Educator Certification
Lapsed Certificate Information 
Public Act 97-0682. Instructions for Reinstating Lapsed Certificates - Until September 1, 2012
Now that Senate Bill 3393 is signed into law (Public Act 97-0682), individuals who currently have lapsed certificates have the following options for reinstating their certificates until September 1, 2012. Forms have been provided for this purpose and modifications have been made to ECS to allow registration of those certificates that lapsed solely due to failure to pay registration fees.
Application for Reinstatement of Lapsed Certificate – College Coursework
- Holders of certificates that have lapsed due to the educator’s failure to complete professional development (or due to not having approval of appropriate Statements of Assurance) and who have chosen to complete 9 semester hours of coursework should engage in each of the following steps:
- Complete the updated ISBE Form 73-93A
- Print the form
- Submit the form to the Educator Certification Division at ISBE
- Include a cashier’s check for all back fees
- Have official transcript(s) sent to ISBE
Application for Reinstatement of Lapsed Certificate – $500 Penalty
- Holders of certificates that have lapsed due to the educator’s failure to complete professional development (or due to not having approval of appropriate Statements of Assurance) and who choose to pay the $500 penalty fee in place of completing 9 semester hours of coursework should engage in each of the following steps:
- Complete new ISBE Form 73-93B
- Print the form
- Submit the form to the Educator Certification Division at ISBE
- Include a cashier’s check for $500 made payable to the State Superintendent of Education
- After 7 business days, the certificate holder must login to ECS and
- Click on “Register Certificates” to pay all registration fees
Application For Reinstatement of Lapsed Certificate – Registration Fees
This online procedure is available to educators only with Educator Certification System (ECS) accounts.
- Holders of certificates that have lapsed due solely to the educator’s failure to pay back fees should:
- Log in to your ECS account
- Click on “Register Certificates”
- Follow the prompts to complete the reinstatement process
- Pay all back fees and current registration by entering credit card information
- If the registration is paid to 6/30/12, individuals must start the process again to register for the next cycle.
- Application for Reinstatement – College Coursework (73-93A)
- Application for Reinstatement - $500.00 Penalty (73-93B)
- Pay Back Fees Only - https://sec1.isbe.net/ecs/
IMPORTANT:
The payment for back fees will appear as one transaction on the credit card incurring a $1.75 convenience fee, and registration for the remainder of the renewal cycle will appear as a second transaction with another $1.75 convenience fee. This is necessary because back fees are paid to ISBE and registration fees for FY13 forward are paid to the appropriate ROEs.
The payment for back fees will appear as one transaction on the credit card incurring a $1.75 convenience fee, and registration for the remainder of the renewal cycle will appear as a second transaction with another $1.75 convenience fee. This is necessary because back fees are paid to ISBE and registration fees for FY13 forward are paid to the appropriate ROEs.
