Bill Amendment: IL HB3801 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SCH CD-TEACHING EXCELLENCE
Status: 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0207 [HB3801 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3801-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-TEACHING EXCELLENCE
Status: 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0207 [HB3801 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3801-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3801
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3801 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 21B-70 as follows:
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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 | "Hard-to-staff school" means a public school in which no | ||||||
13 | less than 30% of the student enrollment is considered | ||||||
14 | low-income as reported by the report card under Section 10-17a | ||||||
15 | of this Code. | ||||||
16 | "National Board certified teacher candidate cohort |
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1 | facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who | ||||||
2 | collaborates to advance the goal of supporting all other | ||||||
3 | candidate cohorts other than diverse candidate cohorts through | ||||||
4 | the Illinois National Board for Professional Teaching | ||||||
5 | Standards Comprehensive Support System. | ||||||
6 | "National Board certified teacher diverse candidate cohort | ||||||
7 | facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who | ||||||
8 | collaborates to advance the goal of supporting racially and | ||||||
9 | ethnically diverse candidates through the Illinois National | ||||||
10 | Board for Professional Teaching Standards Comprehensive | ||||||
11 | Support System. | ||||||
12 | "National Board certified teacher diverse liaison" means | ||||||
13 | an individual or entity that supports the National Board | ||||||
14 | certified teacher leading a diverse candidate cohort. | ||||||
15 | "National Board certified teacher liaison" means an | ||||||
16 | individual or entity that supports the National Board | ||||||
17 | certified teacher leading candidate cohorts other than diverse | ||||||
18 | candidate cohorts. | ||||||
19 | "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or | ||||||
20 | distant candidate cohort facilitator" means a National Board | ||||||
21 | certified teacher who collaborates to advance the goal of | ||||||
22 | supporting rural or remote candidates through the Illinois | ||||||
23 | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards | ||||||
24 | Comprehensive Support System. | ||||||
25 | "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or | ||||||
26 | distant liaison" means an individual or entity that supports |
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1 | the National Board certified teacher leading a rural or remote | ||||||
2 | candidate cohort. | ||||||
3 | "Qualified educator" means a teacher or school counselor | ||||||
4 | currently employed in a school district who is in the process | ||||||
5 | of obtaining certification through the National Board for | ||||||
6 | Professional Teaching Standards or who has completed | ||||||
7 | certification and holds a current Professional Educator | ||||||
8 | License with a National Board for Professional Teaching | ||||||
9 | Standards designation or a retired teacher or school counselor | ||||||
10 | who holds a Professional Educator License with a National | ||||||
11 | Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation. | ||||||
12 | "Rural or remote" or "rural or remote or distant" means | ||||||
13 | local codes 32, 33, 41, 42, and 43 of the New Urban-Centric | ||||||
14 | Locale Codes, as defined by the National Center for Education | ||||||
15 | Statistics. | ||||||
16 | "Tier 1" has the meaning given to that term under Section | ||||||
17 | 18-8.15. | ||||||
18 | "Tier 2" has the meaning given to that term under Section | ||||||
19 | 18-8.15. | ||||||
20 | (b) Any funds appropriated for the Illinois Teaching | ||||||
21 | Excellence Program must be used to provide monetary assistance | ||||||
22 | and incentives for qualified educators who are employed by or | ||||||
23 | retired from school districts and who have or are in the | ||||||
24 | process of obtaining licensure through the National Board for | ||||||
25 | Professional Teaching Standards. The goal of the program is to | ||||||
26 | improve instruction and student performance. |
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1 | The State Board of Education shall allocate an amount as | ||||||
2 | annually appropriated by the General Assembly for the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Teaching Excellence Program for (i) application or re-take | ||||||
4 | fees for each qualified educator seeking to complete | ||||||
5 | certification through the National Board for Professional | ||||||
6 | Teaching Standards, to be paid directly to the National Board | ||||||
7 | for Professional Teaching Standards, and (ii) incentives under | ||||||
8 | paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) for each | ||||||
9 | qualified educator, to be distributed to the respective school | ||||||
10 | district, and incentives under paragraph (5) of subsection | ||||||
11 | (c), to be distributed to the respective school district or | ||||||
12 | directly to the qualified educator. The school district shall | ||||||
13 | distribute this payment to each eligible teacher or school | ||||||
14 | counselor as a single payment. | ||||||
15 | The State Board of Education's annual budget must set out | ||||||
16 | by separate line item the appropriation for the program. | ||||||
17 | Unless otherwise provided by appropriation, qualified | ||||||
18 | educators are eligible for monetary assistance and incentives | ||||||
19 | outlined in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section. | ||||||
20 | (c) When there are adequate funds available, monetary | ||||||
21 | assistance 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).
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3 | Funds may also be used for instructional leadership | ||||||
4 | training for qualified educators interested in supporting | ||||||
5 | implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching | ||||||
6 | and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or | ||||||
7 | both. | ||||||
8 | (d) In addition to the monetary assistance and incentives | ||||||
9 | provided under subsection (c), if adequate funds are | ||||||
10 | available, incentives shall include the following incentives | ||||||
11 | for the program in rural or remote schools or school districts | ||||||
12 | or for programs working with diverse candidates or for | ||||||
13 | retention bonuses for hard to staff schools , to be distributed | ||||||
14 | to the respective school district or directly to the qualified | ||||||
15 | educator 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; | ||||||
13 | 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)".
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