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 Bill Status of SB2997  101st General Assembly


Short Description:  SCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSURE

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Jil Tracy

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/13/2021SenateSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
105 ILCS 5/21B-20


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides for a specialized educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations to be issued to an applicant who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has (i) graduated from a regionally accredited college or university with an associate degree or higher, (ii) completed at least 6 semester hours of coursework from an Illinois-approved educator preparation program, and (iii) passed a content area test in the content area in which he or she completed a major at the regionally accredited college or university. Allows the holder of a specialized educator endorsement to teach in an elementary or secondary school in the content area in which he or she completed a major at the regionally accredited college or university.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/5/2020SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy
  2/5/2020SenateFirst Reading
  2/5/2020SenateReferred to Assignments
  2/11/2020SenateAssigned to Education
  4/12/2020SenatePursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
  1/13/2021SenateSession Sine Die

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