Bill Amendment: IL HB5196 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SCH CD-PARAPROFESSIONAL-FEE
Status: 2018-08-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0772 [HB5196 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5196-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-PARAPROFESSIONAL-FEE
Status: 2018-08-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0772 [HB5196 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5196-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5196
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5196 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-40 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-40) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 21B-40. Fees. | ||||||
8 | (a) Beginning with the start of the new licensure system | ||||||
9 | established pursuant to this Article, the following fees shall | ||||||
10 | be charged to applicants: | ||||||
11 | (1) A $75 application fee for a Professional Educator | ||||||
12 | License or an Educator License with Stipulations. However, | ||||||
13 | beginning on January 1, 2015, the application fee for a | ||||||
14 | Professional Educator License and Educator License with | ||||||
15 | Stipulations shall be $100. Beginning on July 1, 2018, a | ||||||
16 | licensee who holds a paraprofessional educator endorsement |
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1 | on an Educator License with Stipulations is not required to | ||||||
2 | pay a license renewal fee. | ||||||
3 | (1.5) A $50 application fee for a Substitute Teaching | ||||||
4 | License. If the application for a Substitute Teaching | ||||||
5 | License is made and granted after July 1, 2017, the | ||||||
6 | licensee may apply for a refund of the application fee | ||||||
7 | within 18 months of issuance of the new license and shall | ||||||
8 | be issued that refund by the State Board of Education if | ||||||
9 | the licensee provides evidence to the State Board of | ||||||
10 | Education that the licensee has taught pursuant to the | ||||||
11 | Substitute Teaching License at least 10 full school days | ||||||
12 | within one year of issuance. | ||||||
13 | (2) A $150 application fee for individuals who have not | ||||||
14 | been entitled by an Illinois-approved educator preparation | ||||||
15 | program at an Illinois institution of higher education and | ||||||
16 | are seeking any of the licenses set forth in subdivision | ||||||
17 | (1) of this subsection (a). | ||||||
18 | (3) A $50 application fee for each endorsement or | ||||||
19 | approval an individual holding a license wishes to add to | ||||||
20 | that license. | ||||||
21 | (4) A $10 per year registration fee for the course of | ||||||
22 | the validity cycle to register the license, which shall be | ||||||
23 | paid to the regional office of education having supervision | ||||||
24 | and control over the school in which the individual holding | ||||||
25 | the license is to be employed. If the individual holding | ||||||
26 | the license is not yet employed, then the license may be |
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1 | registered in any county in this State. The registration | ||||||
2 | fee must be paid in its entirety the first time the | ||||||
3 | individual registers the license for a particular validity | ||||||
4 | period in a single region. No additional fee may be charged | ||||||
5 | for that validity period should the individual | ||||||
6 | subsequently register the license in additional regions. | ||||||
7 | An individual must register the license (i) immediately | ||||||
8 | after initial issuance of the license and (ii) at the | ||||||
9 | beginning of each renewal cycle if the individual has | ||||||
10 | satisfied the renewal requirements required under this | ||||||
11 | Code. | ||||||
12 | Beginning on July 1, 2017, at the beginning of each | ||||||
13 | renewal cycle, individuals who hold a Substitute Teaching | ||||||
14 | License may apply for a reimbursement of the registration | ||||||
15 | fee within 18 months of renewal and shall be issued that | ||||||
16 | reimbursement by the State Board of Education from funds | ||||||
17 | appropriated for that purpose if the licensee provides | ||||||
18 | evidence to the State Board of Education that the licensee | ||||||
19 | has taught pursuant to the Substitute Teaching License at | ||||||
20 | least 10 full school days within one year of renewal. | ||||||
21 | (b) All application fees paid pursuant to subdivisions (1) | ||||||
22 | through (3) of subsection (a) of this Section shall be | ||||||
23 | deposited into the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund and | ||||||
24 | shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the State Board of | ||||||
25 | Education to provide the technology and human resources | ||||||
26 | necessary for the timely and efficient processing of |
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1 | applications and for the renewal of licenses. Funds available | ||||||
2 | from the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund may also be | ||||||
3 | used by the State Board of Education to support the recruitment | ||||||
4 | and retention of educators, to support educator preparation | ||||||
5 | programs as they seek national accreditation, and to provide | ||||||
6 | professional development aligned with the requirements set | ||||||
7 | forth in Section 21B-45 of this Code. A majority of the funds | ||||||
8 | in the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund must be dedicated | ||||||
9 | to the timely and efficient processing of applications and for | ||||||
10 | the renewal of licenses. The Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving | ||||||
11 | Fund is not subject to administrative charge transfers, | ||||||
12 | authorized under Section 8h of the State Finance Act, from the | ||||||
13 | Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund into any other fund of | ||||||
14 | this State, and moneys in the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving | ||||||
15 | Fund shall not revert back to the General Revenue Fund at any | ||||||
16 | time. | ||||||
17 | The regional superintendent of schools shall deposit the | ||||||
18 | registration fees paid pursuant to subdivision (4) of | ||||||
19 | subsection (a) of this Section into the institute fund | ||||||
20 | established pursuant to Section 3-11 of this Code. | ||||||
21 | (c) The State Board of Education and each regional office | ||||||
22 | of education are authorized to charge a service or convenience | ||||||
23 | fee for the use of credit cards for the payment of license | ||||||
24 | fees. This service or convenience fee shall not exceed the | ||||||
25 | amount required by the credit card processing company or vendor | ||||||
26 | that has entered into a contract with the State Board or |
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1 | regional office of education for this purpose, and the fee must | ||||||
2 | be paid to that company or vendor. | ||||||
3 | (d) If, at the time a certificate issued under Article 21 | ||||||
4 | of this Code is exchanged for a license issued under this | ||||||
5 | Article, a person has paid registration fees for any years of | ||||||
6 | the validity period of the certificate and these years have not | ||||||
7 | expired when the certificate is exchanged, then those fees must | ||||||
8 | be applied to the registration of the new license.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 99-58, eff. 7-16-15; 99-920, eff. 1-6-17; | ||||||
10 | 100-550, eff. 11-8-17.)
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11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
12 | becoming law.".
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