Bill Text: IL HB3483 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. Provides that an application for a certificate or evaluation of credentials must be accompanied by an evaluation fee of $30 payable to the regional superintendent of schools (instead of the State Superintendent of Education). Provides that the proceeds of the fee must be paid into the institute fund (instead of the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund). Effective July 1, 2011.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3483 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB3483-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB3483 Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Roger L. Eddy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/21-12 from Ch. 122, par. 21-12
Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. Provides that an application for a certificate or evaluation of credentials must be accompanied by an evaluation fee of $30 payable to the regional superintendent of schools (instead of the State Superintendent of Education). Provides that the proceeds of the fee must be paid into the institute fund (instead of the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund). Effective July 1, 2011.
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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
21-12 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/21-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-12)
Sec. 21-12. Printing; Seal; Signature; Credentials. All
certificates shall be printed by and bear the signatures of the
chairman and of the secretary of the State Teacher
Certification Board. Each certificate shall show the
integrally printed seal of the State Teacher Certification
Board. All college credentials offered as the basis of a
certificate shall be presented to the secretary of the State
Teacher Certification Board for inspection and approval. The
regional superintendent of schools, however, has the duty,
after appropriate training, to accept and review all
transcripts for new initial certificate applications and
ensure that each applicant has met all of the criteria
established by the State Board of Education in consultation
with the State Teacher Certification Board.
Each Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for a
certificate or evaluation of credentials shall be accompanied
by an evaluation fee of $30 payable to the regional

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superintendent of schools State Superintendent of Education,
which is not refundable, except that no application or
evaluation fee shall be required for a Master Certificate
issued pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this Code.
The proceeds of each $30 fee shall be paid into the institute
fund Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund, created under
Section 21-1b of this Code; and the moneys in that Fund shall
be appropriated and used to provide the technology and other
resources necessary for the timely and efficient processing of
certification requests.
The State Board of Education and each regional office of
education are authorized to charge a service or convenience fee
for the use of credit cards for the payment of certification
fees. This service or convenience fee may not exceed the amount
required by the credit card processing company or vendor that
has entered into a contract with the State Board or regional
office of education for this purpose, and the fee must be paid
to that company or vendor.
When evaluation verifies the requirements for a valid
certificate, the applicant shall be issued an entitlement card
that may be presented to a regional superintendent of schools
for issuance of a certificate.
The applicant shall be notified of any deficiencies.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2011.