Bill Text: IL HB2470 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a career and technical educator or a part-time provisional career and technical educator endorsement may be issued to an applicant who, among other requirements, has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or an accredited trade and technical institution (rather than just a regionally accredited institution of higher education). Allows individuals seeking these endorsements to pass a test of basic skills or a test of work proficiency. Allows individuals holding a provisional career and technical educator endorsement to renew their endorsement more than one time. Reduces the semester hour requirement for a provisional career and technical educator endorsement from 20 to 15. Effective July 1, 2017.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-5)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0008 [HB2470 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2470-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a career and technical educator or a part-time provisional career and technical educator endorsement may be issued to an applicant who, among other requirements, has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or an accredited trade and technical institution (rather than just a regionally accredited institution of higher education). Allows individuals seeking these endorsements to pass a test of basic skills or a test of work proficiency. Allows individuals holding a provisional career and technical educator endorsement to renew their endorsement more than one time. Reduces the semester hour requirement for a provisional career and technical educator endorsement from 20 to 15. Effective July 1, 2017.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-5)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0008 [HB2470 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2470-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 21B-20 and 21B-30 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. Before July 1, 2013, the | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | State Board of Education shall implement a system of educator | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | licensure, whereby individuals employed in school districts | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | who are required to be licensed must have one of the following | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) a | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | professional educator license with stipulations; or (iii) a | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | substitute teaching license. References in law regarding | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | individuals certified or certificated or required to be | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | also include individuals licensed or required to be licensed | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | under this Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 30 following one full year of the license being issued. | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | licenses and endorsements under this Section. | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) |
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1 | have successfully completed an approved educator | ||||||
2 | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | ||||||
3 | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | ||||||
4 | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | ||||||
5 | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | ||||||
6 | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | ||||||
7 | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | ||||||
8 | the exceptional child, including without limitation | ||||||
9 | children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | ||||||
10 | successfully completed coursework in methods of reading | ||||||
11 | and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other | ||||||
12 | criteria established by rule of the State Board of | ||||||
13 | Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License. | ||||||
14 | All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30 | ||||||
15 | immediately following 5 years of the license being issued. | ||||||
16 | The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with | ||||||
17 | specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is | ||||||
18 | eligible to practice. | ||||||
19 | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | ||||||
20 | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | ||||||
21 | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | ||||||
22 | in the endorsement area, unless otherwise specified by | ||||||
23 | rule, and passage of the applicable content area test. | ||||||
24 | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | ||||||
25 | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | ||||||
26 | that limits the license holder to one particular position |
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1 | or does not require completion of an approved educator | ||||||
2 | program or both. | ||||||
3 | An individual with an Educator License with | ||||||
4 | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | ||||||
5 | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | ||||||
6 | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | ||||||
7 | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | ||||||
8 | with the following endorsements: | ||||||
9 | (A) Provisional educator. A provisional educator | ||||||
10 | endorsement in a specific content area or areas on an | ||||||
11 | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | ||||||
12 | applicant who holds an educator license from another | ||||||
13 | state, U.S. territory, or foreign country and who, at | ||||||
14 | the time of applying for an Illinois license, does not | ||||||
15 | meet the minimum requirements under Section 21B-35 of | ||||||
16 | this Code, but does, at a minimum, meet the following | ||||||
17 | requirements: | ||||||
18 | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | ||||||
19 | bachelor's degree, unless a master's degree is | ||||||
20 | required for the endorsement, from a regionally | ||||||
21 | accredited college or university or, for | ||||||
22 | individuals educated in a country other than the | ||||||
23 | United States, the equivalent of a minimum of a | ||||||
24 | bachelor's degree issued in the United States, | ||||||
25 | unless a master's degree is required for the | ||||||
26 | endorsement. |
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1 | (ii) Has passed or passes a test of basic | ||||||
2 | skills and content area test prior to or within one | ||||||
3 | year after issuance of the provisional educator | ||||||
4 | endorsement on the Educator License with | ||||||
5 | Stipulations. If an individual who holds an | ||||||
6 | Educator License with Stipulations endorsed for | ||||||
7 | provisional educator has not passed a test of basic | ||||||
8 | skills and applicable content area test or tests | ||||||
9 | within one year after issuance of the endorsement, | ||||||
10 | the endorsement shall expire on June 30 following | ||||||
11 | one full year of the endorsement being issued. If | ||||||
12 | such an individual has passed the test of basic | ||||||
13 | skills and applicable content area test or tests | ||||||
14 | either prior to issuance of the endorsement or | ||||||
15 | within one year after issuance of the endorsement, | ||||||
16 | the endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | ||||||
17 | following 2 years of the license being issued, | ||||||
18 | during which time any and all coursework | ||||||
19 | deficiencies must be met and any and all additional | ||||||
20 | testing deficiencies must be met. | ||||||
21 | In addition, a provisional educator endorsement | ||||||
22 | for principals or superintendents may be issued if the | ||||||
23 | individual meets the requirements set forth in | ||||||
24 | subdivisions (1) and (3) of subsection (b-5) of Section | ||||||
25 | 21B-35 of this Code. Applicants who have not been | ||||||
26 | entitled by an Illinois-approved educator preparation |
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1 | program at an Illinois institution of higher education | ||||||
2 | shall not receive a provisional educator endorsement | ||||||
3 | if the person completed an alternative licensure | ||||||
4 | program in another state, unless the program has been | ||||||
5 | determined to be equivalent to Illinois program | ||||||
6 | requirements. | ||||||
7 | Notwithstanding any other requirements of this | ||||||
8 | Section, a service member or spouse of a service member | ||||||
9 | may obtain a Professional Educator License with | ||||||
10 | Stipulations, and a provisional educator endorsement | ||||||
11 | in a specific content area or areas, if he or she holds | ||||||
12 | a valid teaching certificate or license in good | ||||||
13 | standing from another state, meets the qualifications | ||||||
14 | of educators outlined in Section 21B-15 of this Code, | ||||||
15 | and has not engaged in any misconduct that would | ||||||
16 | prohibit an individual from obtaining a license | ||||||
17 | pursuant to Illinois law, including without limitation | ||||||
18 | any administrative rules of the State Board of | ||||||
19 | Education. | ||||||
20 | In this Section, "service member" means any person | ||||||
21 | who, at the time of application under this Section, is | ||||||
22 | an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces | ||||||
23 | or any reserve component of the United States Armed | ||||||
24 | Forces or the National Guard of any state, | ||||||
25 | commonwealth, or territory of the United States or the | ||||||
26 | District of Columbia. |
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1 | A provisional educator endorsement is valid until | ||||||
2 | June 30 immediately following 2 years of the license | ||||||
3 | being issued, provided that any remaining testing and | ||||||
4 | coursework deficiencies are met as set forth in this | ||||||
5 | Section. Failure to satisfy all stated deficiencies | ||||||
6 | shall mean the individual, including any service | ||||||
7 | member or spouse who has obtained a Professional | ||||||
8 | Educator License with Stipulations and a provisional | ||||||
9 | educator endorsement in a specific content area or | ||||||
10 | areas, is ineligible to receive a Professional | ||||||
11 | Educator License at that time. An Educator License with | ||||||
12 | Stipulations endorsed for provisional educator shall | ||||||
13 | not be renewed for individuals who hold an Educator | ||||||
14 | License with Stipulations and who have held a position | ||||||
15 | in a public school or non-public school recognized by | ||||||
16 | the State Board of Education. | ||||||
17 | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | ||||||
18 | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | ||||||
19 | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | ||||||
20 | applicant who, at the time of applying for the | ||||||
21 | endorsement, has done all of the following: | ||||||
22 | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | ||||||
23 | college or university with a minimum of a | ||||||
24 | bachelor's degree. | ||||||
25 | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | ||||||
26 | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for |
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1 | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | ||||||
2 | Code. | ||||||
3 | (iii) Passed a test of basic skills and content | ||||||
4 | area test, as required under Section 21B-30 of this | ||||||
5 | Code. | ||||||
6 | The alternative provisional educator endorsement | ||||||
7 | is valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for | ||||||
8 | a third year by an individual meeting the requirements | ||||||
9 | set forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | ||||||
10 | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | ||||||
11 | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | ||||||
12 | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | ||||||
13 | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | ||||||
14 | superintendent in a school district's central office. | ||||||
15 | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | ||||||
16 | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | ||||||
17 | done all of the following: | ||||||
18 | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | ||||||
19 | college or university with a minimum of a master's | ||||||
20 | degree in a management field other than education. | ||||||
21 | (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | ||||||
22 | years in a management level position in a field | ||||||
23 | other than education. | ||||||
24 | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | ||||||
25 | of an alternative route to superintendent | ||||||
26 | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 |
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1 | of this Code. | ||||||
2 | (iv) Passed a test of basic skills and content | ||||||
3 | area tests required under Section 21B-30 of this | ||||||
4 | Code. | ||||||
5 | The endorsement may be registered for 2 fiscal | ||||||
6 | years in order to complete one full year of serving as | ||||||
7 | a superintendent or assistant superintendent. | ||||||
8 | (D) Resident teacher endorsement. A resident | ||||||
9 | teacher endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
10 | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who, at the | ||||||
11 | time of applying for the endorsement, has done all of | ||||||
12 | the following: | ||||||
13 | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | ||||||
14 | institution of higher education with a minimum of a | ||||||
15 | bachelor's degree. | ||||||
16 | (ii) Enrolled in an approved Illinois educator | ||||||
17 | preparation program. | ||||||
18 | (iii) Passed a test of basic skills and content | ||||||
19 | area test, as required under Section 21B-30 of this | ||||||
20 | Code. | ||||||
21 | The resident teacher endorsement on an Educator | ||||||
22 | License with Stipulations is valid for 4 years of | ||||||
23 | teaching and shall not be renewed. | ||||||
24 | A resident teacher may teach only under the | ||||||
25 | direction of a licensed teacher, who shall act as the | ||||||
26 | resident mentor teacher, and may not teach in place of |
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1 | a licensed teacher.
A resident teacher endorsement on | ||||||
2 | an Educator License with Stipulations shall no longer | ||||||
3 | be valid after June 30, 2017. | ||||||
4 | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | ||||||
5 | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | ||||||
6 | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has | ||||||
7 | a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | ||||||
8 | regionally accredited institution of higher education | ||||||
9 | or an accredited trade and technical institution and | ||||||
10 | has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | ||||||
11 | education in each area to be taught. | ||||||
12 | The career and technical educator endorsement on | ||||||
13 | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | ||||||
14 | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | ||||||
15 | endorsement being issued and may be renewed. For | ||||||
16 | individuals who were issued the career and technical | ||||||
17 | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
18 | Stipulations on or after January 1, 2015, the license | ||||||
19 | may be renewed if the individual passes a test of basic | ||||||
20 | skills or test of work proficiency, as required under | ||||||
21 | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
22 | (F) Part-time provisional career and technical | ||||||
23 | educator or provisional career and technical educator. | ||||||
24 | A part-time provisional career and technical educator | ||||||
25 | endorsement or a provisional career and technical | ||||||
26 | educator endorsement on an Educator License with |
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1 | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has a | ||||||
2 | minimum of 8,000 hours of work experience in the skill | ||||||
3 | for which the applicant is seeking the endorsement. It | ||||||
4 | is the responsibility of each employing school board | ||||||
5 | and regional office of education to provide | ||||||
6 | verification, in writing, to the State Superintendent | ||||||
7 | of Education at the time the application is submitted | ||||||
8 | that no qualified teacher holding a Professional | ||||||
9 | Educator License or an Educator License with | ||||||
10 | Stipulations with a career and technical educator | ||||||
11 | endorsement is available and that actual circumstances | ||||||
12 | require such issuance. | ||||||
13 | The provisional career and technical educator | ||||||
14 | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | ||||||
15 | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of | ||||||
16 | the endorsement being issued and may be renewed only | ||||||
17 | one time for 5 years. For individuals who were issued | ||||||
18 | the provisional career and technical educator | ||||||
19 | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | ||||||
20 | on or after January 1, 2015, the license may be renewed | ||||||
21 | one time if the individual passes a test of basic | ||||||
22 | skills or test of work proficiency, or test of work | ||||||
23 | proficiency, as required under Section 21B-30 of this | ||||||
24 | Code, and has completed a minimum of 15 20 semester | ||||||
25 | hours from a regionally accredited institution or an | ||||||
26 | accredited trade and technical school . |
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1 | A part-time provisional career and technical | ||||||
2 | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
3 | Stipulations may be issued for teaching no more than 2 | ||||||
4 | courses of study for grades 6 through 12. The part-time | ||||||
5 | provisional career and technical educator endorsement | ||||||
6 | on an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | ||||||
7 | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | ||||||
8 | endorsement being issued and may be renewed for 5 years | ||||||
9 | if the individual makes application for renewal. | ||||||
10 | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | ||||||
11 | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | ||||||
12 | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | ||||||
13 | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | ||||||
14 | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | ||||||
15 | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all | ||||||
16 | of the following requirements: | ||||||
17 | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | ||||||
18 | writing ability in the language other than English | ||||||
19 | in which transitional bilingual education is | ||||||
20 | offered. | ||||||
21 | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | ||||||
22 | communicate in English. | ||||||
23 | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | ||||||
24 | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | ||||||
25 | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | ||||||
26 | comparable teaching certificate or comparable |
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1 | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | ||||||
2 | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | ||||||
3 | a foreign country that the State Educator | ||||||
4 | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | ||||||
5 | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | ||||||
6 | regionally accredited institution of higher | ||||||
7 | learning in the United States. | ||||||
8 | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | ||||||
9 | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, is | ||||||
10 | valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of | ||||||
11 | the endorsement being issued, and shall not be renewed. | ||||||
12 | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | ||||||
13 | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | ||||||
14 | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | ||||||
15 | replaced for any reason. | ||||||
16 | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | ||||||
17 | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | ||||||
18 | other than English in the public schools, an individual | ||||||
19 | who holds an Educator License with Stipulations may | ||||||
20 | also apply for a language endorsement, provided that | ||||||
21 | the applicant provides satisfactory evidence that he | ||||||
22 | or she meets all of the following requirements: | ||||||
23 | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | ||||||
24 | endorsement. | ||||||
25 | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | ||||||
26 | language for which the endorsement is to be issued |
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1 | by passing the applicable language content test | ||||||
2 | required by the State Board of Education. | ||||||
3 | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | ||||||
4 | a regionally accredited institution of higher | ||||||
5 | education or, for individuals educated in a | ||||||
6 | country other than the United States, holds a | ||||||
7 | degree from an institution of higher learning in a | ||||||
8 | foreign country that the State Educator | ||||||
9 | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | ||||||
10 | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | ||||||
11 | regionally accredited institution of higher | ||||||
12 | learning in the United States. | ||||||
13 | (iv) Has passed a test of basic skills, as | ||||||
14 | required under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
15 | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
16 | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | ||||||
17 | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | ||||||
18 | individual's transitional bilingual educator | ||||||
19 | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | ||||||
20 | and shall not be renewed. | ||||||
21 | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | ||||||
22 | international educator endorsement on an Educator | ||||||
23 | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | ||||||
24 | individual who is being recruited by a particular | ||||||
25 | school district that conducts formal recruitment | ||||||
26 | programs outside of the United States to secure the |
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1 | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of the | ||||||
2 | following requirements: | ||||||
3 | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | ||||||
4 | bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | ||||||
5 | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | ||||||
6 | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | ||||||
7 | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | ||||||
8 | subject to be taught. | ||||||
9 | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | ||||||
10 | language. | ||||||
11 | A holder of a visiting international educator | ||||||
12 | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | ||||||
13 | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | ||||||
14 | programs in the language that was the medium of | ||||||
15 | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | ||||||
16 | provided that he or she passes the English Language | ||||||
17 | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | ||||||
18 | skills in English identified by the State Board of | ||||||
19 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
20 | Preparation and Licensure Board. | ||||||
21 | A visiting international educator endorsement on | ||||||
22 | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 3 | ||||||
23 | years and shall not be renewed. | ||||||
24 | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | ||||||
25 | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
26 | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a |
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1 | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | ||||||
2 | either holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | ||||||
3 | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | ||||||
4 | institution of higher education or has passed a test of | ||||||
5 | basic skills required under Section 21B-30 of this | ||||||
6 | Code. The paraprofessional educator endorsement is | ||||||
7 | valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of | ||||||
8 | the endorsement being issued and may be renewed through | ||||||
9 | application and payment of the appropriate fee, as | ||||||
10 | required under Section 21B-40 of this Code. An | ||||||
11 | individual who holds only a paraprofessional educator | ||||||
12 | endorsement is not subject to additional requirements | ||||||
13 | in order to renew the endorsement. | ||||||
14 | (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | ||||||
15 | business official endorsement on an Educator License | ||||||
16 | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | ||||||
17 | qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | ||||||
18 | years of full-time administrative experience in school | ||||||
19 | business management or 2 years of university-approved | ||||||
20 | practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | ||||||
21 | hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | ||||||
22 | State Board of Education for the preparation of school | ||||||
23 | business administrators and by passage of the | ||||||
24 | applicable State tests, including a test of basic | ||||||
25 | skills and applicable content area test. | ||||||
26 | The chief school business official endorsement may |
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1 | also be affixed to the Educator License with | ||||||
2 | Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a | ||||||
3 | master's degree in business administration, finance, | ||||||
4 | or accounting and who completes an additional 6 | ||||||
5 | semester hours of internship in school business | ||||||
6 | management from a regionally accredited institution of | ||||||
7 | higher education and passes the applicable State | ||||||
8 | tests, including a test of basic skills and applicable | ||||||
9 | content area test. This endorsement shall be required | ||||||
10 | for any individual employed as a chief school business | ||||||
11 | official. | ||||||
12 | The chief school business official endorsement on | ||||||
13 | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | ||||||
14 | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | ||||||
15 | endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the | ||||||
16 | license holder completes renewal requirements as | ||||||
17 | required for individuals who hold a Professional | ||||||
18 | Educator License endorsed for chief school business | ||||||
19 | official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | ||||||
20 | rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | ||||||
21 | Education. | ||||||
22 | (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | ||||||
23 | in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | ||||||
24 | with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | ||||||
25 | completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation | ||||||
26 | program at an Illinois institution of higher education |
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1 | and who has not successfully completed an | ||||||
2 | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | ||||||
3 | who meets all of the following requirements: | ||||||
4 | (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | ||||||
5 | (ii) Has completed an approved educator | ||||||
6 | preparation program at an Illinois institution. | ||||||
7 | (iii) Has passed a test of basic skills and | ||||||
8 | applicable content area test, as required by | ||||||
9 | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
10 | (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | ||||||
11 | assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | ||||||
12 | minimum score on that assessment, as established | ||||||
13 | by the State Board of Education in consultation | ||||||
14 | with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
15 | Board. | ||||||
16 | A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | ||||||
17 | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | ||||||
18 | full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | ||||||
19 | be renewed. | ||||||
20 | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | ||||||
21 | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | ||||||
22 | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | ||||||
23 | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | ||||||
24 | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | ||||||
25 | a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's degree | ||||||
26 | or higher from a regionally accredited institution of |
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1 | higher education. | ||||||
2 | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | ||||||
3 | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | ||||||
4 | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | ||||||
5 | has had his or her Professional Educator License or | ||||||
6 | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked or | ||||||
7 | has not met the renewal requirements for licensure, then | ||||||
8 | that individual is not eligible to obtain a Substitute | ||||||
9 | Teaching License. | ||||||
10 | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | ||||||
11 | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | ||||||
12 | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | ||||||
13 | contract because of an emergency situation, then a district | ||||||
14 | may employ a substitute teacher for no longer than 30 | ||||||
15 | calendar days per each vacant position in the district if | ||||||
16 | the district notifies the appropriate regional office of | ||||||
17 | education within 5 business days after the employment of | ||||||
18 | the substitute teacher in the emergency situation. An | ||||||
19 | emergency situation is one in which an unforeseen vacancy | ||||||
20 | has occurred and (i) a teacher is unable to fulfill his or | ||||||
21 | her contractual duties or (ii) teacher capacity needs of | ||||||
22 | the district exceed previous indications, and the district | ||||||
23 | is actively engaged in advertising to hire a fully licensed | ||||||
24 | teacher for the vacant position. | ||||||
25 | There is no limit on the number of days that a | ||||||
26 | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, |
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1 | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | ||||||
2 | than 90 school days for any one licensed teacher under | ||||||
3 | contract in the same school year. A substitute teacher who | ||||||
4 | holds a Professional Educator License or Educator License | ||||||
5 | with Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school | ||||||
6 | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | ||||||
7 | same school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on | ||||||
8 | the number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do | ||||||
9 | not apply to any school district operating under Article 34 | ||||||
10 | of this Code.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 98-28, eff. 7-1-13; 98-751, eff. 1-1-15; 99-35, | ||||||
12 | eff. 1-1-16; 99-58, eff. 7-16-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-642, | ||||||
13 | eff. 7-28-16; 99-920, eff. 1-6-17.)
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14 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-30)
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15 | Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. | ||||||
16 | (a) This Section applies beginning on July 1, 2012. | ||||||
17 | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
18 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design | ||||||
19 | and implement a system of examinations, which shall be required | ||||||
20 | prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These examinations | ||||||
21 | and indicators must be based on national and State professional | ||||||
22 | teaching standards, as determined by the State Board of | ||||||
23 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | ||||||
24 | and Licensure Board. The State Board of Education may adopt | ||||||
25 | such rules as may be necessary to implement and administer this |
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1 | Section. | ||||||
2 | (c) Applicants seeking a Professional Educator License or | ||||||
3 | an Educator License with Stipulations shall be required to pass | ||||||
4 | a test of basic skills before the license is issued, unless the | ||||||
5 | endorsement the individual is seeking does not require passage | ||||||
6 | of the test. For a career and technical educator and a | ||||||
7 | part-time provisional career and technical educator, the basic | ||||||
8 | skills test may consist of a test of work proficiency. All | ||||||
9 | applicants completing Illinois-approved, teacher education or | ||||||
10 | school service personnel preparation programs shall be | ||||||
11 | required to pass the State Board of Education's recognized test | ||||||
12 | of basic skills prior to starting their student teaching or | ||||||
13 | starting the final semester of their internship, unless | ||||||
14 | required earlier at the discretion of the recognized, Illinois | ||||||
15 | institution in which they are completing their approved | ||||||
16 | program. An individual who passes a test of basic skills does | ||||||
17 | not need to do so again for subsequent endorsements or other | ||||||
18 | educator licenses. | ||||||
19 | (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be | ||||||
20 | required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area | ||||||
21 | of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There | ||||||
22 | shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall | ||||||
23 | be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record | ||||||
24 | until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. | ||||||
25 | (e) (Blank). and completing their student teaching | ||||||
26 | experience no later than August 31, 2015 Prior to September 1, |
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1 | 2015, passage The APT shall be available through August 31, | ||||||
2 | 2020. | ||||||
3 | (f) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, beginning | ||||||
4 | on September 1, 2015, all candidates completing teacher | ||||||
5 | preparation programs in this State and all candidates subject | ||||||
6 | to Section 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass an | ||||||
7 | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness approved by | ||||||
8 | the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | ||||||
9 | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. All recognized | ||||||
10 | institutions offering approved teacher preparation programs | ||||||
11 | must begin phasing in the approved teacher performance | ||||||
12 | assessment no later than July 1, 2013. | ||||||
13 | (g) Tests of basic skills and content area knowledge and | ||||||
14 | the assessment of professional teaching shall be the tests that | ||||||
15 | from time to time are designated by the State Board of | ||||||
16 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | ||||||
17 | and Licensure Board, and may be tests prepared by an | ||||||
18 | educational testing organization or tests designed by the State | ||||||
19 | Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
20 | Preparation and Licensure Board. The areas to be covered by a | ||||||
21 | test of basic skills shall include reading, language arts, and | ||||||
22 | mathematics. The test of content area knowledge shall assess | ||||||
23 | content knowledge in a specific subject field. The tests must | ||||||
24 | be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no person | ||||||
25 | taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis of race, | ||||||
26 | color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to the |
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1 | person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The score | ||||||
2 | required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State Board of | ||||||
3 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | ||||||
4 | and Licensure Board. The tests shall be administered not fewer | ||||||
5 | than 3 times a year at such time and place as may be designated | ||||||
6 | by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | ||||||
7 | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. | ||||||
8 | The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess | ||||||
9 | the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of | ||||||
10 | applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under | ||||||
11 | subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this Code | ||||||
12 | in the English language and in the language of the transitional | ||||||
13 | bilingual education program requested by the applicant. | ||||||
14 | (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the | ||||||
15 | provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school | ||||||
16 | district subject to Article 34 of this Code. | ||||||
17 | (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the | ||||||
18 | testing requirements under this Section shall include without | ||||||
19 | limitation provisions governing test selection, test | ||||||
20 | validation and determination of a passing score, | ||||||
21 | administration of the tests, frequency of administration, | ||||||
22 | applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the | ||||||
23 | years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special | ||||||
24 | accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop such | ||||||
25 | rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to year | ||||||
26 | in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 98-361, eff. 1-1-14; 98-581, eff. 8-27-13; | ||||||
2 | 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-58, eff. 7-16-15; 99-657, eff. | ||||||
3 | 7-28-16; 99-920, eff. 1-6-17; revised 1-23-17.)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
5 | 2017.
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