Rep. William "Will" Davis

Filed: 3/16/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3801

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3801 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
521B-70 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/21B-70)
7    Sec. 21B-70. Illinois Teaching Excellence Program.
8    (a) As used in this Section:
9    "Diverse candidate" means a candidate who identifies with
10any of the ethnicities reported on the Illinois Report Card
11other than White.
12    "Hard-to-staff school" means a public school in which no
13less than 30% of the student enrollment is considered
14low-income as reported by the report card under Section 10-17a
15of this Code.
16    "National Board certified teacher candidate cohort

 

 

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1facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who
2collaborates to advance the goal of supporting all other
3candidate cohorts other than diverse candidate cohorts through
4the Illinois National Board for Professional Teaching
5Standards Comprehensive Support System.
6    "National Board certified teacher diverse candidate cohort
7facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who
8collaborates to advance the goal of supporting racially and
9ethnically diverse candidates through the Illinois National
10Board for Professional Teaching Standards Comprehensive
11Support System.
12    "National Board certified teacher diverse liaison" means
13an individual or entity that supports the National Board
14certified teacher leading a diverse candidate cohort.
15    "National Board certified teacher liaison" means an
16individual or entity that supports the National Board
17certified teacher leading candidate cohorts other than diverse
18candidate cohorts.
19    "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or
20distant candidate cohort facilitator" means a National Board
21certified teacher who collaborates to advance the goal of
22supporting rural or remote candidates through the Illinois
23National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
24Comprehensive Support System.
25    "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or
26distant liaison" means an individual or entity that supports

 

 

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1the National Board certified teacher leading a rural or remote
2candidate cohort.
3    "Qualified educator" means a teacher or school counselor
4currently employed in a school district who is in the process
5of obtaining certification through the National Board for
6Professional Teaching Standards or who has completed
7certification and holds a current Professional Educator
8License with a National Board for Professional Teaching
9Standards designation or a retired teacher or school counselor
10who holds a Professional Educator License with a National
11Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation.
12    "Rural or remote" or "rural or remote or distant" means
13local codes 32, 33, 41, 42, and 43 of the New Urban-Centric
14Locale Codes, as defined by the National Center for Education
15Statistics.
16    "Tier 1" has the meaning given to that term under Section
1718-8.15.
18    "Tier 2" has the meaning given to that term under Section
1918-8.15.
20    (b) Any funds appropriated for the Illinois Teaching
21Excellence Program must be used to provide monetary assistance
22and incentives for qualified educators who are employed by or
23retired from school districts and who have or are in the
24process of obtaining licensure through the National Board for
25Professional Teaching Standards. The goal of the program is to
26improve instruction and student performance.

 

 

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1    The State Board of Education shall allocate an amount as
2annually appropriated by the General Assembly for the Illinois
3Teaching Excellence Program for (i) application or re-take
4fees for each qualified educator seeking to complete
5certification through the National Board for Professional
6Teaching Standards, to be paid directly to the National Board
7for Professional Teaching Standards, and (ii) incentives under
8paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) for each
9qualified educator, to be distributed to the respective school
10district, and incentives under paragraph (5) of subsection
11(c), to be distributed to the respective school district or
12directly to the qualified educator. The school district shall
13distribute this payment to each eligible teacher or school
14counselor as a single payment.
15    The State Board of Education's annual budget must set out
16by separate line item the appropriation for the program.
17Unless otherwise provided by appropriation, qualified
18educators are eligible for monetary assistance and incentives
19outlined in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section.
20    (c) When there are adequate funds available, monetary
21assistance and incentives shall include the following:
22        (1) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or
23    re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a Tier 1
24    school district who apply on a first-come, first-serve
25    basis for National Board certification.
26        (2) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or

 

 

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1    re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a school
2    district other than a Tier 1 school district who apply on a
3    first-come, first-serve basis for National Board
4    certification.
5        (3) A maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for
6    Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee.
7        (4) (Blank).
8        (5) An annual incentive of no more than $1,500
9    prorated at $50 per hour, which shall be paid to each
10    qualified educator currently employed in a school district
11    who holds both a National Board for Professional Teaching
12    Standards designation and a current corresponding
13    certificate issued by the National Board for Professional
14    Teaching Standards and who agrees, in writing, to provide
15    up to 30 hours of mentoring or National Board for
16    Professional Teaching Standards professional development
17    or both during the school year to classroom teachers or
18    school counselors, as applicable. Funds must be disbursed
19    on a first-come, first-serve basis, with priority given to
20    Tier 1 school districts. Mentoring shall include, either
21    singly or in combination, the following:
22            (A) National Board for Professional Teaching
23        Standards certification candidates.
24            (B) National Board for Professional Teaching
25        Standards re-take candidates.
26            (C) National Board for Professional Teaching

 

 

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1        Standards renewal candidates.
2            (D) (Blank).
3    Funds may also be used for instructional leadership
4training for qualified educators interested in supporting
5implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching
6and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or
7both.
8    (d) In addition to the monetary assistance and incentives
9provided under subsection (c), if adequate funds are
10available, incentives shall include the following incentives
11for the program in rural or remote schools or school districts
12or for programs working with diverse candidates or for
13retention bonuses for hard to staff schools, to be distributed
14to the respective school district or directly to the qualified
15educator or entity:
16        (1) A one-time incentive of $3,000 payable to National
17    Board certified teachers teaching in Tier 1 or Tier 2
18    rural or remote school districts or rural or remote
19    schools in Tier 1 or Tier 2 school districts, with
20    priority given to teachers teaching in Tier 1 rural or
21    remote school districts or rural or remote schools in Tier
22    1 school districts.
23        (2) An annual incentive of $3,200 for National Board
24    certified teacher rural or remote or distant candidate
25    cohort facilitators, diverse candidate cohort
26    facilitators, and candidate cohort facilitators. Priority

 

 

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1    shall be given to rural or remote candidate cohort
2    facilitators and diverse candidate cohort facilitators.
3        (3) An annual incentive of $2,500 for National Board
4    certified teacher rural or remote or distant liaisons,
5    diverse liaisons, and liaisons. Priority shall be given to
6    rural or remote liaisons and diverse liaisons.
7        (4) An annual retention bonus of $4,000 per year for 2
8    consecutive years shall be awarded to National Board
9    certified teachers employed in hard-to-staff schools.
10    Funds must be disbursed on a first-come, first-served
11    basis.
12(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-333, eff. 1-1-20;
13101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)".