Votes: IL SB0010 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

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]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Voting Records

ChamberVoteDateYeaNayNVAbsTotalResultSourceView
SenateConcurrence in Senate2019-11-1448011059PassedLinkView
HouseThird Reading in House2019-11-13108510114PassedLinkView
SenateThird Reading in Senate2019-04-1145113059PassedLinkView


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