Full Text of HB6181 99th 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-45 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-45) | 7 | | Sec. 21B-45. Professional Educator License renewal. | 8 | | (a) Individuals holding a Professional Educator License | 9 | | are required to complete the licensure renewal requirements as | 10 | | specified in this Section, unless otherwise provided in this | 11 | | Code. | 12 | | Individuals holding a Professional Educator License shall | 13 | | meet the renewal requirements set forth in this Section, unless | 14 | | otherwise provided in this Code. If an individual holds a | 15 | | license endorsed in more than one area that has different | 16 | | renewal requirements, that individual shall follow the renewal | 17 | | requirements for the position for which he or she spends the | 18 | | majority of his or her time working. | 19 | | (b) All Professional Educator Licenses not renewed as | 20 | | provided in this Section shall lapse on September 1 of that | 21 | | year. Lapsed licenses may be immediately reinstated upon (i) | 22 | | payment by the applicant of a $500 penalty to the State Board | 23 | | of Education or (ii) the demonstration of proficiency by |
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| 1 | | completing 9 semester hours of coursework from a regionally | 2 | | accredited institution of higher education in the content area | 3 | | that most aligns with one or more of the educator's endorsement | 4 | | areas. Any and all back fees, including without limitation | 5 | | registration fees owed from the time of expiration of the | 6 | | license until the date of reinstatement, shall be paid and kept | 7 | | in accordance with the provisions in Article 3 of this Code | 8 | | concerning an institute fund and the provisions in Article 21B | 9 | | of this Code concerning fees and requirements for registration. | 10 | | Licenses not registered in accordance with Section 21B-40 of | 11 | | this Code shall lapse after a period of 6 months from the | 12 | | expiration of the last year of registration. An unregistered | 13 | | license is invalid after September 1 for employment and | 14 | | performance of services in an Illinois public or State-operated | 15 | | school or cooperative and in a charter school. Any license or | 16 | | endorsement may be voluntarily surrendered by the license | 17 | | holder. A voluntarily surrendered license, except a substitute | 18 | | teaching license issued under Section 21B-20 of this Code, | 19 | | shall be treated as a revoked license. An Educator License with | 20 | | Stipulations with only a paraprofessional endorsement does not | 21 | | lapse.
| 22 | | (c) From July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in order to | 23 | | satisfy the requirements for licensure renewal provided for in | 24 | | this Section, each professional educator licensee with an | 25 | | administrative endorsement who is working in a position | 26 | | requiring such endorsement shall complete one Illinois |
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| 1 | | Administrators' Academy course, as described in Article 2 of | 2 | | this Code, per fiscal year. | 3 | | (d) Beginning July 1, 2014, in order to satisfy the | 4 | | requirements for licensure renewal provided for in this | 5 | | Section, each professional educator licensee may create a | 6 | | professional development plan each year. The plan shall address | 7 | | one or more of the endorsements that are required of his or her | 8 | | educator position if the licensee is employed and performing | 9 | | services in an Illinois public or State-operated school or | 10 | | cooperative. If the licensee is employed in a charter school, | 11 | | the plan shall address that endorsement or those endorsements | 12 | | most closely related to his or her educator position. Licensees | 13 | | employed and performing services in any other Illinois schools | 14 | | may participate in the renewal requirements by adhering to the | 15 | | same process. | 16 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the | 17 | | licensee's professional development activities shall align | 18 | | with one or more of the following criteria: | 19 | | (1) activities are of a type that engage participants | 20 | | over a sustained period of time allowing for analysis, | 21 | | discovery, and application as they relate to student | 22 | | learning, social or emotional achievement, or well-being; | 23 | | (2) professional development aligns to the licensee's | 24 | | performance; | 25 | | (3) outcomes for the activities must relate to student | 26 | | growth or district improvement; |
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| 1 | | (4) activities align to State-approved standards;
and | 2 | | (5) higher education coursework. | 3 | | (e) For each renewal cycle, each professional educator | 4 | | licensee shall engage in professional development activities. | 5 | | Prior to renewal, the licensee shall enter electronically into | 6 | | the Educator Licensure Information System (ELIS) the name, | 7 | | date, and location of the activity, the number of professional | 8 | | development hours, and the provider's name. The following | 9 | | provisions shall apply concerning professional development | 10 | | activities: | 11 | | (1) Each licensee shall complete a total of 120 hours | 12 | | of professional development per 5-year renewal cycle in | 13 | | order to renew the license, except as otherwise provided in | 14 | | this Section. | 15 | | (2) Beginning with his or her first full 5-year cycle, | 16 | | any licensee with an administrative endorsement who is not | 17 | | working in a position requiring such endorsement shall | 18 | | complete one Illinois Administrators' Academy course, as | 19 | | described in Article 2 of this Code, in each 5-year renewal | 20 | | cycle in which the administrative endorsement was held for | 21 | | at least one year. The Illinois Administrators' Academy | 22 | | course may count toward the total of 120 hours per 5-year | 23 | | cycle. | 24 | | (3) Any licensee with an administrative endorsement | 25 | | who is working in a position requiring such endorsement or | 26 | | an individual with a Teacher Leader endorsement serving in |
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| 1 | | an administrative capacity at least 50% of the day shall | 2 | | complete one Illinois Administrators' Academy course, as | 3 | | described in Article 2 of this Code, each fiscal year in | 4 | | addition to 100 hours of professional development per | 5 | | 5-year renewal cycle in accordance with this Code. | 6 | | (4) Any licensee holding a current National Board for | 7 | | Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) master teacher | 8 | | designation shall complete a total of 60 hours of | 9 | | professional development per 5-year renewal cycle in order | 10 | | to renew the license. | 11 | | (5) Licensees working in a position that does not | 12 | | require educator licensure or working in a position for | 13 | | less than 50% for any particular year are considered to be | 14 | | exempt and shall be required to pay only the registration | 15 | | fee in order to renew and maintain the validity of the | 16 | | license. | 17 | | (6) Licensees who are retired and qualify for benefits | 18 | | from a State retirement system shall notify the State Board | 19 | | of Education using ELIS, and the license shall be | 20 | | maintained in retired status. An individual with a license | 21 | | in retired status shall not be required to complete | 22 | | professional development activities or pay registration | 23 | | fees until returning to a position that requires educator | 24 | | licensure. Upon returning to work in a position that | 25 | | requires the Professional Educator License, the licensee | 26 | | shall immediately pay a registration fee and complete |
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| 1 | | renewal requirements for that year. A license in retired | 2 | | status cannot lapse. | 3 | | (7) For any renewal cycle in which professional | 4 | | development hours were required, but not fulfilled, the | 5 | | licensee shall complete any missed hours to total the | 6 | | minimum professional development hours required in this | 7 | | Section prior to September 1 of that year. For any fiscal | 8 | | year or renewal cycle in which an Illinois Administrators' | 9 | | Academy course was required but not completed, the licensee | 10 | | shall complete any missed Illinois Administrators' Academy | 11 | | courses prior to September 1 of that year. The licensee may | 12 | | complete all deficient hours and Illinois Administrators' | 13 | | Academy courses while continuing to work in a position that | 14 | | requires that license until September 1 of that year. | 15 | | (8) Any licensee who has not fulfilled the professional | 16 | | development renewal requirements set forth in this Section | 17 | | at the end of any 5-year renewal cycle is ineligible to | 18 | | register his or her license and may submit an appeal to the | 19 | | State Superintendent of Education for reinstatement of the | 20 | | license. | 21 | | (9) If professional development opportunities were | 22 | | unavailable to a licensee, proof that opportunities were | 23 | | unavailable and request for an extension of time beyond | 24 | | August 31 to complete the renewal requirements may be | 25 | | submitted from April 1 through June 30 of that year to the | 26 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. If an |
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| 1 | | extension is approved, the license shall remain valid | 2 | | during the extension period. | 3 | | (10) Individuals who hold exempt licenses prior to | 4 | | December 27, 2013 ( the effective date of Public Act 98-610) | 5 | | this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall | 6 | | commence the annual renewal process with the first | 7 | | scheduled registration due after December 27, 2013 ( the | 8 | | effective date of Public Act 98-610) this amendatory Act of | 9 | | the 98th General Assembly . | 10 | | (11) Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 11 | | subsection (e), if a licensee earns more than the required | 12 | | number of professional development hours during a renewal | 13 | | cycle, then the licensee may carry over any hours earned | 14 | | from April 1 through June 30 of the last year of the | 15 | | renewal cycle. Any hours carried over in this manner must | 16 | | be applied to the next renewal cycle. Illinois | 17 | | Administrators' Academy courses or hours earned in those | 18 | | courses may not be carried over. | 19 | | (f) At the time of renewal, each licensee shall respond to | 20 | | the required questions under penalty of perjury. | 21 | | (g) The following entities shall be designated as approved | 22 | | to provide professional development activities for the renewal | 23 | | of Professional Educator Licenses: | 24 | | (1) The State Board of Education. | 25 | | (2) Regional offices of education and intermediate | 26 | | service centers. |
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| 1 | | (3) Illinois professional associations representing | 2 | | the following groups that are approved by the State | 3 | | Superintendent of Education: | 4 | | (A) school administrators; | 5 | | (B) principals; | 6 | | (C) school business officials; | 7 | | (D) teachers, including special education | 8 | | teachers; | 9 | | (E) school boards; | 10 | | (F) school districts; | 11 | | (G) parents; and | 12 | | (H) school service personnel. | 13 | | (4) Regionally accredited institutions of higher | 14 | | education that offer Illinois-approved educator | 15 | | preparation programs and public community colleges subject | 16 | | to the Public Community College Act. | 17 | | (5) Illinois public school districts, charter schools | 18 | | authorized under Article 27A of this Code, and joint | 19 | | educational programs authorized under Article 10 of this | 20 | | Code for the purposes of providing career and technical | 21 | | education or special education services. | 22 | | (6) A not-for-profit organization that, as of December | 23 | | 31, 2014 ( the effective date of Public Act 98-1147) this | 24 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly , has had or has | 25 | | a grant from or a contract with the State Board of | 26 | | Education to provide professional development services in |
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| 1 | | the area of English Learning to Illinois school districts, | 2 | | teachers, or administrators. | 3 | | (7) State agencies, State boards, and State | 4 | | commissions. | 5 | | (8) (7) Museums as defined in Section 10 of the Museum | 6 | | Disposition of Property Act. | 7 | | (h) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this Section | 8 | | shall make available professional development opportunities | 9 | | that satisfy at least one of the following: | 10 | | (1) increase the knowledge and skills of school and | 11 | | district leaders who guide continuous professional | 12 | | development; | 13 | | (2) improve the learning of students; | 14 | | (3) organize adults into learning communities whose | 15 | | goals are aligned with those of the school and district; | 16 | | (4) deepen educator's content knowledge; | 17 | | (5) provide educators with research-based | 18 | | instructional strategies to assist students in meeting | 19 | | rigorous academic standards; | 20 | | (6) prepare educators to appropriately use various | 21 | | types of classroom assessments; | 22 | | (7) use learning strategies appropriate to the | 23 | | intended goals; | 24 | | (8) provide educators with the knowledge and skills to | 25 | | collaborate; or | 26 | | (9) prepare educators to apply research to |
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| 1 | | decision-making. | 2 | | (i) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this Section | 3 | | shall do the following: | 4 | | (1) align professional development activities to the | 5 | | State-approved national standards for professional | 6 | | learning; | 7 | | (2) meet the professional development criteria for | 8 | | Illinois licensure renewal; | 9 | | (3) produce a rationale for the activity that explains | 10 | | how it aligns to State standards and identify the | 11 | | assessment for determining the expected impact on student | 12 | | learning or school improvement; | 13 | | (4) maintain original documentation for completion of | 14 | | activities; and | 15 | | (5) provide license holders with evidence of | 16 | | completion of activities. | 17 | | (j) The State Board of Education shall conduct annual | 18 | | audits of approved providers, except for school districts, | 19 | | which shall be audited by regional offices of education and | 20 | | intermediate service centers. The State Board of Education | 21 | | shall complete random audits of licensees. | 22 | | (1) Approved providers shall annually submit to the | 23 | | State Board of Education a list of subcontractors used for | 24 | | delivery of professional development activities for which | 25 | | renewal credit was issued and other information as defined | 26 | | by rule. |
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| 1 | | (2) Approved providers shall annually submit data to | 2 | | the State Board of Education demonstrating how the | 3 | | professional development activities impacted one or more | 4 | | of the following: | 5 | | (A) educator and student growth in regards to | 6 | | content knowledge or skills, or both; | 7 | | (B) educator and student social and emotional | 8 | | growth; or | 9 | | (C) alignment to district or school improvement | 10 | | plans. | 11 | | (3) The State Superintendent of Education shall review | 12 | | the annual data collected by the State Board of Education, | 13 | | regional offices of education, and intermediate service | 14 | | centers in audits to determine if the approved provider has | 15 | | met the criteria and should continue to be an approved | 16 | | provider or if further action should be taken as provided | 17 | | in rules. | 18 | | (k) Registration fees shall be paid for the next renewal | 19 | | cycle between April 1 and June 30 in the last year of each | 20 | | 5-year renewal cycle using ELIS. If all required professional | 21 | | development hours for the renewal cycle have been completed and | 22 | | entered by the licensee, the licensee shall pay the | 23 | | registration fees for the next cycle using a form of credit or | 24 | | debit card. | 25 | | (l) Beginning July 1, 2014, any professional educator | 26 | | licensee endorsed for school support personnel who is employed |
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| 1 | | and performing services in Illinois public schools and who | 2 | | holds an active and current professional license issued by the | 3 | | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation related to | 4 | | the endorsement areas on the Professional Educator License | 5 | | shall be deemed to have satisfied the continuing professional | 6 | | development requirements provided for in this Section. Such | 7 | | individuals shall be required to pay only registration fees to | 8 | | renew the Professional Educator License. An individual who does | 9 | | not hold a license issued by the Department of Financial and | 10 | | Professional Regulation shall complete professional | 11 | | development requirements for the renewal of a Professional | 12 | | Educator License provided for in this Section. | 13 | | (m) Appeals to the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 14 | | Board
must be made within 30 days after receipt of notice from | 15 | | the State Superintendent of Education that a license will not | 16 | | be renewed based upon failure to complete the requirements of | 17 | | this Section. A licensee may appeal that decision to the State | 18 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board in a manner prescribed | 19 | | by rule. | 20 | | (1) Each appeal shall state the reasons why the State | 21 | | Superintendent's decision should be reversed and shall be | 22 | | sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the | 23 | | State Board of Education. | 24 | | (2) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board | 25 | | shall review each appeal regarding renewal of a license | 26 | | within 90 days after receiving the appeal in order to |
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| 1 | | determine whether the licensee has met the requirements of | 2 | | this Section. The State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 3 | | Board may hold an appeal hearing or may make its | 4 | | determination based upon the record of review, which shall | 5 | | consist of the following: | 6 | | (A) the regional superintendent of education's | 7 | | rationale for recommending nonrenewal of the license, | 8 | | if applicable; | 9 | | (B) any evidence submitted to the State | 10 | | Superintendent along with the individual's electronic | 11 | | statement of assurance for renewal; and | 12 | | (C) the State Superintendent's rationale for | 13 | | nonrenewal of the license. | 14 | | (3) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board | 15 | | shall notify the licensee of its decision regarding license | 16 | | renewal by certified mail, return receipt requested, no | 17 | | later than 30 days after reaching a decision. Upon receipt | 18 | | of notification of renewal, the licensee, using ELIS, shall | 19 | | pay the applicable registration fee for the next cycle | 20 | | using a form of credit or debit card. | 21 | | (n) The State Board of Education may adopt rules as may be | 22 | | necessary to implement this Section. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 98-610, eff. 12-27-13; 98-1147, eff. 12-31-14; | 24 | | 99-58, eff. 7-16-15; 99-130, eff. 7-24-15; revised 10-21-15.)
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