Section 475.10  Authority and Applicability

a)         This Part is authorized by Section 5-10(a)(i) of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act [5 ILCS 100/5-10(a)(i)].

b)         This Part shall apply to all administrative hearings conducted under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the State Superintendent of Education, or the State Teacher Certification Board (STCB) wherein the provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act concerning contested cases apply or where provided by the rules of the State Board of Education governing formal administrative hearings, except as provided in subsection (c) of this Section.

c)         Where statutes or other rules applicable to the ISBE or the STCB contain practices different from those set forth in this Part, then those separate statutes and rules shall apply insofar as they differ from this Part, e.g., in the case of hearings related to renewal of teaching certificates conducted under Section 21-14 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/21-14(h)(2)] and pursuant to 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25 (Certification).

(Source:  Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 10146, effective June 30, 2005)