Bill Text: IL SB0010 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code to allow a paraprofessional educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations to be issued to an applicant who, among other qualifications, has passed a paraprofessional competency test (instead of allowing the endorsement to be issued only if the applicant holds an associate's degree or a minimum number of higher education credits). Requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules to implement the test. Amends the Charter Schools Law of the Code to require charter school employees in instructional positions to have passed a content area knowledge test. Makes changes concerning obsolete language. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-5)
Status: (Passed) 2020-02-19 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link [SB0010 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0010-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code to allow a paraprofessional educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations to be issued to an applicant who, among other qualifications, has passed a paraprofessional competency test (instead of allowing the endorsement to be issued only if the applicant holds an associate's degree or a minimum number of higher education credits). Requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules to implement the test. Amends the Charter Schools Law of the Code to require charter school employees in instructional positions to have passed a content area knowledge test. Makes changes concerning obsolete language. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-5)
Status: (Passed) 2020-02-19 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link [SB0010 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0010-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
5 | 21B-20, 21B-30, and 27A-10 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of | ||||||
8 | Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, | ||||||
9 | whereby individuals employed in school districts who are | ||||||
10 | required to be licensed must have one of the following | ||||||
11 | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an educator | ||||||
12 | license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute teaching | ||||||
13 | license; or (iv) until June 30, 2023, a short-term substitute | ||||||
14 | teaching license. References in law regarding individuals | ||||||
15 | certified or certificated or required to be certified or | ||||||
16 | certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall also include | ||||||
17 | individuals licensed or required to be licensed under this | ||||||
18 | Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June 30 | ||||||
19 | following one full year of the license being issued. | ||||||
20 | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
21 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | ||||||
22 | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | ||||||
23 | licenses and endorsements under this Section. |
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1 | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) | ||||||
2 | have successfully completed an approved educator | ||||||
3 | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | ||||||
4 | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | ||||||
5 | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | ||||||
6 | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | ||||||
7 | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | ||||||
8 | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | ||||||
9 | the exceptional child, including without limitation | ||||||
10 | children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | ||||||
11 | successfully completed coursework in methods of reading | ||||||
12 | and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other | ||||||
13 | criteria established by rule of the State Board of | ||||||
14 | Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License. | ||||||
15 | All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30 | ||||||
16 | immediately following 5 years of the license being issued. | ||||||
17 | The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with | ||||||
18 | specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is | ||||||
19 | eligible to practice. For an early childhood education | ||||||
20 | endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student | ||||||
21 | teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher | ||||||
22 | preparation program through placement in a setting with | ||||||
23 | children from birth through grade 2, and the individual may | ||||||
24 | be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The | ||||||
25 | student teaching experience must meet the requirements of | ||||||
26 | and be approved by the individual's early childhood teacher |
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1 | preparation program. | ||||||
2 | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | ||||||
3 | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | ||||||
4 | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | ||||||
5 | in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable | ||||||
6 | content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | ||||||
7 | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | ||||||
8 | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | ||||||
9 | that limits the license holder to one particular position | ||||||
10 | or does not require completion of an approved educator | ||||||
11 | program or both. | ||||||
12 | An individual with an Educator License with | ||||||
13 | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | ||||||
14 | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | ||||||
15 | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | ||||||
16 | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | ||||||
17 | with the following endorsements: | ||||||
18 | (A) (Blank). | ||||||
19 | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | ||||||
20 | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | ||||||
21 | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | ||||||
22 | applicant who, at the time of applying for the | ||||||
23 | endorsement, has done all of the following: | ||||||
24 | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | ||||||
25 | college or university with a minimum of a | ||||||
26 | bachelor's degree. |
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1 | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | ||||||
2 | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | ||||||
3 | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | ||||||
4 | Code. | ||||||
5 | (iii) Passed a content area test, as required | ||||||
6 | under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
7 | The alternative provisional educator endorsement is | ||||||
8 | valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a | ||||||
9 | third year by an individual meeting the requirements set | ||||||
10 | forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | ||||||
11 | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | ||||||
12 | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | ||||||
13 | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | ||||||
14 | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | ||||||
15 | superintendent in a school district's central office. | ||||||
16 | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | ||||||
17 | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | ||||||
18 | done all of the following: | ||||||
19 | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | ||||||
20 | college or university with a minimum of a master's | ||||||
21 | degree in a management field other than education. | ||||||
22 | (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | ||||||
23 | years in a management level position in a field | ||||||
24 | other than education. | ||||||
25 | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | ||||||
26 | of an alternative route to superintendent |
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1 | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 | ||||||
2 | of this Code. | ||||||
3 | (iv) Passed a content area test required under | ||||||
4 | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
5 | The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | ||||||
6 | order to complete one full year of serving as a | ||||||
7 | superintendent or assistant superintendent. | ||||||
8 | (D) (Blank). | ||||||
9 | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | ||||||
10 | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | ||||||
11 | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has | ||||||
12 | a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | ||||||
13 | regionally accredited institution of higher education | ||||||
14 | or an accredited trade and technical institution and | ||||||
15 | has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | ||||||
16 | education in each area to be taught. | ||||||
17 | The career and technical educator 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. For | ||||||
21 | individuals who were issued the career and technical | ||||||
22 | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
23 | Stipulations on or after January 1, 2015, the license | ||||||
24 | may be renewed if the individual passes a test of work | ||||||
25 | proficiency, as required under Section 21B-30 of this | ||||||
26 | Code. |
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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 degree | ||||||
4 | may substitute teach in career and technical education | ||||||
5 | classrooms. | ||||||
6 | (F) Part-time provisional career and technical | ||||||
7 | educator or provisional career and technical educator. | ||||||
8 | A part-time provisional career and technical educator | ||||||
9 | endorsement or a provisional career and technical | ||||||
10 | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
11 | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has a | ||||||
12 | minimum of 8,000 hours of work experience in the skill | ||||||
13 | for which the applicant is seeking the endorsement. It | ||||||
14 | is the responsibility of each employing school board | ||||||
15 | and regional office of education to provide | ||||||
16 | verification, in writing, to the State Superintendent | ||||||
17 | of Education at the time the application is submitted | ||||||
18 | that no qualified teacher holding a Professional | ||||||
19 | Educator License or an Educator License with | ||||||
20 | Stipulations with a career and technical educator | ||||||
21 | endorsement is available and that actual circumstances | ||||||
22 | require such issuance. | ||||||
23 | The provisional career and technical educator | ||||||
24 | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | ||||||
25 | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of | ||||||
26 | the endorsement being issued and may be renewed for 5 |
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1 | years. For individuals who were issued the provisional | ||||||
2 | career and technical educator endorsement on an | ||||||
3 | Educator License with Stipulations on or after January | ||||||
4 | 1, 2015, the license may be renewed if the individual | ||||||
5 | passes a test of work proficiency, as required under | ||||||
6 | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
7 | A part-time provisional career and technical | ||||||
8 | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
9 | Stipulations may be issued for teaching no more than 2 | ||||||
10 | courses of study for grades 6 through 12. The part-time | ||||||
11 | provisional career and technical educator endorsement | ||||||
12 | on an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | ||||||
13 | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | ||||||
14 | endorsement being issued and may be renewed for 5 years | ||||||
15 | if the individual makes application for renewal. | ||||||
16 | An individual who holds a provisional or part-time | ||||||
17 | provisional career and technical educator endorsement | ||||||
18 | on an Educator License with Stipulations but does not | ||||||
19 | hold a bachelor's degree may substitute teach in career | ||||||
20 | and technical education classrooms. | ||||||
21 | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | ||||||
22 | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | ||||||
23 | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | ||||||
24 | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | ||||||
25 | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | ||||||
26 | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all |
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1 | of the following requirements: | ||||||
2 | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | ||||||
3 | writing ability in the language other than English | ||||||
4 | in which transitional bilingual education is | ||||||
5 | offered. | ||||||
6 | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | ||||||
7 | communicate in English. | ||||||
8 | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | ||||||
9 | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | ||||||
10 | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | ||||||
11 | comparable teaching certificate or comparable | ||||||
12 | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | ||||||
13 | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | ||||||
14 | a foreign country that the State Educator | ||||||
15 | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | ||||||
16 | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | ||||||
17 | regionally accredited institution of higher | ||||||
18 | learning in the United States. | ||||||
19 | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | ||||||
20 | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, is | ||||||
21 | valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of | ||||||
22 | the endorsement being issued, and shall not be renewed. | ||||||
23 | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | ||||||
24 | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | ||||||
25 | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | ||||||
26 | replaced for any reason. |
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1 | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | ||||||
2 | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | ||||||
3 | other than English in the public schools, an individual | ||||||
4 | who holds an Educator License with Stipulations may | ||||||
5 | also apply for a language endorsement, provided that | ||||||
6 | the applicant provides satisfactory evidence that he | ||||||
7 | or she meets all of the following requirements: | ||||||
8 | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | ||||||
9 | endorsement. | ||||||
10 | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | ||||||
11 | language for which the endorsement is to be issued | ||||||
12 | by passing the applicable language content test | ||||||
13 | required by the State Board of Education. | ||||||
14 | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | ||||||
15 | a regionally accredited institution of higher | ||||||
16 | education or, for individuals educated in a | ||||||
17 | country other than the United States, holds a | ||||||
18 | degree from an institution of higher learning in a | ||||||
19 | foreign country that the State Educator | ||||||
20 | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | ||||||
21 | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | ||||||
22 | regionally accredited institution of higher | ||||||
23 | learning in the United States. | ||||||
24 | (iv) (Blank). | ||||||
25 | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
26 | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through |
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1 | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | ||||||
2 | individual's transitional bilingual educator | ||||||
3 | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | ||||||
4 | and shall not be renewed. | ||||||
5 | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | ||||||
6 | international educator endorsement on an Educator | ||||||
7 | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | ||||||
8 | individual who is being recruited by a particular | ||||||
9 | school district that conducts formal recruitment | ||||||
10 | programs outside of the United States to secure the | ||||||
11 | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of the | ||||||
12 | following requirements: | ||||||
13 | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | ||||||
14 | bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | ||||||
15 | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | ||||||
16 | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | ||||||
17 | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | ||||||
18 | subject to be taught. | ||||||
19 | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | ||||||
20 | language. | ||||||
21 | A holder of a visiting international educator | ||||||
22 | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | ||||||
23 | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | ||||||
24 | programs in the language that was the medium of | ||||||
25 | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | ||||||
26 | provided that he or she passes the English Language |
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1 | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | ||||||
2 | skills in English identified by the State Board of | ||||||
3 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
4 | Preparation and Licensure Board. | ||||||
5 | A visiting international educator endorsement on | ||||||
6 | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 3 | ||||||
7 | years and shall not be renewed. | ||||||
8 | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | ||||||
9 | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
10 | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | ||||||
11 | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | ||||||
12 | either holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | ||||||
13 | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | ||||||
14 | institution of higher education or has passed a | ||||||
15 | paraprofessional competency test under subsection | ||||||
16 | (c-5) of Section 21B-30 . The paraprofessional educator | ||||||
17 | endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | ||||||
18 | following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and | ||||||
19 | may be renewed through application and payment of the | ||||||
20 | appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of | ||||||
21 | this Code. An individual who holds only a | ||||||
22 | paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject | ||||||
23 | to additional requirements in order to renew the | ||||||
24 | endorsement. | ||||||
25 | (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | ||||||
26 | business official endorsement on an Educator License |
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1 | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | ||||||
2 | qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | ||||||
3 | years of full-time administrative experience in school | ||||||
4 | business management or 2 years of university-approved | ||||||
5 | practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | ||||||
6 | hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | ||||||
7 | State Board of Education for the preparation of school | ||||||
8 | business administrators and by passage of the | ||||||
9 | applicable State tests, including an applicable | ||||||
10 | content area test. | ||||||
11 | The chief school business official endorsement may | ||||||
12 | also be affixed to the Educator License with | ||||||
13 | Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a | ||||||
14 | master's degree in business administration, finance, | ||||||
15 | accounting, or public administration and who completes | ||||||
16 | an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | ||||||
17 | business management from a regionally accredited | ||||||
18 | institution of higher education and passes the | ||||||
19 | applicable State tests, including an applicable | ||||||
20 | content area test. This endorsement shall be required | ||||||
21 | for any individual employed as a chief school business | ||||||
22 | official. | ||||||
23 | The chief school business official 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 if the |
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1 | license holder completes renewal requirements as | ||||||
2 | required for individuals who hold a Professional | ||||||
3 | Educator License endorsed for chief school business | ||||||
4 | official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | ||||||
5 | rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | ||||||
6 | Education. | ||||||
7 | The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules | ||||||
8 | necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | ||||||
9 | (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | ||||||
10 | in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | ||||||
11 | with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | ||||||
12 | completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation | ||||||
13 | program at an Illinois institution of higher education | ||||||
14 | and who has not successfully completed an | ||||||
15 | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | ||||||
16 | who meets all of the following requirements: | ||||||
17 | (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | ||||||
18 | (ii) Has completed an approved educator | ||||||
19 | preparation program at an Illinois institution. | ||||||
20 | (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | ||||||
21 | test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
22 | (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | ||||||
23 | assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | ||||||
24 | minimum score on that assessment, as established | ||||||
25 | by the State Board of Education in consultation | ||||||
26 | with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure |
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1 | Board. | ||||||
2 | A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | ||||||
3 | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | ||||||
4 | full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | ||||||
5 | be renewed. | ||||||
6 | (M) School support personnel intern. A school | ||||||
7 | support personnel intern endorsement on an Educator | ||||||
8 | License with Stipulations may be issued as specified by | ||||||
9 | rule. | ||||||
10 | (N) Special education area. A special education | ||||||
11 | area endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
12 | Stipulations may be issued as defined and specified by | ||||||
13 | rule. | ||||||
14 | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | ||||||
15 | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | ||||||
16 | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | ||||||
17 | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | ||||||
18 | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | ||||||
19 | a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's degree | ||||||
20 | or higher from a regionally accredited institution of | ||||||
21 | higher education. | ||||||
22 | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | ||||||
23 | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | ||||||
24 | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | ||||||
25 | has had his or her Professional Educator License or | ||||||
26 | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, |
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1 | then that individual is not eligible to obtain a Substitute | ||||||
2 | Teaching License. | ||||||
3 | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | ||||||
4 | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | ||||||
5 | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | ||||||
6 | contract because of an emergency situation, then a district | ||||||
7 | may employ a substitute teacher for no longer than 30 | ||||||
8 | calendar days per each vacant position in the district if | ||||||
9 | the district notifies the appropriate regional office of | ||||||
10 | education within 5 business days after the employment of | ||||||
11 | the substitute teacher in the emergency situation. An | ||||||
12 | emergency situation is one in which an unforeseen vacancy | ||||||
13 | has occurred and (i) a teacher is unable to fulfill his or | ||||||
14 | her contractual duties or (ii) teacher capacity needs of | ||||||
15 | the district exceed previous indications, and the district | ||||||
16 | is actively engaged in advertising to hire a fully licensed | ||||||
17 | teacher for the vacant position. | ||||||
18 | There is no limit on the number of days that a | ||||||
19 | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | ||||||
20 | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | ||||||
21 | than 90 school days for any one licensed teacher under | ||||||
22 | contract in the same school year. A substitute teacher who | ||||||
23 | holds a Professional Educator License or Educator License | ||||||
24 | with Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school | ||||||
25 | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | ||||||
26 | same school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on |
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1 | the number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do | ||||||
2 | not apply to any school district operating under Article 34 | ||||||
3 | of this Code. | ||||||
4 | A school district may not require an individual who | ||||||
5 | holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator | ||||||
6 | License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | ||||||
7 | Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | ||||||
8 | (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | ||||||
9 | on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2023, the State Board of | ||||||
10 | Education may issue a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | ||||||
11 | License. A Short-Term Substitute Teaching License may be | ||||||
12 | issued to a qualified applicant for substitute teaching in | ||||||
13 | all grades of the public schools, prekindergarten through | ||||||
14 | grade 12. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not | ||||||
15 | eligible for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term | ||||||
16 | Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate's | ||||||
17 | degree or have completed at least 60 credit hours from a | ||||||
18 | regionally accredited institution of higher education. | ||||||
19 | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for | ||||||
20 | substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an | ||||||
21 | individual has had his or her Professional Educator License | ||||||
22 | or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or | ||||||
23 | revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | ||||||
24 | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | ||||||
25 | The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this | ||||||
26 | Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. |
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1 | An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | ||||||
2 | License may teach no more than 5 consecutive days per | ||||||
3 | licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | ||||||
4 | absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who is | ||||||
5 | under contract, a school district may not hire an | ||||||
6 | individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | ||||||
7 | License. An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute | ||||||
8 | Teaching License must complete the training program under | ||||||
9 | Section 10-20.67 or 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to | ||||||
10 | teach at a public school. This paragraph (4) is inoperative | ||||||
11 | on and after July 1, 2023.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 100-8, eff. 7-1-17; 100-13, eff. 7-1-17; 100-288, | ||||||
13 | eff. 8-24-17; 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-821, eff. 9-3-18; | ||||||
14 | 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. | ||||||
15 | 8-7-19.)
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16 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-30)
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17 | Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. | ||||||
18 | (a) (Blank). This Section applies beginning on July 1, | ||||||
19 | 2012. | ||||||
20 | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
21 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design | ||||||
22 | and implement a system of examinations, which shall be required | ||||||
23 | prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These examinations | ||||||
24 | and indicators must be based on national and State professional | ||||||
25 | teaching standards, as determined by the State Board of |
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1 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | ||||||
2 | and Licensure Board. The State Board of Education may adopt | ||||||
3 | such rules as may be necessary to implement and administer this | ||||||
4 | Section. | ||||||
5 | (c) (Blank). | ||||||
6 | (c-5) The State Board must adopt rules to implement a | ||||||
7 | paraprofessional competency test. This test would allow an | ||||||
8 | applicant seeking an Educator License with Stipulations with a | ||||||
9 | paraprofessional educator endorsement to obtain the | ||||||
10 | endorsement if he or she passes the test and meets the other | ||||||
11 | requirements of subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of Section | ||||||
12 | 21B-20 other than the higher education requirements. | ||||||
13 | (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be | ||||||
14 | required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area | ||||||
15 | of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There | ||||||
16 | shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall | ||||||
17 | be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record | ||||||
18 | until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. | ||||||
19 | (e) (Blank). | ||||||
20 | (f) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, beginning | ||||||
21 | on September 1, 2015, all candidates completing teacher | ||||||
22 | preparation programs in this State and all candidates subject | ||||||
23 | to Section 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass a teacher | ||||||
24 | performance assessment approved by the State Board of | ||||||
25 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | ||||||
26 | and Licensure Board. Subject to appropriation, an individual |
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1 | who holds a Professional Educator License and is employed for a | ||||||
2 | minimum of one school year by a school district designated as | ||||||
3 | Tier 1 under Section 18-8.15 may, after application to the | ||||||
4 | State Board, receive from the State Board a refund for any | ||||||
5 | costs associated with completing the teacher performance | ||||||
6 | assessment under this subsection. | ||||||
7 | (g) The content area knowledge test and the teacher | ||||||
8 | performance assessment shall be the tests that from time to | ||||||
9 | time are designated by the State Board of Education, in | ||||||
10 | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
11 | Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing | ||||||
12 | organization or tests designed by the State Board of Education, | ||||||
13 | in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and | ||||||
14 | Licensure Board. The test of content area knowledge shall | ||||||
15 | assess content knowledge in a specific subject field. The tests | ||||||
16 | must be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no | ||||||
17 | person taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis | ||||||
18 | of race, color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to | ||||||
19 | the person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The | ||||||
20 | score required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State | ||||||
21 | Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
22 | Preparation and Licensure Board. The tests shall be | ||||||
23 | administered not fewer than 3 times a year at such time and | ||||||
24 | place as may be designated by the State Board of Education, in | ||||||
25 | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
26 | Board. |
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1 | The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess | ||||||
2 | the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of | ||||||
3 | applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under | ||||||
4 | subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this Code | ||||||
5 | in the English language and in the language of the transitional | ||||||
6 | bilingual education program requested by the applicant. | ||||||
7 | (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the | ||||||
8 | provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school | ||||||
9 | district subject to Article 34 of this Code. | ||||||
10 | (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the | ||||||
11 | testing requirements under this Section shall include without | ||||||
12 | limitation provisions governing test selection, test | ||||||
13 | validation and determination of a passing score, | ||||||
14 | administration of the tests, frequency of administration, | ||||||
15 | applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the | ||||||
16 | years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special | ||||||
17 | accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop such | ||||||
18 | rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to year | ||||||
19 | in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; | ||||||
21 | 100-932, eff. 8-17-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. | ||||||
22 | 8-7-19.)
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23 | (105 ILCS 5/27A-10)
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24 | Sec. 27A-10. Employees.
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25 | (a) A person shall be deemed to be employed by a charter |
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1 | school unless a
collective bargaining agreement or the charter | ||||||
2 | school
contract otherwise provides.
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3 | (b) In all school districts, including special charter | ||||||
4 | districts and
districts located in
cities having a population | ||||||
5 | exceeding 500,000, the local school board shall
determine by | ||||||
6 | policy or by negotiated
agreement, if one exists, the | ||||||
7 | employment status of any school district
employees who are | ||||||
8 | employed by a charter school and who seek to return to
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9 | employment in the public
schools of the district. Each local | ||||||
10 | school board shall grant, for a period of
up to 5 years, a | ||||||
11 | leave of absence to those of its teachers who accept
employment | ||||||
12 | with a charter school. At the end of the authorized leave of
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13 | absence, the teacher must return to the school district or | ||||||
14 | resign; provided ,
however, that if the teacher chooses to | ||||||
15 | return to the school district, the
teacher must be assigned to | ||||||
16 | a position that which requires the teacher's licensure
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17 | certification and legal qualifications. The
contractual
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18 | continued service status and retirement benefits of a
teacher | ||||||
19 | of the district who is granted a leave of absence to accept | ||||||
20 | employment
with a charter school shall not be affected by that | ||||||
21 | leave of absence.
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22 | (c) Charter schools shall employ in instructional | ||||||
23 | positions, as defined in
the charter, individuals who are | ||||||
24 | licensed certificated under Article 21B 21 of this
Code or who | ||||||
25 | possess the following qualifications:
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26 | (i) graduated with a bachelor's degree from an |
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1 | accredited institution of
higher learning;
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2 | (ii) been employed for a period of at least 5 years in | ||||||
3 | an area requiring
application of the individual's | ||||||
4 | education;
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5 | (iii) passed a content area knowledge test required | ||||||
6 | under Section 21B-30 of this Code (blank) ; and
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7 | (iv) demonstrate continuing evidence of professional | ||||||
8 | growth , which shall
include, but not be limited to, | ||||||
9 | successful teaching experience, attendance at
professional | ||||||
10 | meetings, membership in professional organizations, | ||||||
11 | additional
credits earned at institutions of higher | ||||||
12 | learning, travel specifically for
educational purposes, | ||||||
13 | and reading of professional books and periodicals.
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14 | (c-5) Charter schools employing individuals without | ||||||
15 | licensure certification in
instructional positions shall | ||||||
16 | provide such mentoring, training, and staff
development for | ||||||
17 | those individuals as the charter schools determine necessary
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18 | for satisfactory performance in the classroom.
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19 | At least 50% of the
individuals
employed in instructional | ||||||
20 | positions by a charter school that is operating in a
city
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21 | having a population exceeding 500,000 and that is
established | ||||||
22 | on or after April 16, 2003 shall hold teaching licenses | ||||||
23 | certificates issued under
Article 21B 21 of this Code.
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24 | At
least 75% of the individuals employed in instructional | ||||||
25 | positions by a
charter school that is operating in a city | ||||||
26 | having a population exceeding
500,000 and that was
established |
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1 | before April 16, 2003 shall hold teaching licenses certificates | ||||||
2 | issued under
Article 21B 21 of this Code.
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3 | (c-10) Notwithstanding any provision in subsection (c-5) | ||||||
4 | to the contrary, in any charter school established before , on, | ||||||
5 | or after July 30, 2009 ( the effective date of Public Act | ||||||
6 | 96-105) this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly , at | ||||||
7 | least 75% of the individuals employed in instructional | ||||||
8 | positions by the charter school shall hold teaching licenses | ||||||
9 | certificates issued under Article 21B 21 of this Code beginning | ||||||
10 | with the 2012-2013 school year . In any charter school | ||||||
11 | established after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
12 | the 96th General Assembly, at least 75% of the individuals | ||||||
13 | employed in instructional positions by a charter school shall | ||||||
14 | hold teaching certificates issued under Article 21 of this Code | ||||||
15 | by the beginning of the fourth school year during which a | ||||||
16 | student is enrolled in the charter school. Charter schools may | ||||||
17 | employ non-licensed non-certificated staff in all other | ||||||
18 | positions. | ||||||
19 | (c-15) Charter schools are
exempt from any annual cap on | ||||||
20 | new
participants in an alternative educator licensure | ||||||
21 | certification program. The second
and third phases of the | ||||||
22 | alternative certification program may
be conducted and | ||||||
23 | completed at the charter school, and the
alternative | ||||||
24 | provisional educator endorsement teaching certificate is valid | ||||||
25 | for 4 years or the length
of the charter (or any extension of | ||||||
26 | the charter), whichever is longer.
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1 | (d) A teacher at a charter school may resign his or her | ||||||
2 | position only if
the teacher gives notice of resignation to the | ||||||
3 | charter school's governing body
at least 60 days before the end | ||||||
4 | of the school term, and the resignation must
take effect | ||||||
5 | immediately upon the end of the school term.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 101-220, eff. 8-7-19.)
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
8 | becoming law.
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