Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1529 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1529 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/21B-45105 ILCS 5/24A-5 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-5105 ILCS 5/24A-7 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7105 ILCS 5/24A-15 Amends the School Code. Provides that for any 5-year renewal cycle that includes the 2022-2023 school year, each professional educator licensee shall complete a total of 100 hours of professional development during the 5-year renewal cycle in order to renew the license (rather than being required to complete a total of 120 hours). For the 2022-2023 school year only, provides that a licensee with an administrative endorsement who is working in a position requiring such endorsement or an individual with a Teacher Leader endorsement serving in an administrative capacity at least 50% of the day is not required to complete an Illinois Administrators' Academy course (rather than being required to complete one course). In provisions related to the content of evaluation plans, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any teacher in contractual continued service whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". In regard to rules adopted by the State Board of Education concerning educator evaluations, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, provides that factors related to methods of measuring student growth may not be used in any educator evaluation. In regard to the development of an evaluation plan for principals and assistant principals, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any principal or assistant principal whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". Makes related changes. Effective immediately. LRB103 29135 RJT 55521 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1529 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/21B-45105 ILCS 5/24A-5 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-5105 ILCS 5/24A-7 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7105 ILCS 5/24A-15 105 ILCS 5/21B-45 105 ILCS 5/24A-5 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-5 105 ILCS 5/24A-7 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7 105 ILCS 5/24A-15 Amends the School Code. Provides that for any 5-year renewal cycle that includes the 2022-2023 school year, each professional educator licensee shall complete a total of 100 hours of professional development during the 5-year renewal cycle in order to renew the license (rather than being required to complete a total of 120 hours). For the 2022-2023 school year only, provides that a licensee with an administrative endorsement who is working in a position requiring such endorsement or an individual with a Teacher Leader endorsement serving in an administrative capacity at least 50% of the day is not required to complete an Illinois Administrators' Academy course (rather than being required to complete one course). In provisions related to the content of evaluation plans, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any teacher in contractual continued service whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". In regard to rules adopted by the State Board of Education concerning educator evaluations, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, provides that factors related to methods of measuring student growth may not be used in any educator evaluation. In regard to the development of an evaluation plan for principals and assistant principals, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any principal or assistant principal whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". Makes related changes. Effective immediately. LRB103 29135 RJT 55521 b LRB103 29135 RJT 55521 b A BILL FOR
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8	8	Amends the School Code. Provides that for any 5-year renewal cycle that includes the 2022-2023 school year, each professional educator licensee shall complete a total of 100 hours of professional development during the 5-year renewal cycle in order to renew the license (rather than being required to complete a total of 120 hours). For the 2022-2023 school year only, provides that a licensee with an administrative endorsement who is working in a position requiring such endorsement or an individual with a Teacher Leader endorsement serving in an administrative capacity at least 50% of the day is not required to complete an Illinois Administrators' Academy course (rather than being required to complete one course). In provisions related to the content of evaluation plans, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any teacher in contractual continued service whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". In regard to rules adopted by the State Board of Education concerning educator evaluations, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, provides that factors related to methods of measuring student growth may not be used in any educator evaluation. In regard to the development of an evaluation plan for principals and assistant principals, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any principal or assistant principal whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". Makes related changes. Effective immediately.
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14	14	1 AN ACT concerning education.
15	15	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
16	16	3 represented in the General Assembly:
17	17	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
18	18	5 21B-45, 24A-5, 24A-7, and 24A-15 as follows:
19	19	6 (105 ILCS 5/21B-45)
20	20	7 Sec. 21B-45. Professional Educator License renewal.
21	21	8 (a) Individuals holding a Professional Educator License
22	22	9 are required to complete the licensure renewal requirements as
23	23	10 specified in this Section, unless otherwise provided in this
24	24	11 Code.
25	25	12 Individuals holding a Professional Educator License shall
26	26	13 meet the renewal requirements set forth in this Section,
27	27	14 unless otherwise provided in this Code. If an individual holds
28	28	15 a license endorsed in more than one area that has different
29	29	16 renewal requirements, that individual shall follow the renewal
30	30	17 requirements for the position for which he or she spends the
31	31	18 majority of his or her time working.
32	32	19 (b) All Professional Educator Licenses not renewed as
33	33	20 provided in this Section shall lapse on September 1 of that
34	34	21 year. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, if
35	35	22 a license holder's electronic mail address is available, the
36	36	23 State Board of Education shall send him or her notification
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41	41	105 ILCS 5/21B-45105 ILCS 5/24A-5 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-5105 ILCS 5/24A-7 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7105 ILCS 5/24A-15 105 ILCS 5/21B-45 105 ILCS 5/24A-5 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-5 105 ILCS 5/24A-7 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7 105 ILCS 5/24A-15
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43	43	105 ILCS 5/24A-5 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-5
44	44	105 ILCS 5/24A-7 from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7
45	45	105 ILCS 5/24A-15
46	46	Amends the School Code. Provides that for any 5-year renewal cycle that includes the 2022-2023 school year, each professional educator licensee shall complete a total of 100 hours of professional development during the 5-year renewal cycle in order to renew the license (rather than being required to complete a total of 120 hours). For the 2022-2023 school year only, provides that a licensee with an administrative endorsement who is working in a position requiring such endorsement or an individual with a Teacher Leader endorsement serving in an administrative capacity at least 50% of the day is not required to complete an Illinois Administrators' Academy course (rather than being required to complete one course). In provisions related to the content of evaluation plans, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any teacher in contractual continued service whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". In regard to rules adopted by the State Board of Education concerning educator evaluations, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, provides that factors related to methods of measuring student growth may not be used in any educator evaluation. In regard to the development of an evaluation plan for principals and assistant principals, allows a school district to waive, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, the evaluation requirement of any principal or assistant principal whose performance during the last school year in which the teacher was evaluated was rated as either "excellent" or "proficient". Makes related changes. Effective immediately.
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77	77	1 electronically that his or her license will lapse if not
78	78	2 renewed, to be sent no more than 6 months prior to the license
79	79	3 lapsing. Lapsed licenses may be immediately reinstated upon
80	80	4 (i) payment to the State Board of Education by the applicant of
81	81	5 a $50 penalty or (ii) the demonstration of proficiency by
82	82	6 completing 9 semester hours of coursework from a regionally
83	83	7 accredited institution of higher education in the content area
84	84	8 that most aligns with one or more of the educator's
85	85	9 endorsement areas. Any and all back fees, including without
86	86	10 limitation registration fees owed from the time of expiration
87	87	11 of the license until the date of reinstatement, shall be paid
88	88	12 and kept in accordance with the provisions in Article 3 of this
89	89	13 Code concerning an institute fund and the provisions in
90	90	14 Article 21B of this Code concerning fees and requirements for
91	91	15 registration. Licenses not registered in accordance with
92	92	16 Section 21B-40 of this Code shall lapse after a period of 6
93	93	17 months from the expiration of the last year of registration or
94	94	18 on January 1 of the fiscal year following initial issuance of
95	95	19 the license. An unregistered license is invalid after
96	96	20 September 1 for employment and performance of services in an
97	97	21 Illinois public or State-operated school or cooperative and in
98	98	22 a charter school. Any license or endorsement may be
99	99	23 voluntarily surrendered by the license holder. A voluntarily
100	100	24 surrendered license shall be treated as a revoked license. An
101	101	25 Educator License with Stipulations with only a
102	102	26 paraprofessional endorsement does not lapse.
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113	113	1 (c) From July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in order to
114	114	2 satisfy the requirements for licensure renewal provided for in
115	115	3 this Section, each professional educator licensee with an
116	116	4 administrative endorsement who is working in a position
117	117	5 requiring such endorsement shall complete one Illinois
118	118	6 Administrators' Academy course, as described in Article 2 of
119	119	7 this Code, per fiscal year.
120	120	8 (c-5) All licenses issued by the State Board of Education
121	121	9 under this Article that expire on June 30, 2020 and have not
122	122	10 been renewed by the end of the 2020 renewal period shall be
123	123	11 extended for one year and shall expire on June 30, 2021.
124	124	12 (d) Beginning July 1, 2014, in order to satisfy the
125	125	13 requirements for licensure renewal provided for in this
126	126	14 Section, each professional educator licensee may create a
127	127	15 professional development plan each year. The plan shall
128	128	16 address one or more of the endorsements that are required of
129	129	17 his or her educator position if the licensee is employed and
130	130	18 performing services in an Illinois public or State-operated
131	131	19 school or cooperative. If the licensee is employed in a
132	132	20 charter school, the plan shall address that endorsement or
133	133	21 those endorsements most closely related to his or her educator
134	134	22 position. Licensees employed and performing services in any
135	135	23 other Illinois schools may participate in the renewal
136	136	24 requirements by adhering to the same process.
137	137	25 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the
138	138	26 licensee's professional development activities shall align
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149	149	1 with one or more of the following criteria:
150	150	2 (1) activities are of a type that engages engage
151	151	3 participants over a sustained period of time allowing for
152	152	4 analysis, discovery, and application as they relate to
153	153	5 student learning, social or emotional achievement, or
154	154	6 well-being;
155	155	7 (2) professional development aligns to the licensee's
156	156	8 performance;
157	157	9 (3) outcomes for the activities must relate to student
158	158	10 growth or district improvement;
159	159	11 (4) activities align to State-approved standards; and
160	160	12 (5) higher education coursework.
161	161	13 (e) For each renewal cycle, each professional educator
162	162	14 licensee shall engage in professional development activities.
163	163	15 Prior to renewal, the licensee shall enter electronically into
164	164	16 the Educator Licensure Information System (ELIS) the name,
165	165	17 date, and location of the activity, the number of professional
166	166	18 development hours, and the provider's name. The following
167	167	19 provisions shall apply concerning professional development
168	168	20 activities:
169	169	21 (1) For any 5-year renewal cycle that does not include
170	170	22 the 2022-2023 school year, each Each licensee shall
171	171	23 complete a total of 120 hours of professional development
172	172	24 per 5-year renewal cycle in order to renew the license,
173	173	25 except as otherwise provided in this Section. For any
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185	185	1 year, each licensee shall complete a total of 100 hours of
186	186	2 professional development during the 5-year renewal cycle
187	187	3 in order to renew the license, except as otherwise
188	188	4 provided in this Section.
189	189	5 (2) Beginning with his or her first full 5-year cycle,
190	190	6 any licensee with an administrative endorsement who is not
191	191	7 working in a position requiring such endorsement is not
192	192	8 required to complete Illinois Administrators' Academy
193	193	9 courses, as described in Article 2 of this Code. Such
194	194	10 licensees must complete one Illinois Administrators'
195	195	11 Academy course within one year after returning to a
196	196	12 position that requires the administrative endorsement.
197	197	13 (3) Any licensee with an administrative endorsement
198	198	14 who is working in a position requiring such endorsement or
199	199	15 an individual with a Teacher Leader endorsement serving in
200	200	16 an administrative capacity at least 50% of the day shall
201	201	17 complete one Illinois Administrators' Academy course, as
202	202	18 described in Article 2 of this Code, each fiscal year in
203	203	19 addition to 100 hours of professional development per
204	204	20 5-year renewal cycle in accordance with this Code.
205	205	21 However, for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years year
206	206	22 only, a licensee under this paragraph (3) is not required
207	207	23 to complete an Illinois Administrators' Academy course.
208	208	24 (4) Any licensee holding a current National Board for
209	209	25 Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) master teacher
210	210	26 designation shall complete a total of 60 hours of
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221	221	1 professional development per 5-year renewal cycle in order
222	222	2 to renew the license.
223	223	3 (5) Licensees working in a position that does not
224	224	4 require educator licensure or working in a position for
225	225	5 less than 50% for any particular year are considered to be
226	226	6 exempt and shall be required to pay only the registration
227	227	7 fee in order to renew and maintain the validity of the
228	228	8 license.
229	229	9 (6) Licensees who are retired and qualify for benefits
230	230	10 from a State of Illinois retirement system shall be listed
231	231	11 as retired, and the license shall be maintained in retired
232	232	12 status. For any renewal cycle in which a licensee retires
233	233	13 during the renewal cycle, the licensee must complete
234	234	14 professional development activities on a prorated basis
235	235	15 depending on the number of years during the renewal cycle
236	236	16 the educator held an active license. If a licensee retires
237	237	17 during a renewal cycle, the license status must be updated
238	238	18 using ELIS indicating that the licensee wishes to maintain
239	239	19 the license in retired status and the licensee must show
240	240	20 proof of completion of professional development activities
241	241	21 on a prorated basis for all years of that renewal cycle for
242	242	22 which the license was active. An individual with a license
243	243	23 in retired status shall not be required to complete
244	244	24 professional development activities until returning to a
245	245	25 position that requires educator licensure. Upon returning
246	246	26 to work in a position that requires the Professional
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257	257	1 Educator License, the license status shall immediately be
258	258	2 updated using ELIS and the licensee shall complete renewal
259	259	3 requirements for that year. A retired teacher, even if
260	260	4 returning to a position that requires educator licensure,
261	261	5 shall not be required to pay registration fees. A license
262	262	6 in retired status cannot lapse. Beginning on January 6,
263	263	7 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 99-920) through
264	264	8 December 31, 2017, any licensee who has retired and whose
265	265	9 license has lapsed for failure to renew as provided in
266	266	10 this Section may reinstate that license and maintain it in
267	267	11 retired status upon providing proof to the State Board of
268	268	12 Education using ELIS that the licensee is retired and is
269	269	13 not working in a position that requires a Professional
270	270	14 Educator License.
271	271	15 (7) For any renewal cycle in which professional
272	272	16 development hours were required, but not fulfilled, the
273	273	17 licensee shall complete any missed hours to total the
274	274	18 minimum professional development hours required in this
275	275	19 Section prior to September 1 of that year. Professional
276	276	20 development hours used to fulfill the minimum required
277	277	21 hours for a renewal cycle may be used for only one renewal
278	278	22 cycle. For any fiscal year or renewal cycle in which an
279	279	23 Illinois Administrators' Academy course was required but
280	280	24 not completed, the licensee shall complete any missed
281	281	25 Illinois Administrators' Academy courses prior to
282	282	26 September 1 of that year. The licensee may complete all
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293	293	1 deficient hours and Illinois Administrators' Academy
294	294	2 courses while continuing to work in a position that
295	295	3 requires that license until September 1 of that year.
296	296	4 (8) Any licensee who has not fulfilled the
297	297	5 professional development renewal requirements set forth in
298	298	6 this Section at the end of any 5-year renewal cycle is
299	299	7 ineligible to register his or her license and may submit
300	300	8 an appeal to the State Superintendent of Education for
301	301	9 reinstatement of the license.
302	302	10 (9) If professional development opportunities were
303	303	11 unavailable to a licensee, proof that opportunities were
304	304	12 unavailable and request for an extension of time beyond
305	305	13 August 31 to complete the renewal requirements may be
306	306	14 submitted from April 1 through June 30 of that year to the
307	307	15 State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. If an
308	308	16 extension is approved, the license shall remain valid
309	309	17 during the extension period.
310	310	18 (10) Individuals who hold exempt licenses prior to
311	311	19 December 27, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act
312	312	20 98-610) shall commence the annual renewal process with the
313	313	21 first scheduled registration due after December 27, 2013
314	314	22 (the effective date of Public Act 98-610).
315	315	23 (11) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
316	316	24 subsection (e), if a licensee earns more than the required
317	317	25 number of professional development hours during a renewal
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329	329	1 from April 1 through June 30 of the last year of the
330	330	2 renewal cycle. Any hours carried over in this manner must
331	331	3 be applied to the next renewal cycle. Illinois
332	332	4 Administrators' Academy courses or hours earned in those
333	333	5 courses may not be carried over.
334	334	6 (e-5) The number of professional development hours
335	335	7 required under subsection (e) is reduced by 20% for any
336	336	8 renewal cycle that includes the 2021-2022 school year.
337	337	9 (f) At the time of renewal, each licensee shall respond to
338	338	10 the required questions under penalty of perjury.
339	339	11 (f-5) The State Board of Education shall conduct random
340	340	12 audits of licensees to verify a licensee's fulfillment of the
341	341	13 professional development hours required under this Section.
342	342	14 Upon completion of a random audit, if it is determined by the
343	343	15 State Board of Education that the licensee did not complete
344	344	16 the required number of professional development hours or did
345	345	17 not provide sufficient proof of completion, the licensee shall
346	346	18 be notified that his or her license has lapsed. A license that
347	347	19 has lapsed under this subsection may be reinstated as provided
348	348	20 in subsection (b).
349	349	21 (g) The following entities shall be designated as approved
350	350	22 to provide professional development activities for the renewal
351	351	23 of Professional Educator Licenses:
352	352	24 (1) The State Board of Education.
353	353	25 (2) Regional offices of education and intermediate
354	354	26 service centers.
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365	365	1 (3) Illinois professional associations representing
366	366	2 the following groups that are approved by the State
367	367	3 Superintendent of Education:
368	368	4 (A) school administrators;
369	369	5 (B) principals;
370	370	6 (C) school business officials;
371	371	7 (D) teachers, including special education
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373	373	9 (E) school boards;
374	374	10 (F) school districts;
375	375	11 (G) parents; and
376	376	12 (H) school service personnel.
377	377	13 (4) Regionally accredited institutions of higher
378	378	14 education that offer Illinois-approved educator
379	379	15 preparation programs and public community colleges subject
380	380	16 to the Public Community College Act.
381	381	17 (5) Illinois public school districts, charter schools
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383	383	19 educational programs authorized under Article 10 of this
384	384	20 Code for the purposes of providing career and technical
385	385	21 education or special education services.
386	386	22 (6) A not-for-profit organization that, as of December
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401	401	1 districts, teachers, or administrators.
402	402	2 (7) State agencies, State boards, and State
403	403	3 commissions.
404	404	4 (8) Museums as defined in Section 10 of the Museum
405	405	5 Disposition of Property Act.
406	406	6 (h) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this
407	407	7 Section shall make available professional development
408	408	8 opportunities that satisfy at least one of the following:
409	409	9 (1) increase the knowledge and skills of school and
410	410	10 district leaders who guide continuous professional
411	411	11 development;
412	412	12 (2) improve the learning of students;
413	413	13 (3) organize adults into learning communities whose
414	414	14 goals are aligned with those of the school and district;
415	415	15 (4) deepen educator's content knowledge;
416	416	16 (5) provide educators with research-based
417	417	17 instructional strategies to assist students in meeting
418	418	18 rigorous academic standards;
419	419	19 (6) prepare educators to appropriately use various
420	420	20 types of classroom assessments;
421	421	21 (7) use learning strategies appropriate to the
422	422	22 intended goals;
423	423	23 (8) provide educators with the knowledge and skills to
424	424	24 collaborate;
425	425	25 (9) prepare educators to apply research to decision
426	426	26 making;
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437	437	1 (10) provide educators with training on inclusive
438	438	2 practices in the classroom that examines instructional and
439	439	3 behavioral strategies that improve academic and
440	440	4 social-emotional outcomes for all students, with or
441	441	5 without disabilities, in a general education setting; or
442	442	6 (11) beginning on July 1, 2022, provide educators with
443	443	7 training on the physical and mental health needs of
444	444	8 students, student safety, educator ethics, professional
445	445	9 conduct, and other topics that address the well-being of
446	446	10 students and improve the academic and social-emotional
447	447	11 outcomes of students.
448	448	12 (i) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this
449	449	13 Section shall do the following:
450	450	14 (1) align professional development activities to the
451	451	15 State-approved national standards for professional
452	452	16 learning;
453	453	17 (2) meet the professional development criteria for
454	454	18 Illinois licensure renewal;
455	455	19 (3) produce a rationale for the activity that explains
456	456	20 how it aligns to State standards and identify the
457	457	21 assessment for determining the expected impact on student
458	458	22 learning or school improvement;
459	459	23 (4) maintain original documentation for completion of
460	460	24 activities;
461	461	25 (5) provide license holders with evidence of
462	462	26 completion of activities;
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473	473	1 (6) request an Illinois Educator Identification Number
474	474	2 (IEIN) for each educator during each professional
475	475	3 development activity; and
476	476	4 (7) beginning on July 1, 2019, register annually with
477	477	5 the State Board of Education prior to offering any
478	478	6 professional development opportunities in the current
479	479	7 fiscal year.
480	480	8 (j) The State Board of Education shall conduct annual
481	481	9 audits of a subset of approved providers, except for school
482	482	10 districts, which shall be audited by regional offices of
483	483	11 education and intermediate service centers. The State Board of
484	484	12 Education shall ensure that each approved provider, except for
485	485	13 a school district, is audited at least once every 5 years. The
486	486	14 State Board of Education may conduct more frequent audits of
487	487	15 providers if evidence suggests the requirements of this
488	488	16 Section or administrative rules are not being met.
489	489	17 (1) (Blank).
490	490	18 (2) Approved providers shall comply with the
491	491	19 requirements in subsections (h) and (i) of this Section by
492	492	20 annually submitting data to the State Board of Education
493	493	21 demonstrating how the professional development activities
494	494	22 impacted one or more of the following:
495	495	23 (A) educator and student growth in regards to
496	496	24 content knowledge or skills, or both;
497	497	25 (B) educator and student social and emotional
498	498	26 growth; or
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509	509	1 (C) alignment to district or school improvement
510	510	2 plans.
511	511	3 (3) The State Superintendent of Education shall review
512	512	4 the annual data collected by the State Board of Education,
513	513	5 regional offices of education, and intermediate service
514	514	6 centers in audits to determine if the approved provider
515	515	7 has met the criteria and should continue to be an approved
516	516	8 provider or if further action should be taken as provided
517	517	9 in rules.
518	518	10 (k) Registration fees shall be paid for the next renewal
519	519	11 cycle between April 1 and June 30 in the last year of each
520	520	12 5-year renewal cycle using ELIS. If all required professional
521	521	13 development hours for the renewal cycle have been completed
522	522	14 and entered by the licensee, the licensee shall pay the
523	523	15 registration fees for the next cycle using a form of credit or
524	524	16 debit card.
525	525	17 (l) Any professional educator licensee endorsed for school
526	526	18 support personnel who is employed and performing services in
527	527	19 Illinois public schools and who holds an active and current
528	528	20 professional license issued by the Department of Financial and
529	529	21 Professional Regulation or a national certification board, as
530	530	22 approved by the State Board of Education, related to the
531	531	23 endorsement areas on the Professional Educator License shall
532	532	24 be deemed to have satisfied the continuing professional
533	533	25 development requirements provided for in this Section. Such
534	534	26 individuals shall be required to pay only registration fees to
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545	545	1 renew the Professional Educator License. An individual who
546	546	2 does not hold a license issued by the Department of Financial
547	547	3 and Professional Regulation shall complete professional
548	548	4 development requirements for the renewal of a Professional
549	549	5 Educator License provided for in this Section.
550	550	6 (m) Appeals to the State Educator Preparation and
551	551	7 Licensure Board must be made within 30 days after receipt of
552	552	8 notice from the State Superintendent of Education that a
553	553	9 license will not be renewed based upon failure to complete the
554	554	10 requirements of this Section. A licensee may appeal that
555	555	11 decision to the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
556	556	12 in a manner prescribed by rule.
557	557	13 (1) Each appeal shall state the reasons why the State
558	558	14 Superintendent's decision should be reversed and shall be
559	559	15 sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the
560	560	16 State Board of Education.
561	561	17 (2) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
562	562	18 shall review each appeal regarding renewal of a license
563	563	19 within 90 days after receiving the appeal in order to
564	564	20 determine whether the licensee has met the requirements of
565	565	21 this Section. The State Educator Preparation and Licensure
566	566	22 Board may hold an appeal hearing or may make its
567	567	23 determination based upon the record of review, which shall
568	568	24 consist of the following:
569	569	25 (A) the regional superintendent of education's
570	570	26 rationale for recommending nonrenewal of the license,
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581	581	1 if applicable;
582	582	2 (B) any evidence submitted to the State
583	583	3 Superintendent along with the individual's electronic
584	584	4 statement of assurance for renewal; and
585	585	5 (C) the State Superintendent's rationale for
586	586	6 nonrenewal of the license.
587	587	7 (3) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
588	588	8 shall notify the licensee of its decision regarding
589	589	9 license renewal by certified mail, return receipt
590	590	10 requested, no later than 30 days after reaching a
591	591	11 decision. Upon receipt of notification of renewal, the
592	592	12 licensee, using ELIS, shall pay the applicable
593	593	13 registration fee for the next cycle using a form of credit
594	594	14 or debit card.
595	595	15 (n) The State Board of Education may adopt rules as may be
596	596	16 necessary to implement this Section.
597	597	17 (Source: P.A. 101-85, eff. 1-1-20; 101-531, eff. 8-23-19;
598	598	18 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-676, eff. 12-3-21; 102-710, eff.
599	599	19 4-27-22; 102-730, eff. 5-6-22; 102-852, eff. 5-13-22; revised
600	600	20 8-25-22.)
601	601	21 (105 ILCS 5/24A-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-5)
602	602	22 Sec. 24A-5. Content of evaluation plans. This Section
603	603	23 does not apply to teachers assigned to schools identified in
604	604	24 an agreement entered into between the board of a school
605	605	25 district operating under Article 34 of this Code and the
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616	616	1 exclusive representative of the district's teachers in
617	617	2 accordance with Section 34-85c of this Code.
618	618	3 Each school district to which this Article applies shall
619	619	4 establish a teacher evaluation plan which ensures that each
620	620	5 teacher in contractual continued service is evaluated at least
621	621	6 once in the course of every 2 or 3 school years as provided in
622	622	7 this Section.
623	623	8 Each school district shall establish a teacher evaluation
624	624	9 plan that ensures that:
625	625	10 (1) each teacher not in contractual continued service
626	626	11 is evaluated at least once every school year; and
627	627	12 (2) except as otherwise provided in this Section, each
628	628	13 teacher in contractual continued service is evaluated at
629	629	14 least once in the course of every 2 school years. However,
630	630	15 any teacher in contractual continued service whose
631	631	16 performance is rated as either "needs improvement" or
632	632	17 "unsatisfactory" must be evaluated at least once in the
633	633	18 school year following the receipt of such rating.
634	634	19 No later than September 1, 2022, each school district must
635	635	20 establish a teacher evaluation plan that ensures that each
636	636	21 teacher in contractual continued service whose performance is
637	637	22 rated as either "excellent" or "proficient" is evaluated at
638	638	23 least once in the course of the 3 school years after receipt of
639	639	24 the rating and implement an informal teacher observation plan
640	640	25 established by agency rule and by agreement of the joint
641	641	26 committee established under subsection (b) of Section 24A-4 of
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652	652	1 this Code that ensures that each teacher in contractual
653	653	2 continued service whose performance is rated as either
654	654	3 "excellent" or "proficient" is informally observed at least
655	655	4 once in the course of the 2 school years after receipt of the
656	656	5 rating.
657	657	6 For the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, a
658	658	7 school district may waive the evaluation requirement of any
659	659	8 teacher in contractual continued service whose performance was
660	660	9 rated as either "excellent" or "proficient" during the last
661	661	10 school year in which the teacher was evaluated under this
662	662	11 Section.
663	663	12 For the 2022-2023 school year only, if the Governor has
664	664	13 declared a disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant
665	665	14 to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act,
666	666	15 a school district may waive the evaluation requirement of all
667	667	16 teachers in contractual continued service whose performances
668	668	17 were rated as either "excellent" or "proficient" during the
669	669	18 last school year in which the teachers were evaluated under
670	670	19 this Section.
671	671	20 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
672	672	21 or any other Section of this Code, a principal shall not be
673	673	22 prohibited from evaluating any teachers within a school during
674	674	23 his or her first year as principal of such school. If a
675	675	24 first-year principal exercises this option in a school
676	676	25 district where the evaluation plan provides for a teacher in
677	677	26 contractual continued service to be evaluated once in the
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688	688	1 course of every 2 or 3 school years, as applicable, then a new
689	689	2 2-year or 3-year evaluation plan must be established.
690	690	3 The evaluation plan shall comply with the requirements of
691	691	4 this Section and of any rules adopted by the State Board of
692	692	5 Education pursuant to this Section.
693	693	6 The plan shall include a description of each teacher's
694	694	7 duties and responsibilities and of the standards to which that
695	695	8 teacher is expected to conform, and shall include at least the
696	696	9 following components:
697	697	10 (a) personal observation of the teacher in the
698	698	11 classroom by the evaluator, unless the teacher has no
699	699	12 classroom duties.
700	700	13 (b) consideration of the teacher's attendance,
701	701	14 planning, instructional methods, classroom management,
702	702	15 where relevant, and competency in the subject matter
703	703	16 taught.
704	704	17 (c) by no later than the applicable implementation
705	705	18 date, consideration of student growth as a significant
706	706	19 factor in the rating of the teacher's performance.
707	707	20 (d) prior to September 1, 2012, rating of the
708	708	21 performance of teachers in contractual continued service
709	709	22 as either:
710	710	23 (i) "excellent", "satisfactory" or
711	711	24 "unsatisfactory"; or
712	712	25 (ii) "excellent", "proficient", "needs
713	713	26 improvement" or "unsatisfactory".
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724	724	1 (e) on and after September 1, 2012, rating of the
725	725	2 performance of all teachers as "excellent", "proficient",
726	726	3 "needs improvement" or "unsatisfactory".
727	727	4 (f) specification as to the teacher's strengths and
728	728	5 weaknesses, with supporting reasons for the comments made.
729	729	6 (g) inclusion of a copy of the evaluation in the
730	730	7 teacher's personnel file and provision of a copy to the
731	731	8 teacher.
732	732	9 (h) within 30 school days after the completion of an
733	733	10 evaluation rating a teacher in contractual continued
734	734	11 service as "needs improvement", development by the
735	735	12 evaluator, in consultation with the teacher, and taking
736	736	13 into account the teacher's on-going professional
737	737	14 responsibilities including his or her regular teaching
738	738	15 assignments, of a professional development plan directed
739	739	16 to the areas that need improvement and any supports that
740	740	17 the district will provide to address the areas identified
741	741	18 as needing improvement.
742	742	19 (i) within 30 school days after completion of an
743	743	20 evaluation rating a teacher in contractual continued
744	744	21 service as "unsatisfactory", development and commencement
745	745	22 by the district of a remediation plan designed to correct
746	746	23 deficiencies cited, provided the deficiencies are deemed
747	747	24 remediable. In all school districts the remediation plan
748	748	25 for unsatisfactory, tenured teachers shall provide for 90
749	749	26 school days of remediation within the classroom, unless an
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760	760	1 applicable collective bargaining agreement provides for a
761	761	2 shorter duration. In all school districts evaluations
762	762	3 issued pursuant to this Section shall be issued within 10
763	763	4 days after the conclusion of the respective remediation
764	764	5 plan. However, the school board or other governing
765	765	6 authority of the district shall not lose jurisdiction to
766	766	7 discharge a teacher in the event the evaluation is not
767	767	8 issued within 10 days after the conclusion of the
768	768	9 respective remediation plan.
769	769	10 (j) participation in the remediation plan by the
770	770	11 teacher in contractual continued service rated
771	771	12 "unsatisfactory", an evaluator and a consulting teacher
772	772	13 selected by the evaluator of the teacher who was rated
773	773	14 "unsatisfactory", which consulting teacher is an
774	774	15 educational employee as defined in the Educational Labor
775	775	16 Relations Act, has at least 5 years' teaching experience,
776	776	17 and a reasonable familiarity with the assignment of the
777	777	18 teacher being evaluated, and who received an "excellent"
778	778	19 rating on his or her most recent evaluation. Where no
779	779	20 teachers who meet these criteria are available within the
780	780	21 district, the district shall request and the applicable
781	781	22 regional office of education shall supply, to participate
782	782	23 in the remediation process, an individual who meets these
783	783	24 criteria.
784	784	25 In a district having a population of less than 500,000
785	785	26 with an exclusive bargaining agent, the bargaining agent
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796	796	1 may, if it so chooses, supply a roster of qualified
797	797	2 teachers from whom the consulting teacher is to be
798	798	3 selected. That roster shall, however, contain the names of
799	799	4 at least 5 teachers, each of whom meets the criteria for
800	800	5 consulting teacher with regard to the teacher being
801	801	6 evaluated, or the names of all teachers so qualified if
802	802	7 that number is less than 5. In the event of a dispute as to
803	803	8 qualification, the State Board shall determine
804	804	9 qualification.
805	805	10 (k) a mid-point and final evaluation by an evaluator
806	806	11 during and at the end of the remediation period,
807	807	12 immediately following receipt of a remediation plan
808	808	13 provided for under subsections (i) and (j) of this
809	809	14 Section. Each evaluation shall assess the teacher's
810	810	15 performance during the time period since the prior
811	811	16 evaluation; provided that the last evaluation shall also
812	812	17 include an overall evaluation of the teacher's performance
813	813	18 during the remediation period. A written copy of the
814	814	19 evaluations and ratings, in which any deficiencies in
815	815	20 performance and recommendations for correction are
816	816	21 identified, shall be provided to and discussed with the
817	817	22 teacher within 10 school days after the date of the
818	818	23 evaluation, unless an applicable collective bargaining
819	819	24 agreement provides to the contrary. These subsequent
820	820	25 evaluations shall be conducted by an evaluator. The
821	821	26 consulting teacher shall provide advice to the teacher
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832	832	1 rated "unsatisfactory" on how to improve teaching skills
833	833	2 and to successfully complete the remediation plan. The
834	834	3 consulting teacher shall participate in developing the
835	835	4 remediation plan, but the final decision as to the
836	836	5 evaluation shall be done solely by the evaluator, unless
837	837	6 an applicable collective bargaining agreement provides to
838	838	7 the contrary. Evaluations at the conclusion of the
839	839	8 remediation process shall be separate and distinct from
840	840	9 the required annual evaluations of teachers and shall not
841	841	10 be subject to the guidelines and procedures relating to
842	842	11 those annual evaluations. The evaluator may but is not
843	843	12 required to use the forms provided for the annual
844	844	13 evaluation of teachers in the district's evaluation plan.
845	845	14 (l) reinstatement to the evaluation schedule set forth
846	846	15 in the district's evaluation plan for any teacher in
847	847	16 contractual continued service who achieves a rating equal
848	848	17 to or better than "satisfactory" or "proficient" in the
849	849	18 school year following a rating of "needs improvement" or
850	850	19 "unsatisfactory".
851	851	20 (m) dismissal in accordance with subsection (d) of
852	852	21 Section 24-12 or Section 24-16.5 or 34-85 of this Code of
853	853	22 any teacher who fails to complete any applicable
854	854	23 remediation plan with a rating equal to or better than a
855	855	24 "satisfactory" or "proficient" rating. Districts and
856	856	25 teachers subject to dismissal hearings are precluded from
857	857	26 compelling the testimony of consulting teachers at such
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868	868	1 hearings under subsection (d) of Section 24-12 or Section
869	869	2 24-16.5 or 34-85 of this Code, either as to the rating
870	870	3 process or for opinions of performances by teachers under
871	871	4 remediation.
872	872	5 (n) After the implementation date of an evaluation
873	873	6 system for teachers in a district as specified in Section
874	874	7 24A-2.5 of this Code, if a teacher in contractual
875	875	8 continued service successfully completes a remediation
876	876	9 plan following a rating of "unsatisfactory" in an overall
877	877	10 performance evaluation received after the foregoing
878	878	11 implementation date and receives a subsequent rating of
879	879	12 "unsatisfactory" in any of the teacher's overall
880	880	13 performance evaluation ratings received during the
881	881	14 36-month period following the teacher's completion of the
882	882	15 remediation plan, then the school district may forego
883	883	16 remediation and seek dismissal in accordance with
884	884	17 subsection (d) of Section 24-12 or Section 34-85 of this
885	885	18 Code.
886	886	19 Nothing in this Section or Section 24A-4 shall be
887	887	20 construed as preventing immediate dismissal of a teacher for
888	888	21 deficiencies which are deemed irremediable or for actions
889	889	22 which are injurious to or endanger the health or person of
890	890	23 students in the classroom or school, or preventing the
891	891	24 dismissal or non-renewal of teachers not in contractual
892	892	25 continued service for any reason not prohibited by applicable
893	893	26 employment, labor, and civil rights laws. Failure to strictly
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904	904	1 comply with the time requirements contained in Section 24A-5
905	905	2 shall not invalidate the results of the remediation plan.
906	906	3 Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 98th
907	907	4 General Assembly repeals, supersedes, invalidates, or
908	908	5 nullifies final decisions in lawsuits pending on the effective
909	909	6 date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in
910	910	7 Illinois courts involving the interpretation of Public Act
911	911	8 97-8.
912	912	9 If the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public
913	913	10 health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois
914	914	11 Emergency Management Agency Act that suspends in-person
915	915	12 instruction, the timelines in this Section connected to the
916	916	13 commencement and completion of any remediation plan are
917	917	14 waived. Except if the parties mutually agree otherwise and the
918	918	15 agreement is in writing, any remediation plan that had been in
919	919	16 place for more than 45 days prior to the suspension of
920	920	17 in-person instruction shall resume when in-person instruction
921	921	18 resumes and any remediation plan that had been in place for
922	922	19 fewer than 45 days prior to the suspension of in-person
923	923	20 instruction shall be discontinued and a new remediation period
924	924	21 shall begin when in-person instruction resumes. The
925	925	22 requirements of this paragraph apply regardless of whether
926	926	23 they are included in a school district's teacher evaluation
927	927	24 plan.
928	928	25 (Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-252, eff. 1-1-22;
929	929	26 102-729, eff. 5-6-22.)
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940	940	1 (105 ILCS 5/24A-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7)
941	941	2 Sec. 24A-7. Rules. The State Board of Education is
942	942	3 authorized to adopt such rules as are deemed necessary to
943	943	4 implement and accomplish the purposes and provisions of this
944	944	5 Article, including, but not limited to, rules:
945	945	6 (1) relating to the methods for measuring student
946	946	7 growth (including, but not limited to, limitations on the
947	947	8 age of usable data; the amount of data needed to reliably
948	948	9 and validly measure growth for the purpose of teacher and
949	949	10 principal evaluations; and whether and at what time annual
950	950	11 State assessments may be used as one of multiple measures
951	951	12 of student growth);
952	952	13 (2) defining the term "significant factor" for
953	953	14 purposes of including consideration of student growth in
954	954	15 performance ratings;
955	955	16 (3) controlling for such factors as student
956	956	17 characteristics (including, but not limited to, students
957	957	18 receiving special education and English Learner services),
958	958	19 student attendance, and student mobility so as to best
959	959	20 measure the impact that a teacher, principal, school and
960	960	21 school district has on students' academic achievement;
961	961	22 (4) establishing minimum requirements for district
962	962	23 teacher and principal evaluation instruments and
963	963	24 procedures; and
964	964	25 (5) establishing a model evaluation plan for use by
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975	975	1 school districts in which student growth shall comprise
976	976	2 50% of the performance rating.
977	977	3 Notwithstanding any other rule or law to the contrary, for
978	978	4 the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, student growth
979	979	5 measures described under paragraph (1) of this Section and in
980	980	6 administrative rules adopted by the State Board of Education
981	981	7 may not be used as a factor in any evaluation under this
982	982	8 Article.
983	983	9 Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section, such
984	984	10 rules shall not preclude a school district having 500,000 or
985	985	11 more inhabitants from using an annual State assessment as the
986	986	12 sole measure of student growth for purposes of teacher or
987	987	13 principal evaluations.
988	988	14 The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a
989	989	15 Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, which shall be
990	990	16 staffed by the State Board of Education. Members of the
991	991	17 Council shall be selected by the State Superintendent and
992	992	18 include, without limitation, representatives of teacher unions
993	993	19 and school district management, persons with expertise in
994	994	20 performance evaluation processes and systems, as well as other
995	995	21 stakeholders. The Council shall meet at least quarterly and
996	996	22 may also meet at the call of the chairperson of the Council,
997	997	23 following August 18, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
998	998	24 100-211) until June 30, 2024. The Council shall advise the
999	999	25 State Board of Education on the ongoing implementation of
1000	1000	26 performance evaluations in this State, which may include
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1011	1011	1 gathering public feedback, sharing best practices, consulting
1012	1012	2 with the State Board on any proposed rule changes regarding
1013	1013	3 evaluations, and other subjects as determined by the
1014	1014	4 chairperson of the Council.
1015	1015	5 Prior to the applicable implementation date, these rules
1016	1016	6 shall not apply to teachers assigned to schools identified in
1017	1017	7 an agreement entered into between the board of a school
1018	1018	8 district operating under Article 34 of this Code and the
1019	1019	9 exclusive representative of the district's teachers in
1020	1020	10 accordance with Section 34-85c of this Code.
1021	1021	11 (Source: P.A. 102-252, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
1022	1022	12 (105 ILCS 5/24A-15)
1023	1023	13 Sec. 24A-15. Development of evaluation plan for principals
1024	1024	14 and assistant principals.
1025	1025	15 (a) Each school district, except for a school district
1026	1026	16 organized under Article 34 of this Code, shall establish a
1027	1027	17 principal and assistant principal evaluation plan in
1028	1028	18 accordance with this Section. The plan must ensure that each
1029	1029	19 principal and assistant principal is evaluated as follows:
1030	1030	20 (1) For a principal or assistant principal on a
1031	1031	21 single-year contract, the evaluation must take place by
1032	1032	22 March 1 of each year.
1033	1033	23 (2) For a principal or assistant principal on a
1034	1034	24 multi-year contract under Section 10-23.8a of this Code,
1035	1035	25 the evaluation must take place by March 1 of the final year
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1046	1046	1 of the contract.
1047	1047	2 On and after September 1, 2012, the plan must:
1048	1048	3 (i) rate the principal's or assistant principal's
1049	1049	4 performance as "excellent", "proficient", "needs
1050	1050	5 improvement" or "unsatisfactory"; and
1051	1051	6 (ii) ensure that each principal and assistant
1052	1052	7 principal is evaluated at least once every school year.
1053	1053	8 Nothing in this Section prohibits a school district from
1054	1054	9 conducting additional evaluations of principals and assistant
1055	1055	10 principals.
1056	1056	11 For the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years only, a
1057	1057	12 school district may waive the evaluation requirement of any
1058	1058	13 principal or assistant principal whose performance was rated
1059	1059	14 as either "excellent" or "proficient" during the last school
1060	1060	15 year in which the principal or assistant principal was
1061	1061	16 evaluated under this Section.
1062	1062	17 For the 2022-2023 school year only, if the Governor has
1063	1063	18 declared a disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant
1064	1064	19 to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act,
1065	1065	20 a school district may waive the evaluation requirement of all
1066	1066	21 principals or assistant principals whose performances were
1067	1067	22 rated as either "excellent" or "proficient" during the last
1068	1068	23 school year in which the principals or assistant principals
1069	1069	24 were evaluated under this Section.
1070	1070	25 (b) The evaluation shall include a description of the
1071	1071	26 principal's or assistant principal's duties and
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1082	1082	1 responsibilities and the standards to which the principal or
1083	1083	2 assistant principal is expected to conform.
1084	1084	3 (c) The evaluation for a principal must be performed by
1085	1085	4 the district superintendent, the superintendent's designee,
1086	1086	5 or, in the absence of the superintendent or his or her
1087	1087	6 designee, an individual appointed by the school board who
1088	1088	7 holds a registered Type 75 State administrative certificate.
1089	1089	8 Prior to September 1, 2012, the evaluation must be in
1090	1090	9 writing and must at least do all of the following:
1091	1091	10 (1) Consider the principal's specific duties,
1092	1092	11 responsibilities, management, and competence as a
1093	1093	12 principal.
1094	1094	13 (2) Specify the principal's strengths and weaknesses,
1095	1095	14 with supporting reasons.
1096	1096	15 (3) Align with research-based standards established by
1097	1097	16 administrative rule.
1098	1098	17 On and after September 1, 2012, the evaluation must, in
1099	1099	18 addition to the requirements in items (1), (2), and (3) of this
1100	1100	19 subsection (c), provide for the use of data and indicators on
1101	1101	20 student growth as a significant factor in rating performance.
1102	1102	21 (c-5) The evaluation of an assistant principal must be
1103	1103	22 performed by the principal, the district superintendent, the
1104	1104	23 superintendent's designee, or, in the absence of the
1105	1105	24 superintendent or his or her designee, an individual appointed
1106	1106	25 by the school board who holds a registered Type 75 State
1107	1107	26 administrative certificate. The evaluation must be in writing
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1118	1118	1 and must at least do all of the following:
1119	1119	2 (1) Consider the assistant principal's specific
1120	1120	3 duties, responsibilities, management, and competence as an
1121	1121	4 assistant principal.
1122	1122	5 (2) Specify the assistant principal's strengths and
1123	1123	6 weaknesses with supporting reasons.
1124	1124	7 (3) Align with the Illinois Professional Standards for
1125	1125	8 School Leaders or research-based district standards.
1126	1126	9 On and after September 1, 2012, the evaluation must, in
1127	1127	10 addition to the requirements in items (1), (2), and (3) of this
1128	1128	11 subsection (c-5), provide for the use of data and indicators
1129	1129	12 on student growth as a significant factor in rating
1130	1130	13 performance.
1131	1131	14 (d) One copy of the evaluation must be included in the
1132	1132	15 principal's or assistant principal's personnel file and one
1133	1133	16 copy of the evaluation must be provided to the principal or
1134	1134	17 assistant principal.
1135	1135	18 (e) Failure by a district to evaluate a principal or
1136	1136	19 assistant principal and to provide the principal or assistant
1137	1137	20 principal with a copy of the evaluation at least once during
1138	1138	21 the term of the principal's or assistant principal's contract,
1139	1139	22 in accordance with this Section, is evidence that the
1140	1140	23 principal or assistant principal is performing duties and
1141	1141	24 responsibilities in at least a satisfactory manner and shall
1142	1142	25 serve to automatically extend the principal's or assistant
1143	1143	26 principal's contract for a period of one year after the
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1154	1154	1 contract would otherwise expire, under the same terms and
1155	1155	2 conditions as the prior year's contract. The requirements in
1156	1156	3 this Section are in addition to the right of a school board to
1157	1157	4 reclassify a principal or assistant principal pursuant to
1158	1158	5 Section 10-23.8b of this Code.
1159	1159	6 (f) Nothing in this Section prohibits a school board from
1160	1160	7 ordering lateral transfers of principals or assistant
1161	1161	8 principals to positions of similar rank and salary.
1162	1162	9 (Source: P.A. 102-729, eff. 5-6-22.)
1163	1163	10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
1164	1164	11 becoming law.
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