Bill Amendment: IL HB5057 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
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Bill Title: SCH CD-PRIMARY SCH TEACH TEST
Status: 2024-05-28 - Passed Both Houses [HB5057 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5057-House_Amendment_002.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-PRIMARY SCH TEACH TEST
Status: 2024-05-28 - Passed Both Houses [HB5057 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5057-House_Amendment_002.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5057 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5057 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 21B-30 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-30) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. | ||||||
8 | (a) (Blank). | ||||||
9 | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
10 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design | ||||||
11 | and implement a system of examinations, which shall be | ||||||
12 | required prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These | ||||||
13 | examinations and indicators must be based on national and | ||||||
14 | State professional teaching standards, as determined by the | ||||||
15 | State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | ||||||
16 | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. The State Board of |
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1 | Education may adopt such rules as may be necessary to | ||||||
2 | implement and administer this Section. | ||||||
3 | (c) (Blank). | ||||||
4 | (c-5) The State Board must adopt rules to implement a | ||||||
5 | paraprofessional competency test. This test would allow an | ||||||
6 | applicant seeking an Educator License with Stipulations with a | ||||||
7 | paraprofessional educator endorsement to obtain the | ||||||
8 | endorsement if he or she passes the test and meets the other | ||||||
9 | requirements of subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of Section | ||||||
10 | 21B-20 other than the higher education requirements. | ||||||
11 | (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be | ||||||
12 | required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area | ||||||
13 | of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There | ||||||
14 | shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall | ||||||
15 | be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record | ||||||
16 | until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. | ||||||
17 | (d-5) The State Board shall consult with any applicable | ||||||
18 | vendors within 90 days after July 28, 2023 ( the effective date | ||||||
19 | of Public Act 103-402) this amendatory Act of the 103rd | ||||||
20 | General Assembly to develop a plan to transition the test of | ||||||
21 | content area knowledge in the endorsement area of elementary | ||||||
22 | education, grades one through 6, by July 1, 2026 to a content | ||||||
23 | area test that contains testing elements that cover | ||||||
24 | bilingualism, biliteracy, oral language development, | ||||||
25 | foundational literacy skills, and developmentally appropriate | ||||||
26 | higher-order comprehension and on which a valid and reliable |
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1 | language and literacy subscore can be determined. The State | ||||||
2 | Board shall base its rules concerning the passing subscore on | ||||||
3 | the language and literacy portion of the test on the | ||||||
4 | recommended cut-score determined in the formal | ||||||
5 | standard-setting process. Candidates need not achieve a | ||||||
6 | particular subscore in the area of language and literacy. The | ||||||
7 | State Board shall aggregate and publish the number of | ||||||
8 | candidates in each preparation program who take the test and | ||||||
9 | the number who pass the language and literacy portion. | ||||||
10 | (e) (Blank). | ||||||
11 | (e-5) The State Board of Education shall establish a | ||||||
12 | content area test for applicants seeking a State license to | ||||||
13 | teach in any of grades kindergarten through 5. The test shall | ||||||
14 | include foundational teaching skills and methods that are | ||||||
15 | developmentally and educationally appropriate for students in | ||||||
16 | grades kindergarten through 5. In addition to this test, the | ||||||
17 | State Board of Education shall establish specialty content | ||||||
18 | area tests for an optional endorsement in advanced | ||||||
19 | mathematics, music, and physical education for applicants | ||||||
20 | seeking an endorsement in advanced mathematics, music, or | ||||||
21 | physical education. | ||||||
22 | (f) Beginning on August 4, 2023 ( the effective date of | ||||||
23 | Public Act 103-488) this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | ||||||
24 | Assembly through August 31, 2025, no candidate completing a | ||||||
25 | teacher preparation program in this State or candidate subject | ||||||
26 | to Section 21B-35 of this Code is required to pass a teacher |
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1 | performance assessment. Except as otherwise provided in this | ||||||
2 | Article, beginning on September 1, 2015 until August 4, 2023 | ||||||
3 | ( the effective date of Public Act 103-488) this amendatory Act | ||||||
4 | of the 103rd General Assembly and beginning again on September | ||||||
5 | 1, 2025, all candidates completing teacher preparation | ||||||
6 | programs in this State and all candidates subject to Section | ||||||
7 | 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass a teacher performance | ||||||
8 | assessment approved by the State Board of Education, in | ||||||
9 | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
10 | Board. A candidate may not be required to submit test | ||||||
11 | materials by video submission. Subject to appropriation, an | ||||||
12 | individual who holds a Professional Educator License and is | ||||||
13 | employed for a minimum of one school year by a school district | ||||||
14 | designated as Tier 1 under Section 18-8.15 may, after | ||||||
15 | application to the State Board, receive from the State Board a | ||||||
16 | refund for any costs associated with completing the teacher | ||||||
17 | performance assessment under this subsection. | ||||||
18 | (f-5) The Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force is | ||||||
19 | created to evaluate potential performance-based and objective | ||||||
20 | teacher performance assessment systems for implementation | ||||||
21 | across all educator preparation programs in this State, with | ||||||
22 | the intention of ensuring consistency across programs and | ||||||
23 | supporting a thoughtful and well-rounded licensure system. | ||||||
24 | Members appointed to the Task Force must reflect the racial, | ||||||
25 | ethnic, and geographic diversity of this State. The Task Force | ||||||
26 | shall consist of all of the following members: |
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1 | (1) One member of the Senate, appointed by the | ||||||
2 | President of the Senate. | ||||||
3 | (2) One member of the Senate, appointed by the | ||||||
4 | Minority Leader of the Senate. | ||||||
5 | (3) One member of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
6 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. | ||||||
7 | (4) One member of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
8 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
9 | Representatives. | ||||||
10 | (5) One member who represents a statewide professional | ||||||
11 | teachers' organization, appointed by the State | ||||||
12 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
13 | (6) One member who represents a different statewide | ||||||
14 | professional teachers' organization, appointed by the | ||||||
15 | State Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
16 | (7) One member from a statewide organization | ||||||
17 | representing school principals, appointed by the State | ||||||
18 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
19 | (8) One member from a statewide organization | ||||||
20 | representing regional superintendents of schools, | ||||||
21 | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
22 | (9) One member from a statewide organization | ||||||
23 | representing school administrators, appointed by the State | ||||||
24 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
25 | (10) One member representing a school district | ||||||
26 | organized under Article 34 of this Code, appointed by the |
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1 | State Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
2 | (11) One member of an association representing rural | ||||||
3 | and small schools, appointed by the State Superintendent | ||||||
4 | of Education. | ||||||
5 | (12) One member representing a suburban school | ||||||
6 | district, appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
7 | Education. | ||||||
8 | (13) One member from a statewide organization | ||||||
9 | representing school districts in the southern suburbs of | ||||||
10 | the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent | ||||||
11 | of Education. | ||||||
12 | (14) One member from a statewide organization | ||||||
13 | representing large unit school districts, appointed by the | ||||||
14 | State Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
15 | (15) One member from a statewide organization | ||||||
16 | representing school districts in the collar counties of | ||||||
17 | the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent | ||||||
18 | of Education. | ||||||
19 | (16) Three members, each representing a different | ||||||
20 | public university in this State and each a current member | ||||||
21 | of the faculty of an approved educator preparation | ||||||
22 | program, appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
23 | Education. | ||||||
24 | (17) Three members, each representing a different | ||||||
25 | 4-year nonpublic university or college in this State and | ||||||
26 | each a current member of the faculty of an approved |
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1 | educator preparation program, appointed by the State | ||||||
2 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
3 | (18) One member of the Board of Higher Education, | ||||||
4 | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
5 | (19) One member representing a statewide policy | ||||||
6 | organization advocating on behalf of multilingual students | ||||||
7 | and families, appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
8 | Education. | ||||||
9 | (20) One member representing a statewide organization | ||||||
10 | focused on research-based education policy to support a | ||||||
11 | school system that prepares all students for college, a | ||||||
12 | career, and democratic citizenship, appointed by the State | ||||||
13 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
14 | (21) Two members representing an early childhood | ||||||
15 | advocacy organization, appointed by the State | ||||||
16 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
17 | (22) One member representing a statewide organization | ||||||
18 | that partners with educator preparation programs and | ||||||
19 | school districts to support the growth and development of | ||||||
20 | preservice teachers, appointed by the State Superintendent | ||||||
21 | of Education. | ||||||
22 | (23) One member representing a statewide organization | ||||||
23 | that advocates for educational equity and racial justice | ||||||
24 | in schools, appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
25 | Education. | ||||||
26 | (24) One member representing a statewide organization |
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1 | that represents school boards, appointed by the State | ||||||
2 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
3 | (25) One member who has, within the last 5 years, | ||||||
4 | served as a cooperating teacher, appointed by the State | ||||||
5 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
6 | Members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
7 | compensation. The Task Force shall first meet at the call of | ||||||
8 | the State Superintendent of Education, and each subsequent | ||||||
9 | meeting shall be called by the chairperson of the Task Force, | ||||||
10 | who shall be designated by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
11 | Education. The State Board of Education shall provide | ||||||
12 | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | ||||||
13 | On or before August 1, 2024, the Task Force shall report on | ||||||
14 | its work, including recommendations on a teacher performance | ||||||
15 | assessment system in this State, to the State Board of | ||||||
16 | Education and the General Assembly. The Task Force is | ||||||
17 | dissolved upon submission of this report. | ||||||
18 | (g) The content area knowledge test and the teacher | ||||||
19 | performance assessment shall be the tests that from time to | ||||||
20 | time are designated by the State Board of Education, in | ||||||
21 | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
22 | Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing | ||||||
23 | organization or tests designed by the State Board of | ||||||
24 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | ||||||
25 | and Licensure Board. The test of content area knowledge shall | ||||||
26 | assess content knowledge in a specific subject field. The |
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1 | tests must be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no | ||||||
2 | person taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis | ||||||
3 | of race, color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to | ||||||
4 | the person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The | ||||||
5 | score required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State | ||||||
6 | Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
7 | Preparation and Licensure Board. The tests shall be | ||||||
8 | administered not fewer than 3 times a year at such time and | ||||||
9 | place as may be designated by the State Board of Education, in | ||||||
10 | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
11 | Board. | ||||||
12 | The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess | ||||||
13 | the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of | ||||||
14 | applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under | ||||||
15 | subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this | ||||||
16 | Code in the English language and in the language of the | ||||||
17 | transitional bilingual education program requested by the | ||||||
18 | applicant. | ||||||
19 | (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the | ||||||
20 | provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school | ||||||
21 | district subject to Article 34 of this Code. | ||||||
22 | (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the | ||||||
23 | testing requirements under this Section shall include, without | ||||||
24 | limitation, provisions governing test selection, test | ||||||
25 | validation, and determination of a passing score, | ||||||
26 | administration of the tests, frequency of administration, |
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