 3        after January 1, 1990 and  until  January  1,  1991,  any
 4        teacher  employed  by  a  district  subject to Article 34
 5        shall  be   entitled   to   receive   an   administrative
 6        certificate  with  a  general  administrative endorsement
 7        affixed thereto if he or she: (i) had at least 3 years of
 8        experience as a certified teacher for such district prior
 9        to August 1, 1985; (ii) obtained a Master's degree  prior
10        to  August  1, 1985; (iii) completed at least 20 hours of
11        graduate credit in education courses (including at  least
12        12  hours  in educational administration and supervision)
13        prior to September 1,  1987;  and  (iv)  has  received  a
14        rating of superior for at least each of the last 5 years.
15        Any person who obtains an administrative certificate with
16        a  general  administrative  endorsement  affixed  thereto
17        under  this  paragraph shall not be qualified to serve in
18        any administrative position except assistant principal.
19             (3)  The chief school business official  endorsement
20        shall be affixed to the administrative certificate of any
21        holder  who  qualifies  by  having a Master's degree, two
22        years of administrative  experience  in  school  business
23        management,  and  a  minimum  of  20  semester  hours  of
24        graduate   credit   in   a  program  established  by  the
25        Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent
26        of Education  in  consultation  with  the  State  Teacher
27        Certification   Board   for  the  preparation  of  school
28        business administrators.  Such endorsement shall also  be
29        affixed  to  the administrative certificate of any holder
30        who qualifies by having a  Master's  Degree  in  Business
31        Administration,  Finance  or Accounting from a regionally
32        accredited institution of higher education.
33             After June  30,  1977,  such  endorsement  shall  be
34        required  for  any  individual  first employed as a chief
 
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 1        school business official.
 2        (4)  The superintendent endorsement shall be  affixed  to
 3    the   administrative   certificate  of  any  holder  who  has
 4    completed 30 semester hours of  graduate  credit  beyond  the
 5    master's   degree   in  a  program  for  the  preparation  of
 6    superintendents of schools including  16  semester  hours  of
 7    graduate  credit  in  professional  education  and who has at
 8    least 2 years experience as an administrator or supervisor in
 9    the public schools  or  the  State  Board  of  Education   or
10    education service regions or in nonpublic schools meeting the
11    standards   established   by   the  State  Superintendent  of
12    Education or comparable  out-of-state  recognition  standards
13    approved  by  the State Superintendent of Education and holds
14    general supervisory or general administrative endorsement, or
15    who has  had  2  years  of  experience  as  a  supervisor  or
16    administrator   while   holding   an   all-grade  supervisory
17    certificate or  a  certificate  comparable  in  validity  and
18    educational and experience requirements.
19        After  June  30, 1968, such endorsement shall be required
20    for a superintendent of schools, except as  provided  in  the
21    second paragraph of this Section and in Section 34-6.
22        Any  person  appointed  to the position of superintendent
23    between the effective date of this Act and June 30, 1993 in a
24    school district organized pursuant  to  Article  32  with  an
25    enrollment of at least 20,000 pupils shall be exempt from the
26    provisions of this Subsection (4) until June 30, 1996.
27        (f)  All  official  interpretations or acts of issuing or
28    denying administrative certificates or  endorsements  by  the
29    State Teacher's Certification Board, State Board of Education
30    or the State Superintendent of Education, from the passage of
31    P.A.  81-1208  on November 8, 1979 through September 24, 1981
32    are hereby declared valid and legal acts in all respects  and
33    further  that  the purported repeal of the provisions of this
34    Section by P.A. 81-1208 and P.A. 81-1509 is declared null and
 
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 1    void.
 2    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

 3        (105 ILCS 5/21-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-9)
 4        Sec.  21-9.   Substitute  certificates   and   substitute
 5    teaching.
 6        (a)  A  substitute teacher's certificate may be issued by
 7    the Professional Teacher Standards Board for teaching in  all
 8    grades of the common schools.  Such certificate may be issued
 9    by  the  Professional Teacher Standards Board upon request of
10    the  regional superintendent of schools  of  any   region  in
11    which  the  teacher  is  to  teach.   A  substitute teacher's
12    certificate is valid for teaching in the  public  schools  of
13    any   county.    Such   certificate  may  be  issued  by  the
14    Professional Teacher Standards Board to  persons  who  either
15    (i)  (a) hold a certificate  valid for teaching in the common
16    schools as shown on the face of  the  certificate,  (ii)  (b)
17    hold  a bachelor of arts degree from an institution of higher
18    learning accredited by the North Central Association or other
19    comparable regional  accrediting  association  or  have  been
20    graduated  from  a  recognized institution of higher learning
21    with a bachelor's degree, or (iii) (c) have had  2  years  of
22    teaching experience and meet such other rules and regulations
23    as may be adopted by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
24    State  Board  of  Education  in  consultation  with the State
25    Teacher Certification Board.  Such certificate  shall  expire
26    on June 30 in the fourth year from date of issue.  Substitute
27    teacher's  certificates  are  not  subject  to endorsement as
28    described in Section 21-1b of this Code.
29        (b)  A teacher holding a substitute teacher's certificate
30    may teach only in the place of a  certified  teacher  who  is
31    under  contract  with  the employing board and may teach only
32    when no appropriate fully certified teacher is  available  to
33    teach  in  a substitute capacity.  A teacher holding an early
 
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 1    childhood certificate,  an  elementary  certificate,  a  high
 2    school   certificate,  or  a  special  certificate  may  also
 3    substitute teach in grades K-12 but only in the  place  of  a
 4    certified  teacher  who  is under contract with the employing
 5    board.  A substitute teacher may teach only for a period  not
 6    to exceed 90 paid school days or 450 paid school hours in any
 7    one  school  district  in  any  one  school term.  Where such
 8    teaching is partly on a daily and partly on an hourly  basis,
 9    a  school  day  shall  be considered as 5 hours. The teaching
10    limitations imposed by this subsection upon teachers  holding
11    substitute   certificates  shall  not  apply  in  any  school
12    district operating under Article 34.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

14        (105 ILCS 5/21-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-10)
15        Sec. 21-10. Provisional certificate.
16        (A)  (Blank).  Until July  1,  1972,  the  State  Teacher
17    Certification Board may issue a provisional certificate valid
18    for  teaching  in  elementary, high school or special subject
19    fields subject to the following conditions:
20        A provisional certificate may be issued to a  person  who
21    presents  certified  evidence  of  having earned a bachelor's
22    degree from a recognized institution of higher learning.  The
23    academic and professional courses offered as a basis  of  the
24    provisional  certificate  shall  be  courses  approved by the
25    State Board of  Education  in  consultation  with  the  State
26    Teacher Certification Board.
27        A  certificate  earned  under this plan may be renewed at
28    the end of each two-year period upon evidence filed with  the
29    State  Teacher Certification Board that the holder has earned
30    8 semester hours of credit within the  period;  provided  the
31    requirements  for the certificate of the same type issued for
32    the teaching position for which the teacher is employed shall
33    be met by the end of the second  renewal  period.   A  second
 
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 1    provisional  certificate shall not be issued.  The credits so
 2    earned must be approved by the State Board  of  Education  in
 3    consultation  with  the State Teacher Certification Board and
 4    must  meet  the  general  pattern  for  a  similar  type   of
 5    certificate  issued  on  the basis of credit.  No more than 4
 6    semester hours shall be chosen from elective subjects.
 7        (B)  After July 1, 1972 and until July 1, 2002, the State
 8    Teacher Certification Board may issue, and on and after  July
 9    1, 2002 the Professional Teacher Standards Board may issue, a
10    provisional   certificate   valid   for   teaching  in  early
11    childhood, elementary, high school or special subject fields,
12    or for providing service as school service personnel  or  for
13    administering  schools subject to the following conditions: A
14    provisional certificate may be issued to a person  who  meets
15    the  requirements  for  a  regular  teaching,  school service
16    personnel or administrative certificate in another State  and
17    who presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
18    degree from a recognized institution of higher learning.  The
19    academic  and  professional courses offered as a basis of the
20    provisional certificate shall  be  courses  approved  by  the
21    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
22    in  consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board.
23    A certificate earned under this plan is valid for a period of
24    2 years and shall not be renewed; however, the individual  to
25    whom  this  certificate  is issued shall have passed or shall
26    pass the examinations set forth by the  Professional  Teacher
27    Standards  Board  State Board of Education within 9 months of
28    the date of issuance of the provisional certificate.  Failure
29    to pass the tests, required in Section 21-1a, shall result in
30    the cancellation of the provisional certificate.
31        (C)  The   Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State
32    Teacher Certification Board  may  also  issue  a  provisional
33    vocational certificate and a temporary provisional vocational
34    certificate.
 
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 1             (1)  The  requirements  for a provisional vocational
 2        certificate  shall  be  determined  by  the  Professional
 3        Teacher Standards Board,  State  Board  of  Education  in
 4        consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board;
 5        provided that, as a minimum requirement,  the  person  to
 6        whom  the  certificate  is  to  be issued has earned, the
 7        following minimum requirements are met: (a) after July 1,
 8        1972, at  least  30  semester  hours  of  credit  from  a
 9        recognized  institution of higher learning; and (b) after
10        July 1, 1974, at least 60 semester hours of credit from a
11        recognized institution of higher learning.
12             (2)  The requirements for  a  temporary  provisional
13        vocational   certificate   shall  be  determined  by  the
14        Professional Teacher  Standards  Board,  State  Board  of
15        Education   in   consultation   with  the  State  Teacher
16        Certification  Board;  provided  that,   as   a   minimum
17        requirement,  the person to whom the certificate is to be
18        issued has, the following minimum requirements  are  met:
19        (a)  after  July  1,  1973,  at least 4,000 hours of work
20        experience in the skill to be certified for teaching; and
21        (b) after July 1, 1975, at  least  8,000  hours  of  work
22        experience  in  the  skill  to be certified for teaching.
23        Any certificate  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this
24        paragraph  shall  expire on June 30 following the date of
25        issue.  Renewals may be granted on a  yearly  basis,  but
26        shall not be granted to any person who does not file with
27        the  Professional  Teacher  Standards Board State Teacher
28        Certification Board  a  transcript  showing  at  least  3
29        semester  hours of credit earned during the previous year
30        in  a  recognized  institution  of  learning.   No   such
31        certificate  shall be issued except upon certification by
32        the employing board,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the
33        regional  superintendent  of  schools,  that no qualified
34        teacher holding a regular certificate  or  a  provisional
 
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 1        vocational  certificate  is  available  and  that  actual
 2        circumstances and need require such issuance.
 3        The courses or work experience offered as a basis for the
 4    issuance  of  the  provisional  vocational certificate or the
 5    temporary  provisional  vocational   certificate   shall   be
 6    approved  by  the  Professional Teacher Standards Board State
 7    Board of Education in consultation  with  the  State  Teacher
 8    Certification Board.
 9        (D)  Until  July 1, 1972, the State Teacher Certification
10    Board  may  also  issue  a   provisional   foreign   language
11    certificate  valid  for  4  years  for  teaching  the foreign
12    language named therein in all grades of  the  common  schools
13    and  shall  be  issued  to  persons who have graduated from a
14    recognized institution of higher learning with not fewer than
15    120  semester  hours  of  credit  and  who  have  met   other
16    requirements as determined by the State Board of Education in
17    consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board.  If
18    the holder of a provisional foreign language certificate that
19    was issued under this subsection before July 1, 1972 has been
20    suspended because the holder of that provisional  certificate
21    did not become is not a citizen of the United States within 6
22    years  of  the  date of issuance of the original certificate,
23    such certificate shall remain be suspended  by  the  regional
24    superintendent  of  schools of the region in which the holder
25    is engaged to teach  and  shall  not  be  reinstated  by  the
26    Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board until the holder is a
27    citizen of the United States.
28        (E)  Notwithstanding  anything  in  this   Act   to   the
29    contrary,  the  Professional  Teacher Standards State Teacher
30    Certification  Board  shall   issue   part-time   provisional
31    certificates  to  eligible  individuals who are professionals
32    and craftsmen.
33        The requirements for  a  part-time  provisional  teachers
34    certificate  shall  be determined by the Professional Teacher
 
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 1    Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
 2    the State Teacher Certification Board, provided the following
 3    minimum requirements are met:  60 semester  hours  of  credit
 4    from  a  recognized  institution  of  higher learning or 4000
 5    hours of work experience in the skill  to  be  certified  for
 6    teaching.
 7        A  part-time  provisional  certificate  may be issued for
 8    teaching no more than 2 courses of study for grades 6 through
 9    12.
10        A part-time provisional  teachers  certificate  shall  be
11    valid  for  2  years  and may be renewed at the end of each 2
12    year period.
13    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

14        (105 ILCS 5/21-11.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1)
15        Sec.    21-11.1.      Certificates     for     equivalent
16    qualifications. An applicant who holds or is eligible to hold
17    a  teacher's certificate or license under the laws of another
18    state or territory of the United  States  may  be  granted  a
19    corresponding   teacher's  certificate  in  Illinois  on  the
20    written authorization of the Professional  Teacher  Standards
21    Board   State  Board  of  Education  and  the  State  Teacher
22    Certification Board upon the following conditions:
23             (1)  That the applicant is at least 19 years of age,
24        is of good character, good health and a  citizen  of  the
25        United States; and
26             (2)  That  the  requirements for a similar teacher's
27        certificate in the particular state or territory were, at
28        the date of issuance of  the  certificate,  substantially
29        equal  to  the  requirements  in  force  at  the time the
30        application is made for the certificate in this State.
31        After January 1, 1988,  in  addition  to  satisfying  the
32    foregoing  conditions  and  requirements,  an applicant for a
33    corresponding teaching certificate in Illinois also shall  be
 
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 1    required   to   pass  the  examinations  required  under  the
 2    provisions of Section 21-1a as directed by  the  Professional
 3    Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education.
 4        In  determining  good  character  under this Section, any
 5    felony  conviction  of  the  applicant  may  be  taken   into
 6    consideration,  but the conviction shall not operate as a bar
 7    to registration.
 8        The Professional Teacher Standards Board State  Board  of
 9    Education    in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
10    Certification Board shall  prescribe  rules  and  regulations
11    establishing  the  similarity of certificates in other states
12    and  the  standards  for  determining  the   equivalence   of
13    requirements.
14    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

15        (105 ILCS 5/21-11.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2)
16        Sec.   21-11.2.    Additional  certificates;  experienced
17    employed teachers.  Experienced certified  teachers  employed
18    in  Illinois  public  or  private  elementary  and  secondary
19    schools  seeking additional teaching certificates as provided
20    in Sections 21-2.1,  21-3,  21-4,  and  21-5  may  submit  an
21    application for evaluation of credentials to the Professional
22    Teacher  Standards  Board  State Teacher Certification Board.
23    Individuals obtaining a certificate by transcript  evaluation
24    shall  meet  the  minimum requirements for the certificate as
25    approved by the Professional Teacher  Standards  Board  State
26    Superintendent  of  Education  in consultation with the State
27    Teacher Certification Board.
28    (Source: P.A. 82-911.)

29        (105 ILCS 5/21-11.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3)
30        Sec. 21-11.3.  Resident teacher certificate.  A  resident
31    teacher certificate shall be valid for 2 years for employment
32    as a resident teacher in a public school.  It shall be issued
 
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 1    only   to  persons  who  have  graduated  from  a  regionally
 2    accredited institution of higher education with a  bachelor's
 3    degree, who are enrolled in a program of preparation approved
 4    by   the   Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State
 5    Superintendent  of  Education  in consultation with the State
 6    Teacher  Certification  Board,  and  who  have   passed   the
 7    appropriate  tests  as  required  in  Section  21-1a  and  as
 8    determined  by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
 9    Board of Education.  A resident teacher  certificate  may  be
10    issued  for  teaching  children through grade 3 or for grades
11    K-9, 6-12, or K-12 in a special subject area and may  not  be
12    renewed.  A  resident  teacher  may teach only in conjunction
13    with and under the direction of a certified teacher and shall
14    not teach in place of a certified teacher.
15    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

16        (105 ILCS 5/21-11.4)
17        Sec. 21-11.4.  Illinois Teacher Corps.
18        (a)  The General Assembly finds and determines  that  (i)
19    it   is   important  to  encourage  the  entry  of  qualified
20    professionals into elementary and  secondary  teaching  as  a
21    second career; and (ii) there are a number of individuals who
22    have bachelors' degrees, experience in the work force, and an
23    interest  in serving youth that creates a special talent pool
24    with great potential for  enriching  the  lives  of  Illinois
25    children  as  teachers.  To provide this talent pool with the
26    opportunity to serve children as teachers, school  districts,
27    colleges,  and  universities  are  encouraged, as part of the
28    public policy of this  State,  to  enter  into  collaborative
29    programs   to   educate   and  induct  these  non-traditional
30    candidates into the teaching profession.  To  facilitate  the
31    certification   of   such  candidates,  Professional  Teacher
32    Standards Board the State Board of Education, in consultation
33    with the State  Teacher  Certification  Board,  shall  assist
 
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 1    institutions  of  higher  education and school districts with
 2    the implementation of the Illinois Teacher Corps.
 3        (b)  Individuals who wish to become  candidates  for  the
 4    Illinois  Teacher  Corps program must earn a resident teacher
 5    certificate as defined in Section 21-11.3, including:
 6             (1)  graduation   from   a   regionally   accredited
 7        institution of higher education with a bachelor's  degree
 8        and at least a 3.00 out of a 4.00 grade point average;
 9             (2)  a minimum of 5 years of professional experience
10        in the area the candidate wishes to teach;
11             (3)  passing   the   examinations  required  by  the
12        Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of
13        Education;
14             (4)  enrollment in a  Masters  of  Education  Degree
15        program  approved  by  the Professional Teacher Standards
16        Board State Superintendent of Education  in  consultation
17        with the State Teacher Certification Board; and
18             (5)  completion of a 6 week summer intensive teacher
19        preparation  course  which  is the first component of the
20        Masters Degree program.
21        (c)  School districts may hire an Illinois Teacher  Corps
22    candidate  after  the  candidate  has  received  his  or  her
23    resident  teacher  certificate.   The school district has the
24    responsibility of ensuring that the  candidates  receive  the
25    supports   necessary   to  become  qualified,  competent  and
26    productive teachers.  To be eligible to  participate  in  the
27    Illinois Teacher Corps program, school districts must provide
28    a minimum of the following supports to the candidates:
29             (1)  a  salary  and  benefits  package as negotiated
30        through the teacher contracts;
31             (2)  a mentor certified  teacher  who  will  provide
32        guidance  to  one  or  more  candidates  under  a program
33        developed collaboratively  by  the  school  district  and
34        university;
 
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 1             (3)  at  least  quarterly  evaluations  performed of
 2        each candidate jointly by  the  mentor  teacher  and  the
 3        principal of the school or the principal's designee; and
 4             (4)  a  written  and signed document from the school
 5        district outlining the support the  district  intends  to
 6        provide   to   the   candidates,   for  approval  by  the
 7        Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board   State   Teacher
 8        Certification Board.
 9        (d)  Illinois institutions of higher education shall work
10    collaboratively  with  school  districts and the Professional
11    Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board  to
12    academically   prepare   the   candidates  for  the  teaching
13    profession.  To be eligible to participate,  the  College  or
14    School  of  Education of a participating Illinois institution
15    of higher education must develop a curriculum that  provides,
16    upon  completion,  a  Masters  Degree  in  Education  for the
17    candidates.  The Masters Degree program must:
18             (1)  receive approval from the Professional  Teacher
19        Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board; and
20             (2)  take  no  longer  than 3 summers and 2 academic
21        years  to  complete,  and  balance  the  needs  and  time
22        constraints of the candidates.
23        (e)  Upon successful completion  of  the  Masters  Degree
24    program,   the   candidate    receives  an  Initial  Teaching
25    Certificate in the State of Illinois.
26        (f)  If an individual wishes to become a candidate in the
27    Illinois Teacher Corps program, but does not possess 5  years
28    of  professional  experience,  the individual may qualify for
29    the  program  by  participating  in  a  one  year  internship
30    teacher preparation program with a school district.  The  one
31    year  internship  shall  be  developed collaboratively by the
32    school  district  and  the  Illinois  institution  of  higher
33    education, and shall be approved by the Professional  Teacher
34    Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
 
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 1        (g)  The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
 2    of   Education  is  authorized  to  award  grants  to  school
 3    districts that seek to prepare candidates  for  the  teaching
 4    profession  who have bachelors' degrees and professional work
 5    experience in subjects relevant to teaching fields,  but  who
 6    do  not  have formal preparation for teaching.  Grants may be
 7    made to school districts for up to $3,000 per candidate  when
 8    the  school district, in cooperation with a public or private
 9    university and the school district's teacher bargaining unit,
10    develop a program designed to prepare  teachers  pursuant  to
11    the Illinois Teacher Corps program under this Section.
12    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

13        (105 ILCS 5/21-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-12)
14        Sec.  21-12. Printing; Seal; Signature; Credentials.  All
15    certificates shall be printed by and bear the  signatures  of
16    the   chairperson  chairman  and  of  the  secretary  of  the
17    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State    Teacher
18    Certification   Board.    Each  certificate  shall  show  the
19    integrally printed seal of the Professional Teacher Standards
20    Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board.    All   college
21    credentials  offered  as  the basis of a certificate shall be
22    presented  to  the  secretary  of  the  Professional  Teacher
23    Standards  Board  State  Teacher  Certification   Board   for
24    inspection and approval.
25        Commencing   July   1,   1999,  each  application  for  a
26    certificate or evaluation of credentials shall be accompanied
27    by  an  evaluation  fee  of  $30   payable   to   the   State
28    Superintendent  of  Education  before July 1, 2002 and to the
29    Professional Teacher Standards Board on  and  after  July  1,
30    2002,  which is not refundable, except that no application or
31    evaluation fee shall be required  for  a  Master  Certificate
32    issued  pursuant  to  subsection  (d) of Section 21-2 of this
33    Code.  The proceeds of each $30 fee shall be  paid  into  the
 
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 1    Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund, created under Section
 2    21-1b  of  this  Code;  and  the moneys in that Fund shall be
 3    appropriated to the Professional Teacher Standards Board  and
 4    used  by  that  Board  to  provide  the  technology and other
 5    resources necessary for the timely and  efficient  processing
 6    of certification requests.
 7        When  evaluation  verifies  the  requirements for a valid
 8    certificate, the applicant shall  be  issued  an  entitlement
 9    card  that  may  be presented to a regional superintendent of
10    schools for issuance of a certificate.
11        The applicant shall be notified of any deficiencies.
12    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

13        (105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
14        Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
15        (a)  A limited four-year  certificate  or  a  certificate
16    issued  after  July  1,  1955,  shall  be  renewable  at  its
17    expiration  or  within  60  days  thereafter  by  the  county
18    superintendent of schools having supervision and control over
19    the  school  where  the  teacher  is  teaching upon certified
20    evidence of meeting the requirements for renewal as  required
21    by this Act and prescribed by the State Board of Education in
22    consultation  with  the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board
23    before July 1, 2002 and by the Professional Teacher Standards
24    Board  on  and after July 1, 2002.  An elementary supervisory
25    certificate shall not be renewed at  the  end  of  the  first
26    four-year period covered by the certificate unless the holder
27    thereof  has  filed  certified evidence with the Professional
28    Teacher Standards State Teacher Certification Board  that  he
29    has  a master's degree or that he has earned 8 semester hours
30    of credit in the  field  of  educational  administration  and
31    supervision  in  a recognized institution of higher learning.
32    The holder shall continue to earn 8 semester hours of  credit
33    each  four-year  period  until  such  time as he has earned a
 
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 1    master's degree.
 2        All certificates not  renewed  or  registered  as  herein
 3    provided  shall  lapse  after  a  period  of 5 years from the
 4    expiration  of  the  last   year   of   registration.    Such
 5    certificates  may  be  reinstated  for a one year period upon
 6    payment  of  all   accumulated   registration   fees.    Such
 7    reinstated certificates shall only be renewed: (1) by earning
 8    5  semester  hours  of  credit in a recognized institution of
 9    higher learning in the field of professional education or  in
10    courses  related to the holder's contractual teaching duties;
11    or (2) by presenting evidence  of  holding  a  valid  regular
12    certificate  of  some  other  type.   Any  certificate may be
13    voluntarily  surrendered  by  the  certificate   holder.    A
14    voluntarily  surrendered  certificate  shall  be treated as a
15    revoked certificate.
16        (b)  When  those  teaching  certificates  issued   before
17    February  15,  2000  are  renewed  for  the  first time after
18    February 15, 2000, all such teaching  certificates  shall  be
19    exchanged  for  Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in
20    subsection (c) of Section 21-2.   All  Initial  and  Standard
21    Teaching  Certificates, including those issued to persons who
22    previously held teaching certificates issued before  February
23    15,  2000,  shall be renewable under the conditions set forth
24    in this subsection (b).
25        Initial Teaching Certificates are  nonrenewable  and  are
26    valid   for   4   years   of  teaching.    Standard  Teaching
27    Certificates are renewable  every  5  years  as  provided  in
28    subsection  (c)  of  Section  21-2 and subsection (c) of this
29    Section.  For purposes of this Section, "teaching" is defined
30    as employment and performance  of  services  in  an  Illinois
31    public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
32    or  cooperative  or  joint agreement with a governing body or
33    board of control, in a certificated teaching position,  or  a
34    charter  school  operating  in  compliance  with  the Charter
 
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 1    Schools Law.
 2        (c)  In compliance with subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of
 3    this  Code,  which  provides   that   a   Standard   Teaching
 4    Certificate  may  be  renewed  by  the  Professional  Teacher
 5    Standards  Board State Teacher Certification Board based upon
 6    proof   of   continuing   professional    development,    the
 7    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
 8    and the State Teacher Certification Board shall jointly:
 9             (1)  establish  a  procedure  for  renewing Standard
10        Teaching Certificates, which shall  include  but  not  be
11        limited  to  annual timelines for the renewal process and
12        the components set forth in subsections (d)  through  (k)
13        of this Section;
14             (2)  establish   the   standards   for   certificate
15        renewal;
16             (3)  approve    the    providers    of    continuing
17        professional development activities;
18             (4)  determine  the maximum credit for each category
19        of continuing professional development activities,  based
20        upon    recommendations   submitted   by   a   continuing
21        professional development activity task force, which shall
22        consist of 6  staff  members  from  the  State  Board  of
23        Education,  appointed  by  the  State  Superintendent  of
24        Education,  and  6 teacher representatives, 3 of whom are
25        selected by the Illinois Education Association and  3  of
26        whom are selected by the Illinois Federation of Teachers;
27             (5)  designate  the type and amount of documentation
28        required to show that continuing professional development
29        activities have been completed; and
30             (6)  provide, on a  timely  basis  to  all  Illinois
31        teachers,  certificate  holders, regional superintendents
32        of schools, school districts, and others with an interest
33        in continuing professional development, information about
34        the standards and requirements  established  pursuant  to
 
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 1        this subsection (c).
 2        (d)  Any   Standard   Teaching  Certificate  held  by  an
 3    individual employed and performing services  in  an  Illinois
 4    public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
 5    or  cooperative  or  joint agreement with a governing body or
 6    board of control in a certificated  teaching  position  or  a
 7    charter  school  in  compliance  with the Charter Schools Law
 8    must be  maintained  Valid  and  Active  through  certificate
 9    renewal  activities  specified  in  the  certificate  renewal
10    procedure  established  pursuant  to  subsection  (c) of this
11    Section, provided  that  a  holder  of  a  Valid  and  Active
12    certificate  who is only employed on either a part-time basis
13    or day-to-day basis as a substitute teacher  shall  pay  only
14    the required registration fee to renew his or her certificate
15    and  maintain  it  as  Valid  and Active.  All other Standard
16    Teaching Certificates held may be  maintained  as  Valid  and
17    Exempt  through  the registration process provided for in the
18    certificate  renewal  procedure   established   pursuant   to
19    subsection   (c)   of  this  Section.   A  Valid  and  Exempt
20    certificate must be immediately activated, through procedures
21    developed jointly by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
22    State Board of Education and the State Teacher  Certification
23    Board,  upon  the  certificate  holder  becoming employed and
24    performing services in an Illinois public  or  State-operated
25    elementary  school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint
26    agreement with a governing body or  board  of  control  in  a
27    certificated  teaching position or a charter school operating
28    in compliance with the Charter Schools Law.  A  holder  of  a
29    Valid   and  Exempt  certificate  may  activate  his  or  her
30    certificate  through   procedures   provided   for   in   the
31    certificate   renewal   procedure   established  pursuant  to
32    subsection (c) of this Section.
33        (e)(1)  A Standard Teaching  Certificate  that  has  been
34    maintained  as  Valid  and  Active  for  the  5  years of the
 
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 1    certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid  and  Active
 2    upon  the  certificate  holder:  (i)  completing  at  least 8
 3    semester hours of coursework as described in subdivision  (A)
 4    of  paragraph  (3)  of  this  subsection (e); (ii) earning at
 5    least  24  continuing  education  units   as   described   in
 6    subdivision  (B)  of  paragraph  (3)  of this subsection (e);
 7    (iii) completing the National Board for Professional Teaching
 8    Standards  process  as  described  in  subdivision   (C)   of
 9    paragraph  (3)  of  this  subsection (e); or (iv) earning 120
10    continuing  professional  development   units   ("CPDU")   as
11    described  in  subdivision  (D)  of  paragraph  (3)  of  this
12    subsection   (e).    The   maximum   continuing  professional
13    development   units   for   each   continuing    professional
14    development  activity  identified in subdivisions (E) through
15    (I) of paragraph (3) of this subsection (e) shall be  jointly
16    determined  by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
17    Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board.
18    If,  however,  the  certificate  holder  has  maintained  the
19    certificate as Valid and Exempt for a portion of  the  5-year
20    period  of  validity,  the  number of continuing professional
21    development units needed to renew the  certificate  as  Valid
22    and  Active shall be proportionately reduced by the amount of
23    time the certificate was Valid and Exempt. Furthermore, if  a
24    certificate holder is employed and performs teaching services
25    on   a   part-time   basis  for  all  or  a  portion  of  the
26    certificate's  5-year  period  of  validity,  the  number  of
27    continuing professional development units needed to renew the
28    certificate as Valid and Active shall be reduced by  50%  for
29    the  amount  of time the certificate holder has been employed
30    and  performed  teaching  services  on  a  part-time   basis.
31    Part-time shall be defined as less than 50% of the school day
32    or school term.
33        (2)  Each  Valid and Active Standard Teaching Certificate
34    holder  shall  develop  a  certificate   renewal   plan   for
 
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 1    satisfying    the    continuing    professional   development
 2    requirement provided for in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of
 3    this Code.  Certificate holders  with  multiple  certificates
 4    shall  develop a certificate renewal plan that addresses only
 5    that certificate or those certificates that are  required  of
 6    his or her certificated teaching position, if the certificate
 7    holder  is  employed  and  performing services in an Illinois
 8    public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
 9    or cooperative or joint agreement with a  governing  body  or
10    board  of  control, or that certificate or those certificates
11    most closely related to his or her teaching position, if  the
12    certificate  holder  is employed in a charter school.  Except
13    as otherwise provided in this subsection (e),  a  certificate
14    renewal   plan  shall  include  a  minimum  of  3  individual
15    improvement goals developed by  the  certificate  holder  and
16    shall  reflect  purposes  (A),  (B),  and (C) and may reflect
17    purpose  (D)  of  the   following   continuing   professional
18    development purposes:
19             (A)  Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge
20        and  skills  as  a  teacher  consistent with the Illinois
21        Professional Teaching Standards and the Illinois  Content
22        Area  Standards  in  the  certificate  holder's  areas of
23        certification, endorsement,  or  teaching  assignment  in
24        order  to  keep  the  certificate holder current in those
25        areas.
26             (B)  Develop the certificate holder's knowledge  and
27        skills  in  areas  determined  to  be  critical  for  all
28        Illinois teachers, as defined by the Professional Teacher
29        Standards Board State Board of Education, known as "State
30        priorities".
31             (C)  Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the
32        certificate  holder's  local  school improvement plan, if
33        the  teacher  is  employed  in  an  Illinois  public   or
34        State-operated  elementary  school,  secondary school, or
 
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 1        cooperative or joint agreement with a governing  body  or
 2        board of control.
 3             (D)  Expand  knowledge  and  skills in an additional
 4        teaching field  or  toward  the  acquisition  of  another
 5        teaching  certificate, endorsement, or relevant education
 6        degree.
 7    A certificate renewal plan must include a description of  how
 8    these goals are to be achieved and an explanation of selected
 9    continuing   professional   development   activities   to  be
10    completed, each of  which  must  meet  one  or  more  of  the
11    continuing  professional  development  purposes  specified in
12    this  paragraph  (2).   The  plan  shall  identify  potential
13    activities  and  include  projected   timelines   for   those
14    activities that will assure completion of the plan before the
15    expiration  of  the  5-year validity of the Standard Teaching
16    Certificate.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection
17    (e), at least  50%  of  continuing  professional  development
18    units  must  relate to purposes (A) and (B) set forth in this
19    paragraph (2): the  advancement  of  a  certificate  holder's
20    knowledge  and  skills  as  a  teacher  consistent  with  the
21    Illinois  Professional  Teaching  Standards  and the Illinois
22    Content Area Standards in the certificate holder's  areas  of
23    certification,  endorsement,  or teaching assignment in order
24    to keep the certificate holder current in those areas and the
25    development of a certificate holder's knowledge and skills in
26    the State priorities that exist at the time  the  certificate
27    renewal plan is developed.
28        (3)  Continuing   professional   development   activities
29    included  in  a certificate renewal plan may include, but are
30    not limited to, the following activities:
31             (A)  at least 8 semester hours of coursework  in  an
32        approved  education-related  program, of which at least 2
33        semester hours  relate  to  the  continuing  professional
34        development purpose set forth in purpose (A) of paragraph
 
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 1        (2)  of  this  subsection  (e), provided that such a plan
 2        need  not  include  any  other  continuing   professional
 3        development  activities nor reflect or contain activities
 4        related to the other continuing professional  development
 5        purposes  set  forth  in paragraph (2) of this subsection
 6        (e);
 7             (B)  continuing education  units  that  satisfy  the
 8        continuing professional development purposes set forth in
 9        paragraph   (2)   of   this  subsection  (e),  with  each
10        continuing  education  unit  equal  to  5  clock   hours,
11        provided that a plan that includes at least 24 continuing
12        education  units  (or  120  clock/contact hours) need not
13        include any  other  continuing  professional  development
14        activities;
15             (C)  completion    of    the   National   Board   of
16        Professional  Teaching   Standards   ("NBPTS")   process,
17        provided  that  a  plan  that  includes completion of the
18        NBPTS process  need  not  include  any  other  continuing
19        professional   development   activities  nor  reflect  or
20        contain activities related to the continuing professional
21        development  purposes  set  forth  in  paragraph  (2)  of
22        subsection (e) of this Section;
23             (D)  completion  of  120   continuing   professional
24        development    units    that   satisfy   the   continuing
25        professional development purposes set forth in  paragraph
26        (2)  of  this  subsection  (e)  and  may  include without
27        limitation the activities identified in subdivisions  (E)
28        through (I) of this paragraph (3);
29             (E)  collaboration    and   partnership   activities
30        related to improving the teacher's knowledge  and  skills
31        as a teacher, including the following:
32                  (i)  participating  on  collaborative  planning
33             and professional improvement teams and committees;
34                  (ii)  peer review and coaching;
 
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 1                  (iii)  mentoring in a formal mentoring program,
 2             including    service   as   a   consulting   teacher
 3             participating in a  remediation  process  formulated
 4             under Section 24A-5 of this Code;
 5                  (iv)  participating in site-based management or
 6             decision  making teams, relevant committees, boards,
 7             or  task   forces   directly   related   to   school
 8             improvement plans;
 9                  (v)  coordinating    community   resources   in
10             schools, if the project is a specific  goal  of  the
11             school improvement plan;
12                  (vi)  facilitating  parent  education  programs
13             for a school, school district, or regional office of
14             education directly related to student achievement or
15             school improvement plans;
16                  (vii)  participating  in  business,  school, or
17             community partnerships directly related  to  student
18             achievement or school improvement plans;
19                  (viii)  supervising   a   student   teacher  or
20             teacher education candidate in clinical supervision,
21             provided that the supervision may  only  be  counted
22             once during the course of 5 years;
23             (F)  college  or  university  coursework  related to
24        improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher
25        as follows:
26                  (i)  completing   undergraduate   or   graduate
27             credit   earned   from   a   regionally   accredited
28             institution   in   coursework   relevant   to    the
29             certificate   area   being   renewed,  provided  the
30             coursework  meets  Illinois  Professional   Teaching
31             Standards  or  Illinois  Content  Area Standards and
32             supports the essential  characteristics  of  quality
33             professional development; or
34                  (ii)  teaching college or university courses in
 
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 1             areas   relevant   to  the  certificate  area  being
 2             renewed, provided that  the  teaching  may  only  be
 3             counted once during the course of 5 years;
 4             (G)  conferences,  workshops,  institutes, seminars,
 5        and  symposiums  related  to  improving   the   teacher's
 6        knowledge   and   skills  as  a  teacher,  including  the
 7        following:
 8                  (i)  completing non-university credit  directly
 9             related  to  student achievement, school improvement
10             plans, or State priorities;
11                  (ii)  participating   in   or   presenting   at
12             workshops, seminars,  conferences,  institutes,  and
13             symposiums;
14                  (iii)  training   as   external  reviewers  for
15             Quality Assurance;
16                  (iv)  training  as  reviewers   of   university
17             teacher preparation programs;
18             (H)  other   educational   experiences   related  to
19        improving  the  teacher's  knowledge  and  skills  as   a
20        teacher, including the following:
21                  (i)  participating   in   action  research  and
22             inquiry projects;
23                  (ii)  observing   programs   or   teaching   in
24             schools, related businesses,  or  industry  that  is
25             systematic,  purposeful, and relevant to certificate
26             renewal;
27                  (iii)  traveling  related  to   ones   teaching
28             assignment,  directly related to student achievement
29             or school improvement plans and approved at least 30
30             days prior to the travel experience,  provided  that
31             the traveling shall not include time spent commuting
32             to  destinations  where the learning experience will
33             occur;
34                  (iv)  participating in study groups related  to
 
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 1             student achievement or school improvement plans;
 2                  (v)  serving  on  a statewide education-related
 3             committee,  including  but  not   limited   to   the
 4             Professional  Teacher  Standards Board State Teacher
 5             Certification  Board,  State  Board   of   Education
 6             strategic   agenda  teams,  or  the  State  Advisory
 7             Council on Education of Children with Disabilities;
 8                  (vi)  participating in work/learn  programs  or
 9             internships; or
10             (I)  professional  leadership experiences related to
11        improving  the  teacher's  knowledge  and  skills  as   a
12        teacher, including the following:
13                  (i)  participating in curriculum development or
14             assessment   activities   at   the   school,  school
15             district, regional office of  education,  State,  or
16             national level;
17                  (ii)  participating   in   team  or  department
18             leadership in a school or school district;
19                  (iii)  participating on  external  or  internal
20             school or school district review teams;
21                  (iv)  publishing educational articles, columns,
22             or  books  relevant  to  the  certificate area being
23             renewed; or
24                  (v)  participating   in   non-strike    related
25             professional   association   or  labor  organization
26             service  or  activities  related   to   professional
27             development.
28        (4)  A   certificate   renewal  plan  must  initially  be
29    approved  by  the  certificate  holder's  local  professional
30    development committee, as provided for in subsection  (f)  of
31    this   Section.    If   the  local  professional  development
32    committee does not approve the certificate renewal plan,  the
33    certificate  holder  may  appeal  that  determination  to the
34    regional  professional  development  review   committee,   as
 
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 1    provided  for  in  paragraph  (2)  of  subsection (g) of this
 2    Section.  If the  regional  professional  development  review
 3    committee  disagrees  with the local professional development
 4    committee's determination, the certificate renewal plan shall
 5    be deemed approved  and  the  certificate  holder  may  begin
 6    satisfying the continuing professional development activities
 7    set   forth  in  the  plan.   If  the  regional  professional
 8    development  review   committee   agrees   with   the   local
 9    professional   development   committee's  determination,  the
10    certificate renewal plan  shall  be  deemed  disapproved  and
11    shall  be  returned  to  the  certificate holder to develop a
12    revised certificate renewal plan.  In all cases, the regional
13    professional development review committee  shall  immediately
14    notify  both the local professional development committee and
15    the certificate holder of its determination.
16        (5)  A  certificate  holder  who  wishes  to  modify  the
17    continuing professional development activities  or  goals  in
18    his  or her certificate renewal plan must submit the proposed
19    modifications to his or her  local  professional  development
20    committee  for  approval  prior  to  engaging in the proposed
21    activities.  If the local professional development  committee
22    does  not  approve the proposed modification, the certificate
23    holder  may  appeal  that  determination  to   the   regional
24    professional  development  review  committee, as set forth in
25    paragraph (4) of this subsection (e).
26        (6)  When a certificate  holder  changes  assignments  or
27    school   districts   during   the   course  of  completing  a
28    certificate renewal plan, the  professional  development  and
29    continuing education credit earned pursuant to the plan shall
30    transfer  to  the new assignment or school district and count
31    toward the total requirements.  This certificate renewal plan
32    must  be  reviewed  by  the  appropriate  local  professional
33    development committee and may  be  modified  to  reflect  the
34    certificate  holder's  new  work  assignment  or  the  school
 
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 1    improvement  plan  of  the  new  school  district  or  school
 2    building.
 3        (f)  Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this Code,
 4    each school district,  charter  school,  and  cooperative  or
 5    joint  agreement  with  a  governing body or board of control
 6    that  employs  certificated  staff,   shall   establish   and
 7    implement,  in conjunction with its exclusive representative,
 8    if  any,  one  or   more   local   professional   development
 9    committees,  as set forth in this subsection (f), which shall
10    perform the following functions:
11             (1)  review and approve  certificate  renewal  plans
12        and  any  modifications  made  to  these plans, including
13        transferred plans;
14             (2)  maintain a file of approved certificate renewal
15        plans;
16             (3)  monitor  certificate   holders'   progress   in
17        completing approved certificate renewal plans;
18             (4)  assist   in  the  development  of  professional
19        development  plans  based  upon   needs   identified   in
20        certificate renewal plans;
21             (5)  determine  whether certificate holders have met
22        the requirements of their certificate renewal  plans  and
23        notify certificate holders of its determination;
24             (6)  provide   a   certificate   holder   with   the
25        opportunity   to   address  the  committee  when  it  has
26        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
29        or nonrenewal of certificate holders'  Standard  Teaching
30        Certificates  to  the appropriate regional superintendent
31        of schools, based upon whether certificate  holders  have
32        met   the  requirements  of  their  approved  certificate
33        renewal  plans,  with  30-day  written  notice   of   its
34        recommendation  provided  to the certificate holder prior
 
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 1        to  forwarding  the  recommendation   to   the   regional
 2        superintendent  of  schools,  provided  that if the local
 3        professional development  committee's  recommendation  is
 4        for  certificate  nonrenewal, the written notice provided
 5        to the certificate holder shall include a return receipt;
 6        and
 7             (8)  reconsider its  recommendation  of  certificate
 8        nonrenewal, upon request of the certificate holder within
 9        30 days of receipt of written notification that the local
10        professional  development  committee  will  make  such  a
11        recommendation,    and    forward    to    the   regional
12        superintendent of schools its  recommendation  within  30
13        days of receipt of the certificate holder's request.
14        Each   local  professional  development  committee  shall
15    consist of at least 3 classroom teachers; one  superintendent
16    or  chief  administrator  of  the  school  district,  charter
17    school,  or  cooperative  or  joint  agreement  or his or her
18    designee; and one at-large member who shall be either  (i)  a
19    parent,  (ii)  a  member  of  the business community, (iii) a
20    community member, or (iv) an administrator,  with  preference
21    given to an individual chosen from among those persons listed
22    in   items   (i),   (ii),   and  (iii)  in  order  to  secure
23    representation of an interest not already represented on  the
24    committee.   If  mutually agreed upon by the school district,
25    charter school, or governing body or board of  control  of  a
26    cooperative    or   joint   agreement   and   its   exclusive
27    representative, if any, additional members may be added to  a
28    local  professional  development  committee,  provided that a
29    majority of  members  are  classroom  teachers.   The  school
30    district,  charter  school,  or  governing  body  or board of
31    control of a cooperative or joint agreement and its exclusive
32    representative, if any, shall determine the term  of  service
33    of the members of a local professional development committee.
34    All  individuals  selected  to  serve  on  local professional
 
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 1    development committees must be known to demonstrate the  best
 2    practices in teaching or their respective field of practice.
 3        The  exclusive  representative,  if any, shall select the
 4    classroom  teacher  members   of   the   local   professional
 5    development   committee.    If  no  exclusive  representative
 6    exists,  then  the  classroom  teacher  members  of  a  local
 7    professional development committee shall be selected  by  the
 8    classroom  teachers  that  come within the local professional
 9    development  committee's  authority.   The  school  district,
10    charter school, or governing body or board of  control  of  a
11    cooperative   or   joint   agreement   shall   select  the  2
12    non-classroom teacher members (the  superintendent  or  chief
13    administrator  of  the  school  district,  charter school, or
14    cooperative or joint agreement or his or her designee and the
15    at-large  member)  of  a   local   professional   development
16    committee.   Vacancies  in  positions on a local professional
17    development committee shall be filled in the same  manner  as
18    the original selections.  The members of a local professional
19    development  committee  shall  select  a  chairperson.  Local
20    professional  development   committee   meetings   shall   be
21    scheduled  so  as  not  to  interfere with committee members'
22    regularly scheduled teaching duties,  except  when  otherwise
23    permitted  by the policies of or agreed to or approved by the
24    school district, charter school, or governing body  or  board
25    of  control  of  a  cooperative  or  joint  agreement, or its
26    designee.
27        The board of education or governing board  shall  convene
28    the  first  meeting  of  the  local  professional development
29    committee.  All  actions  taken  by  the  local  professional
30    development  committee  shall  require  that  a  majority  of
31    committee  members be present, and no committee action may be
32    taken unless  50%  or  more  of  those  present  are  teacher
33    members.
34        The  Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Board of
 
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 1    Education and the State  Teacher  Certification  Board  shall
 2    jointly  provide  local  professional  development  committee
 3    members with a training manual, and the members shall certify
 4    that they have received and read the manual.
 5        Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this subsection
 6    (f), for a teacher employed  and  performing  services  in  a
 7    nonpublic  or  State-operated elementary or secondary school,
 8    all references to a local professional development  committee
 9    shall  mean  the  regional  superintendent  of schools of the
10    regional office of education for the  geographic  area  where
11    the teaching is done.
12        (g)(1)  Each  regional  superintendent  of  schools shall
13    review and concur or nonconcur with each  recommendation  for
14    renewal  or  nonrenewal of a Standard Teaching Certificate he
15    or  she  receives  from  a  local  professional   development
16    committee   or,   if   a   certificate   holder  appeals  the
17    recommendation  to  the  regional  professional   development
18    review   committee,   the   recommendation   for  renewal  or
19    nonrenewal he or she receives from  a  regional  professional
20    development  review  committee and, within 14 days of receipt
21    of the recommendation, shall provide the Professional Teacher
22    Standards  Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board   with
23    verification of the following, if applicable:
24             (A)  a   certificate  renewal  plan  was  filed  and
25        approved   by   the   appropriate   local    professional
26        development committee;
27             (B)  the  professional  development  and  continuing
28        education   activities   set   forth   in   the  approved
29        certificate  renewal  plan   have   been   satisfactorily
30        completed;
31             (C)  the  local  professional  development committee
32        has recommended the renewal of the  certificate  holder's
33        Standard   Teaching   Certificate   and   forwarded   the
34        recommendation,  along  with all supporting documentation
 
                            -81-               LRB9204494NTsb
 1        as jointly required by the Professional Teacher Standards
 2        Board State Board of  Education  and  the  State  Teacher
 3        Certification  Board,  to  the regional superintendent of
 4        schools;
 5             (D)  the certificate holder has appealed his or  her
 6        local professional development committee's recommendation
 7        of  nonrenewal  to  the regional professional development
 8        review committee and the result of that appeal;
 9             (E)  the  regional  superintendent  of  schools  has
10        concurred or nonconcurred  with  the  local  professional
11        development    committee's   or   regional   professional
12        development review committee's recommendation to renew or
13        nonrenew  the  certificate  holder's  Standard   Teaching
14        Certificate and made a recommendation to that effect; and
15             (F)  the   established   registration  fee  for  the
16        Standard Teaching Certificate has been paid.
17    At the same  time  the  regional  superintendent  of  schools
18    provides  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State
19    Teacher  Certification Board with the notice required by this
20    subsection (g), he or she shall also notify  the  certificate
21    holder  in  writing that this notice has been provided to the
22    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State    Teacher
23    Certification  Board, provided that if the notice provided by
24    the regional superintendent of schools  to  the  Professional
25    Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Teacher Certification Board
26    includes a  recommendation  of  certificate  nonrenewal,  the
27    written notice provided to the certificate holder shall be by
28    certified mail, return receipt requested.
29        (2)  Each  certificate  holder  shall  have  the right to
30    appeal his or her local professional development  committee's
31    recommendation  of  nonrenewal  to  the regional professional
32    development review committee, within 14 days  of  receipt  of
33    notice  that the recommendation has been sent to the regional
34    superintendent of schools.  Each regional  superintendent  of
 
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 1    schools  shall  establish a regional professional development
 2    review committee or committees for the  purpose  of  advising
 3    the  regional  superintendent  of  schools, upon request, and
 4    handling certificate holder appeals.   This  committee  shall
 5    consist    of    at   least   4   classroom   teachers,   one
 6    non-administrative  certificated  educational   employee,   2
 7    administrators,  and  one at-large member who shall be either
 8    (i) a parent, (ii) a member of the business community,  (iii)
 9    a community member, or (iv) an administrator, with preference
10    given to an individual chosen from among those persons listed
11    in   items   (i),   (ii),   and  (iii)  in  order  to  secure
12    representation of an interest not already represented on  the
13    committee.   The  teacher and non-administrative certificated
14    educational employee members of the review committee shall be
15    selected by their exclusive representative, if any,  and  the
16    administrators  and  at-large member shall be selected by the
17    regional   superintendent    of    schools.     A    regional
18    superintendent  of  schools may add additional members to the
19    committee, provided that the same proportion of  teachers  to
20    administrators  and  at-large  members  on  the  committee is
21    maintained.  Any additional  teacher  and  non-administrative
22    certificated  educational  employee members shall be selected
23    by their exclusive  representative,  if  any.   Vacancies  in
24    positions  on  a  regional  professional  development  review
25    committee  shall be filled in the same manner as the original
26    selections.  Committee members shall serve  staggered  3-year
27    terms.    All  individuals  selected  to  serve  on  regional
28    professional development review committees must be  known  to
29    demonstrate   the   best   practices  in  teaching  or  their
30    respective field of practice.
31        The exclusive representative responsible for choosing the
32    individuals that serve on a regional professional development
33    review committee shall notify each school  district,  charter
34    school,   or   governing  body  or  board  of  control  of  a
 
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 1    cooperative or  joint  agreement  employing  the  individuals
 2    chosen  to  serve  and provide their names to the appropriate
 3    regional superintendent of  schools.   Regional  professional
 4    development  review  committee meetings shall be scheduled so
 5    as not to interfere with  the  committee  members'  regularly
 6    scheduled teaching duties, except when otherwise permitted by
 7    the  policies  of  or  agreed  to  or  approved by the school
 8    district, charter school,  or  governing  body  or  board  of
 9    control of a cooperative or joint agreement, or its designee,
10    provided   that  the  school  district,  charter  school,  or
11    governing body or board of  control  shall  not  unreasonably
12    withhold permission for a committee member to attend regional
13    professional development review committee meetings.
14        In a city having a population exceeding 500,000 that does
15    not have a regional office of education, one or more separate
16    regional  professional development review committees shall be
17    established as mutually agreed upon by the board of education
18    of the school district organized under  Article  34  of  this
19    Code  and  the  exclusive representative.  The composition of
20    each  committee  shall  be  the  same  as  for   a   regional
21    professional   development   review  committee,  except  that
22    members of the committee shall be jointly  appointed  by  the
23    board  of  education  and  the  exclusive representative. All
24    other  provisions  of  this   Section   concerning   regional
25    professional  development  review  committees  shall apply to
26    these committees.
27        The regional professional  development  review  committee
28    may  require  information in addition to that received from a
29    certificate holder's local professional development committee
30    or request that the  certificate  holder  appear  before  it,
31    shall  either  concur  or nonconcur with a local professional
32    development committee's  recommendation  of  nonrenewal,  and
33    shall  forward  to the regional superintendent of schools its
34    recommendation of renewal or nonrenewal.  All  actions  taken
 
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 1    by  the  regional  professional  development review committee
 2    shall require a quorum and be by a simple majority  of  those
 3    present  and  voting.    A  record  of  all  votes  shall  be
 4    maintained.  The committee shall have 45 days from receipt of
 5    a  certificate  holder's appeal to make its recommendation to
 6    the regional superintendent of schools.
 7        The Professional Teacher Standards Board State  Board  of
 8    Education  and  the  State  Teacher Certification Board shall
 9    jointly  provide  regional  professional  development  review
10    committee members with a training  manual,  and  the  members
11    shall  be  required  to attend one training seminar sponsored
12    jointly by the Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State
13    Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board.
14        (h)(1)  The  Professional  Teacher  Standards Board State
15    Teacher  Certification  Board  shall  review   the   regional
16    superintendent   of  schools'  recommendations  to  renew  or
17    nonrenew   Standard   Teaching   Certificates   and    notify
18    certificate  holders  in  writing  whether their certificates
19    have been renewed or nonrenewed within 90 days of receipt  of
20    the recommendations, unless a certificate holder has appealed
21    a  regional  superintendent  of  schools'  recommendation  of
22    nonrenewal,  as  provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection
23    (h).  The Professional Teacher Standards Board State  Teacher
24    Certification  Board shall verify that the certificate holder
25    has met the renewal criteria set forth in  paragraph  (1)  of
26    subsection (g) of this Section.
27        (2)  Each  certificate  holder  shall  have  the right to
28    appeal a regional superintendent of  school's  recommendation
29    to  nonrenew  his or her Standard Teaching Certificate to the
30    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State    Teacher
31    Certification Board, within 14 days of receipt of notice that
32    the  decision  has  been  sent  to  the  Professional Teacher
33    Standards Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board,  which
34    shall hold an appeal hearing within 60 days of receipt of the
 
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 1    appeal.   When  such  an  appeal  is  taken,  the certificate
 2    holder's Standard Teaching Certificate shall continue  to  be
 3    valid   until   the   appeal   is  finally  determined.   The
 4    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State    Teacher
 5    Certification  Board shall review the regional superintendent
 6    of  school's  recommendation,   the   regional   professional
 7    development  review  committee's  recommendation, if any, and
 8    the local professional development committee's recommendation
 9    and  all  relevant  documentation  to  verify   whether   the
10    certificate  holder has met the renewal criteria set forth in
11    paragraph  (1)  of  subsection  (g)  of  this  Section.   The
12    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State    Teacher
13    Certification  Board  may request that the certificate holder
14    appear before it.  All  actions  taken  by  the  Professional
15    Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Teacher Certification Board
16    shall require a quorum and be by a simple majority  of  those
17    present  and  voting.    A  record  of  all  votes  shall  be
18    maintained.   The  Professional Teacher Standards Board State
19    Teacher Certification  Board  shall  notify  the  certificate
20    holder  in  writing,  within 7 days of completing the review,
21    whether his or her Standard  Teaching  Certificate  has  been
22    renewed  or  nonrenewed,  provided  that  if the Professional
23    Teacher Standards Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board
24    determines  to  nonrenew  a  certificate,  the written notice
25    provided to the certificate  holder  shall  be  by  certified
26    mail,  return  receipt requested.  All certificate renewal or
27    nonrenewal decisions of the  Professional  Teacher  Standards
28    Board State Teacher Certification Board are final and subject
29    to  administrative  review,  as set forth in Section 21-24 of
30    this Code.
31        (i)  Holders of Master Teaching Certificates  shall  meet
32    the  same  requirements  and  follow  the  same procedures as
33    holders of Standard Teaching Certificates, except that  their
34    renewal  cycle  shall  be  as  set forth in subsection (d) of
 
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 1    Section 21-2 of this Code.
 2        (j)  Holders of Valid  and  Exempt  Standard  and  Master
 3    Teaching  Certificates  who  are  not employed and performing
 4    services in an Illinois public or  State-operated  elementary
 5    school,  secondary  school, or cooperative or joint agreement
 6    with a governing body or board of control, in a  certificated
 7    teaching    position,    may   voluntarily   activate   their
 8    certificates  by  developing  and  submitting  a  certificate
 9    renewal plan to the regional superintendent of schools of the
10    regional office of education for the  geographic  area  where
11    their teaching is done, who, or whose designee, shall approve
12    the   plan  and  serve  as  the  certificate  holder's  local
13    professional  development   committee.    These   certificate
14    holders shall follow the same renewal criteria and procedures
15    as   all  other  Standard  and  Master  Teaching  Certificate
16    holders,   except   that   their   continuing    professional
17    development plans shall not be required to reflect or address
18    the   knowledge,   skills,   and  goals  of  a  local  school
19    improvement plan.
20        (k)  Each school district, charter school, or cooperative
21    or joint agreement shall be paid an annual amount of not less
22    than $1,000, as determined by a formula based on  the  number
23    of Standard Teaching and Master Teaching Certificate holders,
24    subject  to  renewal  and  established by rule, not to exceed
25    $1,000,000  annually  for  all  school   districts,   charter
26    schools,   and   cooperatives   or   joint   agreements,  for
27    administrative costs associated with conducting the  meetings
28    of   the  local  professional  development  committee.   Each
29    regional office of education shall receive $2,000 annually to
30    pay school districts, charter  schools,  or  cooperatives  or
31    joint  agreements  for costs, as defined by rule, incurred in
32    staff attendance at regional professional development  review
33    committee  meetings  and  the training seminar required under
34    paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of this Section.
 
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 1        (l)  The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
 2    of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board  shall
 3    jointly  contract  with  an  independent  party  to conduct a
 4    comprehensive evaluation of the  certificate  renewal  system
 5    pursuant   to   this  Section.   The  first  report  of  this
 6    evaluation shall be presented  to  the  General  Assembly  on
 7    January  1,  2005  and  on  January  1  of  every  third year
 8    thereafter.
 9    (Source: P.A. 90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-653,  eff.  7-29-98;
10    90-811, eff. 1-26-99; 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

11        (105 ILCS 5/21-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-16)
12        Sec. 21-16. Fees;  Requirement for registration.
13        (a)  Until February 15, 2000, every applicant when issued
14    a  certificate  shall  pay  to the regional superintendent of
15    schools a fee of $1, which shall be paid into  the  institute
16    fund.  Every  certificate issued under the provisions of this
17    Act shall be registered annually or, at  the  option  of  the
18    holder  of  the certificate, once every 3 years. The regional
19    superintendent of schools having supervision and control over
20    the school where the teaching  is  done  shall  register  the
21    certificate  before  the holder begins to teach, otherwise it
22    shall be registered in any county in the State  of  Illinois;
23    and one fee of $4 per year for registration or renewal of one
24    or  more  certificates  which  have  been  issued to the same
25    holder shall be paid into the institute fund.
26        Until February 15, 2000, requirements for registration of
27    any certificate limited in time  shall  include  evidence  of
28    professional growth defined as successful teaching experience
29    since   last   registration  of  certificate,  attendance  at
30    professional    meetings,    membership    in    professional
31    organizations,  additional  credits  earned   in   recognized
32    teacher-training   institutions,   travel   specifically  for
33    educational experience, reading  of  professional  books  and
 
                            -88-               LRB9204494NTsb
 1    periodicals,  filing  all reports as required by the regional
 2    superintendent of schools and  the  State  Superintendent  of
 3    Education   or   such   other   professional   experience  or
 4    combination of experiences as are presented  by  the  teacher
 5    and  are approved by the State Superintendent of Education in
 6    consultation with the State Teacher  Certification  Board.  A
 7    duplicate  certificate may be issued to the holder of a valid
 8    life certificate or valid certificate limited in time by  the
 9    State  Superintendent of Education; however, it shall only be
10    issued upon request of a regional superintendent  of  schools
11    and  upon  payment  to the regional superintendent of schools
12    who requests such duplicate a fee of $4.
13        (b)  Beginning February 15, 2000,  all  persons  who  are
14    issued  Standard Teaching Certificates pursuant clause (2) of
15    subsection (c) of Section 21-2  and  all  persons  who  renew
16    Standard  Teaching  Certificates  shall  pay  a  $25  fee for
17    registration of all certificates held.  All persons  who  are
18    issued  Standard  Teaching  Certificates  under clause (1) of
19    subsection (c) of Section 21-2 and all other  applicants  for
20    Standard   Teaching   Certificates   shall  pay  an  original
21    application fee, pursuant to Section 21-12, and a $25 fee for
22    registration of all certificates  held.   These  certificates
23    shall  be registered and the registration fee paid once every
24    5  years.   Standard  Teaching  Certificate  applicants   and
25    holders  shall  not be required to pay any other registration
26    fees for issuance or renewal of their certificates, except as
27    provided in Section 21-17 of this Code.   Beginning  February
28    15,  2000,  Master  Teaching Certificates shall be issued and
29    renewed upon payment by the applicant or  certificate  holder
30    of  a  $50  fee  for  registration  of all certificates held.
31    These certificates shall be registered and the fee paid  once
32    every  10  years.  Master Teaching Certificate applicants and
33    holders shall not be required to pay any other application or
34    registration  fees  for  issuance   or   renewal   of   their
 
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 1    certificates,  except  as  provided  in Section 21-17 of this
 2    Code.  All other certificates issued under the provisions  of
 3    this  Code shall be registered for the validity period of the
 4    certificate at the rate of $5 per year for the  total  number
 5    of  years for which the certificate is valid for registration
 6    of all certificates held, or for a maximum  of  5  years  for
 7    life  certificates.   The  regional superintendent of schools
 8    having supervision and control  over  the  school  where  the
 9    teaching  is  done  shall register the certificate before the
10    holder begins to teach, otherwise it shall be  registered  in
11    any  county  in  the State of Illinois. Each holder shall pay
12    the   appropriate   registration   fee   to   the    regional
13    superintendent  of  schools.   The regional superintendent of
14    schools  shall  deposit  the  registration  fees   into   the
15    institute  fund.   Any certificate holder who teaches in more
16    than  one  educational  service  region  shall  register  the
17    certificate or certificates in all regions where the teaching
18    is done, but shall be required to pay  one  registration  fee
19    for  all  certificates held, provided holders of certificates
20    issued pursuant  to  Section  21-9  of  this  Code  shall  be
21    required  to  pay  one  registration fee, in each educational
22    service  region  in  which  his   or   her   certificate   or
23    certificates are registered, for all certificates held.
24        A  duplicate certificate may be issued to the holder of a
25    valid life certificate or valid certificate limited  in  time
26    by   the   Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State
27    Superintendent of Education; however, it shall only be issued
28    upon request of a regional superintendent of schools and upon
29    payment   to  the  regional  superintendent  of  schools  who
30    requests the duplicate a fee of $4, which shall be  deposited
31    into the institute fund.
32    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

33        (105 ILCS 5/21-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-17)
 
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 1        Sec.  21-17.  Fee and duplicate certificate.  A duplicate
 2    certificate shall  be  issued  by  the  Professional  Teacher
 3    Standards   Board  State  Superintendent  of  Education  when
 4    requested  by  the  regional  superintendent  of  schools  as
 5    provided in  Section  21-16.  The  request  for  a  duplicate
 6    certificate  shall be accompanied by a fee of $4, which shall
 7    be deposited into the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund.
 8    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

 9        (105 ILCS 5/21-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-19)
10        Sec. 21-19. Annual  report  by  certificate  holder.  The
11    holder  of  any  certificate,  shall  annually within 30 days
12    after assuming the duties of any teaching position report  to
13    the  regional  superintendent  having supervision and control
14    over the school where the  teacher  is  employed  information
15    relative  to  training,  experience,  salary  and  other data
16    required by the Professional Teacher  Standards  Board  State
17    Board  of  Education.  The  reports shall be collected in the
18    office of the regional  superintendent  and  filed  with  the
19    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State  Board  of
20    Education.
21    (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)

22        (105 ILCS 5/21-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-21)
23        Sec.  21-21.   Definitions;  granting   of   recognition;
24    regional accreditation.
25        (a)  "Recognized",  as used in this Article in connection
26    with the word "school" or "institution", means  such  school,
27    college, university, private junior college, public community
28    college  or special or technical school as maintains a course
29    of study, a standard of scholarship  and  other  requirements
30    set  by  the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
31    of  Education  in  consultation  with   the   State   Teacher
32    Certification  Board.  Application  for  recognition  of such
 
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 1    school or institution  as  a  teacher  education  institution
 2    shall  be  made  to  the Professional Teacher Standards Board
 3    State Board of Education. The Professional Teacher  Standards
 4    Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
 5    Teacher  Certification  Board shall set the criteria by which
 6    the school or institution shall be  judged  and  through  the
 7    Secretary  of  that  the  Board shall arrange for an official
 8    inspection and shall grant  recognition  of  such  school  or
 9    institution  as  may  meet  the  required standards.  If such
10    standards include requirements with regard  to  education  in
11    acquiring  skills  in  working  with  culturally  distinctive
12    students,  as  defined  by the Professional Teacher Standards
13    Board State  Board  of  Education,  then  the  rules  of  the
14    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
15    shall  include  the criteria used to evaluate compliance with
16    this  requirement.  No  school  or  institution  shall   make
17    assignments  of  student  teachers  or  teachers for practice
18    teaching so as to promote segregation on the basis  of  race,
19    creed, color, religion, sex or national origin.
20        All recommendations for initial or standard certification
21    shall  be  made  by a recognized teacher training institution
22    operating  a  program  of  preparation  for  the  certificate
23    approved by the Professional Teacher  Standards  Board  State
24    Superintendent  of  Education  in consultation with the State
25    Teacher  Certification  Board.   The   Professional   Teacher
26    Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
27    the State Teacher Certification Board shall have the power to
28    define  a major or minor when used as a basis for recognition
29    and certification purposes.
30        (b)  "Regionally accredited" or "accredited" as  used  in
31    this  Article  in connection with a university or institution
32    shall mean an institution of higher education  accredited  by
33    the  North  Central  Association or other comparable regional
34    accrediting association.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

 2        (105 ILCS 5/21-21.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-21.1)
 3        Sec.   21-21.1.     Denial    of    recommendation    for
 4    certification.    Each  college  or  university  providing  a
 5    teacher education program approved and recognized pursuant to
 6    the provisions of this Article shall establish procedures and
 7    standards to assure that no student is denied the opportunity
 8    to receive the institutional recommendation for certification
 9    for reasons which are not directly related to the candidate's
10    anticipated performance as  a  certificated  employee.   Such
11    standards  and procedures shall include the specific criteria
12    used  by  the  institution  for  admission,  retention,   and
13    recommendation for certification, periodic evaluations of the
14    candidate's  progress toward an institutional recommendation,
15    counseling and  other  supportive  services  to  correct  any
16    deficiencies which are considered remedial, and provisions to
17    assure  that  no person is discriminated against on the basis
18    of race, color, national origin or a disability unrelated  to
19    the  person's  ability to perform as a certificated employee.
20    Each institution shall also establish a  grievance  procedure
21    for   those  candidates  who  are  denied  the  institutional
22    recommendation  for  certification.   Within   10   days   of
23    notification  of such denial, the college or university shall
24    notify the candidate, in writing,  of  the  reasons  for  the
25    denial  of  recommendation for certification.  Within 30 days
26    of notification of the denial, the candidate may request  the
27    college  or  university  to  review the denial.  If, after an
28    additional 30 days to complete such review, the candidate  is
29    denied  recommendation  for  certification, the candidate may
30    appeal to the  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State
31    Teacher  Certification  Board  within 10 days of notification
32    for a review of the institution's  decision.   The  candidate
33    shall  have  the  right  to be present at any such review, to
 
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 1    present evidence, and to be  represented  by  counsel.   Upon
 2    such  review  the  Professional Teacher Standards Board State
 3    Teacher Certification Board shall take recommend  appropriate
 4    action  to  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education.   Each
 5    institution's   standards   and   procedures,  including  the
 6    criteria for  admission,  retention,  and  the  institutional
 7    recommendation   for  certification,  and  the  institution's
 8    grievance procedures, shall be subject  to  approval  by  the
 9    Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
10    Education   in   consultation   with   the   State    Teacher
11    Certification  Board.   Each  applicant  to the institution's
12    teacher education program shall be provided with  a  copy  of
13    the procedures established pursuant to this Section.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)

15        (105 ILCS 5/21-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23)
16        Sec. 21-23.  Suspension or revocation of certificate.
17        (a)  Any  certificate  issued  pursuant  to this Article,
18    including but not limited to any  administrative  certificate
19    or  endorsement,  may be suspended for a period not to exceed
20    one calendar year by the regional  superintendent  or  for  a
21    period   not   to  exceed  5  calendar  years  by  the  State
22    Superintendent of Education upon evidence  of  immorality,  a
23    condition  of  health  detrimental  to the welfare of pupils,
24    incompetency, unprofessional  conduct,  the  neglect  of  any
25    professional  duty,  willful failure to report an instance of
26    suspected child abuse or neglect as required  by  the  Abused
27    and  Neglected  Child  Reporting  Act,  failure  to establish
28    satisfactory repayment on an educational loan  guaranteed  by
29    the  Illinois  Student  Assistance  Commission, or other just
30    cause.   Unprofessional  conduct  shall  include  refusal  to
31    attend or participate  in,  institutes,  teachers'  meetings,
32    professional   readings,   or   to   meet   other  reasonable
33    requirements  of  the  regional   superintendent   or   State
 
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 1    Superintendent  of  Education.   Unprofessional  conduct also
 2    includes conduct that  violates  the  standards,  ethics,  or
 3    rules applicable to the security, administration, monitoring,
 4    or   scoring  of,  or  the  reporting  of  scores  from,  any
 5    assessment test or the Prairie State Achievement  Examination
 6    administered  under  Section  2-3.64  or  that  is  known  or
 7    intended  to  produce  or  report  manipulated or artificial,
 8    rather than actual,  assessment  or  achievement  results  or
 9    gains from the administration of those tests or examinations.
10    It  shall also include neglect or unnecessary delay in making
11    of statistical and other reports required by school officers.
12    The  regional  superintendent  or  State  Superintendent   of
13    Education  shall  upon  receipt  of evidence of immorality, a
14    condition of health detrimental to  the  welfare  of  pupils,
15    incompetency,  unprofessional  conduct,  the  neglect  of any
16    professional duty or other just cause serve written notice to
17    the individual and afford the individual  opportunity  for  a
18    hearing  prior  to  suspension.   If  a  hearing is requested
19    within 10 days of notice of opportunity for hearing it  shall
20    act  as  a  stay  of  proceedings  not to exceed 30 days.  No
21    certificate shall be  suspended  until  the  teacher  has  an
22    opportunity  for a hearing at the educational service region.
23    When a certificate is suspended, the right  of  appeal  shall
24    lie to the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
25    Certification  Board.  When an appeal is taken within 10 days
26    after notice  of  suspension  it  shall  act  as  a  stay  of
27    proceedings  not  to  exceed  60  days.   If a certificate is
28    suspended for a period  greater  than  one  year,  the  State
29    Superintendent of Education shall review the suspension prior
30    to  the  expiration  of  that period to determine whether the
31    cause for the suspension has been remedied  or  continues  to
32    exist.   Upon  determining  that the cause for suspension has
33    not abated, the State Superintendent of Education  may  order
34    that  the  suspension be continued for an appropriate period.
 
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 1    Nothing in this Section prohibits the continuance of  such  a
 2    suspension   for   an   indefinite   period   if   the  State
 3    Superintendent determines that the cause for  the  suspension
 4    remains  unabated.   Any  certificate  may be revoked for the
 5    same reasons as for suspension by the State Superintendent of
 6    Education. No certificate shall be revoked until the  teacher
 7    has  an  opportunity  for  a  hearing before the Professional
 8    Teacher Standards Board State  Teacher  Certification  Board,
 9    which  hearing  must be held within 60 days from the date the
10    appeal is taken.
11        The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board  may
12    refuse  to issue or may suspend the certificate of any person
13    who fails to file a return, or to pay  the  tax,  penalty  or
14    interest  shown  in  a  filed  return,  or  to  pay any final
15    assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as  required  by  any
16    tax  Act  administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue,
17    until such time as the requirements of any such tax  Act  are
18    satisfied.
19        (b)  Any  certificate issued pursuant to this Article may
20    be suspended for an appropriate length of time as  determined
21    by either the regional superintendent or State Superintendent
22    of Education upon evidence that the holder of the certificate
23    has  been named as a perpetrator in an indicated report filed
24    pursuant to the Abused and  Neglected  Child  Reporting  Act,
25    approved  June  26, 1975, as amended, and upon proof by clear
26    and convincing evidence that the licensee has caused a  child
27    to  be  an abused child or neglected child as defined in that
28    the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
29        The regional superintendent or  State  Superintendent  of
30    Education   shall,   upon   receipt   of  evidence  that  the
31    certificate holder  has  been  named  a  perpetrator  in  any
32    indicated  report, serve written notice to the individual and
33    afford the individual opportunity  for  a  hearing  prior  to
34    suspension.    If  a  hearing  is requested within 10 days of
 
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 1    notice of opportunity for hearing, it shall act as a stay  of
 2    proceedings  not  to exceed 30 days.  No certificate shall be
 3    suspended until the teacher has an opportunity for a  hearing
 4    at  the  educational  service  region.  When a certificate is
 5    suspended, the right of appeal shall lie to the  Professional
 6    Teacher  Standards  Board  State Teacher Certification Board.
 7    When an appeal is  taken  within  10  days  after  notice  of
 8    suspension  it  shall  act  as  a  stay of proceedings not to
 9    exceed 60 days.  The  State  Superintendent  may  revoke  any
10    certificate  upon  proof  at  hearing by clear and convincing
11    evidence that the certificate holder has caused a child to be
12    an abused child or neglected child as defined in  the  Abused
13    and  Neglected  Child Reporting Act.  No certificate shall be
14    revoked until the teacher has an opportunity  for  a  hearing
15    before the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
16    Certification  Board,  which  hearing  must be held within 60
17    days from the date the appeal is taken.
18        (c)  The State Superintendent of Education  or  a  person
19    designated by him shall have the power to administer oaths to
20    witnesses  at  any  hearing conducted before the Professional
21    Teacher Standards Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board
22    pursuant  to  this  Section.   The  State  Superintendent  of
23    Education  or  a  person  designated  by him is authorized to
24    subpoena and bring before the Professional Teacher  Standards
25    Board  State  Teacher  Certification Board any person in this
26    State and to take testimony either orally or by deposition or
27    by exhibit, with the same fees and mileage and  in  the  same
28    manner  as  prescribed  by law in judicial proceedings in the
29    civil cases in circuit courts of this State.
30        Any circuit court, upon  the  application  of  the  State
31    Superintendent  of  Education,  may,  by  order duly entered,
32    require the attendance of witnesses  and  the  production  of
33    relevant   books   and   papers  at  any  hearing  the  State
34    Superintendent of Education is authorized to conduct pursuant
 
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 1    to this Section, and the court may compel  obedience  to  its
 2    orders by proceedings for contempt.
 3        (d)  As  used in this Section, "teacher" means any school
 4    district employee regularly  required  to  be  certified,  as
 5    provided  in  this Article, in order to teach or supervise in
 6    the public schools.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)

 8        (105 ILCS 5/21-23b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23b)
 9        Sec. 21-23b.  Conviction of felony.
10        (a)  Whenever the holder of any certificate issued  under
11    this  Article  is  employed by the school board of any school
12    district, including a  special  charter  district  or  school
13    district organized under Article 34, and is convicted, either
14    after a bench trial, trial by jury, or plea of guilty, of any
15    offense   for  which  a  sentence  to  death  or  a  term  of
16    imprisonment in a  penitentiary  for  one  year  or  more  is
17    provided,   the   school  board  shall  promptly  notify  the
18    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
19    in writing of the name of the certificate holder, the fact of
20    the conviction, and the name and location  of  the  court  in
21    which the conviction occurred.
22        (b)  Whenever  the  Professional  Teacher Standards Board
23    State Board of Education  receives  notice  of  a  conviction
24    under  subsection (a) or otherwise learns that any person who
25    is a "teacher" as that term is defined in Section  16-106  of
26    the  Illinois Pension Code has been convicted, either after a
27    bench trial, trial by jury, or plea of guilty, of any offense
28    for which a sentence to death or a term of imprisonment in  a
29    penitentiary   for   one   year  or  more  is  provided,  the
30    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
31    shall promptly notify in writing the board of trustees of the
32    Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, and the
33    board of trustees of the Public School Teachers' Pension  and
 
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 1    Retirement  Fund  of the City of Chicago, and the State Board
 2    of Education  of  the  name  of  the  certificate  holder  or
 3    teacher, the fact of the conviction, the name and location of
 4    the  court  in  which the conviction occurred, and the number
 5    assigned in that court to the case in  which  the  conviction
 6    occurred.
 7    (Source: P.A. 87-1001.)

 8        (105 ILCS 5/21-24) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-24)
 9        Sec. 21-24.  Administrative Review Law. The provisions of
10    the   Administrative  Review  Law,  and  all  amendments  and
11    modifications thereof and the rules adopted pursuant thereto,
12    shall apply to and govern all proceedings instituted for  the
13    judicial  review  of  final  administrative  decisions of the
14    Professional  Teacher  Standards   Board   State   Board   of
15    Education,  the  State  Teacher  Certification Board, and the
16    regional superintendent of schools under  this  Article.  The
17    term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101
18    of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure.  The commencement of any
19    action for review shall operate as a stay of enforcement  and
20    no  action  based on any decision of the Professional Teacher
21    Standards Board  State  Board  of  Education,  State  Teacher
22    Certification Board or the regional superintendent of schools
23    shall be taken pending final disposition of such review.
24    (Source: P.A. 84-551.)

25        (105 ILCS 5/21-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-25)
26        Sec.   21-25.    School  service  personnel  certificate.
27    Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, a school  service
28    personnel  certificate shall be issued to those applicants of
29    good character, good health, a citizen of the  United  States
30    and  at  least  19  years of age who have a Bachelor's degree
31    with not fewer than 120  semester  hours  from  a  regionally
32    accredited  institution  of higher learning and who meets the
 
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 1    requirements  established   by   the   Professional   Teacher
 2    Standards   Board   State   Superintendent  of  Education  in
 3    consultation with the State Teacher Certification  Board.   A
 4    school  service  personnel  certificate  with  a school nurse
 5    endorsement may be issued to a person who holds a bachelor of
 6    science  degree  from  an  institution  of  higher   learning
 7    accredited   by   the  North  Central  Association  or  other
 8    comparable regional accrediting association.  Persons seeking
 9    any  other  endorsement  on  the  school  service   personnel
10    certificate  shall  be  recommended  for the endorsement by a
11    recognized teacher education institution as having  completed
12    a program of preparation approved by the Professional Teacher
13    Standards  State  Superintendent of Education in consultation
14    with the State Teacher Certification Board.
15        Such certificate shall  be  endorsed  with  the  area  of
16    Service  as  determined by the Professional Teacher Standards
17    Board State Superintendent of Education in consultation  with
18    the State Teacher Certification Board.
19        The  holder  of such certificate shall be entitled to all
20    of the rights and  privileges  granted  holders  of  a  valid
21    teaching    certificate,    including    teacher    benefits,
22    compensation and working conditions.
23        When the holder of such certificate has earned a master's
24    degree,  including  8 semester hours of graduate professional
25    education from a recognized institution of  higher  learning,
26    and  has  at  least  2  years of successful school experience
27    while  holding  such  certificate,  the  certificate  may  be
28    endorsed for supervision.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

30        (105 ILCS 5/34-18.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5)
31        Sec. 34-18.5.  Criminal background investigations.
32        (a)  After August 1,  1985,  certified  and  noncertified
33    applicants  for  employment  with  the  school  district  are
 
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 1    required  as  a  condition  of  employment  to  authorize  an
 2    investigation  to  determine  if  such  applicants  have been
 3    convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug  offenses
 4    in  subsection  (c)  of  this Section or have been convicted,
 5    within 7 years of the application  for  employment  with  the
 6    school  district,  of any other felony under the laws of this
 7    State or of any offense committed or attempted in  any  other
 8    state  or  against  the  laws  of  the United States that, if
 9    committed  or  attempted  in  this  State,  would  have  been
10    punishable  as  a  felony  under  the  laws  of  this  State.
11    Authorization for the investigation shall be furnished by the
12    applicant  to  the  school  district,  except  that  if   the
13    applicant  is a substitute teacher seeking employment in more
14    than one school district, or  a  teacher  seeking  concurrent
15    part-time  employment  positions  with  more  than one school
16    district (as a reading specialist, special education  teacher
17    or  otherwise),  or an educational support personnel employee
18    seeking employment positions with more than one district, any
19    such  district  may  require   the   applicant   to   furnish
20    authorization   for   the   investigation   to  the  regional
21    superintendent of the educational service region in which are
22    located the  school  districts  in  which  the  applicant  is
23    seeking  employment  as  a substitute or concurrent part-time
24    teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee.
25    Upon receipt of this authorization, the  school  district  or
26    the  appropriate regional superintendent, as the case may be,
27    shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date  of  birth
28    and  social security number to the Department of State Police
29    on  forms  prescribed  by  the   Department.   The   regional
30    superintendent  submitting  the  requisite information to the
31    Department of State Police shall promptly notify  the  school
32    districts  in  which the applicant is seeking employment as a
33    substitute or  concurrent  part-time  teacher  or  concurrent
34    educational support personnel employee that the investigation
 
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 1    of  the applicant has been requested. The Department of State
 2    Police shall conduct an investigation  to  ascertain  if  the
 3    applicant  being considered for employment has been convicted
 4    of any  of  the  enumerated  criminal  or  drug  offenses  in
 5    subsection  (c)  or has been convicted, within 7 years of the
 6    application for employment with the school district,  of  any
 7    other  felony  under the laws of this State or of any offense
 8    committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws
 9    of the United States that, if committed or attempted in  this
10    State,  would have been punishable as a felony under the laws
11    of this  State.   The  Department  shall  charge  the  school
12    district or the appropriate regional superintendent a fee for
13    conducting  such  investigation, which fee shall be deposited
14    in the State Police Services Fund and shall  not  exceed  the
15    cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a
16    fee  for  such investigation by the school district or by the
17    regional superintendent.   The  regional  superintendent  may
18    seek  reimbursement  from the State Board of Education or the
19    appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
20    regional superintendent to the Department  for  the  criminal
21    background investigations required by this Section.
22        (b)  The  Department  shall furnish, pursuant to positive
23    identification, records of convictions,  until  expunged,  to
24    the  president  of  the  board  of  education  for the school
25    district  which  requested  the  investigation,  or  to   the
26    regional superintendent who requested the investigation.  Any
27    information  concerning the record of convictions obtained by
28    the president of the  board  of  education  or  the  regional
29    superintendent   shall   be  confidential  and  may  only  be
30    transmitted to  the  general  superintendent  of  the  school
31    district   or   his   designee,   the   appropriate  regional
32    superintendent if the  investigation  was  requested  by  the
33    board of education for the school district, the presidents of
34    the  appropriate  board  of education or school boards if the
 
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 1    investigation was requested  from  the  Department  of  State
 2    Police    by   the   regional   superintendent,   the   State
 3    Superintendent  of  Education,   the   Professional   Teacher
 4    Standards  Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board or any
 5    other  person  necessary  to  the  decision  of  hiring   the
 6    applicant for employment. A copy of the record of convictions
 7    obtained  from  the  Department  of  State  Police  shall  be
 8    provided to the applicant for employment. If an investigation
 9    of  an applicant for employment as a substitute or concurrent
10    part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel
11    employee in more than one school district  was  requested  by
12    the  regional  superintendent,  and  the  Department of State
13    Police upon investigation ascertains that the  applicant  has
14    not  been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
15    offenses in subsection (c) or has not been convicted,  within
16    7  years  of  the  application for employment with the school
17    district, of any other felony under the laws of this State or
18    of any offense committed or attempted in any other  state  or
19    against  the  laws of the United States that, if committed or
20    attempted in this State, would  have  been  punishable  as  a
21    felony  under  the  laws  of  this  State and so notifies the
22    regional superintendent,  then  the  regional  superintendent
23    shall issue to the applicant a certificate evidencing that as
24    of  the  date specified by the Department of State Police the
25    applicant has not been convicted of  any  of  the  enumerated
26    criminal  or  drug offenses in subsection (c) or has not been
27    convicted, within 7 years of the application  for  employment
28    with  the school district, of any other felony under the laws
29    of this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
30    other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
31    committed  or  attempted  in  this  State,  would  have  been
32    punishable as a felony under the laws  of  this  State.   The
33    school   board   of   any  school  district  located  in  the
34    educational   service   region   served   by   the   regional
 
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 1    superintendent who issues such a certificate to an  applicant
 2    for  employment  as  a  substitute  or  concurrent  part-time
 3    teacher  or concurrent educational support personnel employee
 4    in more than one such district may rely  on  the  certificate
 5    issued  by  the regional superintendent to that applicant, or
 6    may initiate its own investigation of the  applicant  through
 7    the Department of State Police as provided in subsection (a).
 8    Any   person   who   releases  any  confidential  information
 9    concerning any  criminal  convictions  of  an  applicant  for
10    employment  shall  be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless
11    the  release  of  such  information  is  authorized  by  this
12    Section.
13        (c)  The board of education shall not knowingly employ  a
14    person  who has been convicted for committing attempted first
15    degree murder or for committing or attempting to commit first
16    degree murder or a Class X felony or any one or more  of  the
17    following  offenses:   (i)  those  defined  in Sections 11-6,
18    11-9, 11-14, 11-15,  11-15.1,  11-16,  11-17,  11-18,  11-19,
19    11-19.1,   11-19.2,  11-20,  11-20.1,  11-21,  12-13,  12-14,
20    12-14.1, 12-15 and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of  1961;  (ii)
21    those  defined  in  the  Cannabis  Control  Act, except those
22    defined in Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of  that  Act;  (iii)
23    those  defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act; and
24    (iv) any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
25    against the laws of the United States, which if committed  or
26    attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
27    more  of  the  foregoing  offenses.  Further,  the  board  of
28    education  shall  not  knowingly employ a person who has been
29    found to be the perpetrator of sexual or  physical  abuse  of
30    any minor under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under
31    Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
32        (d)  The  board of education shall not knowingly employ a
33    person for whom a criminal background investigation  has  not
34    been initiated.
 
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 1        (e)  Upon  receipt  of the record of a conviction of or a
 2    finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate  issued
 3    pursuant  to  Article  21  or  Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the
 4    School  Code,  the  board   of   education   or   the   State
 5    Superintendent  of  Education  shall initiate the certificate
 6    suspension and revocation proceedings authorized by law.
 7        (f)  After March 19, 1990, the provisions of this Section
 8    shall apply to all employees  of  persons  or  firms  holding
 9    contracts with any school district including, but not limited
10    to,  food  service  workers,  school  bus  drivers  and other
11    transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
12    the pupils of any school in such district.  For  purposes  of
13    criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
14    firms  holding  contracts  with more than one school district
15    and assigned to more than one school district,  the  regional
16    superintendent of the educational service region in which the
17    contracting  school districts are located may, at the request
18    of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
19    authorization  for  investigation  prepared  by   each   such
20    employee  and  submitting the same to the Department of State
21    Police.  Any information concerning the record of  conviction
22    of  any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
23    shall  be  promptly  reported  to  the   president   of   the
24    appropriate school board or school boards.
25    (Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98; 91-885, eff. 7-6-00.)

26        (105 ILCS 5/34-83) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-83)
27        Sec.    34-83.     Board   of   examiners    Certificates
28    Examinations. A  board  of  3  examiners  shall  examine  all
29    applicants  required  to  hold  certificates to teach and the
30    board of education shall issue gratuitously to those who pass
31    a  required  test  of  character,  scholarship  and   general
32    fitness,  such  certificates  to  teach  as  they  are  found
33    entitled  to receive. No person may be granted or continue to
 
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 1    hold a teaching certificate  who  has  knowingly  altered  or
 2    misrepresented his or her teaching qualifications in order to
 3    acquire  the certificate.  Any other certificate held by such
 4    person may be suspended or revoked by the board of examiners,
 5    depending  upon   the   severity   of   the   alteration   or
 6    misrepresentation.  The  board  of examiners shall consist of
 7    the general superintendent of schools and 2 persons  approved
 8    and  appointed  by the board of education upon the nomination
 9    of the  general  superintendent  of  schools.  The  board  of
10    examiners  shall  hold  such  examinations  as  the  board of
11    education may  prescribe,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the
12    general  superintendent  of  schools  and  shall  prepare all
13    necessary eligible lists, which shall be kept in  the  office
14    of  the  general  superintendent  of  schools  and be open to
15    public inspection. Members of the board  of  examiners  shall
16    hold office for a term of 2 years.
17        The  board  of  examiners  created  herein  is  abolished
18    effective  July  1,  1988.   Commencing July 1, 1988, all new
19    teachers  employed  by  the   board   shall   hold   teaching
20    certificates  issued by the State Teacher Certification Board
21    under  Article  21.   The  State  Board   of   Education   in
22    consultation  with  the  board  of  examiners  and  the State
23    Teacher Certification Board shall develop procedures  whereby
24    teachers  currently  holding valid certificates issued by the
25    board of examiners prior to its abolition, and  all  teachers
26    employed  by the board after August 1, 1985 and prior to July
27    1,  1988,  shall  no  later  than  July  1,   1988   exchange
28    certificates  issued by the board of examiners for comparable
29    certificates issued under Article 21  by  the  State  Teacher
30    Certification  Board.  On the exchange of a certificate on or
31    before July 1, 1988, the State  Teacher  Certification  Board
32    shall  not  require  any  additional  qualifications  for the
33    issuance of the comparable certificate are not  required.  If
34    prior to July 1, 1988 the board of examiners has issued types
 
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 1    of  teaching  certificates  which  are  not comparable to the
 2    types of certificates issued under Article 21  by  the  State
 3    Teacher Certification Board, such certificates shall continue
 4    to  be  valid  for  and  shall  be  renewable  by the holders
 5    thereof, and no additional qualifications shall  be  required
 6    by  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards Board State Teacher
 7    Certification  Board  for  any  such  renewal;  however,   no
 8    individual  who  received  a letter of continuing eligibility
 9    shall be issued an Initial or Standard Teaching  Certificate,
10    as  provided  in  Section  21-2  of  this  Code,  unless that
11    individual also holds such a valid and renewable certificate.
12        The State Board of Education  shall  report  by  July  1,
13    1986,  to the Illinois General Assembly on the procedures for
14    exchange it has developed in consultation with the  board  of
15    examiners  and  the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board  as
16    required in this Section.
17    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

18        Section  10.  The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
19    is amended by changing Section 65.20 as follows:

20        (110 ILCS 947/65.20)
21        Sec. 65.20.  Science-mathematics teacher scholarships.
22        (a)  The  Commission  may  annually  award  a  number  of
23    scholarships, not to exceed 200,  to  persons  holding  valid
24    teaching  certificates  issued under Article 21 of the School
25    Code.  Such scholarships shall be issued to teachers who make
26    application to the Commission and who agree to  take  courses
27    at  qualified  institutions  of  higher  learning  that  will
28    prepare them to teach science or mathematics at the secondary
29    school level.
30        (b)  Scholarships  awarded  under  this  Section shall be
31    issued pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commission;
32    provided that no rule or regulation promulgated by the  State
 
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 1    Board  of  Education  prior  to  the  effective  date of this
 2    amendatory Act of 1993 pursuant to the exercise of any right,
 3    power, duty, responsibility or  matter  of  pending  business
 4    transferred   from  the  State  Board  of  Education  to  the
 5    Commission under this Section shall be affected thereby,  and
 6    all  such  rules  and  regulations shall become the rules and
 7    regulations of the Commission until modified  or  changed  by
 8    the   Commission   in   accordance  with  law.   In  awarding
 9    scholarships, the Commission shall  give  priority  to  those
10    teachers  with the greatest amount of seniority within school
11    districts.
12        (c)  Each scholarship shall be utilized by its holder for
13    the payment of tuition at any qualified institution of higher
14    learning.  Such tuition shall be available only  for  courses
15    that will enable the teacher to be certified to teach science
16    or mathematics at the secondary school level. The Commission,
17    in consultation with the Professional Teacher Standards Board
18    State  Teacher  Certification  Board,  shall  determine which
19    courses are eligible for tuition payments under this Section.
20        (d)  The Commission shall make tuition payments  directly
21    to  the  qualified  institution  of higher learning which the
22    teacher attends  for  the  courses  prescribed  or  may  make
23    payments  to  the teacher.  Any teacher who receives payments
24    and who fails to  enroll  in  the  courses  prescribed  shall
25    refund the payments to the Commission.
26        (e)  Following  the  completion  of the program of study,
27    the teacher must  accept  employment  within  2  years  in  a
28    secondary school in Illinois within 60 miles of the teacher's
29    residence to teach science or mathematics; provided, however,
30    that  the  teacher  instead  may  elect  to accept employment
31    within such 2 year period to teach science or mathematics  in
32    a  secondary  school  in Illinois which is more than 60 miles
33    from the teacher's residence.  Teachers who  fail  to  comply
34    with  this  provision  shall  refund  all  of the scholarship
 
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 1    awarded  to  the  Commission,  whether  payments  were   made
 2    directly  to  the  institutions  of higher learning or to the
 3    teachers, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by
 4    all scholarship recipients at the  time  the  scholarship  is
 5    awarded.   No  teacher  shall  be  required to refund tuition
 6    payments if his or her failure  to  obtain  employment  as  a
 7    mathematics  or  science teacher in a secondary school is the
 8    result of financial conditions within school districts.   The
 9    rules and regulations promulgated as provided in this Section
10    shall  include  provisions regarding the waiving and deferral
11    of such payments.
12        (f)  The Commission, with the cooperation  of  the  State
13    Board   of   Education,   shall   assist  teachers  who  have
14    participated in the scholarship program established  by  this
15    Section   in   finding     employment  to  teach  science  or
16    mathematics at the secondary level.
17        (g)  This Section is substantially the  same  as  Section
18    30-4b  of  the School Code, which Section is repealed by this
19    amendatory  Act  of  1993,  and  shall  be  construed  as   a
20    continuation  of  the science-mathematics teacher scholarship
21    program established by that prior law, and not as  a  new  or
22    different  science-mathematics  teacher  scholarship program.
23    The  State  Board  of  Education  shall   transfer   to   the
24    Commission,  as the successor to the State Board of Education
25    for all purposes  of  administering    and  implementing  the
26    provisions  of  this  Section,  all books, accounts, records,
27    papers,  documents,  contracts,   agreements,   and   pending
28    business  in  any  way  relating  to  the science-mathematics
29    teacher scholarship program continued under this Section; and
30    all scholarships at any time awarded under that  program  by,
31    and  all  applications  for any such scholarships at any time
32    made to, the State Board of Education shall be unaffected  by
33    the  transfer to the Commission of all responsibility for the
34    administration and implementation of the  science-mathematics
 
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 1    teacher  scholarship  program  continued  under this Section.
 2    The State Board of Education shall furnish to the  Commission
 3    such  other  information  as  the  Commission  may request to
 4    assist it in administering this Section.
 5        (h)  Appropriations for the scholarships outlined in this
 6    Section  shall  be  made  to  the   Commission   from   funds
 7    appropriated by the General Assembly.
 8        (i)  For the purposes of this Section:
 9        "Qualified  institution  of  higher  learning"  means the
10    University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago
11    State  University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors
12    State University,  Illinois  State  University,  Northeastern
13    Illinois  University,  Northern  Illinois University, Western
14    Illinois  University,  and  the  public  community   colleges
15    subject to the Public Community College Act.
16        "Secondary  school  level" means grades 9 through 12 or a
17    portion of such grades.
18    (Source:  P.A.  88-228;  88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-4,  eff.
19    1-1-96.)

20        Section 15.  The Clinical Psychologist Licensing  Act  is
21    amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

22        (225 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 5354)
23        Sec. 4.  Application of Act.
24        (a)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to limit the
25    activities of and services of a student, intern  or  resident
26    in  psychology seeking to fulfill educational requirements or
27    the experience requirements in order to qualify for a license
28    under this Act, or  an  individual  seeking  to  fulfill  the
29    postdoctoral  experience requirements in order to qualify for
30    licensure under this Act provided that  such  activities  and
31    services are under the direct supervision, order, control and
32    full  professional  responsibility  of  a  licensed  clinical
 
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 1    psychologist  and  provided  that  such  student,  intern, or
 2    resident be designated by a title "intern" or  "resident"  or
 3    other  designation  of trainee status.  Supervised experience
 4    in which the supervisor receives monetary  payment  or  other
 5    considerations from the supervisee or in which the supervisor
 6    is hired by or otherwise employed by the supervisee shall not
 7    be  accepted  by  the Department as fulfilling the practicum,
 8    internship or 2 years of satisfactory  supervised  experience
 9    requirements for licensure. Nothing contained in this Section
10    shall  be  construed as permitting such students, interns, or
11    residents to offer their services as  clinical  psychologists
12    to any other person or persons and to accept remuneration for
13    such   clinical   psychological   services   other   than  as
14    specifically excepted herein, unless they have been  licensed
15    under the provisions of this Act.
16        (b)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting
17    persons  licensed  as clinical psychologists to engage in any
18    manner in the practice of medicine as defined in the laws  of
19    this  State.   Persons licensed as clinical psychologists who
20    render services to persons in need of mental treatment or who
21    are  mentally  ill  shall  as  appropriate  initiate  genuine
22    collaboration  with  a  physician  licensed  in  Illinois  to
23    practice medicine in all its branches.
24        (c)  Nothing  in  this  Act   shall   be   construed   as
25    restricting  an individual certified as a school psychologist
26    by the State Board of Education, who is at least 21 years  of
27    age and has had at least 3 years of full-time experience as a
28    certified  school  psychologist,  from using the title school
29    psychologist  and  offering  school  psychological   services
30    limited  to  those  services  set  forth  in  the  rules  and
31    regulations  that  govern the administration and operation of
32    special education pertaining to children and youth ages  0-21
33    prepared  by  the  State Board of Education.  Anyone offering
34    such services under the provisions of  this  paragraph  shall
 
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 1    use  the  term school psychologist and describe such services
 2    as "School Psychological Services".  This exemption shall  be
 3    limited   to  the  practice  of  school  psychology  only  as
 4    manifested through psychoeducational problems, and shall  not
 5    be  construed to allow a school psychologist to function as a
 6    general practitioner of clinical psychology, unless otherwise
 7    licensed under this Act.  However, nothing in this  paragraph
 8    prohibits  a  school  psychologist  from  making evaluations,
 9    recommendations or interventions regarding the  placement  of
10    children   in   educational  programs  or  special  education
11    classes, nor shall  it  prohibit  school  psychologists  from
12    providing   clinical   psychological   services   under   the
13    supervision   of  a  licensed  clinical  psychologist.   This
14    paragraph  shall  not  be  construed  to  mandate   insurance
15    companies  to reimburse school psychologists directly for the
16    services of school psychologists.  Nothing in this  paragraph
17    shall be construed to exclude anyone duly licensed under this
18    Act  from  offering  psychological  services  in  the  school
19    setting.   School  psychologists providing services under the
20    provisions of this paragraph shall not provide such  services
21    outside their employment to any child who is a student in the
22    district  or districts which employ such school psychologist.
23    School psychologists, as described in this  paragraph,  shall
24    be  under  the  regulatory  authority  of  the State Board of
25    Education and the Professional Teacher Standards Board  State
26    Teacher Certification Board.
27        (d)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to limit the
28    activities and use of the official title of "psychologist" on
29    the part  of  a  person  not  licensed  under  this  Act  who
30    possesses  a doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated
31    primarily on the study  of  psychology  and  is  an  academic
32    employee  of a duly chartered institution of higher education
33    insofar as such person engages in  public  speaking  with  or
34    without remuneration, provided that such person is not in any
 
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 1    manner   held  out  to  the  public  as  practicing  clinical
 2    psychology as defined in paragraph 5 of  Section  2  of  this
 3    Act,  unless he or she has been licensed under the provisions
 4    of this Act.
 5        (e)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to  regulate,
 6    control,  or  restrict  the  clinical  practice of any person
 7    licensed, registered, or certified in this  State  under  any
 8    other  Act,  provided  that  such person is not in any manner
 9    held out to the public as  rendering  clinical  psychological
10    services as defined in paragraph 7 of Section 2 of this Act.
11        (f)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to limit the
12    activities and use of the title "psychologist" on the part of
13    a person who practices psychology and  (i)  who  possesses  a
14    doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated primarily on
15    the  study of psychology; and (ii) whose services involve the
16    development  and  application  of  psychological  theory  and
17    methodology to problems  of  organizations  and  problems  of
18    individuals   and  groups  in  organizational  settings;  and
19    provided further that such person is not in any  manner  held
20    out  to  the  public as practicing clinical psychology and is
21    not held out to the  public  by  any  title,  description  or
22    designation  stating or implying that he or she is a clinical
23    psychologist unless he or she has  been  licensed  under  the
24    provisions of this Act.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)

26        Section  20.   The  Professional  Counselor  and Clinical
27    Professional Counselor Licensing Act is amended  by  changing
28    Section 15 as follows:

29        (225 ILCS 107/15)
30        Sec. 15.  Exemptions.
31        (a)  This  Act  does  not  prohibit  any  persons legally
32    regulated in this State by any other Act from engaging in the
 
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 1    practice for which they are authorized as long as they do not
 2    represent  themselves   by   the   title   of   "professional
 3    counselor",   "licensed  professional  counselor",  "clinical
 4    professional counselor", or "licensed  clinical  professional
 5    counselor".  This  Act  does  not  prohibit  the  practice of
 6    nonregulated professions whose practitioners are  engaged  in
 7    the delivery of human services as long as these practitioners
 8    do   not   represent  themselves  as  or  use  the  title  of
 9    "professional counselor", "licensed professional  counselor",
10    "clinical  professional  counselor",  or  "licensed  clinical
11    professional counselor".
12        (b)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to limit the
13    activities and services of a student, intern, or resident  in
14    professional  counseling  or clinical professional counseling
15    seeking to  fulfill  educational  requirements  in  order  to
16    qualify  for  a  license  under  this  Act,  or an individual
17    seeking to fulfill the post-degree experience requirements in
18    order to  qualify  for  licensing  under  this  Act,  if  the
19    activities  and  services are supervised as specified in this
20    Act, and that the student, intern, or resident is  designated
21    by  a  title  "intern"  or "resident" or other designation of
22    trainee status. Nothing contained in this  Section  shall  be
23    construed  to permit students, interns, or residents to offer
24    their  services  as  professional  counselors   or   clinical
25    professional  counselors  to  any  other person and to accept
26    remuneration for such  professional  counseling  or  clinical
27    professional  counseling  services other than as specifically
28    excepted in this Section,  unless  they  have  been  licensed
29    under this Act.
30        (c)  Corporations,  partnerships,  and  associations  may
31    employ practicum students, interns, or post-degree candidates
32    seeking   to   fulfill   educational   requirements   or  the
33    professional experience requirements needed to qualify for  a
34    license  under  this  Act  if  their  activities and services
 
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 1    constitute a part of the student's supervised course of study
 2    or post-degree professional experience requirements.  Nothing
 3    in  this paragraph shall prohibit a corporation, partnership,
 4    or association from contracting with a licensed  health  care
 5    professional to provide services.
 6        (d)  Nothing in this Act shall prevent the employment, by
 7    a  professional counselor or clinical professional counselor,
 8    person, association, partnership, or a corporation furnishing
 9    professional counseling or clinical  professional  counseling
10    services   for  remuneration,  of  persons  not  licensed  as
11    professional counselors or clinical  professional  counselors
12    under  this  Act to perform services in various capacities as
13    needed if these persons are not in any manner held out to the
14    public or do not hold themselves out to  the  public  by  any
15    title  or  designation  stating  or  implying  that  they are
16    professional counselors or clinical professional counselors.
17        (e)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit  the
18    services  of  a  person, not licensed under the provisions of
19    this Act, in the employ  of  a  federal,  State,  county,  or
20    municipal   agency   or   other   political   subdivision  or
21    not-for-profit corporation providing human  services  if  (1)
22    the  services are a part of the duties in his or her salaried
23    position, (2) the services are performed solely on behalf  of
24    his  or  her  employer,  and  (3) that person does not in any
25    manner represent himself or herself as or use  the  title  of
26    "professional  counselor", "licensed professional counselor",
27    "clinical  professional  counselor",  or  "licensed  clinical
28    professional counselor".
29        (f)  Duly   recognized   members   of    any    religious
30    organization  shall  not  be  restricted  from functioning in
31    their ministerial capacity provided  they  do  not  represent
32    themselves  as  being  professional  counselors  or  clinical
33    professional   counselors,   or  as  providing  "professional
34    counseling" or "clinical professional counseling".  This  Act
 
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 1    shall  not  apply  or  be  construed  so  as  to apply to the
 2    employees or agents of a church or religious organization  or
 3    an  organization  owned,  controlled,  or  affiliated  with a
 4    church  or  religious  organization,   unless   the   church,
 5    religious  organization,  or owned, controlled, or affiliated
 6    organization designates or holds these  employees  or  agents
 7    out  to  the  public  as  professional counselors or clinical
 8    professional counselors or holds out their services as  being
 9    "professional    counseling"    or   "clinical   professional
10    counseling".
11        (g)  Nothing in this Act shall prohibit  individuals  not
12    licensed  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act  who  work in
13    self-help groups or programs or not-for-profit  organizations
14    from   providing  services  in  those  groups,  programs,  or
15    organizations, as long as those persons are not in any manner
16    held out to the public as practicing professional  counseling
17    or   clinical   professional   counseling,  or  do  not  hold
18    themselves out to the public  by  any  title  or  designation
19    stating  or implying that they are professional counselors or
20    clinical professional counselors.
21        (h)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit  the
22    activities  and  use  of  the official title of "professional
23    counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" on  the  part
24    of  a  person  not licensed under this Act who is an academic
25    employee of a duly chartered institution of higher  education
26    and  who  holds  educational  and professional qualifications
27    equivalent to those required for licensing  under  this  Act,
28    insofar as such activities are performed in the person's role
29    as an academic employee, or insofar as such person engages in
30    public speaking with or without remuneration.
31        (i)  Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to require
32    licensure under this Act or limit the services  of  a  school
33    counselor  certified  by  the  Professional Teacher Standards
34    Board State  Teacher  Certification  Board  and  employed  as
 
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 1    authorized  by  Section  10-22-24a or any other  provision of
 2    the School Code as long as that person is not in  any  manner
 3    held  out  to  the  public  as  a "professional counselor" or
 4    "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his or
 5    her services as being "professional counseling" or  "clinical
 6    professional counseling".
 7        (j)  Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to require
 8    any hospital, clinic, home health agency, hospice,  or  other
 9    entity  that  provides  health  care to employ or to contract
10    with a person licensed under this Act to provide professional
11    counseling  or  clinical  professional  counseling  services.
12    These persons  may  not  hold  themselves  out  or  represent
13    themselves to the public as being licensed under this Act.
14        (k)  Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to require
15    licensure under this Act or limit the services  of  a  person
16    employed  by  a  private  elementary  or secondary school who
17    provides counseling within the scope of his or her employment
18    as long as that person is not in any manner held out  to  the
19    public   as   a   "professional   counselor"   or   "clinical
20    professional  counselor"  or  does  not  hold  out his or her
21    services as  being  "professional  counseling"  or  "clinical
22    professional counseling".
23        (l)  Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to require
24    licensure under this Act or limit  the  services  of  a  rape
25    crisis  counselor  who  is an employee or volunteer of a rape
26    crisis organization as defined in Section 8-802.1 of the Code
27    of Civil Procedure as long as  that  person  is  not  in  any
28    manner  held  out to the public as a "professional counselor"
29    or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
30    or  her  services  as  being  "professional  counseling"   or
31    "clinical professional counseling".
32        (m)  Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to prevent
33    any licensed social worker, licensed clinical social  worker,
34    or    licensed    clinical   psychologist   from   practicing
 
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 1    professional counseling as long as that person is not in  any
 2    manner  held out to the public as a  "professional counselor"
 3    or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
 4    or  her  services  as  being  "professional  counseling"   or
 5    "clinical professional counseling".
 6        (n)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to limit the
 7    activities and use of the  official  title  of  "professional
 8    counselor"  or  "clinical professional counselor" on the part
 9    of a person not licensed under this Act who  is  a  physician
10    licensed  to  practice  medicine in all of its branches under
11    the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
12        (o)  Nothing in this Act shall be  construed  to  require
13    licensure  under this Act or limit the services of a domestic
14    violence counselor who is  an  employee  or  volunteer  of  a
15    domestic  violence  program  as defined in Section 227 of the
16    Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
17    (Source: P.A.  87-1011;  87-1212;  87-1269;  88-45;   88-424;
18    88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

19        (105 ILCS 5/21-0.01 rep.)
20        (105 ILCS 5/21-13 rep.)
21        (105 ILCS 5/21-26 rep.)
22        Section  25.   The  School  Code  is amended by repealing
23    Sections 21-0.01, 21-13, and 21-26.

24        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
25    1, 2002.
 
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3                              SEE INDEX
 4    105 ILCS 5/2-3.11         from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11
 5    105 ILCS 5/10-21.9        from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9
 6    105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a      from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a
 7    105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a      from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a
 8    105 ILCS 5/10-22.34       from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34
 9    105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1
10    105 ILCS 5/14-8.05        from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05
11    105 ILCS 5/14C-2          from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2
12    105 ILCS 5/21-0.05 new
13    105 ILCS 5/21-1           from Ch. 122, par. 21-1
14    105 ILCS 5/21-1a          from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a
15    105 ILCS 5/21-1b          from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b
16    105 ILCS 5/21-1b          from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b
17    105 ILCS 5/21-1c          from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c
18    105 ILCS 5/21-2           from Ch. 122, par. 21-2
19    105 ILCS 5/21-2.1         from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1
20    105 ILCS 5/21-2b          from Ch. 122, par. 21-2b
21    105 ILCS 5/21-3           from Ch. 122, par. 21-3
22    105 ILCS 5/21-4           from Ch. 122, par. 21-4
23    105 ILCS 5/21-5           from Ch. 122, par. 21-5
24    105 ILCS 5/21-5a          from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a
25    105 ILCS 5/21-5b
26    105 ILCS 5/21-5c
27    105 ILCS 5/21-5d
28    105 ILCS 5/21-7.1         from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1
29    105 ILCS 5/21-9           from Ch. 122, par. 21-9
30    105 ILCS 5/21-10          from Ch. 122, par. 21-10
31    105 ILCS 5/21-11.1        from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1
32    105 ILCS 5/21-11.2        from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2
33    105 ILCS 5/21-11.3        from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3
34    105 ILCS 5/21-11.4
 
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 1    105 ILCS 5/21-12          from Ch. 122, par. 21-12
 2    105 ILCS 5/21-14          from Ch. 122, par. 21-14
 3    105 ILCS 5/21-16          from Ch. 122, par. 21-16
 4    105 ILCS 5/21-17          from Ch. 122, par. 21-17
 5    105 ILCS 5/21-19          from Ch. 122, par. 21-19
 6    105 ILCS 5/21-21          from Ch. 122, par. 21-21
 7    105 ILCS 5/21-21.1        from Ch. 122, par. 21-21.1
 8    105 ILCS 5/21-23          from Ch. 122, par. 21-23
 9    105 ILCS 5/21-23b         from Ch. 122, par. 21-23b
10    105 ILCS 5/21-24          from Ch. 122, par. 21-24
11    105 ILCS 5/21-25          from Ch. 122, par. 21-25
12    105 ILCS 5/34-18.5        from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5
13    105 ILCS 5/34-83          from Ch. 122, par. 34-83
14    110 ILCS 947/65.20
15    225 ILCS 15/4             from Ch. 111, par. 5354
16    225 ILCS 107/15
17    105 ILCS 5/21-0.01 rep.
18    105 ILCS 5/21-13 rep.
19    105 ILCS 5/21-26 rep.

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