Full Text of HB1291 103rd General Assembly
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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 | | "Diverse candidate" means a candidate who identifies with | 10 | | any of the ethnicities reported on the Illinois Report Card | 11 | | other than White. | 12 | | "National Board certified teacher candidate cohort | 13 | | facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who | 14 | | collaborates to advance the goal of supporting all other | 15 | | candidate cohorts other than diverse candidate cohorts through | 16 | | the Illinois National Board for Professional Teaching | 17 | | Standards Comprehensive Support System. | 18 | | "National Board certified teacher diverse candidate cohort | 19 | | facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who | 20 | | collaborates to advance the goal of supporting racially and | 21 | | ethnically diverse candidates through the Illinois National | 22 | | Board for Professional Teaching Standards Comprehensive | 23 | | Support System. |
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| 1 | | "National Board certified teacher diverse liaison" means | 2 | | an individual or entity that supports the National Board | 3 | | certified teacher leading a diverse candidate cohort. | 4 | | "National Board certified teacher liaison" means an | 5 | | individual or entity that supports the National Board | 6 | | certified teacher leading candidate cohorts other than diverse | 7 | | candidate cohorts. | 8 | | "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or | 9 | | distant candidate cohort facilitator" means a National Board | 10 | | certified teacher who collaborates to advance the goal of | 11 | | supporting rural or remote candidates through the Illinois | 12 | | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards | 13 | | Comprehensive Support System. | 14 | | "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or | 15 | | distant liaison" means an individual or entity that supports | 16 | | the National Board certified teacher leading a rural or remote | 17 | | candidate cohort. | 18 | | "Qualified educator" means a teacher or school counselor | 19 | | currently employed in a school district who is in the process | 20 | | of obtaining certification through the National Board for | 21 | | Professional Teaching Standards or who has completed | 22 | | certification and holds a current Professional Educator | 23 | | License with a National Board for Professional Teaching | 24 | | Standards designation or a retired teacher or school counselor | 25 | | who holds a Professional Educator License with a National | 26 | | Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation. |
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| 1 | | "Rural or remote" or "rural or remote or distant" means | 2 | | local codes 32, 33, 41, 42, and 43 of the New Urban-Centric | 3 | | Locale Codes, as defined by the National Center for Education | 4 | | Statistics. | 5 | | "Tier 1" has the meaning given to that term under Section | 6 | | 18-8.15. | 7 | | "Tier 2" has the meaning given to that term under Section | 8 | | 18-8.15. | 9 | | (b) Any funds appropriated for the Illinois Teaching | 10 | | Excellence Program must be used to provide monetary assistance | 11 | | and incentives for qualified educators who are employed by or | 12 | | retired from school districts and who have or are in the | 13 | | process of obtaining licensure through the National Board for | 14 | | Professional Teaching Standards. The goal of the program is to | 15 | | improve instruction and student performance. | 16 | | The State Board of Education shall allocate an amount as | 17 | | annually appropriated by the General Assembly for the Illinois | 18 | | Teaching Excellence Program for (i) application or re-take | 19 | | fees for each qualified educator seeking to complete | 20 | | certification through the National Board for Professional | 21 | | Teaching Standards, to be paid directly to the National Board | 22 | | for Professional Teaching Standards, and (ii) incentives under | 23 | | paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) for each | 24 | | qualified educator, to be distributed to the respective school | 25 | | district, and incentives under paragraph (5) of subsection | 26 | | (c), to be distributed to the respective school district or |
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| 1 | | directly to the qualified educator. The school district shall | 2 | | distribute this payment to each eligible teacher or school | 3 | | counselor as a single payment. | 4 | | The State Board of Education's annual budget must set out | 5 | | by separate line item the appropriation for the program. | 6 | | Unless otherwise provided by appropriation, qualified | 7 | | educators are eligible for monetary assistance and incentives | 8 | | outlined in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section. | 9 | | (c) When there are adequate funds available, monetary | 10 | | assistance and incentives shall include the following: | 11 | | (1) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or | 12 | | re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a Tier 1 | 13 | | school district who apply on a first-come, first-serve | 14 | | basis for National Board certification. | 15 | | (2) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or | 16 | | re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a school | 17 | | district other than a Tier 1 school district who apply on a | 18 | | first-come, first-serve basis for National Board | 19 | | certification. | 20 | | (3) A maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for | 21 | | Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee. | 22 | | (4) (Blank). | 23 | | (5) An annual incentive of no more than $2,250 $1,500 | 24 | | prorated at $50 per hour, which shall be paid to each | 25 | | qualified educator currently employed in a school district | 26 | | who holds both a National Board for Professional Teaching |
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| 1 | | Standards designation and a current corresponding | 2 | | certificate issued by the National Board for Professional | 3 | | Teaching Standards and who agrees, in writing, to provide | 4 | | up to 45 30 hours of mentoring or National Board for | 5 | | Professional Teaching Standards professional development | 6 | | or both during the school year to classroom teachers or | 7 | | school counselors, as applicable. Funds must be disbursed | 8 | | on a first-come, first-serve basis, with priority given to | 9 | | Tier 1 school districts. Mentoring shall include, either | 10 | | singly or in combination, the following: | 11 | | (A) National Board for Professional Teaching | 12 | | Standards certification candidates. | 13 | | (B) National Board for Professional Teaching | 14 | | Standards re-take candidates. | 15 | | (C) National Board for Professional Teaching | 16 | | Standards renewal candidates. | 17 | | (D) (Blank).
| 18 | | Funds may also be used for professional development | 19 | | training provided by the National Board Resource Center. | 20 | | Funds may also be used for instructional leadership | 21 | | training for qualified educators interested in supporting | 22 | | implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching | 23 | | and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or | 24 | | both. | 25 | | (d) In addition to the monetary assistance and incentives | 26 | | provided under subsection (c), if adequate funds are |
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| 1 | | available, incentives shall include the following incentives | 2 | | for the program in rural or remote schools or school districts | 3 | | or for programs working with diverse candidates, to be | 4 | | distributed to the respective school district or directly to | 5 | | the qualified educator or entity: | 6 | | (1) A one-time incentive of $3,000 payable to National | 7 | | Board certified teachers teaching in Tier 1 or Tier 2 | 8 | | rural or remote school districts or rural or remote | 9 | | schools in Tier 1 or Tier 2 school districts, with | 10 | | priority given to teachers teaching in Tier 1 rural or | 11 | | remote school districts or rural or remote schools in Tier | 12 | | 1 school districts. | 13 | | (2) An annual incentive of $3,200 for National Board | 14 | | certified teacher rural or remote or distant candidate | 15 | | cohort facilitators, diverse candidate cohort | 16 | | facilitators, and candidate cohort facilitators. Priority | 17 | | shall be given to rural or remote candidate cohort | 18 | | facilitators and diverse candidate cohort facilitators. | 19 | | (3) An annual incentive of $2,500 for National Board | 20 | | certified teacher rural or remote or distant liaisons, | 21 | | diverse liaisons, and liaisons. Priority shall be given to | 22 | | rural or remote liaisons and diverse liaisons. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-333, eff. 1-1-20; | 24 | | 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 | | becoming law.
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