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4		-	AN ACT concerning education.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
8		-	21B-70 as follows:
9		-	(105 ILCS 5/21B-70)
10		-	Sec. 21B-70. Illinois Teaching Excellence Program.
11		-	(a) As used in this Section:
12		-	"Diverse candidate" means a candidate who identifies with
13		-	any of the ethnicities reported on the Illinois Report Card
14		-	other than White.
15		-	"National Board certified teacher candidate cohort
16		-	facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who
17		-	collaborates to advance the goal of supporting all other
18		-	candidate cohorts other than diverse candidate cohorts through
19		-	the Illinois National Board for Professional Teaching
20		-	Standards Comprehensive Support System.
21		-	"National Board certified teacher diverse candidate cohort
22		-	facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who
23		-	collaborates to advance the goal of supporting racially and
24		-	ethnically diverse candidates through the Illinois National
25		-	Board for Professional Teaching Standards Comprehensive
26		-	Support System.
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning education.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
	7	+	5 21B-70 as follows:
	8	+	6 (105 ILCS 5/21B-70)
	9	+	7 Sec. 21B-70. Illinois Teaching Excellence Program.
	10	+	8 (a) As used in this Section:
	11	+	9 "Diverse candidate" means a candidate who identifies with
	12	+	10 any of the ethnicities reported on the Illinois Report Card
	13	+	11 other than White.
	14	+	12 "National Board certified teacher candidate cohort
	15	+	13 facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who
	16	+	14 collaborates to advance the goal of supporting all other
	17	+	15 candidate cohorts other than diverse candidate cohorts through
	18	+	16 the Illinois National Board for Professional Teaching
	19	+	17 Standards Comprehensive Support System.
	20	+	18 "National Board certified teacher diverse candidate cohort
	21	+	19 facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who
	22	+	20 collaborates to advance the goal of supporting racially and
	23	+	21 ethnically diverse candidates through the Illinois National
	24	+	22 Board for Professional Teaching Standards Comprehensive
	25	+	23 Support System.
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33		-	"National Board certified teacher diverse liaison" means
34		-	an individual or entity that supports the National Board
35		-	certified teacher leading a diverse candidate cohort.
36		-	"National Board certified teacher liaison" means an
37		-	individual or entity that supports the National Board
38		-	certified teacher leading candidate cohorts other than diverse
39		-	candidate cohorts.
40		-	"National Board certified teacher rural or remote or
41		-	distant candidate cohort facilitator" means a National Board
42		-	certified teacher who collaborates to advance the goal of
43		-	supporting rural or remote candidates through the Illinois
44		-	National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
45		-	Comprehensive Support System.
46		-	"National Board certified teacher rural or remote or
47		-	distant liaison" means an individual or entity that supports
48		-	the National Board certified teacher leading a rural or remote
49		-	candidate cohort.
50		-	"Qualified educator" means a teacher or school counselor
51		-	currently employed in a school district who is in the process
52		-	of obtaining certification through the National Board for
53		-	Professional Teaching Standards or who has completed
54		-	certification and holds a current Professional Educator
55		-	License with a National Board for Professional Teaching
56		-	Standards designation or a retired teacher or school counselor
57		-	who holds a Professional Educator License with a National
58		-	Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation.
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	34	+	1 "National Board certified teacher diverse liaison" means
	35	+	2 an individual or entity that supports the National Board
	36	+	3 certified teacher leading a diverse candidate cohort.
	37	+	4 "National Board certified teacher liaison" means an
	38	+	5 individual or entity that supports the National Board
	39	+	6 certified teacher leading candidate cohorts other than diverse
	40	+	7 candidate cohorts.
	41	+	8 "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or
	42	+	9 distant candidate cohort facilitator" means a National Board
	43	+	10 certified teacher who collaborates to advance the goal of
	44	+	11 supporting rural or remote candidates through the Illinois
	45	+	12 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
	46	+	13 Comprehensive Support System.
	47	+	14 "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or
	48	+	15 distant liaison" means an individual or entity that supports
	49	+	16 the National Board certified teacher leading a rural or remote
	50	+	17 candidate cohort.
	51	+	18 "Qualified educator" means a teacher or school counselor
	52	+	19 currently employed in a school district who is in the process
	53	+	20 of obtaining certification through the National Board for
	54	+	21 Professional Teaching Standards or who has completed
	55	+	22 certification and holds a current Professional Educator
	56	+	23 License with a National Board for Professional Teaching
	57	+	24 Standards designation or a retired teacher or school counselor
	58	+	25 who holds a Professional Educator License with a National
	59	+	26 Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation.
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61		-	"Rural or remote" or "rural or remote or distant" means
62		-	local codes 32, 33, 41, 42, and 43 of the New Urban-Centric
63		-	Locale Codes, as defined by the National Center for Education
64		-	Statistics.
65		-	"Tier 1" has the meaning given to that term under Section
66		-	18-8.15.
67		-	"Tier 2" has the meaning given to that term under Section
68		-	18-8.15.
69		-	(b) Any funds appropriated for the Illinois Teaching
70		-	Excellence Program must be used to provide monetary assistance
71		-	and incentives for qualified educators who are employed by or
72		-	retired from school districts and who have or are in the
73		-	process of obtaining licensure through the National Board for
74		-	Professional Teaching Standards. The goal of the program is to
75		-	improve instruction and student performance.
76		-	The State Board of Education shall allocate an amount as
77		-	annually appropriated by the General Assembly for the Illinois
78		-	Teaching Excellence Program for (i) application or re-take
79		-	fees for each qualified educator seeking to complete
80		-	certification through the National Board for Professional
81		-	Teaching Standards, to be paid directly to the National Board
82		-	for Professional Teaching Standards, and (ii) incentives under
83		-	paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) for each
84		-	qualified educator, to be distributed to the respective school
85		-	district, and incentives under paragraph (5) of subsection
86		-	(c), to be distributed to the respective school district or
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89		-	directly to the qualified educator. The school district shall
90		-	distribute this payment to each eligible teacher or school
91		-	counselor as a single payment.
92		-	The State Board of Education's annual budget must set out
93		-	by separate line item the appropriation for the program.
94		-	Unless otherwise provided by appropriation, qualified
95		-	educators are eligible for monetary assistance and incentives
96		-	outlined in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section.
97		-	(c) When there are adequate funds available, monetary
98		-	assistance and incentives shall include the following:
99		-	(1) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or
100		-	re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a Tier 1
101		-	school district who apply on a first-come, first-serve
102		-	basis for National Board certification.
103		-	(2) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or
104		-	re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a school
105		-	district other than a Tier 1 school district who apply on a
106		-	first-come, first-serve basis for National Board
107		-	certification.
108		-	(3) A maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for
109		-	Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee.
110		-	(4) (Blank).
111		-	(5) An annual incentive of no more than $2,250 $1,500
112		-	prorated at $50 per hour, which shall be paid to each
113		-	qualified educator currently employed in a school district
114		-	who holds both a National Board for Professional Teaching
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117		-	Standards designation and a current corresponding
118		-	certificate issued by the National Board for Professional
119		-	Teaching Standards and who agrees, in writing, to provide
120		-	up to 45 30 hours of mentoring or National Board for
121		-	Professional Teaching Standards professional development
122		-	or both during the school year to classroom teachers or
123		-	school counselors, as applicable. Funds must be disbursed
124		-	on a first-come, first-serve basis, with priority given to
125		-	Tier 1 school districts. Mentoring shall include, either
126		-	singly or in combination, the following:
127		-	(A) National Board for Professional Teaching
128		-	Standards certification candidates.
129		-	(B) National Board for Professional Teaching
130		-	Standards re-take candidates.
131		-	(C) National Board for Professional Teaching
132		-	Standards renewal candidates.
133		-	(D) (Blank).
134		-	Funds may also be used for professional development
135		-	training provided by the National Board Resource Center.
136		-	Funds may also be used for instructional leadership
137		-	training for qualified educators interested in supporting
138		-	implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching
139		-	and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or
140		-	both.
141		-	(d) In addition to the monetary assistance and incentives
142		-	provided under subsection (c), if adequate funds are
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	70	+	1 "Rural or remote" or "rural or remote or distant" means
	71	+	2 local codes 32, 33, 41, 42, and 43 of the New Urban-Centric
	72	+	3 Locale Codes, as defined by the National Center for Education
	73	+	4 Statistics.
	74	+	5 "Tier 1" has the meaning given to that term under Section
	75	+	6 18-8.15.
	76	+	7 "Tier 2" has the meaning given to that term under Section
	77	+	8 18-8.15.
	78	+	9 (b) Any funds appropriated for the Illinois Teaching
	79	+	10 Excellence Program must be used to provide monetary assistance
	80	+	11 and incentives for qualified educators who are employed by or
	81	+	12 retired from school districts and who have or are in the
	82	+	13 process of obtaining licensure through the National Board for
	83	+	14 Professional Teaching Standards. The goal of the program is to
	84	+	15 improve instruction and student performance.
	85	+	16 The State Board of Education shall allocate an amount as
	86	+	17 annually appropriated by the General Assembly for the Illinois
	87	+	18 Teaching Excellence Program for (i) application or re-take
	88	+	19 fees for each qualified educator seeking to complete
	89	+	20 certification through the National Board for Professional
	90	+	21 Teaching Standards, to be paid directly to the National Board
	91	+	22 for Professional Teaching Standards, and (ii) incentives under
	92	+	23 paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) for each
	93	+	24 qualified educator, to be distributed to the respective school
	94	+	25 district, and incentives under paragraph (5) of subsection
	95	+	26 (c), to be distributed to the respective school district or
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145		-	available, incentives shall include the following incentives
146		-	for the program in rural or remote schools or school districts
147		-	or for programs working with diverse candidates, to be
148		-	distributed to the respective school district or directly to
149		-	the qualified educator or entity:
150		-	(1) A one-time incentive of $3,000 payable to National
151		-	Board certified teachers teaching in Tier 1 or Tier 2
152		-	rural or remote school districts or rural or remote
153		-	schools in Tier 1 or Tier 2 school districts, with
154		-	priority given to teachers teaching in Tier 1 rural or
155		-	remote school districts or rural or remote schools in Tier
156		-	1 school districts.
157		-	(2) An annual incentive of $3,200 for National Board
158		-	certified teacher rural or remote or distant candidate
159		-	cohort facilitators, diverse candidate cohort
160		-	facilitators, and candidate cohort facilitators. Priority
161		-	shall be given to rural or remote candidate cohort
162		-	facilitators and diverse candidate cohort facilitators.
163		-	(3) An annual incentive of $2,500 for National Board
164		-	certified teacher rural or remote or distant liaisons,
165		-	diverse liaisons, and liaisons. Priority shall be given to
166		-	rural or remote liaisons and diverse liaisons.
167		-	(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-333, eff. 1-1-20;
168		-	101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)
169		-	Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
170		-	becoming law.
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	106	+	1 directly to the qualified educator. The school district shall
	107	+	2 distribute this payment to each eligible teacher or school
	108	+	3 counselor as a single payment.
	109	+	4 The State Board of Education's annual budget must set out
	110	+	5 by separate line item the appropriation for the program.
	111	+	6 Unless otherwise provided by appropriation, qualified
	112	+	7 educators are eligible for monetary assistance and incentives
	113	+	8 outlined in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section.
	114	+	9 (c) When there are adequate funds available, monetary
	115	+	10 assistance and incentives shall include the following:
	116	+	11 (1) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or
	117	+	12 re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a Tier 1
	118	+	13 school district who apply on a first-come, first-serve
	119	+	14 basis for National Board certification.
	120	+	15 (2) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or
	121	+	16 re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a school
	122	+	17 district other than a Tier 1 school district who apply on a
	123	+	18 first-come, first-serve basis for National Board
	124	+	19 certification.
	125	+	20 (3) A maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for
	126	+	21 Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee.
	127	+	22 (4) (Blank).
	128	+	23 (5) An annual incentive of no more than $2,250 $1,500
	129	+	24 prorated at $50 per hour, which shall be paid to each
	130	+	25 qualified educator currently employed in a school district
	131	+	26 who holds both a National Board for Professional Teaching
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	142	+	1 Standards designation and a current corresponding
	143	+	2 certificate issued by the National Board for Professional
	144	+	3 Teaching Standards and who agrees, in writing, to provide
	145	+	4 up to 45 30 hours of mentoring or National Board for
	146	+	5 Professional Teaching Standards professional development
	147	+	6 or both during the school year to classroom teachers or
	148	+	7 school counselors, as applicable. Funds must be disbursed
	149	+	8 on a first-come, first-serve basis, with priority given to
	150	+	9 Tier 1 school districts. Mentoring shall include, either
	151	+	10 singly or in combination, the following:
	152	+	11 (A) National Board for Professional Teaching
	153	+	12 Standards certification candidates.
	154	+	13 (B) National Board for Professional Teaching
	155	+	14 Standards re-take candidates.
	156	+	15 (C) National Board for Professional Teaching
	157	+	16 Standards renewal candidates.
	158	+	17 (D) (Blank).
	159	+	18 Funds may also be used for professional development
	160	+	19 training provided by the National Board Resource Center.
	161	+	20 Funds may also be used for instructional leadership
	162	+	21 training for qualified educators interested in supporting
	163	+	22 implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching
	164	+	23 and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or
	165	+	24 both.
	166	+	25 (d) In addition to the monetary assistance and incentives
	167	+	26 provided under subsection (c), if adequate funds are
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	178	+	1 available, incentives shall include the following incentives
	179	+	2 for the program in rural or remote schools or school districts
	180	+	3 or for programs working with diverse candidates, to be
	181	+	4 distributed to the respective school district or directly to
	182	+	5 the qualified educator or entity:
	183	+	6 (1) A one-time incentive of $3,000 payable to National
	184	+	7 Board certified teachers teaching in Tier 1 or Tier 2
	185	+	8 rural or remote school districts or rural or remote
	186	+	9 schools in Tier 1 or Tier 2 school districts, with
	187	+	10 priority given to teachers teaching in Tier 1 rural or
	188	+	11 remote school districts or rural or remote schools in Tier
	189	+	12 1 school districts.
	190	+	13 (2) An annual incentive of $3,200 for National Board
	191	+	14 certified teacher rural or remote or distant candidate
	192	+	15 cohort facilitators, diverse candidate cohort
	193	+	16 facilitators, and candidate cohort facilitators. Priority
	194	+	17 shall be given to rural or remote candidate cohort
	195	+	18 facilitators and diverse candidate cohort facilitators.
	196	+	19 (3) An annual incentive of $2,500 for National Board
	197	+	20 certified teacher rural or remote or distant liaisons,
	198	+	21 diverse liaisons, and liaisons. Priority shall be given to
	199	+	22 rural or remote liaisons and diverse liaisons.
	200	+	23 (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-333, eff. 1-1-20;
	201	+	24 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)
	202	+	25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
	203	+	26 becoming law.
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