Bill Amendment: IL HB3600 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SCH CD-IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION
Status: 2023-06-26 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(b) / Motion Referred to Rules Committee [HB3600 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3600-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION
Status: 2023-06-26 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(b) / Motion Referred to Rules Committee [HB3600 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3600-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3600
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3600 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 | ||||||
5 | Sections 2-3.25o, 2-3.71, 10-20.12a, 10-20.67, 21B-20, and | ||||||
6 | 21B-50 as follows:
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7 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25o)
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8 | Sec. 2-3.25o. Registration and recognition of non-public | ||||||
9 | elementary and
secondary schools.
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10 | (a) Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares (i) | ||||||
11 | that the
Constitution
of the State of Illinois provides that a | ||||||
12 | "fundamental goal of the People of the
State is the
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13 | educational development of all persons to the limits of their | ||||||
14 | capacities" and
(ii) that the
educational development of every | ||||||
15 | school student serves the public purposes of
the State.
In | ||||||
16 | order to ensure that all Illinois students and teachers have |
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1 | the opportunity
to enroll and
work in State-approved | ||||||
2 | educational institutions and programs, the State Board
of
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3 | Education shall provide for the voluntary registration and | ||||||
4 | recognition of
non-public
elementary and secondary schools.
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5 | (b) Registration. All non-public elementary and secondary | ||||||
6 | schools in the
State
of
Illinois may voluntarily register with | ||||||
7 | the State Board of Education on an
annual basis. Registration | ||||||
8 | shall
be completed
in conformance with procedures prescribed | ||||||
9 | by the State Board of Education.
Information
required for | ||||||
10 | registration shall include assurances of compliance (i) with
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11 | federal
and State
laws regarding health examination and | ||||||
12 | immunization, attendance, length of term,
and
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13 | nondiscrimination, including assurances that the school will | ||||||
14 | not prohibit hairstyles historically associated with race, | ||||||
15 | ethnicity, or hair texture, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
16 | protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists, and | ||||||
17 | (ii) with applicable fire and health safety requirements.
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18 | (c) Recognition. All non-public elementary and secondary | ||||||
19 | schools in the
State of
Illinois may voluntarily seek the | ||||||
20 | status of "Non-public School Recognition"
from
the State
Board | ||||||
21 | of Education. This status may be obtained by compliance with
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22 | administrative
guidelines and review procedures as prescribed | ||||||
23 | by the State Board of Education.
The
guidelines and procedures | ||||||
24 | must recognize that some of the aims and the
financial bases of
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25 | non-public schools are different from public schools and will | ||||||
26 | not be identical
to those for
public schools, nor will they be |
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1 | more burdensome. The guidelines and procedures
must
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2 | recognize the diversity of non-public schools and shall not | ||||||
3 | impinge upon
the
noneducational relationships between those | ||||||
4 | schools and their clientele.
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5 | (c-5) Prohibition against recognition. A non-public | ||||||
6 | elementary or secondary school may not obtain "Non-public | ||||||
7 | School Recognition" status unless the school requires all | ||||||
8 | certified and non-certified applicants for employment with the | ||||||
9 | school, after July 1, 2007, to authorize a fingerprint-based | ||||||
10 | criminal history records check as a condition of employment to | ||||||
11 | determine if such applicants have been convicted of any of the | ||||||
12 | enumerated criminal or drug offenses set forth in Section | ||||||
13 | 21B-80 of this Code or have been convicted, within 7 years of | ||||||
14 | the application for employment, of any other felony under the | ||||||
15 | laws of this State or of any offense committed or attempted in | ||||||
16 | any other state or against the laws of the United States that, | ||||||
17 | if committed or attempted in this State, would have been | ||||||
18 | punishable as a felony under the laws of this State. | ||||||
19 | Authorization for the check shall be furnished by the | ||||||
20 | applicant to the school, except that if the applicant is a | ||||||
21 | substitute teacher seeking employment in more than one | ||||||
22 | non-public school, a teacher seeking concurrent part-time | ||||||
23 | employment positions with more than one non-public school (as | ||||||
24 | a reading specialist, special education teacher, or | ||||||
25 | otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee | ||||||
26 | seeking employment positions with more than one non-public |
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1 | school, then only one of the non-public schools employing the | ||||||
2 | individual shall request the authorization. Upon receipt of | ||||||
3 | this authorization, the non-public school shall submit the | ||||||
4 | applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth, social security | ||||||
5 | number, fingerprint images, and other identifiers, as | ||||||
6 | prescribed by the Illinois State Police, to the Illinois State | ||||||
7 | Police. | ||||||
8 | The Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of | ||||||
9 | Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based | ||||||
10 | criminal history records check, records of convictions, | ||||||
11 | forever and hereafter, until expunged, to the president or | ||||||
12 | principal of the non-public school that requested the check. | ||||||
13 | The Illinois State Police shall charge that school a fee for | ||||||
14 | conducting such check, which fee must be deposited into the | ||||||
15 | State Police Services Fund and must not exceed the cost of the | ||||||
16 | inquiry. Subject to appropriations for these purposes, the | ||||||
17 | State Superintendent of Education shall reimburse non-public | ||||||
18 | schools for fees paid to obtain criminal history records | ||||||
19 | checks under this Section. | ||||||
20 | A non-public school may not obtain recognition status | ||||||
21 | unless the school also performs a check of the Statewide Sex | ||||||
22 | Offender Database, as authorized by the Sex Offender Community | ||||||
23 | Notification Law, and the Statewide Murderer and Violent | ||||||
24 | Offender Against Youth Database, as authorized by the Murderer | ||||||
25 | and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, for each | ||||||
26 | applicant for employment, after July 1, 2007, to determine |
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1 | whether the applicant has been adjudicated of a sex offense or | ||||||
2 | of a murder or other violent crime against youth. The checks of | ||||||
3 | the Statewide Sex Offender Database and the Statewide Murderer | ||||||
4 | and Violent Offender Against Youth Database must be conducted | ||||||
5 | by the non-public school once for every 5 years that an | ||||||
6 | applicant remains employed by the non-public school a sex | ||||||
7 | offender . | ||||||
8 | Any information concerning the record of convictions | ||||||
9 | obtained by a non-public school's president or principal under | ||||||
10 | this Section is confidential and may be disseminated only to | ||||||
11 | the governing body of the non-public school or any other | ||||||
12 | person necessary to the decision of hiring the applicant for | ||||||
13 | employment. A copy of the record of convictions obtained from | ||||||
14 | the Illinois State Police shall be provided to the applicant | ||||||
15 | for employment. Upon a check of the Statewide Sex Offender | ||||||
16 | Database, the non-public school shall notify the applicant as | ||||||
17 | to whether or not the applicant has been identified in the Sex | ||||||
18 | Offender Database as a sex offender. Any information | ||||||
19 | concerning the records of conviction obtained by the | ||||||
20 | non-public school's president or principal under this Section | ||||||
21 | for a substitute teacher seeking employment in more than one | ||||||
22 | non-public school, a teacher seeking concurrent part-time | ||||||
23 | employment positions with more than one non-public school (as | ||||||
24 | a reading specialist, special education teacher, or | ||||||
25 | otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee | ||||||
26 | seeking employment positions with more than one non-public |
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1 | school may be shared with another non-public school's | ||||||
2 | principal or president to which the applicant seeks | ||||||
3 | employment. Any unauthorized release of confidential | ||||||
4 | information may be a violation of Section 7 of the Criminal | ||||||
5 | Identification Act. | ||||||
6 | No non-public school may obtain recognition status that | ||||||
7 | knowingly employs a person, hired after July 1, 2007, for whom | ||||||
8 | an Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation | ||||||
9 | fingerprint-based criminal history records check and a | ||||||
10 | Statewide Sex Offender Database check has not been initiated | ||||||
11 | or who has been convicted of any offense enumerated in Section | ||||||
12 | 21B-80 of this Code or any offense committed or attempted in | ||||||
13 | any other state or against the laws of the United States that, | ||||||
14 | if committed or attempted in this State, would have been | ||||||
15 | punishable as one or more of those offenses. No non-public | ||||||
16 | school may obtain recognition status under this Section that | ||||||
17 | knowingly employs a person who has been found to be the | ||||||
18 | perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of a minor under 18 | ||||||
19 | years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the | ||||||
20 | Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | ||||||
21 | In order to obtain recognition status under this Section, | ||||||
22 | a non-public school must require compliance with the | ||||||
23 | provisions of this subsection (c-5) from all employees of | ||||||
24 | persons or firms holding contracts with the school, including, | ||||||
25 | but not limited to, food service workers, school bus drivers, | ||||||
26 | and other transportation employees, who have direct, daily |
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1 | contact with pupils. Any information concerning the records of | ||||||
2 | conviction or identification as a sex offender of any such | ||||||
3 | employee obtained by the non-public school principal or | ||||||
4 | president must be promptly reported to the school's governing | ||||||
5 | body.
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6 | Prior to the commencement of any student teaching | ||||||
7 | experience or required internship (which is referred to as | ||||||
8 | student teaching in this Section) in any non-public elementary | ||||||
9 | or secondary school that has obtained or seeks to obtain | ||||||
10 | recognition status under this Section, a student teacher is | ||||||
11 | required to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history | ||||||
12 | records check. Authorization for and payment of the costs of | ||||||
13 | the check must be furnished by the student teacher to the chief | ||||||
14 | administrative officer of the non-public school where the | ||||||
15 | student teaching is to be completed. Upon receipt of this | ||||||
16 | authorization and payment, the chief administrative officer of | ||||||
17 | the non-public school shall submit the student teacher's name, | ||||||
18 | sex, race, date of birth, social security number, fingerprint | ||||||
19 | images, and other identifiers, as prescribed by the Illinois | ||||||
20 | State Police, to the Illinois State Police. The Illinois State | ||||||
21 | Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall furnish, | ||||||
22 | pursuant to a fingerprint-based criminal history records | ||||||
23 | check, records of convictions, forever and hereinafter, until | ||||||
24 | expunged, to the chief administrative officer of the | ||||||
25 | non-public school that requested the check. The Illinois State | ||||||
26 | Police shall charge the school a fee for conducting the check, |
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1 | which fee must be passed on to the student teacher, must not | ||||||
2 | exceed the cost of the inquiry, and must be deposited into the | ||||||
3 | State Police Services Fund. The school shall further perform a | ||||||
4 | check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, as authorized by | ||||||
5 | the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, and of the | ||||||
6 | Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth | ||||||
7 | Database, as authorized by the Murderer and Violent Offender | ||||||
8 | Against Youth Registration Act, for each student teacher. No | ||||||
9 | school that has obtained or seeks to obtain recognition status | ||||||
10 | under this Section may knowingly allow a person to student | ||||||
11 | teach for whom a criminal history records check, a Statewide | ||||||
12 | Sex Offender Database check, and a Statewide Murderer and | ||||||
13 | Violent Offender Against Youth Database check have not been | ||||||
14 | completed and reviewed by the chief administrative officer of | ||||||
15 | the non-public school. | ||||||
16 | A copy of the record of convictions obtained from the | ||||||
17 | Illinois State Police must be provided to the student teacher. | ||||||
18 | Any information concerning the record of convictions obtained | ||||||
19 | by the chief administrative officer of the non-public school | ||||||
20 | is confidential and may be transmitted only to the chief | ||||||
21 | administrative officer of the non-public school or his or her | ||||||
22 | designee, the State Superintendent of Education, the State | ||||||
23 | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, or, for | ||||||
24 | clarification purposes, the Illinois State Police or the | ||||||
25 | Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide Murderer and | ||||||
26 | Violent Offender Against Youth Database. Any unauthorized |
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1 | release of confidential information may be a violation of | ||||||
2 | Section 7 of the Criminal Identification Act. | ||||||
3 | No school that has obtained or seeks to obtain recognition | ||||||
4 | status under this Section may knowingly allow a person to | ||||||
5 | student teach who has been convicted of any offense that would | ||||||
6 | subject him or her to license suspension or revocation | ||||||
7 | pursuant to Section 21B-80 of this Code or who has been found | ||||||
8 | to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of a minor | ||||||
9 | under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II | ||||||
10 | of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | ||||||
11 | Any school that has obtained or seeks to obtain | ||||||
12 | recognition status under this Section may not prohibit | ||||||
13 | hairstyles historically associated with race, ethnicity, or | ||||||
14 | hair texture, including, but not limited to, protective | ||||||
15 | hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists. | ||||||
16 | (d) Public purposes. The provisions of this Section are in | ||||||
17 | the public
interest, for
the public benefit, and serve secular | ||||||
18 | public purposes.
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19 | (e) Definition. For purposes of this Section, a non-public | ||||||
20 | school means any
non-profit, non-home-based, and non-public | ||||||
21 | elementary or secondary school that
is
in
compliance with | ||||||
22 | Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at
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23 | which
satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of this Code.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; | ||||||
25 | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
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1 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.71) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.71)
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2 | Sec. 2-3.71. Grants for preschool educational programs. | ||||||
3 | (a) Preschool program.
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4 | (1) The State Board of Education shall implement and | ||||||
5 | administer
a grant program under the provisions of this | ||||||
6 | subsection which shall
consist of grants to public school | ||||||
7 | districts and other eligible entities, as defined by the | ||||||
8 | State Board of Education, to conduct voluntary
preschool
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9 | educational programs for children ages 3 to 5 which | ||||||
10 | include a parent
education component. A public school | ||||||
11 | district which receives grants under
this subsection may | ||||||
12 | subcontract with other entities that are eligible to | ||||||
13 | conduct a preschool educational
program. These grants must | ||||||
14 | be used to supplement, not supplant, funds received from | ||||||
15 | any other source.
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16 | (2) (Blank).
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17 | (3) Except as otherwise provided under this subsection | ||||||
18 | (a), any teacher of preschool children in the program | ||||||
19 | authorized by this
subsection shall hold a Professional | ||||||
20 | Educator License with an early childhood education | ||||||
21 | endorsement. | ||||||
22 | (3.5) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year and | ||||||
23 | until the 2028-2029 2023-2024 school year, an individual | ||||||
24 | may teach preschool children in an early childhood program | ||||||
25 | under this Section if he or she holds a Professional | ||||||
26 | Educator License with an early childhood education |
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1 | endorsement or with short-term approval for early | ||||||
2 | childhood education or he or she pursues a Professional | ||||||
3 | Educator License and holds any of the following: | ||||||
4 | (A) An ECE Credential Level of 5 awarded by the | ||||||
5 | Department of Human Services under the Gateways to | ||||||
6 | Opportunity Program developed under Section 10-70 of | ||||||
7 | the Department of Human Services Act. | ||||||
8 | (B) An Educator License with Stipulations with a | ||||||
9 | transitional bilingual educator endorsement and he or | ||||||
10 | she has (i) passed an early childhood education | ||||||
11 | content test or (ii) completed no less than 9 semester | ||||||
12 | hours of postsecondary coursework in the area of early | ||||||
13 | childhood education.
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14 | (4) (Blank).
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15 | (4.5) The State Board of Education shall provide the | ||||||
16 | primary source of
funding through appropriations for the | ||||||
17 | program.
Such funds shall be distributed to achieve a goal | ||||||
18 | of "Preschool for All Children" for the benefit
of all | ||||||
19 | children whose families choose to participate in the | ||||||
20 | program. Based on available appropriations, newly funded | ||||||
21 | programs shall be selected through a process giving first | ||||||
22 | priority to qualified programs serving primarily at-risk | ||||||
23 | children and second priority to qualified programs serving | ||||||
24 | primarily children with a family income of less than 4 | ||||||
25 | times the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the | ||||||
26 | Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and |
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1 | Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2). | ||||||
2 | For purposes of this paragraph (4.5), at-risk children are | ||||||
3 | those who because of their home and community environment | ||||||
4 | are subject
to such language, cultural, economic and like | ||||||
5 | disadvantages to cause them to have
been determined as a | ||||||
6 | result of screening procedures to be at risk of
academic | ||||||
7 | failure. Such screening procedures shall be based on | ||||||
8 | criteria
established by the State Board of Education. | ||||||
9 | Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (4.5), | ||||||
10 | grantees under the program must enter into a memorandum of | ||||||
11 | understanding with the appropriate local Head Start | ||||||
12 | agency. This memorandum must be entered into no later than | ||||||
13 | 3 months after the award of a grantee's grant under the | ||||||
14 | program, except that, in the case of the 2009-2010 program | ||||||
15 | year, the memorandum must be entered into no later than | ||||||
16 | the deadline set by the State Board of Education for | ||||||
17 | applications to participate in the program in fiscal year | ||||||
18 | 2011, and must address collaboration between the grantee's | ||||||
19 | program and the local Head Start agency on certain issues, | ||||||
20 | which shall include without limitation the following: | ||||||
21 | (A) educational activities, curricular objectives, | ||||||
22 | and instruction; | ||||||
23 | (B) public information dissemination and access to | ||||||
24 | programs for families contacting programs; | ||||||
25 | (C) service areas; | ||||||
26 | (D) selection priorities for eligible children to |
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1 | be served by programs; | ||||||
2 | (E) maximizing the impact of federal and State | ||||||
3 | funding to benefit young children; | ||||||
4 | (F) staff training, including opportunities for | ||||||
5 | joint staff training; | ||||||
6 | (G) technical assistance; | ||||||
7 | (H) communication and parent outreach for smooth | ||||||
8 | transitions to kindergarten; | ||||||
9 | (I) provision and use of facilities, | ||||||
10 | transportation, and other program elements; | ||||||
11 | (J) facilitating each program's fulfillment of its | ||||||
12 | statutory and regulatory requirements; | ||||||
13 | (K) improving local planning and collaboration; | ||||||
14 | and | ||||||
15 | (L) providing comprehensive services for the | ||||||
16 | neediest Illinois children and families. | ||||||
17 | If the appropriate local Head Start agency is unable or | ||||||
18 | unwilling to enter into a memorandum of understanding as | ||||||
19 | required under this paragraph (4.5), the memorandum of | ||||||
20 | understanding requirement shall not apply and the grantee | ||||||
21 | under the program must notify the State Board of Education | ||||||
22 | in writing of the Head Start agency's inability or | ||||||
23 | unwillingness. The State Board of Education shall compile | ||||||
24 | all such written notices and make them available to the | ||||||
25 | public. | ||||||
26 | (5) The State Board of Education shall develop and |
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1 | provide
evaluation tools, including tests, that school | ||||||
2 | districts and other eligible entities may use to
evaluate | ||||||
3 | children for school readiness prior to age 5. The State | ||||||
4 | Board of
Education shall require school districts and | ||||||
5 | other eligible entities
to obtain consent from the parents
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6 | or guardians of children before any evaluations are | ||||||
7 | conducted. The State
Board of Education shall encourage | ||||||
8 | local school districts and other eligible entities to | ||||||
9 | evaluate the
population of preschool children in their | ||||||
10 | communities and provide preschool
programs, pursuant to | ||||||
11 | this subsection, where appropriate.
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12 | (6) The State Board of Education shall report to the | ||||||
13 | General Assembly by November 1, 2018
and every
2 years | ||||||
14 | thereafter on the results and progress of
students who | ||||||
15 | were enrolled in preschool educational programs, including | ||||||
16 | an
assessment of which programs have been most successful | ||||||
17 | in promoting
academic excellence and alleviating academic | ||||||
18 | failure. The State Board of
Education shall assess the | ||||||
19 | academic progress of all students who have been
enrolled | ||||||
20 | in preschool educational programs.
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21 | On or before November 1 of each fiscal year in which | ||||||
22 | the General Assembly provides funding for new programs | ||||||
23 | under paragraph (4.5) of this Section, the State Board of | ||||||
24 | Education shall report to the General Assembly on what | ||||||
25 | percentage of new funding was provided to programs serving | ||||||
26 | primarily at-risk children, what percentage of new funding |
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1 | was provided to programs serving primarily children with a | ||||||
2 | family income of less than 4 times the federal poverty | ||||||
3 | level, and what percentage of new funding was provided to | ||||||
4 | other programs. | ||||||
5 | (7) Due to evidence that expulsion practices in the | ||||||
6 | preschool years are linked to poor child outcomes and are | ||||||
7 | employed inconsistently across racial and gender groups, | ||||||
8 | early childhood programs receiving State funds under this | ||||||
9 | subsection (a) shall prohibit expulsions. Planned | ||||||
10 | transitions to settings that are able to better meet a | ||||||
11 | child's needs are not considered expulsion under this | ||||||
12 | paragraph (7). | ||||||
13 | (A) When persistent and serious challenging | ||||||
14 | behaviors emerge, the early childhood program shall | ||||||
15 | document steps taken to ensure that the child can | ||||||
16 | participate safely in the program; including | ||||||
17 | observations of initial and ongoing challenging | ||||||
18 | behaviors, strategies for remediation and intervention | ||||||
19 | plans to address the behaviors, and communication with | ||||||
20 | the parent or legal guardian, including participation | ||||||
21 | of the parent or legal guardian in planning and | ||||||
22 | decision-making. | ||||||
23 | (B) The early childhood program shall, with | ||||||
24 | parental or legal guardian consent as required, | ||||||
25 | utilize a range of community resources, if available | ||||||
26 | and deemed necessary, including, but not limited to, |
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1 | developmental screenings, referrals to programs and | ||||||
2 | services administered by a local educational agency or | ||||||
3 | early intervention agency under Parts B and C of the | ||||||
4 | federal Individual with Disabilities Education Act, | ||||||
5 | and consultation with infant and early childhood | ||||||
6 | mental health consultants and the child's health care | ||||||
7 | provider. The program shall document attempts to | ||||||
8 | engage these resources, including parent or legal | ||||||
9 | guardian participation and consent attempted and | ||||||
10 | obtained. Communication with the parent or legal | ||||||
11 | guardian shall take place in a culturally and | ||||||
12 | linguistically competent manner. | ||||||
13 | (C) If there is documented evidence that all | ||||||
14 | available interventions and supports recommended by a | ||||||
15 | qualified professional have been exhausted and the | ||||||
16 | program determines in its professional judgment that | ||||||
17 | transitioning a child to another program is necessary | ||||||
18 | for the well-being of the child or his or her peers and | ||||||
19 | staff, with parent or legal guardian permission, both | ||||||
20 | the current and pending programs shall create a | ||||||
21 | transition plan designed to ensure continuity of | ||||||
22 | services and the comprehensive development of the | ||||||
23 | child. Communication with families shall occur in a | ||||||
24 | culturally and linguistically competent manner. | ||||||
25 | (D) Nothing in this paragraph (7) shall preclude a | ||||||
26 | parent's or legal guardian's right to voluntarily |
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1 | withdraw his or her child from an early childhood | ||||||
2 | program. Early childhood programs shall request and | ||||||
3 | keep on file, when received, a written statement from | ||||||
4 | the parent or legal guardian stating the reason for | ||||||
5 | his or her decision to withdraw his or her child. | ||||||
6 | (E) In the case of the determination of a serious | ||||||
7 | safety threat to a child or others or in the case of | ||||||
8 | behaviors listed in subsection (d) of Section 10-22.6 | ||||||
9 | of this Code, the temporary removal of a child from | ||||||
10 | attendance in group settings may be used. Temporary | ||||||
11 | removal of a child from attendance in a group setting | ||||||
12 | shall trigger the process detailed in subparagraphs | ||||||
13 | (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph (7), with the child | ||||||
14 | placed back in a group setting as quickly as possible. | ||||||
15 | (F) Early childhood programs may utilize and the | ||||||
16 | State Board of Education, the Department of Human | ||||||
17 | Services, and the Department of Children and Family | ||||||
18 | Services shall recommend training, technical support, | ||||||
19 | and professional development resources to improve the | ||||||
20 | ability of teachers, administrators, program | ||||||
21 | directors, and other staff to promote social-emotional | ||||||
22 | development and behavioral health, to address | ||||||
23 | challenging behaviors, and to understand trauma and | ||||||
24 | trauma-informed care, cultural competence, family | ||||||
25 | engagement with diverse populations, the impact of | ||||||
26 | implicit bias on adult behavior, and the use of |
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1 | reflective practice techniques. Support shall include | ||||||
2 | the availability of resources to contract with infant | ||||||
3 | and early childhood mental health consultants. | ||||||
4 | (G) Beginning on July 1, 2018, early childhood | ||||||
5 | programs shall annually report to the State Board of | ||||||
6 | Education, and, beginning in fiscal year 2020, the | ||||||
7 | State Board of Education shall make available on a | ||||||
8 | biennial basis, in an existing report, all of the | ||||||
9 | following data for children from birth to age 5 who are | ||||||
10 | served by the program: | ||||||
11 | (i) Total number served over the course of the | ||||||
12 | program year and the total number of children who | ||||||
13 | left the program during the program year. | ||||||
14 | (ii) Number of planned transitions to another | ||||||
15 | program due to children's behavior, by children's | ||||||
16 | race, gender, disability, language, class/group | ||||||
17 | size, teacher-child ratio, and length of program | ||||||
18 | day. | ||||||
19 | (iii) Number of temporary removals of a child | ||||||
20 | from attendance in group settings due to a serious | ||||||
21 | safety threat under subparagraph (E) of this | ||||||
22 | paragraph (7), by children's race, gender, | ||||||
23 | disability, language, class/group size, | ||||||
24 | teacher-child ratio, and length of program day. | ||||||
25 | (iv) Hours of infant and early childhood | ||||||
26 | mental health consultant contact with program |
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1 | leaders, staff, and families over the program | ||||||
2 | year. | ||||||
3 | (H) Changes to services for children with an | ||||||
4 | individualized education program or individual family | ||||||
5 | service plan shall be construed in a manner consistent | ||||||
6 | with the federal Individuals with Disabilities | ||||||
7 | Education Act. | ||||||
8 | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
9 | Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development and the | ||||||
10 | Department of Children and Family Services, shall adopt | ||||||
11 | rules to administer this paragraph (7). | ||||||
12 | (b) (Blank).
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13 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, | ||||||
14 | grantees may serve children ages 0 to 12 of essential workers | ||||||
15 | if the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | ||||||
16 | emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
17 | Management Agency Act. For the purposes of this subsection, | ||||||
18 | essential workers include those outlined in Executive Order | ||||||
19 | 20-8 and school employees. The State Board of Education shall | ||||||
20 | adopt rules to administer this subsection. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 100-105, eff. 1-1-18; 100-645, eff. 7-27-18; | ||||||
22 | 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
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23 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.12a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.12a)
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24 | Sec. 10-20.12a. Tuition for non-resident pupils. | ||||||
25 | (a) To charge non-resident pupils who attend the schools |
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1 | of the district
tuition in an amount not exceeding 110% of the | ||||||
2 | per capita
cost of maintaining the schools of the district for | ||||||
3 | the preceding school year.
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4 | Such per capita cost shall be computed by dividing the | ||||||
5 | total cost of
conducting and maintaining the schools of the | ||||||
6 | district by the average daily
attendance, including tuition | ||||||
7 | pupils. Depreciation on the buildings and
equipment of the | ||||||
8 | schools of the district, and the amount of annual
depreciation | ||||||
9 | on such buildings and equipment shall be dependent upon the
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10 | useful life of such property.
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11 | The tuition charged shall in no case exceed 110% of the per | ||||||
12 | capita
cost of conducting and maintaining the schools of the | ||||||
13 | district attended, as
determined
with reference to the most | ||||||
14 | recent audit prepared under Section 3-7 which is
available at | ||||||
15 | the commencement of the current school year.
Non-resident | ||||||
16 | pupils attending the schools of the district
for less than the
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17 | school term shall have their tuition apportioned, however | ||||||
18 | pupils who become
non-resident during a school term shall not | ||||||
19 | be charged tuition for the
remainder of the school term in | ||||||
20 | which they became non-resident pupils. | ||||||
21 | Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, a | ||||||
22 | school district may adopt a policy to waive tuition costs for a | ||||||
23 | non-resident pupil if the pupil is a child of a district | ||||||
24 | employee. For purposes of this paragraph, "child" means a | ||||||
25 | district employee's child who is a biological child, adopted | ||||||
26 | child, foster child, stepchild, or child for which the |
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1 | employee serves as a legal guardian.
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2 | (b) Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties involved and | ||||||
3 | where the
educational services are not otherwise provided for, | ||||||
4 | educational services
for an Illinois student under the age of | ||||||
5 | 21 (and not eligible for services pursuant to Article 14 of | ||||||
6 | this Code) in any residential program
shall be provided by
the | ||||||
7 | district in which the facility is located and financed as | ||||||
8 | follows. The
cost of educational services shall be paid by the | ||||||
9 | district in which the
student resides in an amount equal to the | ||||||
10 | cost of providing educational
services in the residential | ||||||
11 | facility. Payments shall be made by the district
of the | ||||||
12 | student's residence and shall be made to the district wherein | ||||||
13 | the
facility is located no less than once per month unless | ||||||
14 | otherwise agreed to
by the parties. | ||||||
15 | The funding provision of this subsection (b) applies to | ||||||
16 | all Illinois students under the age of 21 (and not eligible for | ||||||
17 | services pursuant to Article 14 of this Code) receiving | ||||||
18 | educational services in residential facilities, irrespective | ||||||
19 | of whether the student was placed therein pursuant to this | ||||||
20 | Code or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or by an Illinois public | ||||||
21 | agency or a court. The changes to this subsection (b) made by | ||||||
22 | this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly apply to all | ||||||
23 | placements in effect on July 1, 2007 and all placements | ||||||
24 | thereafter. For purposes of this subsection (b), a student's | ||||||
25 | district of residence shall be determined in accordance with | ||||||
26 | subsection (a) of Section 10-20.12b of this Code. The |
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1 | placement of a student in a residential facility shall not | ||||||
2 | affect the residency of the student. When a dispute arises | ||||||
3 | over the determination of the district of residence under this | ||||||
4 | subsection (b), any person or entity, including without | ||||||
5 | limitation a school district or residential facility, may make | ||||||
6 | a written request for a residency decision to the State | ||||||
7 | Superintendent of Education, who, upon review of materials | ||||||
8 | submitted and any other items or information he or she may | ||||||
9 | request for submission, shall issue his or her decision in | ||||||
10 | writing. The decision of the State Superintendent of Education | ||||||
11 | is final.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 95-844, eff. 8-15-08; 95-938, eff. 8-29-08.)
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13 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.67) | ||||||
14 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2023) | ||||||
15 | Sec. 10-20.67. Short-term substitute teacher training. | ||||||
16 | (a) Each school board shall, in collaboration with its | ||||||
17 | teachers or, if applicable, the exclusive bargaining | ||||||
18 | representative of its teachers, jointly develop a short-term | ||||||
19 | substitute teacher training program that provides individuals | ||||||
20 | who hold a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License under | ||||||
21 | Section 21B-20 of this Code with information on curriculum, | ||||||
22 | classroom management techniques, school safety, and district | ||||||
23 | and building operations. The State Board of Education may | ||||||
24 | develop a model short-term substitute teacher training program | ||||||
25 | for use by a school board under this subsection (a) if the |
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1 | school board and its teachers or, if applicable, the exclusive | ||||||
2 | bargaining representative of its teachers agree to use the | ||||||
3 | State Board's model. A school board with a substitute teacher | ||||||
4 | training program in place before July 1, 2018 (the effective | ||||||
5 | date of Public Act 100-596) may utilize that program to | ||||||
6 | satisfy the requirements of this subsection (a). | ||||||
7 | (b) Nothing in this Section prohibits a school board from | ||||||
8 | offering substitute training to substitute teachers licensed | ||||||
9 | under paragraph (3) of Section 21B-20 of this Code or to | ||||||
10 | substitute teachers holding a Professional Educator License. | ||||||
11 | (c) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2028 2023 .
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12 | (Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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13 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of | ||||||
15 | Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, | ||||||
16 | whereby individuals employed in school districts who are | ||||||
17 | required to be licensed must have one of the following | ||||||
18 | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an | ||||||
19 | educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute | ||||||
20 | teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2028 2023 , a | ||||||
21 | short-term substitute teaching license. References in law | ||||||
22 | regarding individuals certified or certificated or required to | ||||||
23 | be certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code | ||||||
24 | shall also include individuals licensed or required to be | ||||||
25 | licensed under this Article. The first year of all licenses |
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1 | ends on June 30 following one full year of the license being | ||||||
2 | issued. | ||||||
3 | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
4 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | ||||||
5 | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | ||||||
6 | licenses and endorsements under this Section. | ||||||
7 | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) | ||||||
8 | have successfully completed an approved educator | ||||||
9 | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | ||||||
10 | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | ||||||
11 | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | ||||||
12 | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | ||||||
13 | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | ||||||
14 | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | ||||||
15 | the exceptional child, including without limitation | ||||||
16 | children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | ||||||
17 | successfully completed coursework in methods of reading | ||||||
18 | and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other | ||||||
19 | criteria established by rule of the State Board of | ||||||
20 | Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License. | ||||||
21 | All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30 | ||||||
22 | immediately following 5 years of the license being issued. | ||||||
23 | The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with | ||||||
24 | specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is | ||||||
25 | eligible to practice. For an early childhood education | ||||||
26 | endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student |
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1 | teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher | ||||||
2 | preparation program through placement in a setting with | ||||||
3 | children from birth through grade 2, and the individual | ||||||
4 | may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The | ||||||
5 | student teaching experience must meet the requirements of | ||||||
6 | and be approved by the individual's early childhood | ||||||
7 | teacher preparation program. | ||||||
8 | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | ||||||
9 | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | ||||||
10 | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | ||||||
11 | in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable | ||||||
12 | content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | ||||||
13 | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | ||||||
14 | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | ||||||
15 | that limits the license holder to one particular position | ||||||
16 | or does not require completion of an approved educator | ||||||
17 | program or both. | ||||||
18 | An individual with an Educator License with | ||||||
19 | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | ||||||
20 | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | ||||||
21 | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | ||||||
22 | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | ||||||
23 | with the following endorsements: | ||||||
24 | (A) (Blank). | ||||||
25 | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | ||||||
26 | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an |
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1 | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | ||||||
2 | applicant who, at the time of applying for the | ||||||
3 | endorsement, has done all of the following: | ||||||
4 | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | ||||||
5 | college or university with a minimum of a | ||||||
6 | bachelor's degree. | ||||||
7 | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | ||||||
8 | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | ||||||
9 | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | ||||||
10 | Code. | ||||||
11 | (iii) Passed a content area test, as required | ||||||
12 | under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
13 | The alternative provisional educator endorsement is | ||||||
14 | valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a | ||||||
15 | third year by an individual meeting the requirements set | ||||||
16 | forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | ||||||
17 | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | ||||||
18 | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | ||||||
19 | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | ||||||
20 | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | ||||||
21 | superintendent in a school district's central office. | ||||||
22 | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | ||||||
23 | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | ||||||
24 | done all of the following: | ||||||
25 | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | ||||||
26 | college or university with a minimum of a master's |
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1 | degree in a management field other than education. | ||||||
2 | (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | ||||||
3 | years in a management level position in a field | ||||||
4 | other than education. | ||||||
5 | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | ||||||
6 | of an alternative route to superintendent | ||||||
7 | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 | ||||||
8 | of this Code. | ||||||
9 | (iv) Passed a content area test required under | ||||||
10 | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
11 | The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | ||||||
12 | order to complete one full year of serving as a | ||||||
13 | superintendent or assistant superintendent. | ||||||
14 | (D) (Blank). | ||||||
15 | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | ||||||
16 | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | ||||||
17 | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | ||||||
18 | has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | ||||||
19 | regionally accredited institution of higher education | ||||||
20 | or an accredited trade and technical institution and | ||||||
21 | has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | ||||||
22 | education in each area to be taught. | ||||||
23 | The career and technical educator endorsement on | ||||||
24 | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | ||||||
25 | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | ||||||
26 | endorsement being issued and may be renewed. |
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1 | An individual who holds a valid career and | ||||||
2 | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | ||||||
3 | with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's | ||||||
4 | degree may substitute teach in career and technical | ||||||
5 | education classrooms. | ||||||
6 | (F) (Blank). | ||||||
7 | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | ||||||
8 | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | ||||||
9 | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | ||||||
10 | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | ||||||
11 | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | ||||||
12 | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets | ||||||
13 | all of the following requirements: | ||||||
14 | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | ||||||
15 | writing ability in the language other than English | ||||||
16 | in which transitional bilingual education is | ||||||
17 | offered. | ||||||
18 | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | ||||||
19 | communicate in English. | ||||||
20 | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | ||||||
21 | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | ||||||
22 | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | ||||||
23 | comparable teaching certificate or comparable | ||||||
24 | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | ||||||
25 | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | ||||||
26 | a foreign country that the State Educator |
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1 | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | ||||||
2 | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | ||||||
3 | regionally accredited institution of higher | ||||||
4 | learning in the United States. | ||||||
5 | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | ||||||
6 | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, | ||||||
7 | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | ||||||
8 | of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be | ||||||
9 | renewed. | ||||||
10 | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | ||||||
11 | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | ||||||
12 | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | ||||||
13 | replaced for any reason. | ||||||
14 | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | ||||||
15 | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | ||||||
16 | other than English in the public schools, an | ||||||
17 | individual who holds an Educator License with | ||||||
18 | Stipulations may also apply for a language | ||||||
19 | endorsement, provided that the applicant provides | ||||||
20 | satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the | ||||||
21 | following requirements: | ||||||
22 | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | ||||||
23 | endorsement. | ||||||
24 | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | ||||||
25 | language for which the endorsement is to be issued | ||||||
26 | by passing the applicable language content test |
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1 | required by the State Board of Education. | ||||||
2 | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | ||||||
3 | a regionally accredited institution of higher | ||||||
4 | education or, for individuals educated in a | ||||||
5 | country other than the United States, holds a | ||||||
6 | degree from an institution of higher learning in a | ||||||
7 | foreign country that the State Educator | ||||||
8 | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | ||||||
9 | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | ||||||
10 | regionally accredited institution of higher | ||||||
11 | learning in the United States. | ||||||
12 | (iv) (Blank). | ||||||
13 | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
14 | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | ||||||
15 | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | ||||||
16 | individual's transitional bilingual educator | ||||||
17 | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | ||||||
18 | and shall not be renewed. | ||||||
19 | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | ||||||
20 | international educator endorsement on an Educator | ||||||
21 | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | ||||||
22 | individual who is being recruited by a particular | ||||||
23 | school district that conducts formal recruitment | ||||||
24 | programs outside of the United States to secure the | ||||||
25 | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of | ||||||
26 | the following requirements: |
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1 | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | ||||||
2 | bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | ||||||
3 | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | ||||||
4 | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | ||||||
5 | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | ||||||
6 | subject to be taught. | ||||||
7 | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | ||||||
8 | language. | ||||||
9 | A holder of a visiting international educator | ||||||
10 | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | ||||||
11 | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | ||||||
12 | programs in the language that was the medium of | ||||||
13 | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | ||||||
14 | provided that he or she passes the English Language | ||||||
15 | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | ||||||
16 | skills in English identified by the State Board of | ||||||
17 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
18 | Preparation and Licensure Board. | ||||||
19 | A visiting international educator endorsement on | ||||||
20 | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5 | ||||||
21 | years and shall not be renewed. | ||||||
22 | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | ||||||
23 | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
24 | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | ||||||
25 | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | ||||||
26 | (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 |
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1 | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | ||||||
2 | institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a | ||||||
3 | paraprofessional competency test under subsection | ||||||
4 | (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years | ||||||
5 | of age and will be using the Educator License with | ||||||
6 | Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten | ||||||
7 | through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age | ||||||
8 | of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a | ||||||
9 | paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this | ||||||
10 | subparagraph (J). The paraprofessional educator | ||||||
11 | endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | ||||||
12 | following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and | ||||||
13 | may be renewed through application and payment of the | ||||||
14 | appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of | ||||||
15 | this Code. An individual who holds only a | ||||||
16 | paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject | ||||||
17 | to additional requirements in order to renew the | ||||||
18 | endorsement. | ||||||
19 | (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | ||||||
20 | business official endorsement on an Educator License | ||||||
21 | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | ||||||
22 | qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | ||||||
23 | years of full-time administrative experience in school | ||||||
24 | business management or 2 years of university-approved | ||||||
25 | practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | ||||||
26 | hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the |
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1 | State Board of Education for the preparation of school | ||||||
2 | business administrators and by passage of the | ||||||
3 | applicable State tests, including an applicable | ||||||
4 | content area test. | ||||||
5 | The chief school business official endorsement may | ||||||
6 | also be affixed to the Educator License with | ||||||
7 | Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a | ||||||
8 | master's degree in business administration, finance, | ||||||
9 | accounting, or public administration and who completes | ||||||
10 | an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | ||||||
11 | business management from a regionally accredited | ||||||
12 | institution of higher education and passes the | ||||||
13 | applicable State tests, including an applicable | ||||||
14 | content area test. This endorsement shall be required | ||||||
15 | for any individual employed as a chief school business | ||||||
16 | official. | ||||||
17 | The chief school business official endorsement on | ||||||
18 | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | ||||||
19 | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | ||||||
20 | endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the | ||||||
21 | license holder completes renewal requirements as | ||||||
22 | required for individuals who hold a Professional | ||||||
23 | Educator License endorsed for chief school business | ||||||
24 | official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | ||||||
25 | rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | ||||||
26 | Education. |
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1 | The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules | ||||||
2 | necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | ||||||
3 | (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | ||||||
4 | in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | ||||||
5 | with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | ||||||
6 | completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation | ||||||
7 | program at an Illinois institution of higher education | ||||||
8 | and who has not successfully completed an | ||||||
9 | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | ||||||
10 | who meets all of the following requirements: | ||||||
11 | (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | ||||||
12 | (ii) Has completed an approved educator | ||||||
13 | preparation program at an Illinois institution. | ||||||
14 | (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | ||||||
15 | test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
16 | (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | ||||||
17 | assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | ||||||
18 | minimum score on that assessment, as established | ||||||
19 | by the State Board of Education in consultation | ||||||
20 | with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
21 | Board. | ||||||
22 | A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | ||||||
23 | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | ||||||
24 | full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | ||||||
25 | be renewed. | ||||||
26 | (M) (Blank). |
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1 | (N) Specialized services. A specialized services | ||||||
2 | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | ||||||
3 | may be issued as defined and specified by rule. | ||||||
4 | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | ||||||
5 | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | ||||||
6 | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | ||||||
7 | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | ||||||
8 | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | ||||||
9 | a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's | ||||||
10 | degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution | ||||||
11 | of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved | ||||||
12 | educator preparation program in this State and have earned | ||||||
13 | at least 90 credit hours. | ||||||
14 | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | ||||||
15 | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | ||||||
16 | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | ||||||
17 | has had his or her Professional Educator License or | ||||||
18 | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, | ||||||
19 | then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | ||||||
20 | Substitute Teaching License. | ||||||
21 | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | ||||||
22 | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | ||||||
23 | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | ||||||
24 | contract because of an emergency situation, then a | ||||||
25 | district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer | ||||||
26 | than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the |
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1 | district if the district notifies the appropriate regional | ||||||
2 | office of education within 5 business days after the | ||||||
3 | employment of the substitute teacher in the emergency | ||||||
4 | situation. An emergency situation is one in which an | ||||||
5 | unforeseen vacancy has occurred and (i) a teacher is | ||||||
6 | unable to fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) | ||||||
7 | teacher capacity needs of the district exceed previous | ||||||
8 | indications, and the district is actively engaged in | ||||||
9 | advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the | ||||||
10 | vacant position. | ||||||
11 | There is no limit on the number of days that a | ||||||
12 | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | ||||||
13 | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | ||||||
14 | than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year | ||||||
15 | through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school | ||||||
16 | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | ||||||
17 | same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a | ||||||
18 | Professional Educator License or Educator License with | ||||||
19 | Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days | ||||||
20 | for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same | ||||||
21 | school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on the | ||||||
22 | number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not | ||||||
23 | apply to any school district operating under Article 34 of | ||||||
24 | this Code. | ||||||
25 | A school district may not require an individual who | ||||||
26 | holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator |
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1 | License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | ||||||
2 | Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | ||||||
3 | (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | ||||||
4 | on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2028 2023 , applicants | ||||||
5 | may apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of | ||||||
6 | may issue a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. A | ||||||
7 | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License may be issued to a | ||||||
8 | qualified applicant for substitute teaching in all grades | ||||||
9 | of the public schools, prekindergarten through grade 12. | ||||||
10 | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not eligible | ||||||
11 | for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term Substitute | ||||||
12 | Teaching License must hold an associate's degree or have | ||||||
13 | completed at least 60 credit hours from a regionally | ||||||
14 | accredited institution of higher education. | ||||||
15 | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for | ||||||
16 | substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an | ||||||
17 | individual has had his or her Professional Educator | ||||||
18 | License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or | ||||||
19 | revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | ||||||
20 | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | ||||||
21 | The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this | ||||||
22 | Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. | ||||||
23 | An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | ||||||
24 | License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per | ||||||
25 | licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | ||||||
26 | absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who |
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1 | is under contract, a school district may not hire an | ||||||
2 | individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | ||||||
3 | License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due | ||||||
4 | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | ||||||
5 | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual | ||||||
6 | holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must | ||||||
7 | complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or | ||||||
8 | 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public | ||||||
9 | school. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses under this | ||||||
10 | Section are valid for 5 years. This paragraph (4) is | ||||||
11 | inoperative on and after July 1, 2028 2023 .
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12 | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; | ||||||
13 | 101-594, eff. 12-5-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-711, eff. | ||||||
14 | 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22; 102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, | ||||||
15 | eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; revised 12-13-22.)
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16 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-50) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 21B-50. Alternative Educator Licensure Program. | ||||||
18 | (a) There is established an alternative educator licensure | ||||||
19 | program, to be known as the Alternative Educator Licensure | ||||||
20 | Program for Teachers. | ||||||
21 | (b) The Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | ||||||
22 | Teachers may be offered by a recognized institution approved | ||||||
23 | to offer educator preparation programs by the State Board of | ||||||
24 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | ||||||
25 | and Licensure Board. |
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1 | The program shall be comprised of up to 3 4 phases: | ||||||
2 | (1) A course of study that at a minimum includes | ||||||
3 | instructional planning; instructional strategies, | ||||||
4 | including special education, reading, and English language | ||||||
5 | learning; classroom management; and the assessment of | ||||||
6 | students and use of data to drive instruction. | ||||||
7 | (2) A year of residency, which is a candidate's | ||||||
8 | assignment to a full-time teaching position or as a | ||||||
9 | co-teacher for one full school year. An individual must | ||||||
10 | hold an Educator License with Stipulations with an | ||||||
11 | alternative provisional educator endorsement in order to | ||||||
12 | enter the residency . In residency, the candidate must be | ||||||
13 | assigned an effective, fully licensed teacher by the | ||||||
14 | principal or principal equivalent to act as a mentor and | ||||||
15 | coach the candidate through residency, and must complete | ||||||
16 | additional program requirements that address required | ||||||
17 | State and national standards, pass the State Board's | ||||||
18 | teacher performance assessment no later than the end of | ||||||
19 | the first semester of the second year of residency, as | ||||||
20 | required under phase (3) of this subsection (b) , and be | ||||||
21 | recommended by the principal or qualified equivalent of a | ||||||
22 | principal, as required under subsection (d) of this | ||||||
23 | Section, and the program coordinator to be recommended for | ||||||
24 | full licensure or to continue with a the second year of the | ||||||
25 | residency. | ||||||
26 | (3) (Blank). A second year of residency, which shall |
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1 | include the candidate's assignment to a full-time teaching | ||||||
2 | position for one school year. The candidate must be | ||||||
3 | assigned an experienced teacher to act as a mentor and | ||||||
4 | coach the candidate through the second year of residency. | ||||||
5 | (4) A comprehensive assessment of the candidate's | ||||||
6 | teaching effectiveness, as evaluated by the principal or | ||||||
7 | qualified equivalent of a principal, as required under | ||||||
8 | subsection (d) of this Section, and the program | ||||||
9 | coordinator, at the end of either the first or the second | ||||||
10 | year of residency. If there is disagreement between the 2 | ||||||
11 | evaluators about the candidate's teaching effectiveness at | ||||||
12 | the end of the first year of residency, a second year of | ||||||
13 | residency shall be required. If there is disagreement | ||||||
14 | between the 2 evaluators at the end of the second year of | ||||||
15 | residency , the candidate may complete one additional year | ||||||
16 | of residency teaching under a professional development | ||||||
17 | plan developed by the principal or qualified equivalent | ||||||
18 | and the preparation program. At the completion of the | ||||||
19 | third year, a candidate must have positive evaluations and | ||||||
20 | a recommendation for full licensure from both the | ||||||
21 | principal or qualified equivalent and the program | ||||||
22 | coordinator or no Professional Educator License shall be | ||||||
23 | issued. | ||||||
24 | Successful completion of the program shall be deemed to | ||||||
25 | satisfy any other practice or student teaching and content | ||||||
26 | matter requirements established by law. |
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1 | (c) An alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | ||||||
2 | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for up to 2 years | ||||||
3 | of teaching in the public schools, including without | ||||||
4 | limitation a preschool educational program under Section | ||||||
5 | 2-3.71 of this Code or charter school, or in a | ||||||
6 | State-recognized nonpublic school in which the chief | ||||||
7 | administrator is required to have the licensure necessary to | ||||||
8 | be a principal in a public school in this State and in which a | ||||||
9 | majority of the teachers are required to have the licensure | ||||||
10 | necessary to be instructors in a public school in this State, | ||||||
11 | but may be renewed for a third year if needed to complete the | ||||||
12 | Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers. The | ||||||
13 | endorsement shall be issued only once to an individual who | ||||||
14 | meets all of the following requirements: | ||||||
15 | (1) Has graduated from a regionally accredited college | ||||||
16 | or university with a bachelor's degree or higher. | ||||||
17 | (2) (Blank). | ||||||
18 | (3) Has completed a major in the content area if | ||||||
19 | seeking a middle or secondary level endorsement or, if | ||||||
20 | seeking an early childhood, elementary, or special | ||||||
21 | education endorsement, has completed a major in the | ||||||
22 | content area of early childhood reading, English/language | ||||||
23 | arts, mathematics, or one of the sciences. If the | ||||||
24 | individual does not have a major in a content area for any | ||||||
25 | level of teaching, he or she must submit transcripts to | ||||||
26 | the State Board of Education to be reviewed for |
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1 | equivalency. | ||||||
2 | (4) Has successfully completed phase (1) of subsection | ||||||
3 | (b) of this Section. | ||||||
4 | (5) Has passed a content area test required for the | ||||||
5 | specific endorsement for admission into the program, as | ||||||
6 | required under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
7 | A candidate possessing the alternative provisional | ||||||
8 | educator endorsement may receive a salary, benefits, and any | ||||||
9 | other terms of employment offered to teachers in the school | ||||||
10 | who are members of an exclusive bargaining representative, if | ||||||
11 | any, but a school is not required to provide these benefits | ||||||
12 | during the years of residency if the candidate is serving only | ||||||
13 | as a co-teacher. If the candidate is serving as the teacher of | ||||||
14 | record, the candidate must receive a salary, benefits, and any | ||||||
15 | other terms of employment. Residency experiences must not be | ||||||
16 | counted towards tenure. | ||||||
17 | (d) The recognized institution offering the Alternative | ||||||
18 | Educator Licensure Program for Teachers must partner with a | ||||||
19 | school district, including without limitation a preschool | ||||||
20 | educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this Code or | ||||||
21 | charter school, or a State-recognized, nonpublic school in | ||||||
22 | this State in which the chief administrator is required to | ||||||
23 | have the licensure necessary to be a principal in a public | ||||||
24 | school in this State and in which a majority of the teachers | ||||||
25 | are required to have the licensure necessary to be instructors | ||||||
26 | in a public school in this State. A recognized institution |
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1 | that partners with a public school district administering a | ||||||
2 | preschool educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this | ||||||
3 | Code must require a principal to recommend or evaluate | ||||||
4 | candidates in the program. A recognized institution that | ||||||
5 | partners with an eligible entity administering a preschool | ||||||
6 | educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this Code and that | ||||||
7 | is not a public school district must require a principal or | ||||||
8 | qualified equivalent of a principal to recommend or evaluate | ||||||
9 | candidates in the program. The program presented for approval | ||||||
10 | by the State Board of Education must demonstrate the supports | ||||||
11 | that are to be provided to assist the provisional teacher | ||||||
12 | during the one-year or 2-year residency period and if the | ||||||
13 | residency period is to be less than 2 years in length, | ||||||
14 | assurances from the partner school districts to provide | ||||||
15 | intensive mentoring and supports through at least the end of | ||||||
16 | the second full year of teaching for educators who completed | ||||||
17 | the Alternative Educators Licensure Program in less than 2 | ||||||
18 | years . These supports must , at a minimum, provide additional | ||||||
19 | contact hours with mentors during the first year of residency. | ||||||
20 | (e) Upon completion of the 4 phases under paragraphs (1), | ||||||
21 | (2), (4), and, if needed, (3) outlined in subsection (b) of | ||||||
22 | this Section and all assessments required under Section 21B-30 | ||||||
23 | of this Code, an individual shall receive a Professional | ||||||
24 | Educator License. | ||||||
25 | (f) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
26 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such |
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1 | rules as may be necessary to establish and implement the | ||||||
2 | Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-822, eff. 1-1-19; | ||||||
4 | 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; 101-570, eff. 8-23-19; 101-643, eff. | ||||||
5 | 6-18-20; 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law.".
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