Bill Text: IL SB0579 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a prohibition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0579 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB0579-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a prohibition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0579 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB0579-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, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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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 and for | ||||||
13 | individuals seeking a Substitute Teaching License. | ||||||
14 | However, beginning on January 1, 2015, the application fee | ||||||
15 | for a Professional Educator License, Educator License with | ||||||
16 | Stipulations, or Substitute Teaching License shall be | ||||||
17 | $100. | ||||||
18 | (2) A $150 application fee for individuals who have | ||||||
19 | completed an approved educator preparation program outside | ||||||
20 | of this State or who hold a valid, comparable credential | ||||||
21 | from another state or country and are seeking any of the | ||||||
22 | licenses set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection | ||||||
23 | (a). |
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1 | (3) A $50 application fee for each endorsement or | ||||||
2 | approval an individual holding a license wishes to add to | ||||||
3 | that license. | ||||||
4 | (4) A $10 per year registration fee for the course of | ||||||
5 | the validity cycle to register the license, which shall be | ||||||
6 | paid to the regional office of education having supervision | ||||||
7 | and control over the school in which the individual holding | ||||||
8 | the license is to be employed. If the individual holding | ||||||
9 | the license is not yet employed, then the license may be | ||||||
10 | registered in any county in this State. The registration | ||||||
11 | fee must be paid in its entirety the first time the | ||||||
12 | individual registers the license for a particular validity | ||||||
13 | period in a single region. No additional fee may be charged | ||||||
14 | for that validity period should the individual | ||||||
15 | subsequently register the license in additional regions. | ||||||
16 | An individual must register the license (i) immediately | ||||||
17 | after initial issuance of the license and (ii) at the | ||||||
18 | beginning of each renewal cycle if the individual has | ||||||
19 | satisfied the renewal requirements required under this | ||||||
20 | Code. | ||||||
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 . The Teacher | ||||||
2 | Certificate Fee Revolving Fund is not subject to administrative | ||||||
3 | charge transfers, authorized under Section 8h of the State | ||||||
4 | Finance Act, from the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund | ||||||
5 | into any other fund of this State, and moneys in the Teacher | ||||||
6 | Certificate Fee Revolving Fund shall not revert back to the | ||||||
7 | General Revenue Fund at any time. | ||||||
8 | The regional superintendent of schools shall deposit the | ||||||
9 | registration fees paid pursuant to subdivision (4) of | ||||||
10 | subsection (a) of this Section into the institute fund | ||||||
11 | established pursuant to Section 3-11 of this Code. | ||||||
12 | (c) The State Board of Education and each regional office | ||||||
13 | of education are authorized to charge a service or convenience | ||||||
14 | fee for the use of credit cards for the payment of license | ||||||
15 | fees. This service or convenience fee shall not exceed the | ||||||
16 | amount required by the credit card processing company or vendor | ||||||
17 | that has entered into a contract with the State Board or | ||||||
18 | regional office of education for this purpose, and the fee must | ||||||
19 | be paid to that company or vendor. | ||||||
20 | (d) If, at the time a certificate issued under Article 21 | ||||||
21 | of this Code is exchanged for a license issued under this | ||||||
22 | Article, a person has paid registration fees for any years of | ||||||
23 | the validity period of the certificate and these years have not | ||||||
24 | expired when the certificate is exchanged, then those fees must | ||||||
25 | be applied to the registration of the new license.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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