Bill Amendment: IL SB1460 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: IL TEACHING EXCELLENCE PROGRAM
Status: 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0333 [SB1460 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1460-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: IL TEACHING EXCELLENCE PROGRAM
Status: 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0333 [SB1460 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1460-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1460
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1460 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 | "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 | "National Board certified teacher rural or remote | ||||||
14 | candidate cohort facilitator" means a National Board certified | ||||||
15 | teacher who collaborates to advance the goal of supporting | ||||||
16 | rural or remote candidates through the Illinois National Board |
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1 | for Professional Teaching Standards Comprehensive Support | ||||||
2 | System. | ||||||
3 | "National Board certified teacher rural or remote liaison" | ||||||
4 | means an individual who supports the National Board certified | ||||||
5 | teacher leading a rural or remote candidate cohort. | ||||||
6 | "Qualified educator" means a teacher or school counselor | ||||||
7 | currently employed in a school district who is in the process | ||||||
8 | of obtaining certification through the National Board for | ||||||
9 | Professional Teaching Standards or who has completed | ||||||
10 | certification and holds a current Professional Educator | ||||||
11 | License with a National Board for Professional Teaching | ||||||
12 | Standards designation or a retired teacher or school counselor | ||||||
13 | who holds a Professional Educator License with a National Board | ||||||
14 | for Professional Teaching Standards designation. | ||||||
15 | "Rural or remote" means local codes 33, 41, 42, and 43 of | ||||||
16 | the New Urban-Centric Locale Codes, as defined by the National | ||||||
17 | Center for Education Statistics. | ||||||
18 | "Tier 1" has the meaning given to that term under Section | ||||||
19 | 18-8.15. | ||||||
20 | (b) Any Beginning on July 1, 2011, any funds appropriated | ||||||
21 | for the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program must be used to | ||||||
22 | provide monetary assistance and incentives for qualified | ||||||
23 | educators who are employed by or retired from school districts | ||||||
24 | and who have or are in the process of obtaining licensure | ||||||
25 | through the National Board for Professional Teaching | ||||||
26 | Standards. The goal of the program is to improve instruction |
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1 | and student performance. | ||||||
2 | The State Board of Education shall allocate an amount as | ||||||
3 | annually appropriated by the General Assembly for the Illinois | ||||||
4 | Teaching Excellence Program for (i) application or re-take fees | ||||||
5 | for each qualified educator seeking to complete certification | ||||||
6 | through the National Board for Professional Teaching | ||||||
7 | Standards, to be paid directly to the National Board for | ||||||
8 | Professional Teaching Standards, and (ii) incentives under | ||||||
9 | paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) for each | ||||||
10 | qualified educator , to be distributed to the respective school | ||||||
11 | district , and incentives under paragraph (5) of subsection (c), | ||||||
12 | to be distributed to the respective school district or directly | ||||||
13 | to the qualified educator . The school district shall distribute | ||||||
14 | this payment to each eligible teacher or school counselor as a | ||||||
15 | single payment. | ||||||
16 | The State Board of Education's annual budget must set out | ||||||
17 | by separate line item the appropriation for the program. Unless | ||||||
18 | otherwise provided by appropriation, qualified educators are | ||||||
19 | eligible for monetary assistance and incentives outlined in | ||||||
20 | subsections subsection (c) and (d) of this Section. | ||||||
21 | (c) When there are adequate funds available, monetary | ||||||
22 | assistance and incentives shall include the following: | ||||||
23 | (1) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or | ||||||
24 | re-take fee for up to 750 teachers or school counselors in | ||||||
25 | a Tier 1 poverty or low-performing school district who | ||||||
26 | apply on a first-come, first-serve basis for National Board |
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1 | certification. | ||||||
2 | (2) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or | ||||||
3 | re-take fee for up to 250 teachers or school counselors in | ||||||
4 | a school district other than a Tier 1 poverty or | ||||||
5 | low-performing school district who apply on a first-come, | ||||||
6 | first-serve basis for National Board certification. | ||||||
7 | However, if there were fewer than 750 individuals supported | ||||||
8 | in item (1) of this subsection (c), then the number | ||||||
9 | supported in this item (2) may be increased as such that | ||||||
10 | the combination of item (1) of this subsection (c) and this | ||||||
11 | item (2) shall equal 1,000 applicants. | ||||||
12 | (3) A maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for | ||||||
13 | Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee. | ||||||
14 | (4) (Blank). | ||||||
15 | (5) An annual incentive equal to $1,500, which shall be | ||||||
16 | paid to each qualified educator currently employed in a | ||||||
17 | school district who holds both a National Board for | ||||||
18 | Professional Teaching Standards designation and a current | ||||||
19 | corresponding certificate issued by the National Board for | ||||||
20 | Professional Teaching Standards and who agrees, in | ||||||
21 | writing, to provide at least 30 hours of mentoring or | ||||||
22 | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards | ||||||
23 | professional development or both during the school year to | ||||||
24 | classroom teachers or school counselors, as applicable. | ||||||
25 | Funds must be disbursed on a first-come, first-serve basis, | ||||||
26 | with priority given to Tier 1 school districts poverty or |
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1 | low-performing schools . Mentoring shall include, either | ||||||
2 | singly or in combination, the following: | ||||||
3 | (A) National Board for Professional Teaching | ||||||
4 | Standards certification candidates. | ||||||
5 | (B) National Board for Professional Teaching | ||||||
6 | Standards re-take candidates. | ||||||
7 | (C) National Board for Professional Teaching | ||||||
8 | Standards renewal candidates. | ||||||
9 | (D) (Blank).
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10 | Funds may also be used for instructional leadership | ||||||
11 | training for qualified educators interested in supporting | ||||||
12 | implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching | ||||||
13 | and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or | ||||||
14 | both. | ||||||
15 | (d) In addition to the monetary assistance and incentives | ||||||
16 | provided under subsection (c), if adequate funds are available, | ||||||
17 | incentives shall include the following incentives for the | ||||||
18 | program in rural or remote school districts, to be distributed | ||||||
19 | to the respective school district or directly to the qualified | ||||||
20 | educator: | ||||||
21 | (1) A one-time incentive of $3,000 payable to National | ||||||
22 | Board certified teachers teaching in Tier 1 rural or remote | ||||||
23 | school districts. | ||||||
24 | (2) An annual incentive of $3,200 for National Board | ||||||
25 | certified teacher rural or remote candidate cohort | ||||||
26 | facilitators. |
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1 | (3) An annual incentive of $2,500 for National Board | ||||||
2 | certified teacher rural or remote liaisons. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)".
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