Bill Text: IL HB2605 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. With regard to the speech-language pathologist provision, provides that notwithstanding the requirements of the provision, a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language pathologist shall be issued to a speech-language pathologist who (i) holds a regular license as a speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act and (ii) holds a current Certificate of Clinical Competence in speech-language pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0094 [HB2605 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2605-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 101-0094 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
14-1.09b as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/14-1.09b)
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Sec. 14-1.09b. Speech-language pathologist.
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(a) For purposes of supervision of a speech-language | ||||
pathology assistant,
"speech-language pathologist" means a | ||||
person who has received a license
pursuant to the Illinois | ||||
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act
to engage | ||||
in the practice of speech-language pathology.
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(b) The School Service Personnel Certificate with a | ||||
speech-language
endorsement shall be issued under Section | ||||
21-25 of this Code to a
speech-language pathologist who meets | ||||
all of the following requirements:
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(1) (A) Holds a regular license as a speech-language | ||||
pathologist
pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language | ||||
Pathology and Audiology Practice Act,
(B) holds a current | ||||
Certificate of Clinical Competence in
speech-language | ||||
pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing | ||||
Association
and a regular license in speech-language | ||||
pathology from another state or
territory or the District | ||||
of Columbia and has applied for a regular license as
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speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois | ||
Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, or | ||
(C) holds or has applied for a temporary license pursuant | ||
to
Section 8.1 of the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology | ||
and Audiology Practice Act.
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(2) Holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major | ||
emphasis in
speech-language pathology from an institution | ||
whose course of study was
approved or program was | ||
accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
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Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American | ||
Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor.
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(3) Either (i) has completed a program of study that
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meets the content area standards for
speech-language | ||
pathologists approved by the State Board of Education, in
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consultation with the State Teachers Certification Board, | ||
(ii) has completed a program in another state, territory, | ||
or possession of the United States that is comparable to an | ||
approved program of study described in item (i), or (iii) | ||
holds a certificate issued by another state, territory, or | ||
possession of the United States that is comparable to the | ||
school service personnel certificate with a | ||
speech-language endorsement. If the requirements described | ||
in items (i), (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph (3) have not | ||
been met, a person must provide evidence that he or she has | ||
completed at least 150 clock hours of supervised experience | ||
in speech-language pathology with students with | ||
disabilities in a school setting, including experience | ||
required by federal law or federal court order; however, a | ||
person who lacks such experience may obtain interim | ||
certification as established by the Illinois State Board of | ||
Education, in consultation with the State Teacher | ||
Certification Board, and shall participate in school-based | ||
professional experience of at least 150 clock hours to meet | ||
this requirement.
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(4) Has successfully completed the required Illinois | ||
certification tests.
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(5) Has paid the application fee required for | ||
certification.
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The provisions of this subsection (b) do not preclude the | ||
issuance of a
teaching certificate to a speech-language | ||
pathologist who qualifies for such a
certificate. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a Professional | ||
Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement | ||
for non-teaching speech-language pathologist shall be issued | ||
under Section 21B-25 to a speech-language pathologist who (i) | ||
holds a regular license as a speech-language pathologist | ||
pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and | ||
Audiology Practice Act and (ii) holds a current Certificate of | ||
Clinical Competence in
speech-language pathology from the | ||
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
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(Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02; 93-112, eff. 1-1-04; | ||
93-1060, eff. 12-23-04.)
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