Bill Amendment: IL SB1991 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: AGRICULTURE EDUCATION SHORTAGE
Status: 2017-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0118 [SB1991 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1991-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: AGRICULTURE EDUCATION SHORTAGE
Status: 2017-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0118 [SB1991 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1991-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1991
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1991 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 21B-5 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-5) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 21B-5. Licensure powers of the State Board of | ||||||
8 | Education.
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9 | (a) Recognizing that
that the education of our citizens is | ||||||
10 | the single most important influence on the prosperity and | ||||||
11 | success of this State and recognizing that new developments in | ||||||
12 | education require a flexible approach to our educational | ||||||
13 | system, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
14 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall have the | ||||||
15 | power and authority to do all of the following: | ||||||
16 | (1) Set standards for teaching, supervising, or |
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1 | otherwise holding licensed employment in the public | ||||||
2 | schools of this State and administer the licensure process | ||||||
3 | as provided in this Article. | ||||||
4 | (2) Approve, evaluate, and sanction educator | ||||||
5 | preparation programs. | ||||||
6 | (3) Enter into agreements with other states relative to | ||||||
7 | reciprocal approval of educator preparation programs. | ||||||
8 | (4) Establish standards for the issuance of new types | ||||||
9 | of educator licenses. | ||||||
10 | (5) Establish a code of ethics for all educators. | ||||||
11 | (6) Maintain a system of licensure examination aligned | ||||||
12 | with standards determined by the State Board of Education. | ||||||
13 | (7) Take such other action relating to the improvement | ||||||
14 | of instruction in the public schools as is appropriate and | ||||||
15 | consistent with applicable laws. | ||||||
16 | (b) Only the State Superintendent of Education, acting in | ||||||
17 | accordance with the applicable provisions of this Article and | ||||||
18 | rules, shall have the authority to issue or endorse any license | ||||||
19 | required for teaching, supervising, or otherwise holding | ||||||
20 | licensed employment in the public schools; and no other State | ||||||
21 | agency shall have any power or authority (i) to establish or | ||||||
22 | prescribe any qualifications or other requirements applicable | ||||||
23 | to the issuance or endorsement of any such license or (ii) to | ||||||
24 | establish or prescribe any licensure or equivalent requirement | ||||||
25 | that must be satisfied in order to teach, supervise, or hold | ||||||
26 | licensed employment in the public schools.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)".
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