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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		-	"Hard-to-staff school" means a public school in which no
16		-	less than 30% of the student enrollment is considered
17		-	low-income as reported by the report card under Section 10-17a
18		-	of this Code.
19		-	"National Board certified teacher candidate cohort
20		-	facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who
21		-	collaborates to advance the goal of supporting all other
22		-	candidate cohorts other than diverse candidate cohorts through
23		-	the Illinois National Board for Professional Teaching
24		-	Standards Comprehensive Support System.
25		-	"National Board certified teacher diverse candidate cohort
26		-	facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who
	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 "Hard-to-staff school" means a public school in which no
	15	+	13 less than 30% of the student enrollment is considered
	16	+	14 low-income as reported by the report card under Section 10-17a
	17	+	15 of this Code.
	18	+	16 "National Board certified teacher candidate cohort
	19	+	17 facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who
	20	+	18 collaborates to advance the goal of supporting all other
	21	+	19 candidate cohorts other than diverse candidate cohorts through
	22	+	20 the Illinois National Board for Professional Teaching
	23	+	21 Standards Comprehensive Support System.
	24	+	22 "National Board certified teacher diverse candidate cohort
	25	+	23 facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who
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33		-	collaborates to advance the goal of supporting racially and
34		-	ethnically diverse candidates through the Illinois National
35		-	Board for Professional Teaching Standards Comprehensive
36		-	Support System.
37		-	"National Board certified teacher diverse liaison" means
38		-	an individual or entity that supports the National Board
39		-	certified teacher leading a diverse candidate cohort.
40		-	"National Board certified teacher liaison" means an
41		-	individual or entity that supports the National Board
42		-	certified teacher leading candidate cohorts other than diverse
43		-	candidate cohorts.
44		-	"National Board certified teacher rural or remote or
45		-	distant candidate cohort facilitator" means a National Board
46		-	certified teacher who collaborates to advance the goal of
47		-	supporting rural or remote candidates through the Illinois
48		-	National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
49		-	Comprehensive Support System.
50		-	"National Board certified teacher rural or remote or
51		-	distant liaison" means an individual or entity that supports
52		-	the National Board certified teacher leading a rural or remote
53		-	candidate cohort.
54		-	"Qualified educator" means a teacher or school counselor
55		-	currently employed in a school district who is in the process
56		-	of obtaining certification through the National Board for
57		-	Professional Teaching Standards or who has completed
58		-	certification and holds a current Professional Educator
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	34	+	1 collaborates to advance the goal of supporting racially and
	35	+	2 ethnically diverse candidates through the Illinois National
	36	+	3 Board for Professional Teaching Standards Comprehensive
	37	+	4 Support System.
	38	+	5 "National Board certified teacher diverse liaison" means
	39	+	6 an individual or entity that supports the National Board
	40	+	7 certified teacher leading a diverse candidate cohort.
	41	+	8 "National Board certified teacher liaison" means an
	42	+	9 individual or entity that supports the National Board
	43	+	10 certified teacher leading candidate cohorts other than diverse
	44	+	11 candidate cohorts.
	45	+	12 "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or
	46	+	13 distant candidate cohort facilitator" means a National Board
	47	+	14 certified teacher who collaborates to advance the goal of
	48	+	15 supporting rural or remote candidates through the Illinois
	49	+	16 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
	50	+	17 Comprehensive Support System.
	51	+	18 "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or
	52	+	19 distant liaison" means an individual or entity that supports
	53	+	20 the National Board certified teacher leading a rural or remote
	54	+	21 candidate cohort.
	55	+	22 "Qualified educator" means a teacher or school counselor
	56	+	23 currently employed in a school district who is in the process
	57	+	24 of obtaining certification through the National Board for
	58	+	25 Professional Teaching Standards or who has completed
	59	+	26 certification and holds a current Professional Educator
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61		-	License with a National Board for Professional Teaching
62		-	Standards designation or a retired teacher or school counselor
63		-	who holds a Professional Educator License with a National
64		-	Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation.
65		-	"Rural or remote" or "rural or remote or distant" means
66		-	local codes 32, 33, 41, 42, and 43 of the New Urban-Centric
67		-	Locale Codes, as defined by the National Center for Education
68		-	Statistics.
69		-	"Tier 1" has the meaning given to that term under Section
70		-	18-8.15.
71		-	"Tier 2" has the meaning given to that term under Section
72		-	18-8.15.
73		-	(b) Any funds appropriated for the Illinois Teaching
74		-	Excellence Program must be used to provide monetary assistance
75		-	and incentives for qualified educators who are employed by or
76		-	retired from school districts and who have or are in the
77		-	process of obtaining licensure through the National Board for
78		-	Professional Teaching Standards. The goal of the program is to
79		-	improve instruction and student performance.
80		-	The State Board of Education shall allocate an amount as
81		-	annually appropriated by the General Assembly for the Illinois
82		-	Teaching Excellence Program for (i) application or re-take
83		-	fees for each qualified educator seeking to complete
84		-	certification through the National Board for Professional
85		-	Teaching Standards, to be paid directly to the National Board
86		-	for Professional Teaching Standards, and (ii) incentives under
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89		-	paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) for each
90		-	qualified educator, to be distributed to the respective school
91		-	district, and incentives under paragraph (5) of subsection
92		-	(c), to be distributed to the respective school district or
93		-	directly to the qualified educator. The school district shall
94		-	distribute this payment to each eligible teacher or school
95		-	counselor as a single payment.
96		-	The State Board of Education's annual budget must set out
97		-	by separate line item the appropriation for the program.
98		-	Unless otherwise provided by appropriation, qualified
99		-	educators are eligible for monetary assistance and incentives
100		-	outlined in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section.
101		-	(c) When there are adequate funds available, monetary
102		-	assistance and incentives shall include the following:
103		-	(1) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or
104		-	re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a Tier 1
105		-	school district who apply on a first-come, first-serve
106		-	basis for National Board certification.
107		-	(2) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or
108		-	re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a school
109		-	district other than a Tier 1 school district who apply on a
110		-	first-come, first-serve basis for National Board
111		-	certification.
112		-	(3) A maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for
113		-	Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee.
114		-	(4) (Blank).
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117		-	(5) An annual incentive of no more than $1,500
118		-	prorated at $50 per hour, which shall be paid to each
119		-	qualified educator currently employed in a school district
120		-	who holds both a National Board for Professional Teaching
121		-	Standards designation and a current corresponding
122		-	certificate issued by the National Board for Professional
123		-	Teaching Standards and who agrees, in writing, to provide
124		-	up to 30 hours of mentoring or National Board for
125		-	Professional Teaching Standards professional development
126		-	or both during the school year to classroom teachers or
127		-	school counselors, as applicable. Funds must be disbursed
128		-	on a first-come, first-serve basis, with priority given to
129		-	Tier 1 school districts. Mentoring shall include, either
130		-	singly or in combination, the following:
131		-	(A) National Board for Professional Teaching
132		-	Standards certification candidates.
133		-	(B) National Board for Professional Teaching
134		-	Standards re-take candidates.
135		-	(C) National Board for Professional Teaching
136		-	Standards renewal candidates.
137		-	(D) (Blank).
138		-	Funds may also be used for instructional leadership
139		-	training for qualified educators interested in supporting
140		-	implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching
141		-	and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or
142		-	both.
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	70	+	1 License with a National Board for Professional Teaching
	71	+	2 Standards designation or a retired teacher or school counselor
	72	+	3 who holds a Professional Educator License with a National
	73	+	4 Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation.
	74	+	5 "Rural or remote" or "rural or remote or distant" means
	75	+	6 local codes 32, 33, 41, 42, and 43 of the New Urban-Centric
	76	+	7 Locale Codes, as defined by the National Center for Education
	77	+	8 Statistics.
	78	+	9 "Tier 1" has the meaning given to that term under Section
	79	+	10 18-8.15.
	80	+	11 "Tier 2" has the meaning given to that term under Section
	81	+	12 18-8.15.
	82	+	13 (b) Any funds appropriated for the Illinois Teaching
	83	+	14 Excellence Program must be used to provide monetary assistance
	84	+	15 and incentives for qualified educators who are employed by or
	85	+	16 retired from school districts and who have or are in the
	86	+	17 process of obtaining licensure through the National Board for
	87	+	18 Professional Teaching Standards. The goal of the program is to
	88	+	19 improve instruction and student performance.
	89	+	20 The State Board of Education shall allocate an amount as
	90	+	21 annually appropriated by the General Assembly for the Illinois
	91	+	22 Teaching Excellence Program for (i) application or re-take
	92	+	23 fees for each qualified educator seeking to complete
	93	+	24 certification through the National Board for Professional
	94	+	25 Teaching Standards, to be paid directly to the National Board
	95	+	26 for Professional Teaching Standards, and (ii) incentives under
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145		-	(d) In addition to the monetary assistance and incentives
146		-	provided under subsection (c), if adequate funds are
147		-	available, incentives shall include the following incentives
148		-	for the program in rural or remote schools or school districts
149		-	or for programs working with diverse candidates or for
150		-	retention bonuses for hard to staff schools, to be distributed
151		-	to the respective school district or directly to the qualified
152		-	educator or entity:
153		-	(1) A one-time incentive of $3,000 payable to National
154		-	Board certified teachers teaching in Tier 1 or Tier 2
155		-	rural or remote school districts or rural or remote
156		-	schools in Tier 1 or Tier 2 school districts, with
157		-	priority given to teachers teaching in Tier 1 rural or
158		-	remote school districts or rural or remote schools in Tier
159		-	1 school districts.
160		-	(2) An annual incentive of $3,200 for National Board
161		-	certified teacher rural or remote or distant candidate
162		-	cohort facilitators, diverse candidate cohort
163		-	facilitators, and candidate cohort facilitators. Priority
164		-	shall be given to rural or remote candidate cohort
165		-	facilitators and diverse candidate cohort facilitators.
166		-	(3) An annual incentive of $2,500 for National Board
167		-	certified teacher rural or remote or distant liaisons,
168		-	diverse liaisons, and liaisons. Priority shall be given to
169		-	rural or remote liaisons and diverse liaisons.
170		-	(4) An annual retention bonus of $4,000 per year for 2
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173		-	consecutive years shall be awarded to National Board
174		-	certified teachers employed in hard-to-staff schools.
175		-	Funds must be disbursed on a first-come, first-served
176		-	basis.
177		-	(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-333, eff. 1-1-20;
178		-	101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)
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	106	+	1 paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) for each
	107	+	2 qualified educator, to be distributed to the respective school
	108	+	3 district, and incentives under paragraph (5) of subsection
	109	+	4 (c), to be distributed to the respective school district or
	110	+	5 directly to the qualified educator. The school district shall
	111	+	6 distribute this payment to each eligible teacher or school
	112	+	7 counselor as a single payment.
	113	+	8 The State Board of Education's annual budget must set out
	114	+	9 by separate line item the appropriation for the program.
	115	+	10 Unless otherwise provided by appropriation, qualified
	116	+	11 educators are eligible for monetary assistance and incentives
	117	+	12 outlined in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section.
	118	+	13 (c) When there are adequate funds available, monetary
	119	+	14 assistance and incentives shall include the following:
	120	+	15 (1) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or
	121	+	16 re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a Tier 1
	122	+	17 school district who apply on a first-come, first-serve
	123	+	18 basis for National Board certification.
	124	+	19 (2) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or
	125	+	20 re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a school
	126	+	21 district other than a Tier 1 school district who apply on a
	127	+	22 first-come, first-serve basis for National Board
	128	+	23 certification.
	129	+	24 (3) A maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for
	130	+	25 Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee.
	131	+	26 (4) (Blank).
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	142	+	1 (5) An annual incentive of no more than $1,500
	143	+	2 prorated at $50 per hour, which shall be paid to each
	144	+	3 qualified educator currently employed in a school district
	145	+	4 who holds both a National Board for Professional Teaching
	146	+	5 Standards designation and a current corresponding
	147	+	6 certificate issued by the National Board for Professional
	148	+	7 Teaching Standards and who agrees, in writing, to provide
	149	+	8 up to 30 hours of mentoring or National Board for
	150	+	9 Professional Teaching Standards professional development
	151	+	10 or both during the school year to classroom teachers or
	152	+	11 school counselors, as applicable. Funds must be disbursed
	153	+	12 on a first-come, first-serve basis, with priority given to
	154	+	13 Tier 1 school districts. Mentoring shall include, either
	155	+	14 singly or in combination, the following:
	156	+	15 (A) National Board for Professional Teaching
	157	+	16 Standards certification candidates.
	158	+	17 (B) National Board for Professional Teaching
	159	+	18 Standards re-take candidates.
	160	+	19 (C) National Board for Professional Teaching
	161	+	20 Standards renewal candidates.
	162	+	21 (D) (Blank).
	163	+	22 Funds may also be used for instructional leadership
	164	+	23 training for qualified educators interested in supporting
	165	+	24 implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching
	166	+	25 and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or
	167	+	26 both.
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	178	+	1 (d) In addition to the monetary assistance and incentives
	179	+	2 provided under subsection (c), if adequate funds are
	180	+	3 available, incentives shall include the following incentives
	181	+	4 for the program in rural or remote schools or school districts
	182	+	5 or for programs working with diverse candidates or for
	183	+	6 retention bonuses for hard to staff schools, to be distributed
	184	+	7 to the respective school district or directly to the qualified
	185	+	8 educator or entity:
	186	+	9 (1) A one-time incentive of $3,000 payable to National
	187	+	10 Board certified teachers teaching in Tier 1 or Tier 2
	188	+	11 rural or remote school districts or rural or remote
	189	+	12 schools in Tier 1 or Tier 2 school districts, with
	190	+	13 priority given to teachers teaching in Tier 1 rural or
	191	+	14 remote school districts or rural or remote schools in Tier
	192	+	15 1 school districts.
	193	+	16 (2) An annual incentive of $3,200 for National Board
	194	+	17 certified teacher rural or remote or distant candidate
	195	+	18 cohort facilitators, diverse candidate cohort
	196	+	19 facilitators, and candidate cohort facilitators. Priority
	197	+	20 shall be given to rural or remote candidate cohort
	198	+	21 facilitators and diverse candidate cohort facilitators.
	199	+	22 (3) An annual incentive of $2,500 for National Board
	200	+	23 certified teacher rural or remote or distant liaisons,
	201	+	24 diverse liaisons, and liaisons. Priority shall be given to
	202	+	25 rural or remote liaisons and diverse liaisons.
	203	+	26 (4) An annual retention bonus of $4,000 per year for 2
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	214	+	1 consecutive years shall be awarded to National Board
	215	+	2 certified teachers employed in hard-to-staff schools.
	216	+	3 Funds must be disbursed on a first-come, first-served
	217	+	4 basis.
	218	+	5 (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-333, eff. 1-1-20;
	219	+	6 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)
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