Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that, when hiring or assigning physical education, music, and visual arts educators, a school district must prioritize the hiring or assigning of educators who hold an educator license and endorsement in those content areas. Provides that a professional educator licensure applicant must pass the licensure content area test for the content area he or she is assigned to teach or complete at least 9 semester hours of coursework in the content area prior to his or her employment start date. Provides that, in order to retain his or her employment for subsequent school years, the employee must complete the remaining hours of coursework in the content area in which he or she is teaching and apply for a license endorsement within 3 calendar years after his or her employment start date. Provides that, in the case of a reduction in force, a school district may follow its employee contract language for filling positions.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0046 [HB3402 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2023-06-13	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2023-05-08	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2023-03-24	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2023-02-17	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 001	2023-03-20	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

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