Full Text of SB1460 101st General Assembly
SB1460 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB1460 Introduced 2/13/2019, by Sen. Andy Manar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that priority in the distribution of funds appropriated for the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program must be given to a qualified educator employed by an Organizational Unit assigned to Tier 1 under the evidence-based funding formula of the Code.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 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 Section | 5 | | 21B-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 | | "Poverty or low-performing school" means a school | 10 | | identified as a priority school under Section 2-3.25d-5 of this | 11 | | Code or a school in which 50% or more of its students are | 12 | | eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches. | 13 | | "Qualified educator" means a teacher or school counselor | 14 | | currently employed in a school district who is in the process | 15 | | of obtaining certification through the National Board for | 16 | | Professional Teaching Standards or who has completed | 17 | | certification and holds a current Professional Educator | 18 | | License with a National Board for Professional Teaching | 19 | | Standards designation or a retired teacher or school counselor | 20 | | who holds a Professional Educator License with a National Board | 21 | | for Professional Teaching Standards designation. | 22 | | (b) Beginning on July 1, 2011, any funds appropriated for | 23 | | the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program must be used to |
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| 1 | | provide monetary assistance and incentives for qualified | 2 | | educators who are employed by school districts and who have or | 3 | | are in the process of obtaining licensure through the National | 4 | | Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Priority in the | 5 | | distribution of those funds must be given to a qualified | 6 | | educator employed by an Organizational Unit assigned to Tier 1 | 7 | | under Section 18-8.15. The goal of the program is to improve | 8 | | instruction and student performance. | 9 | | The State Board of Education shall allocate an amount as | 10 | | annually appropriated by the General Assembly for the Illinois | 11 | | Teaching Excellence Program for (i) application fees for each | 12 | | qualified educator seeking to complete certification through | 13 | | the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, to be | 14 | | paid directly to the National Board for Professional Teaching | 15 | | Standards, and (ii) incentives for each qualified educator to | 16 | | be distributed to the respective school district. The school | 17 | | district shall distribute this payment to each eligible teacher | 18 | | or school counselor as a single payment. | 19 | | The State Board of Education's annual budget must set out | 20 | | by separate line item the appropriation for the program. Unless | 21 | | otherwise provided by appropriation, qualified educators are | 22 | | eligible for monetary assistance and incentives outlined in | 23 | | subsection (c) of this Section. | 24 | | (c) When there are adequate funds available, monetary | 25 | | assistance and incentives shall include the following: | 26 | | (1) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application fee for |
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| 1 | | up to 750 teachers or school counselors in a poverty or | 2 | | low-performing school who apply on a first-come, | 3 | | first-serve basis for National Board certification. | 4 | | (2) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application fee for | 5 | | up to 250 teachers or school counselors in a school other | 6 | | than a poverty or low-performing school who apply on a | 7 | | first-come, first-serve basis for National Board | 8 | | certification. However, if there were fewer than 750 | 9 | | individuals supported in item (1) of this subsection (c), | 10 | | then the number supported in this item (2) may be increased | 11 | | as such that the combination of item (1) of this subsection | 12 | | (c) and this item (2) shall equal 1,000 applicants. | 13 | | (3) A maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for | 14 | | Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee. | 15 | | (4) (Blank). | 16 | | (5) An annual incentive equal to $1,500, which shall be | 17 | | paid to each qualified educator currently employed in a | 18 | | school district who holds both a National Board for | 19 | | Professional Teaching Standards designation and a current | 20 | | corresponding certificate issued by the National Board for | 21 | | Professional Teaching Standards and who agrees, in | 22 | | writing, to provide at least 30 hours of mentoring or | 23 | | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards | 24 | | professional development or both during the school year to | 25 | | classroom teachers or school counselors, as applicable. | 26 | | Funds must be disbursed on a first-come, first-serve basis, |
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| 1 | | with priority given to poverty or low-performing schools. | 2 | | Mentoring shall include, either singly or in combination, | 3 | | the following: | 4 | | (A) National Board for Professional Teaching | 5 | | Standards certification candidates. | 6 | | (B) National Board for Professional Teaching | 7 | | Standards re-take candidates. | 8 | | (C) National Board for Professional Teaching | 9 | | Standards renewal candidates. | 10 | | (D) (Blank).
| 11 | | Funds may also be used for instructional leadership | 12 | | training for qualified educators interested in supporting | 13 | | implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching | 14 | | and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or | 15 | | both. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
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