Bill Text: IL HB0490 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the transportation of pupils.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0361 [HB0490 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB0490-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the transportation of pupils.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0361 [HB0490 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB0490-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 490
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 490 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-30 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-30) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. | ||||||
8 | (a) This Section applies beginning on July 1, 2012. | ||||||
9 | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
10 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design | ||||||
11 | and implement a system of examinations, which shall be required | ||||||
12 | prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These examinations | ||||||
13 | and indicators must be based on national and State professional | ||||||
14 | teaching standards, as determined by the State Board of | ||||||
15 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | ||||||
16 | and Licensure Board. The State Board of Education may adopt |
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1 | such rules as may be necessary to implement and administer this | ||||||
2 | Section. No score on a test required under this Section, other | ||||||
3 | than a test of basic skills, shall be more than 5 years old at | ||||||
4 | the time that an individual makes application for an educator | ||||||
5 | license or endorsement. | ||||||
6 | (c) All applicants Applicants seeking a Professional | ||||||
7 | Educator License or an Educator License with Stipulations shall | ||||||
8 | be required to pass the State Board of Education's recognized a | ||||||
9 | test of basic skills prior to their student teaching, unless | ||||||
10 | required earlier at the discretion of the recognized Illinois | ||||||
11 | institution in which they are in attendance or , unless the | ||||||
12 | endorsement the individual is seeking does not require passage | ||||||
13 | of the test. The passage of a test of basic skills shall not be | ||||||
14 | a prerequisite for admission into a graduate program for | ||||||
15 | speech-language pathology. An individual admitted into a | ||||||
16 | graduate program for speech-language pathology must pass a test | ||||||
17 | of basic skills prior to commencement of his or her full-time | ||||||
18 | school internship. No candidate may be fully admitted into an | ||||||
19 | educator preparation program at a recognized Illinois | ||||||
20 | institution until he or she has passed a test of basic skills. | ||||||
21 | An individual who passes a test of basic skills does not need | ||||||
22 | to do so again for subsequent endorsements or other educator | ||||||
23 | licenses. | ||||||
24 | (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be | ||||||
25 | required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area | ||||||
26 | of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There |
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1 | shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall | ||||||
2 | be allowed to student teach, serve as the teacher of record, or | ||||||
3 | begin an internship or residency required for licensure until | ||||||
4 | he or she has passed the applicable content area test. | ||||||
5 | (e) All applicants seeking a State license endorsed in a | ||||||
6 | teaching field shall pass the assessment of professional | ||||||
7 | teaching (APT). Passage of the APT is required for completion | ||||||
8 | of an approved Illinois educator preparation program. | ||||||
9 | (f) Beginning on September 1, 2015, all candidates | ||||||
10 | completing teacher preparation programs in this State are | ||||||
11 | required to pass an evidence-based assessment of teacher | ||||||
12 | effectiveness approved by the State Board of Education, in | ||||||
13 | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
14 | Board. All recognized institutions offering approved teacher | ||||||
15 | preparation programs must begin phasing in the approved teacher | ||||||
16 | performance assessment no later than July 1, 2013. | ||||||
17 | (g) Tests of basic skills and content area knowledge and | ||||||
18 | the assessment of professional teaching shall be the tests that | ||||||
19 | from time to time are designated by the State Board of | ||||||
20 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | ||||||
21 | and Licensure Board, and may be tests prepared by an | ||||||
22 | educational testing organization or tests designed by the State | ||||||
23 | Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
24 | Preparation and Licensure Board. The areas to be covered by a | ||||||
25 | test of basic skills shall include reading, language arts, and | ||||||
26 | mathematics. The test of content area knowledge shall assess |
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1 | content knowledge in a specific subject field. The tests must | ||||||
2 | be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no person | ||||||
3 | taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis of race, | ||||||
4 | color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to the | ||||||
5 | person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The score | ||||||
6 | required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State Board of | ||||||
7 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | ||||||
8 | and Licensure Board. The tests shall be administered not fewer | ||||||
9 | than 3 times a year at such time and place as may be designated | ||||||
10 | by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | ||||||
11 | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. | ||||||
12 | The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess | ||||||
13 | the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of | ||||||
14 | applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under | ||||||
15 | subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this Code | ||||||
16 | in the English language and in the language of the transitional | ||||||
17 | bilingual education program requested by the applicant. | ||||||
18 | (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the | ||||||
19 | provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school | ||||||
20 | district subject to Article 34 of this Code. | ||||||
21 | (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the | ||||||
22 | testing requirements under this Section shall include | ||||||
23 | provisions governing test selection, test validation and | ||||||
24 | determination of a passing score, administration of the tests, | ||||||
25 | frequency of administration, applicant fees, frequency of | ||||||
26 | applicants taking the tests, the years for which a score is |
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1 | valid, and appropriate special accommodations. The State Board | ||||||
2 | of Education shall develop such rules as may be needed to | ||||||
3 | ensure uniformity from year to year in the level of difficulty | ||||||
4 | for each form of an assessment.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)".
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