Bill Text: IL HB6193 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. With respect to the renewal of a Standard Teaching Certificate, provides that continuing professional development activities may include participating in or presenting at in-service training programs on sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 (instead of sexual assault awareness in secondary schools). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-13)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1147 [HB6193 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB6193-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. With respect to the renewal of a Standard Teaching Certificate, provides that continuing professional development activities may include participating in or presenting at in-service training programs on sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 (instead of sexual assault awareness in secondary schools). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-13)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1147 [HB6193 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB6193-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 21-14 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates. | ||||||
8 | (a) A limited
four-year certificate or a certificate issued | ||||||
9 | after July 1, 1955, shall
be renewable at its expiration or | ||||||
10 | within 60 days thereafter by the
county superintendent of | ||||||
11 | schools having supervision and control over the
school where | ||||||
12 | the teacher is teaching upon certified evidence of meeting
the | ||||||
13 | requirements for renewal as required by this Act and prescribed | ||||||
14 | by
the State Board of Education in consultation with the State
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15 | Teacher Certification Board. An elementary supervisory | ||||||
16 | certificate
shall not be renewed at the end of the first | ||||||
17 | four-year period covered by
the certificate unless the holder | ||||||
18 | thereof has filed certified evidence
with the State Teacher | ||||||
19 | Certification Board that he has a master's degree
or that he | ||||||
20 | has earned 8 semester hours of credit in the field of
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21 | educational administration and supervision in a recognized | ||||||
22 | institution
of higher learning. The holder shall continue to | ||||||
23 | earn 8 semester hours
of credit each four-year period until |
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1 | such time as he has earned a
master's degree. | ||||||
2 | All certificates not renewed as provided in this Section or | ||||||
3 | registered in accordance with this Code shall lapse after a | ||||||
4 | period of 6 months from the expiration of the last year of | ||||||
5 | registration. Such certificates may be immediately reinstated | ||||||
6 | upon payment by the applicant to the State Board of Education | ||||||
7 | of (1) any and all back fees, including without limitation | ||||||
8 | registration fees, owed from the time of expiration of the | ||||||
9 | certificate until the date of reinstatement; and (2) a $500 | ||||||
10 | penalty or the demonstration of proficiency by completing 9 | ||||||
11 | semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited | ||||||
12 | institution of higher education in the content area that most | ||||||
13 | aligns with the educator's endorsement area or areas; provided | ||||||
14 | that, until September 1, 2012, certificates that have lapsed | ||||||
15 | solely for the failure to pay a registration fee may be | ||||||
16 | immediately reinstated upon payment only of any and all back | ||||||
17 | fees, including without limitation registration fees, owed | ||||||
18 | from the time of expiration of the certificate until the date | ||||||
19 | of reinstatement. Any and all back fees and penalty amounts | ||||||
20 | shall be deposited by the State Board of Education into the | ||||||
21 | Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund. Any certificate may be | ||||||
22 | voluntarily surrendered by the certificate holder. A | ||||||
23 | voluntarily surrendered certificate shall be treated as a | ||||||
24 | revoked certificate. | ||||||
25 | (b) When those teaching certificates issued before | ||||||
26 | February 15, 2000 are
renewed for the first time after February |
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1 | 15, 2000, all
such
teaching
certificates
shall be exchanged for | ||||||
2 | Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in subsection
(c) of | ||||||
3 | Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard Teaching Certificates, | ||||||
4 | including
those issued to persons who previously held teaching | ||||||
5 | certificates issued before
February 15, 2000, shall be | ||||||
6 | renewable under the conditions
set forth
in this
subsection | ||||||
7 | (b). | ||||||
8 | Initial Teaching Certificates are valid for 4 years of | ||||||
9 | teaching, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 21-2 of this | ||||||
10 | Code, and are renewable every 4 years until the person | ||||||
11 | completes 4 years of teaching. If the holder of an Initial | ||||||
12 | Certificate has completed 4 years of teaching but has not | ||||||
13 | completed the requirements set forth in paragraph (2) of | ||||||
14 | subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, then the Initial | ||||||
15 | Certificate may be reinstated for one year, during which the | ||||||
16 | requirements must be met. A holder of an Initial Certificate | ||||||
17 | who has not completed 4 years of teaching may continuously | ||||||
18 | register the certificate for additional 4-year periods without | ||||||
19 | penalty. Initial Certificates that are not registered shall | ||||||
20 | lapse consistent with subsection (a) of this Section and may be | ||||||
21 | reinstated only in accordance with subsection (a).
Standard | ||||||
22 | Teaching Certificates are renewable every 5 years as provided
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23 | in
subsection (c) of Section 21-2
and subsection (c) of this | ||||||
24 | Section.
For purposes of this Section, "teaching" is defined as | ||||||
25 | employment and
performance of
services in an Illinois public or | ||||||
26 | State-operated elementary school, secondary
school, or
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1 | cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board | ||||||
2 | of control, in a
certificated teaching position, or a charter | ||||||
3 | school operating in compliance
with the
Charter Schools Law. | ||||||
4 | (c) In compliance with subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of | ||||||
5 | this Code, which
provides that a
Standard
Teaching Certificate | ||||||
6 | may be renewed by the State Teacher Certification Board
based
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7 | upon proof of continuing professional development, the State | ||||||
8 | Board of Education
and
the State Teacher Certification Board | ||||||
9 | shall jointly: | ||||||
10 | (1) establish a procedure for renewing Standard | ||||||
11 | Teaching Certificates,
which shall include but not be | ||||||
12 | limited to annual timelines for the renewal
process and the | ||||||
13 | components set forth in subsections (d) through (k) of this
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14 | Section; | ||||||
15 | (2) establish the standards for certificate renewal; | ||||||
16 | (3) approve or disapprove the providers of continuing | ||||||
17 | professional development
activities; | ||||||
18 | (4) determine the maximum credit for each category of | ||||||
19 | continuing
professional development activities, based upon | ||||||
20 | recommendations submitted by
a continuing professional
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21 | development
activity task force, which shall consist of 6 | ||||||
22 | staff members from the State
Board of
Education, appointed | ||||||
23 | by the State Superintendent of Education, and 6 teacher
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24 | representatives, 3 of whom are selected by the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Education Association
and 3 of
whom are selected by the | ||||||
26 | Illinois Federation of Teachers; |
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1 | (5) designate the type and amount of documentation | ||||||
2 | required to show that
continuing professional development | ||||||
3 | activities have been completed; and | ||||||
4 | (6) provide, on a timely basis to all Illinois | ||||||
5 | teachers, certificate
holders, regional superintendents of | ||||||
6 | schools,
school districts, and others with an interest in | ||||||
7 | continuing professional
development, information about the | ||||||
8 | standards and requirements established
pursuant to this | ||||||
9 | subsection (c). | ||||||
10 | (d) Any Standard Teaching Certificate held by an individual | ||||||
11 | employed and
performing services in an
Illinois public or | ||||||
12 | State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
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13 | cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board | ||||||
14 | of control in a
certificated teaching
position or a
charter | ||||||
15 | school in compliance with the Charter Schools Law must be | ||||||
16 | maintained
Valid
and
Active through certificate renewal | ||||||
17 | activities specified in the certificate
renewal procedure
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18 | established pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, | ||||||
19 | provided that
a holder of a Valid
and Active
certificate who is | ||||||
20 | only employed on either a part-time basis or day-to-day
basis | ||||||
21 | as a
substitute
teacher shall pay only the required | ||||||
22 | registration fee to renew his or her
certificate
and maintain | ||||||
23 | it as Valid and Active. All other Standard Teaching | ||||||
24 | Certificates
held may be
maintained as
Valid and Exempt through | ||||||
25 | the registration process provided for in the
certificate | ||||||
26 | renewal
procedure established pursuant to subsection (c) of |
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1 | this Section. A Valid and
Exempt
certificate must
be | ||||||
2 | immediately activated, through procedures developed jointly by | ||||||
3 | the State
Board of
Education and the State Teacher | ||||||
4 | Certification Board, upon the certificate
holder
becoming | ||||||
5 | employed and performing services in an Illinois public or
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6 | State-operated elementary school,
secondary school, or | ||||||
7 | cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
board | ||||||
8 | of control in a
certificated
teaching position or a charter | ||||||
9 | school operating in compliance with the Charter
Schools
Law. A | ||||||
10 | holder of a Valid and Exempt certificate may activate his or | ||||||
11 | her
certificate
through procedures provided for in the | ||||||
12 | certificate renewal procedure
established pursuant to
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13 | subsection (c) of this Section. | ||||||
14 | (e)(1) A Standard Teaching Certificate that has been | ||||||
15 | maintained as Valid
and
Active for the 5 years of the | ||||||
16 | certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid
and Active
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17 | upon the certificate holder: (i)
completing an advanced degree | ||||||
18 | from an approved institution in an
education-related field; | ||||||
19 | (ii)
completing at least
8 semester hours of
coursework as | ||||||
20 | described in
subdivision (B) of paragraph (3) of this | ||||||
21 | subsection (e);
(iii)
(blank); (iv) completing the National | ||||||
22 | Board for
Professional
Teaching Standards process as described | ||||||
23 | in subdivision (D) of
paragraph (3) of
this subsection (e); or | ||||||
24 | (v) earning 120 continuing professional
development
units | ||||||
25 | ("CPDU") as described in subdivision (E) of paragraph (3) of
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26 | this
subsection (e). The maximum continuing professional |
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1 | development units for each
continuing professional development | ||||||
2 | activity identified in subdivisions
(F)
through (J) of | ||||||
3 | paragraph (3) of this subsection (e) shall be
jointly | ||||||
4 | determined
by the State Board of Education and the State | ||||||
5 | Teacher Certification Board.
If, however, the certificate | ||||||
6 | holder has maintained the certificate
as Valid and
Exempt for a | ||||||
7 | portion of the 5-year period of validity, the number of
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8 | continuing
professional development units needed to renew the | ||||||
9 | certificate as Valid and
Active shall
be proportionately | ||||||
10 | reduced by the amount of time the certificate was Valid and
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11 | Exempt.
Furthermore, if a certificate holder is employed and | ||||||
12 | performs teaching services
on a
part-time basis for all or a | ||||||
13 | portion of the certificate's 5-year period of
validity, the | ||||||
14 | number
of continuing professional development units needed to | ||||||
15 | renew the certificate as
Valid
and Active shall be reduced by | ||||||
16 | 50% for the amount of time the certificate
holder has
been | ||||||
17 | employed and performed teaching services on a part-time basis. | ||||||
18 | Part-time
shall
be defined as less than 50% of the school day | ||||||
19 | or school term. | ||||||
20 | Notwithstanding any other requirements to the contrary, if | ||||||
21 | a Standard
Teaching
Certificate has been maintained as Valid | ||||||
22 | and Active for the 5 years of the
certificate's validity and | ||||||
23 | the certificate holder has completed his or her
certificate | ||||||
24 | renewal plan before July 1, 2002, the certificate shall
be | ||||||
25 | renewed as Valid and Active. | ||||||
26 | (2) Beginning July 1, 2004, in order to satisfy the |
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1 | requirements for continuing professional development provided | ||||||
2 | for in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, each
Valid | ||||||
3 | and Active Standard Teaching Certificate holder shall
complete | ||||||
4 | professional development activities that address the | ||||||
5 | certificate or those certificates that are required of his or | ||||||
6 | her
certificated
teaching position, if the certificate holder | ||||||
7 | is employed and performing
services in an Illinois public
or | ||||||
8 | State-operated elementary school,
secondary school, or | ||||||
9 | cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
board | ||||||
10 | of control, or that certificate or those certificates most | ||||||
11 | closely
related to his or
her teaching position, if the | ||||||
12 | certificate holder is employed in a charter
school. Except as | ||||||
13 | otherwise provided in this subsection (e), the certificate | ||||||
14 | holder's activities must address purposes (A), (B),
(C), or (D) | ||||||
15 | and must reflect purpose (E) of the following continuing | ||||||
16 | professional
development purposes: | ||||||
17 | (A) Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge | ||||||
18 | and skills as a
teacher consistent with the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Professional Teaching Standards and the
Illinois Content | ||||||
20 | Area Standards in the certificate holder's areas of
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21 | certification,
endorsement, or teaching assignment in | ||||||
22 | order to keep the certificate holder
current
in those | ||||||
23 | areas. | ||||||
24 | (B) Develop the certificate holder's knowledge and | ||||||
25 | skills in areas
determined
to be critical for all Illinois | ||||||
26 | teachers, as defined by the State Board of
Education, known |
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1 | as "State priorities". | ||||||
2 | (C) Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the | ||||||
3 | certificate holder's
local
school improvement plan, if the | ||||||
4 | teacher is employed in an Illinois public
or State-operated | ||||||
5 | elementary school, secondary school, or cooperative or | ||||||
6 | joint
agreement with a governing body or board of control. | ||||||
7 | (D) Expand the certificate holder's knowledge and | ||||||
8 | skills in an
additional teaching field or toward
the
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9 | acquisition of another teaching certificate, endorsement, | ||||||
10 | or relevant
education degree. | ||||||
11 | (E) Address the needs of serving students with | ||||||
12 | disabilities, including adapting and modifying the general | ||||||
13 | curriculum related to the Illinois Learning Standards to | ||||||
14 | meet the needs of students with disabilities and serving | ||||||
15 | such students in the least restrictive environment. | ||||||
16 | Teachers who hold certificates endorsed for special | ||||||
17 | education must devote at least 50% of their continuing | ||||||
18 | professional development activities to this purpose. | ||||||
19 | Teachers holding other certificates must devote at least | ||||||
20 | 20% of their activities to this purpose.
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21 | A speech-language pathologist or audiologist who is
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22 | licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
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23 | Audiology Practice Act and who has met the continuing
education | ||||||
24 | requirements of that Act and the rules promulgated
under that | ||||||
25 | Act shall be deemed to have satisfied the continuing
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26 | professional development requirements established by the State
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1 | Board of Education and the Teacher Certification Board to renew
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2 | a Standard Certificate. | ||||||
3 | (3) Continuing professional development activities may | ||||||
4 | include, but are not limited to, the following activities: | ||||||
5 | (A) completion of an advanced degree from an approved | ||||||
6 | institution
in an education-related field; | ||||||
7 | (B) at
least 8 semester hours of coursework
in an | ||||||
8 | approved education-related program, of which at least 2 | ||||||
9 | semester
hours relate
to the continuing professional | ||||||
10 | development purpose set forth in purpose (A) of
paragraph | ||||||
11 | (2) of this subsection (e), completion of which means no
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12 | other continuing professional development activities are | ||||||
13 | required; | ||||||
14 | (C) (blank); | ||||||
15 | (D) completion of the National Board for
Professional | ||||||
16 | Teaching
Standards
("NBPTS") process for certification or | ||||||
17 | recertification, completion of which means no other | ||||||
18 | continuing professional development activities are | ||||||
19 | required; | ||||||
20 | (E) completion of 120 continuing professional | ||||||
21 | development
units that
satisfy the continuing professional | ||||||
22 | development purposes set forth in
paragraph (2) of this | ||||||
23 | subsection (e) and may include without limitation
the | ||||||
24 | activities identified in subdivisions (F) through
(J) of | ||||||
25 | this paragraph
(3); | ||||||
26 | (F) collaboration and partnership activities related |
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1 | to
improving the
teacher's knowledge and skills as a | ||||||
2 | teacher, including the following: | ||||||
3 | (i) participating on collaborative planning and | ||||||
4 | professional
improvement
teams and committees; | ||||||
5 | (ii) peer review and coaching; | ||||||
6 | (iii) mentoring in a formal mentoring program, | ||||||
7 | including service as a
consulting teacher | ||||||
8 | participating in a remediation
process formulated | ||||||
9 | under Section 24A-5 of this Code; | ||||||
10 | (iv) participating in site-based management or | ||||||
11 | decision making teams,
relevant committees, boards, or | ||||||
12 | task forces directly related to school
improvement | ||||||
13 | plans; | ||||||
14 | (v) coordinating community resources in schools, | ||||||
15 | if the project is a
specific goal of the school | ||||||
16 | improvement plan; | ||||||
17 | (vi) facilitating parent education programs for a | ||||||
18 | school, school
district, or
regional office of | ||||||
19 | education directly related to student achievement or
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20 | school improvement plans; | ||||||
21 | (vii) participating in business, school, or | ||||||
22 | community partnerships
directly
related to student | ||||||
23 | achievement or school improvement plans; or | ||||||
24 | (viii) supervising a student teacher or teacher | ||||||
25 | education candidate in
clinical supervision, provided | ||||||
26 | that the supervision may only be counted
once during |
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1 | the course of 5 years; | ||||||
2 | (G) college or university coursework related to | ||||||
3 | improving the
teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher | ||||||
4 | as follows: | ||||||
5 | (i) completing undergraduate or graduate credit | ||||||
6 | earned from a
regionally
accredited institution in | ||||||
7 | coursework relevant to the certificate area being
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8 | renewed,
including coursework that incorporates | ||||||
9 | induction activities and
development of a portfolio of | ||||||
10 | both student and teacher work that
provides experience | ||||||
11 | in reflective practices,
provided the coursework meets | ||||||
12 | Illinois Professional Teaching Standards
or Illinois | ||||||
13 | Content Area Standards and
supports the essential | ||||||
14 | characteristics of quality professional development; | ||||||
15 | or | ||||||
16 | (ii) teaching college or university courses in | ||||||
17 | areas relevant to the
certificate area being renewed, | ||||||
18 | provided that the teaching may only be
counted once | ||||||
19 | during the course of 5 years; | ||||||
20 | (H) conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, and
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21 | symposiums related
to improving the teacher's knowledge | ||||||
22 | and skills as a teacher, subject to disapproval of the | ||||||
23 | activity or event by the State Teacher Certification Board | ||||||
24 | acting jointly with the State Board of Education,
including
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25 | the following: | ||||||
26 | (i) completing non-university credit directly |
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1 | related to student
achievement, school improvement | ||||||
2 | plans, or State priorities; | ||||||
3 | (ii) participating in or presenting at workshops, | ||||||
4 | seminars,
conferences,
institutes, and symposiums; | ||||||
5 | (iii) training as external reviewers for Quality | ||||||
6 | Assurance; | ||||||
7 | (iv) training as reviewers of university teacher | ||||||
8 | preparation programs; or | ||||||
9 | (v) participating in or presenting at in-service | ||||||
10 | training programs on suicide prevention or on sexual | ||||||
11 | abuse and assault awareness and prevention . | ||||||
12 | A teacher, however, may not receive credit for conferences, | ||||||
13 | workshops, institutes, seminars, or symposiums that are | ||||||
14 | designed for entertainment, promotional, or commercial | ||||||
15 | purposes or that are solely inspirational or motivational. | ||||||
16 | The State Superintendent of Education and regional | ||||||
17 | superintendents of schools are authorized to review the | ||||||
18 | activities and events provided or to be provided under this | ||||||
19 | subdivision (H) and to investigate complaints regarding | ||||||
20 | those activities and events, and either the State | ||||||
21 | Superintendent of Education or a regional superintendent | ||||||
22 | of schools may recommend that the State Teacher | ||||||
23 | Certification Board and the State Board of Education | ||||||
24 | jointly disapprove those activities and events considered | ||||||
25 | to be inconsistent with this subdivision (H);
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26 | (I) other educational experiences related to improving |
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1 | the
teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, including | ||||||
2 | the following: | ||||||
3 | (i) participating in action research and inquiry | ||||||
4 | projects; | ||||||
5 | (ii) observing programs or teaching in schools, | ||||||
6 | related businesses, or
industry that is systematic, | ||||||
7 | purposeful, and relevant to certificate renewal; | ||||||
8 | (iii) traveling related to one's teaching | ||||||
9 | assignment, directly related to
student achievement or | ||||||
10 | school improvement plans and approved by the regional | ||||||
11 | superintendent of schools or his or her designee at | ||||||
12 | least
30 days prior to the travel experience,
provided | ||||||
13 | that the traveling shall not include time spent | ||||||
14 | commuting to
destinations where the learning | ||||||
15 | experience will occur; | ||||||
16 | (iv) participating in study groups related to | ||||||
17 | student achievement or
school
improvement plans; | ||||||
18 | (v) serving on a statewide education-related | ||||||
19 | committee, including but
not
limited to the State | ||||||
20 | Teacher Certification Board, State Board of Education
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21 | strategic agenda teams, or the State Advisory Council | ||||||
22 | on Education of
Children with Disabilities; | ||||||
23 | (vi) participating in work/learn programs or | ||||||
24 | internships; or | ||||||
25 | (vii) developing a portfolio of student and | ||||||
26 | teacher work; |
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1 | (J) professional leadership experiences related to | ||||||
2 | improving
the teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, | ||||||
3 | including the following: | ||||||
4 | (i) participating in curriculum development or | ||||||
5 | assessment activities
at the
school, school district, | ||||||
6 | regional office of education, State, or national
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7 | level; | ||||||
8 | (ii) participating in team or department | ||||||
9 | leadership in a school or
school
district; | ||||||
10 | (iii) participating on external or internal school | ||||||
11 | or school district
review
teams; | ||||||
12 | (iv) publishing educational articles, columns, or | ||||||
13 | books relevant to
the
certificate area being renewed; | ||||||
14 | or | ||||||
15 | (v) participating in non-strike related | ||||||
16 | professional association or
labor organization
service | ||||||
17 | or
activities related to professional development; | ||||||
18 | (K) receipt of a subsequent Illinois certificate or | ||||||
19 | endorsement pursuant to this Article;
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20 | (L) completion of requirements for meeting the | ||||||
21 | Illinois criteria for becoming "highly qualified" (for | ||||||
22 | purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public | ||||||
23 | Law 107-110) in an additional teaching area;
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24 | (M) successful completion of 4 semester hours of | ||||||
25 | graduate-level coursework on the assessment of one's own | ||||||
26 | performance in relation to the Illinois Teaching |
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1 | Standards, as described in clause (B) of paragraph (2) of | ||||||
2 | subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code; or | ||||||
3 | (N) successful completion of a minimum of 4 semester | ||||||
4 | hours of graduate-level coursework addressing preparation | ||||||
5 | to meet the requirements for certification by the National | ||||||
6 | Board for Professional Teaching Standards, as described in | ||||||
7 | clause (C) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
8 | 21-2 of this Code.
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9 | (4) A person must complete the requirements of this | ||||||
10 | subsection (e) before the expiration of his or her Standard | ||||||
11 | Teaching Certificate and must submit assurance to the regional | ||||||
12 | superintendent of schools or, if applicable, a local | ||||||
13 | professional development committee authorized by the regional | ||||||
14 | superintendent to submit recommendations to him or her for this | ||||||
15 | purpose. The statement of assurance shall contain a list of the | ||||||
16 | activities completed, the provider offering each activity, the | ||||||
17 | number of credits earned for each activity, and the purposes to | ||||||
18 | which each activity is attributed. The certificate holder shall | ||||||
19 | maintain the evidence of completion of each activity for at | ||||||
20 | least one certificate renewal cycle. The certificate holder | ||||||
21 | shall affirm under penalty of perjury that he or she has | ||||||
22 | completed the activities listed and will maintain the required | ||||||
23 | evidence of completion. The State Board of Education or the | ||||||
24 | regional superintendent of schools for each region shall | ||||||
25 | conduct random audits of assurance statements and supporting | ||||||
26 | documentation. |
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1 | (5) (Blank). | ||||||
2 | (6) (Blank). | ||||||
3 | (f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, a | ||||||
4 | school district is authorized to enter into an agreement with | ||||||
5 | the exclusive bargaining representative, if any, to form a | ||||||
6 | local professional development committee (LPDC). The | ||||||
7 | membership and terms of members of the LPDC may be determined | ||||||
8 | by the agreement. Provisions regarding LPDCs contained in a | ||||||
9 | collective bargaining agreement in existence on the effective | ||||||
10 | date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly | ||||||
11 | between a school district and the exclusive bargaining | ||||||
12 | representative shall remain in full force and effect for the | ||||||
13 | term of the agreement, unless terminated by mutual agreement. | ||||||
14 | The LPDC shall make recommendations to the regional | ||||||
15 | superintendent of schools on renewal of teaching certificates. | ||||||
16 | The regional superintendent of schools for each region shall
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17 | perform
the following functions: | ||||||
18 | (1)
review recommendations for certificate renewal, if | ||||||
19 | any, received from LPDCs; | ||||||
20 | (2) (blank); | ||||||
21 | (3) (blank); | ||||||
22 | (4) (blank); | ||||||
23 | (5) determine whether certificate holders have met the
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24 | requirements for certificate renewal and notify | ||||||
25 | certificate holders
if the decision is not to renew the | ||||||
26 | certificate; |
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1 | (6) provide a certificate holder with the opportunity | ||||||
2 | to appeal a recommendation made by a LPDC, if any, not to | ||||||
3 | renew the certificate to the regional professional | ||||||
4 | development review committee; | ||||||
5 | (7) issue and forward recommendations for renewal or | ||||||
6 | nonrenewal
of certificate holders' Standard Teaching | ||||||
7 | Certificates to the State Teacher Certification Board; and | ||||||
8 | (8) (blank). | ||||||
9 | (g)(1) Each regional superintendent of schools shall | ||||||
10 | review and concur or
nonconcur
with each recommendation for | ||||||
11 | renewal or nonrenewal of a Standard Teaching
Certificate he or | ||||||
12 | she receives from a local professional development committee, | ||||||
13 | if any,
or, if
a certificate
holder appeals the recommendation | ||||||
14 | to the regional professional development
review committee, the
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15 | recommendation for renewal or nonrenewal he or she receives | ||||||
16 | from a regional
professional
development review committee and, | ||||||
17 | within 14 days of receipt of the
recommendation,
shall
provide | ||||||
18 | the State Teacher Certification Board with verification of the
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19 | following, if applicable: | ||||||
20 | (A) the certificate holder has satisfactorily | ||||||
21 | completed professional development and continuing | ||||||
22 | education activities set forth in paragraph (3) of | ||||||
23 | subsection (e) of this Section; | ||||||
24 | (B) the certificate holder has submitted the statement | ||||||
25 | of assurance required under paragraph (4) of subsection (e) | ||||||
26 | of this Section, and this statement has been attached to |
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1 | the application for renewal; | ||||||
2 | (C) the local professional development committee, if | ||||||
3 | any, has recommended the
renewal of the certificate | ||||||
4 | holder's Standard Teaching Certificate and
forwarded the | ||||||
5 | recommendation to the regional superintendent of schools; | ||||||
6 | (D) the certificate holder has appealed his or her | ||||||
7 | local professional
development committee's recommendation | ||||||
8 | of nonrenewal, if any, to the regional
professional | ||||||
9 | development review committee and the result of that appeal; | ||||||
10 | (E) the regional superintendent of schools has | ||||||
11 | concurred or nonconcurred
with
the
local professional | ||||||
12 | development committee's or regional professional
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13 | development review committee's recommendation, if any, to | ||||||
14 | renew or nonrenew the
certificate holder's Standard | ||||||
15 | Teaching Certificate and made a
recommendation to that | ||||||
16 | effect; and | ||||||
17 | (F) the established registration fee for the Standard | ||||||
18 | Teaching
Certificate has
been paid. | ||||||
19 | If
the notice required by this subsection
(g) includes a | ||||||
20 | recommendation of certificate nonrenewal, then, at the same | ||||||
21 | time the regional superintendent of schools provides the State | ||||||
22 | Teacher Certification Board with the notice, he or she
shall
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23 | also notify the
certificate holder in writing, by certified | ||||||
24 | mail, return receipt requested, that
this notice has been | ||||||
25 | provided to the
State
Teacher
Certification Board. | ||||||
26 | (2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal
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1 | his or her
local
professional development committee's | ||||||
2 | recommendation of nonrenewal, if any, to the
regional
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3 | professional development review committee, within 14 days of | ||||||
4 | receipt of notice
that the
recommendation has
been sent to the | ||||||
5 | regional superintendent of schools. Each regional
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6 | superintendent of schools shall
establish a regional | ||||||
7 | professional development review committee or committees
for | ||||||
8 | the
purpose of
advising the regional superintendent of schools, | ||||||
9 | upon request, and handling
certificate
holder appeals. This | ||||||
10 | committee shall
consist of at least 4 classroom teachers, one | ||||||
11 | non-administrative
certificated
educational
employee, 2 | ||||||
12 | administrators, and one at-large member who shall be either (i) | ||||||
13 | a
parent, (ii)
a member of the business community, (iii) a | ||||||
14 | community member, or (iv) an
administrator, with preference | ||||||
15 | given to an individual chosen from among those
persons
listed | ||||||
16 | in items (i), (ii), and (iii) in order to secure representation | ||||||
17 | of an
interest not already
represented on the committee. The | ||||||
18 | teacher and non-administrative certificated
educational | ||||||
19 | employee members of the review committee shall be selected by | ||||||
20 | their
exclusive representative, if any, and the administrators | ||||||
21 | and at-large member
shall be
selected by the regional | ||||||
22 | superintendent of schools. A regional superintendent
of | ||||||
23 | schools
may add additional members to the committee, provided | ||||||
24 | that the same proportion
of
teachers to administrators and | ||||||
25 | at-large members on the committee is maintained. Any
additional | ||||||
26 | teacher and non-administrative certificated educational |
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1 | employee members
shall be selected by their exclusive | ||||||
2 | representative, if any. Vacancies in positions on a
regional | ||||||
3 | professional development review committee shall be filled in | ||||||
4 | the same manner
as the original selections. Committee members | ||||||
5 | shall serve staggered 3-year terms. All
individuals selected to | ||||||
6 | serve on regional professional development review committees
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7 | must be known to demonstrate the best practices in teaching or | ||||||
8 | their respective
field of
practice. | ||||||
9 | (h)(1) The State Teacher Certification Board shall review | ||||||
10 | the regional
superintendent of schools' recommendations to | ||||||
11 | renew or nonrenew Standard
Teaching Certificates
and notify | ||||||
12 | certificate holders in writing whether their certificates have
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13 | been renewed or
nonrenewed within 90 days of receipt of the | ||||||
14 | recommendations,
unless a certificate holder has appealed a | ||||||
15 | regional
superintendent of schools'
recommendation of | ||||||
16 | nonrenewal, as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection
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17 | (h). The State Teacher Certification Board shall verify that | ||||||
18 | the
certificate holder
has met the renewal criteria set forth | ||||||
19 | in paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of
this Section. | ||||||
20 | (2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal | ||||||
21 | a regional
superintendent of school's recommendation to | ||||||
22 | nonrenew his or her Standard
Teaching Certificate
to
the State | ||||||
23 | Teacher Certification Board, within 14 days of receipt of | ||||||
24 | notice that
the
decision has been sent to the State Teacher | ||||||
25 | Certification Board, which shall
hold an
appeal hearing within | ||||||
26 | 60 days of receipt of the appeal. When such an appeal is
taken,
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1 | the certificate holder's Standard Teaching Certificate shall | ||||||
2 | continue to be
valid until the
appeal is finally determined. | ||||||
3 | The State Teacher Certification Board shall
review the
regional | ||||||
4 | superintendent of school's recommendation, the regional | ||||||
5 | professional
development review committee's recommendation, if | ||||||
6 | any, and the local
professional
development committee's | ||||||
7 | recommendation, if any, and all relevant documentation to | ||||||
8 | verify
whether the certificate holder has met the renewal | ||||||
9 | criteria set forth in
paragraph (1) of
subsection (g) of this | ||||||
10 | Section. The State Teacher Certification Board may
request that
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11 | the certificate holder appear before it. All actions taken by | ||||||
12 | the State
Teacher
Certification Board shall require a quorum | ||||||
13 | and be by a simple majority of those
present and voting.
A | ||||||
14 | record of
all votes
shall be maintained. The State Teacher | ||||||
15 | Certification Board shall notify the
certificate
holder in | ||||||
16 | writing, within 7 days of completing the review, whether his or | ||||||
17 | her
Standard
Teaching Certificate has been renewed or | ||||||
18 | nonrenewed, provided that if the State
Teacher
Certification | ||||||
19 | Board determines to nonrenew a certificate, the written notice
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20 | provided to
the certificate holder shall be by certified mail, | ||||||
21 | return receipt requested.
All certificate
renewal or | ||||||
22 | nonrenewal decisions of the State Teacher Certification Board | ||||||
23 | are
final and
subject to administrative review. | ||||||
24 | (i) Holders of Master Teaching Certificates shall meet the | ||||||
25 | same
requirements
and follow the same procedures as holders of | ||||||
26 | Standard Teaching Certificates,
except
that their renewal |
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1 | cycle shall be as set forth in subsection (d) of Section
21-2 | ||||||
2 | of this
Code and their renewal requirements shall be subject to | ||||||
3 | paragraph (8) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code. | ||||||
4 | A holder of a
teaching certificate endorsed as a | ||||||
5 | speech-language pathologist who
has been granted the | ||||||
6 | Certificate of Clinical Competence by the
American | ||||||
7 | Speech-Language Hearing Association may renew his or her
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8 | Standard Teaching Certificate pursuant to the 10-year renewal | ||||||
9 | cycle set
forth in subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this Code. | ||||||
10 | (j) Holders of Valid and Exempt Standard and Master | ||||||
11 | Teaching Certificates
who are not employed and performing | ||||||
12 | services in an Illinois public or
State-operated
elementary | ||||||
13 | school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement | ||||||
14 | with a
governing body or board of control, in a certificated | ||||||
15 | teaching position,
may
voluntarily activate their certificates | ||||||
16 | through the regional superintendent of schools of the regional | ||||||
17 | office of
education for the geographic area where their | ||||||
18 | teaching is done. These certificate holders shall follow the | ||||||
19 | same renewal
criteria
and procedures as all other Standard and | ||||||
20 | Master Teaching Certificate holders,
except
that their | ||||||
21 | continuing professional development activities need not
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22 | reflect or
address the knowledge, skills, and goals of a local | ||||||
23 | school improvement plan. | ||||||
24 | (k) (Blank). | ||||||
25 | (l) (Blank). | ||||||
26 | (m) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act |
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1 | of the 93rd General Assembly that affect renewal of Standard | ||||||
2 | and Master Certificates shall apply to those persons who hold | ||||||
3 | Standard or Master Certificates on or after the effective date | ||||||
4 | of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and shall | ||||||
5 | be given effect upon renewal of those certificates.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 96-951, eff. 6-28-10; 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; | ||||||
7 | 97-682, eff. 5-8-12.)
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8 | Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | ||||||
9 | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | ||||||
10 | follows:
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11 | (105 ILCS 110/3)
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12 | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | ||||||
13 | program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | ||||||
14 | limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | ||||||
15 | for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | ||||||
16 | State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, | ||||||
17 | the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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18 | social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | ||||||
19 | abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, | ||||||
20 | including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, | ||||||
21 | transmission and spread of AIDS, age-appropriate sexual abuse | ||||||
22 | and assault awareness and prevention education in grades | ||||||
23 | pre-kindergarten through 12
sexual assault awareness in | ||||||
24 | secondary schools , public and environmental health, consumer |
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1 | health, safety education and
disaster survival, mental health | ||||||
2 | and illness, personal health habits,
alcohol, drug use, and | ||||||
3 | abuse including the medical and legal ramifications
of alcohol, | ||||||
4 | drug, and tobacco use, abuse during pregnancy, sexual
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5 | abstinence until marriage, tobacco, nutrition, and dental | ||||||
6 | health. The program shall also provide course material and | ||||||
7 | instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant | ||||||
8 | Protection Act.
The program shall include information about | ||||||
9 | cancer, including without limitation types of cancer, signs and | ||||||
10 | symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and | ||||||
11 | detection, and information on where to go for help. | ||||||
12 | Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the following | ||||||
13 | areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula in all | ||||||
14 | elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic first aid | ||||||
15 | (including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation | ||||||
16 | and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, diabetes, stroke, | ||||||
17 | the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide, and teen | ||||||
18 | dating violence in grades 8 through 12. | ||||||
19 | The school board of each
public elementary and secondary | ||||||
20 | school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other | ||||||
21 | school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the | ||||||
22 | knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer | ||||||
23 | life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
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24 | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be | ||||||
25 | in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | ||||||
26 | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized |
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1 | certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services of | ||||||
2 | non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
| ||||||
3 | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | ||||||
4 | personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged | ||||||
5 | to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | ||||||
6 | person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by | ||||||
7 | another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to | ||||||
8 | administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | ||||||
9 | addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate | ||||||
10 | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | ||||||
11 | conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | ||||||
12 | personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | ||||||
13 | to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | ||||||
14 | resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | ||||||
15 | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
| ||||||
16 | programs and other extracurricular school activities to | ||||||
17 | acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | ||||||
18 | necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | ||||||
19 | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
| ||||||
20 | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | ||||||
21 | certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of | ||||||
22 | Education shall establish and administer a matching grant | ||||||
23 | program to pay for half of the cost that a school district | ||||||
24 | incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel | ||||||
25 | who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer | ||||||
26 | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
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1 | accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | ||||||
2 | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | ||||||
3 | certifying organization) or in learning how to use an automated | ||||||
4 | external defibrillator. A school district that applies for a | ||||||
5 | grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay half of the | ||||||
6 | cost of the training for which matching grant money is sought. | ||||||
7 | The State Board of Education shall award the grants on a | ||||||
8 | first-come, first-serve basis.
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9 | No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any | ||||||
10 | class or course on AIDS or family
life instruction if his | ||||||
11 | parent or guardian submits written objection
thereto, and | ||||||
12 | refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall
| ||||||
13 | not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
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14 | Curricula developed under programs established in | ||||||
15 | accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | ||||||
16 | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | ||||||
17 | instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | ||||||
18 | shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | ||||||
19 | effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | ||||||
20 | integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | ||||||
21 | Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | ||||||
22 | and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | ||||||
23 | guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the | ||||||
24 | instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | ||||||
25 | districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the | ||||||
26 | school day or as part of an after school program, support |
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1 | services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | ||||||
2 | parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 95-43, eff. 1-1-08; 95-764, eff. 1-1-09; 96-128, | ||||||
4 | eff. 1-1-10; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-383, eff. 1-1-10; | ||||||
5 | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law.
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