Bill Text: IL HB3402 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that, when hiring or assigning physical education, music, and visual arts educators, a school district must prioritize the hiring or assigning of educators who hold an educator license and endorsement in those content areas. Provides that a professional educator licensure applicant must pass the licensure content area test for the content area he or she is assigned to teach or complete at least 9 semester hours of coursework in the content area prior to his or her employment start date. Provides that, in order to retain his or her employment for subsequent school years, the employee must complete the remaining hours of coursework in the content area in which he or she is teaching and apply for a license endorsement within 3 calendar years after his or her employment start date. Provides that, in the case of a reduction in force, a school district may follow its employee contract language for filling positions.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0046 [HB3402 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3402-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that, when hiring or assigning physical education, music, and visual arts educators, a school district must prioritize the hiring or assigning of educators who hold an educator license and endorsement in those content areas. Provides that a professional educator licensure applicant must pass the licensure content area test for the content area he or she is assigned to teach or complete at least 9 semester hours of coursework in the content area prior to his or her employment start date. Provides that, in order to retain his or her employment for subsequent school years, the employee must complete the remaining hours of coursework in the content area in which he or she is teaching and apply for a license endorsement within 3 calendar years after his or her employment start date. Provides that, in the case of a reduction in force, a school district may follow its employee contract language for filling positions.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0046 [HB3402 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3402-Enrolled.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 adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 22-95 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/22-95 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 22-95. Hiring or assigning priority. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) When hiring or assigning physical education, music, | ||||||
| 9 | and visual arts educators, a school district must prioritize | ||||||
| 10 | the hiring or assigning of educators who hold an educator | ||||||
| 11 | license and endorsement in those content areas. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) A professional educator licensure applicant must pass | ||||||
| 13 | the licensure content area test for the content area he or she | ||||||
| 14 | is assigned to teach or complete at least 9 semester hours of | ||||||
| 15 | coursework in the content area prior to his or her employment | ||||||
| 16 | start date. In order to retain his or her employment for | ||||||
| 17 | subsequent school years, the employee must complete the | ||||||
| 18 | remaining hours of coursework in the content area in which he | ||||||
| 19 | or she is teaching and apply for a license endorsement within 3 | ||||||
| 20 | calendar years after his or her employment start date. | ||||||
| 21 | (c) In the case of a reduction in force, a school district | ||||||
| 22 | may follow its employee contract language for filling | ||||||
| 23 | positions.
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