Bill Text: IL HB1002 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Adds as a member of the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board one school service personnel certificate holder or holder of a Professional Educator License with a school service personnel endorsement who is employed in the public schools and who has been nominated by a statewide professional school service personnel organization, to be appointed by the State Board of Education; makes a related change.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-01-07 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0617 [HB1002 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1002-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1002 Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/21B-10
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Adds as a member of the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board one school service personnel certificate holder or holder of a Professional Educator License with a school service personnel endorsement who is employed in the public schools and who has been nominated by a statewide professional school service personnel organization, to be appointed by the State Board of Education; makes a related change.
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
21B-10 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/21B-10)
Sec. 21B-10. State Educator Preparation and Licensure
Board.
(a) The State Teacher Certification Board, which had been
established under Section 21-13 of the School Code prior to
this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, shall be
renamed the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board.
References in law to the State Teacher Certification Board
shall mean the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board.
The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board shall
consist of the State Superintendent of Education or a
representative appointed by him or her, who shall be ex-officio
chairperson, 5 administrative or faculty members of public or
private colleges or universities located in this State, 3
administrators and 10 classroom teachers employed in the public
schools (5 of whom must be members of and nominated by a
statewide professional teachers' organization and 5 of whom
must be members of and nominated by a different statewide

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professional teachers' organization), one school service
personnel certificate holder or holder of a Professional
Educator License with a school service personnel endorsement
who is employed in the public schools and who has been
nominated by a statewide professional school service personnel
organization, and one regional superintendent of schools, all
of whom shall be appointed by the State Board of Education;
provided that at least one of the administrators and at least 3
of the classroom teachers so appointed must be employees of a
school district that is subject to the provisions of Article 34
of this Code. A statewide professional teachers' organization
and a different statewide professional teachers' organization
shall submit to the State Board of Education for consideration
at least 3 names of accomplished teachers for every one vacancy
or expiring term in a classroom teacher position. A statewide
professional school service personnel organization shall
submit to the State Board of Education for consideration at
least 3 names of accomplished school service personnel for any
vacancy or expiring term in a school service personnel
position. The nominations submitted to the State Board of
Education under this Section to fill a vacancy or an expiring
term shall be advisory. Nomination for State Educator
Preparation and Licensure Board members must be submitted to
the State Board of Education within 30 days after the vacancy
or vacancies occur. Nominations to fill an expiring term must
be submitted to the State Board of Education at least 30 days

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before the expiration of that term. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Section, if a sufficient number of
nominations are not received by the State Board of Education
for a vacancy or expiring term within the 30-day period, then
the State Board of Education may appoint any qualified person,
in the same manner as the original appointment, to fill the
vacancy or expiring term. The regular term of each member is 3
years, and an individual may be appointed for no more than 2
consecutive terms. The term of an appointed member of the State
Educator Preparation and Licensure Board shall expire on June
30 of his or her final year.
(b) The State Board of Education shall appoint a secretary
of the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board.
(c) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
shall hold regular meetings at least quarterly and such other
special meetings as may be necessary.
(d) The necessary expenses of the State Educator
Preparation and Licensure Board shall be provided through the
State Board of Education. The State Board of Education, in
consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
Board, may adopt such rules as may be necessary for the
administration of this Article.
(e) Individuals serving on the State Teacher Certification
Board on June 30, 2011 under Section 21-13 of this Code shall
continue to serve on the State Educator Preparation and
Licensure Board until the scheduled expiration of their

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respective terms.
(Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)