Bill Text: IL SB2829 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that the operating procedures of the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board may provide for the inclusion of nonvoting, ex officio members on the Board. With respect to a for-profit or not-for-profit entity being recognized as an educator preparation institution, provides that any for-profit or not-for-profit entity with a presence in this State must also be approved by the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board (instead of providing that any for-profit or not-for-profit entity must also be approved by the Board of Higher Education).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-15 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2829 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2829-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2829 Introduced 1/19/2024, by Sen. David Koehler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/21B-10
105 ILCS 5/21B-105
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that the operating procedures of the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board may provide for the inclusion of nonvoting, ex officio members on the Board. With respect to a for-profit or not-for-profit entity being recognized as an educator preparation institution, provides that any for-profit or not-for-profit entity with a presence in this State must also be approved by the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board (instead of providing that any for-profit or not-for-profit entity must also be approved by the Board of Higher Education).
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
21B-10 and 21B-105 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/21B-10)
Sec. 21B-10. State Educator Preparation and Licensure
Board.
(a) The State Teacher Certification Board, which had been
established under Section 21-13 of the School Code prior to
this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, shall be
renamed the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board.
References in law to the State Teacher Certification Board
shall mean the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board.
The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board shall
consist of the State Superintendent of Education or a
representative appointed by him or her, who shall be
ex-officio chairperson, 5 administrative or faculty members of
public or private colleges or universities located in this
State, 3 administrators and 10 classroom teachers employed in
the public schools (5 of whom must be members of and nominated
by a statewide professional teachers' organization and 5 of
whom must be members of and nominated by a different statewide

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professional teachers' organization), and one regional
superintendent of schools, all of whom shall be appointed by
the State Board of Education; provided that at least one of the
administrators and at least 3 of the classroom teachers so
appointed must be employees of a school district that is
subject to the provisions of Article 34 of this Code. A
statewide professional teachers' organization and a different
statewide professional teachers' organization shall submit to
the State Board of Education for consideration at least 3
names of accomplished teachers for every one vacancy or
expiring term in a classroom teacher position. The nominations
submitted to the State Board of Education under this Section
to fill a vacancy or an expiring term shall be advisory.
Nomination for State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
members must be submitted to the State Board of Education
within 30 days after the vacancy or vacancies occur.
Nominations to fill an expiring term must be submitted to the
State Board of Education at least 30 days before the
expiration of that term. Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this Section, if a sufficient number of nominations are not
received by the State Board of Education for a vacancy or
expiring term within the 30-day period, then the State Board
of Education may appoint any qualified person, in the same
manner as the original appointment, to fill the vacancy or
expiring term. The regular term of each member is 3 years, and
an individual may be appointed for no more than 2 consecutive

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terms. The term of an appointed member of the State Educator
Preparation and Licensure Board shall expire on June 30 of his
or her final year.
The operating procedures of the State Educator Preparation
and Licensure Board may provide for the inclusion of
nonvoting, ex officio members on the Board.
(b) The State Board of Education shall appoint a secretary
of the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board.
(c) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
shall hold regular meetings at least quarterly and such other
special meetings as may be necessary.
(d) The necessary expenses of the State Educator
Preparation and Licensure Board shall be provided through the
State Board of Education. The State Board of Education, in
consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
Board, may adopt such rules as may be necessary for the
administration of this Article.
(e) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18.)
(105 ILCS 5/21B-105)
Sec. 21B-105. Granting of recognition; regional
accreditation; definitions.
(a) "Recognized", as used in this Article in connection
with the word "school" or "institution", means such college,
university, or for-profit or not-for-profit entity that meets

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requirements set by the State Board of Education, in
consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
Board. Application for recognition of the school or
institution as an educator preparation institution must be
made to the State Board of Education. The State Board of
Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation
and Licensure Board, shall set the criteria by which the
school or institution is to be judged and, through the
secretary of the State Board, arrange for an official
inspection and shall grant recognition of such school or
institution as may meet the required standards. If the
standards include requirements with regard to education in
acquiring skills in working with culturally distinctive
students, as defined by the State Board of Education, then the
rules of the State Board of Education shall include the
criteria used to evaluate compliance with this requirement. No
school or institution may make assignments of student teachers
or teachers for practice teaching so as to promote segregation
on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, or national
origin.
Any for-profit or not-for-profit entity with a presence in
this State must also be approved by the Board of Higher
Education or the Illinois Community College Board.
All recommendations or entitlements for educator licensure
shall be made by a recognized institution operating a program
of preparation for the license that is approved by the State

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