Full Text of HB5863 96th General Assembly
HB5863eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 | 5 |
| 21-9 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/21-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-9)
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| Sec. 21-9. Substitute certificates and substitute | 8 |
| teaching.
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| (a) A
substitute teacher's certificate
may
be issued for | 10 |
| teaching in all grades of the
common schools. Such certificate
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| may be issued upon
request of the regional superintendent of
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| schools of any region in which the teacher is to
teach. A | 13 |
| substitute teacher's certificate is valid for teaching in the
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| public schools of
any county. Such certificate may be issued to | 15 |
| persons who either (a) hold
a certificate
valid for teaching in | 16 |
| the common schools as shown on the face of the
certificate,
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| hold a bachelor of arts degree from an institution of higher | 18 |
| learning
accredited by the North Central Association or other | 19 |
| comparable regional
accrediting association or have been | 20 |
| graduated from a recognized institution
of higher learning with | 21 |
| a bachelor's degree, or (c) have had 2 years of
teaching | 22 |
| experience and meet such other
rules and regulations as may be | 23 |
| adopted by the State
Board of Education in consultation with |
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| the State Teacher Certification
Board. Such certificate shall | 2 |
| expire on June 30 in the fourth year from date
of issue.
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| Substitute teacher's certificates are not subject to | 4 |
| endorsement as
described in Section 21-1b of this Code.
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| (b) A teacher holding a substitute teacher's certificate | 6 |
| may teach only in
the
place of a certified teacher who is under | 7 |
| contract with the employing board and
may teach only when no | 8 |
| appropriate fully certified teacher is available to
teach in a
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| substitute capacity. A teacher holding an early childhood | 10 |
| certificate, an
elementary certificate, a high school | 11 |
| certificate, or a special
certificate may also substitute teach | 12 |
| in grades K-12 but only in the place of a
certified teacher who | 13 |
| is under contract with the employing board. A
substitute | 14 |
| teacher may teach only for a period not to exceed
90 paid | 15 |
| school days or 450 paid school hours in any one school district | 16 |
| in any
one
school term.
However,
a teacher holding an early | 17 |
| childhood, elementary, high school, or special
certificate may | 18 |
| substitute teach for a period not to exceed 120 paid
school | 19 |
| days or 600 paid school hours in any one school district in any
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| one school term.
Where such teaching is partly on a daily and | 21 |
| partly on an hourly
basis,
a school day shall be considered as | 22 |
| 5 hours.
The teaching limitations imposed by this subsection
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| upon teachers holding substitute certificates shall
not apply | 24 |
| in any school district operating under Article 34.
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| (c) In order to substitute teach in the public schools, a | 26 |
| person holding a valid substitute teacher's certificate or a |
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| person holding a valid early childhood certificate, a valid | 2 |
| elementary certificate, a valid high school certificate, or a | 3 |
| valid special certificate shall register as a substitute | 4 |
| teacher with the regional superintendent of schools in each | 5 |
| educational service region where the person will be employed. A | 6 |
| person who registers as a substitute teacher with the regional | 7 |
| superintendent of schools is responsible for (1) the payment of | 8 |
| fees to register the certificate for its period of validity, | 9 |
| (2) authorization of a criminal history records check and | 10 |
| checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide | 11 |
| Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database, as | 12 |
| provided in Section 10-21.9 of this Code, (3) payment of the | 13 |
| cost of the criminal history records check and checks of the | 14 |
| Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child Murderer | 15 |
| and Violent Offender Against Youth Database, and (4) providing | 16 |
| evidence of physical fitness and freedom from communicable | 17 |
| disease, including tuberculosis, which may consist of a | 18 |
| physical examination and a tuberculin skin test as required by | 19 |
| Section 24-5 of this Code. | 20 |
| The regional superintendent of schools shall maintain a | 21 |
| file for each registered substitute teacher in the educational | 22 |
| service region that includes a copy of the person's | 23 |
| certificate, the results from the criminal history records | 24 |
| check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and | 25 |
| Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth | 26 |
| Database, a copy of the physical examination, and a copy of the |
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| tuberculin skin test. The regional superintendent of schools | 2 |
| shall issue a signed and sealed certificate of authorization to | 3 |
| the substitute teacher that verifies that the substitute | 4 |
| teacher has completed the registration process and criminal | 5 |
| history records check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender | 6 |
| Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender | 7 |
| Against Youth Database and has a physical examination and | 8 |
| negative tuberculin test on file with the regional | 9 |
| superintendent of schools and is thereby approved to substitute | 10 |
| teach in the public schools of the educational service region. | 11 |
| This certificate must be presented to all prospective employing | 12 |
| school districts in the educational service region, who shall | 13 |
| photocopy the certificate and keep a copy of the certificate | 14 |
| with employment records for the substitute teacher. | 15 |
| Persons wishing to substitute teach in more than one | 16 |
| educational service region shall register as a substitute | 17 |
| teacher with the appropriate regional superintendent of | 18 |
| schools. The registration process shall include all items | 19 |
| listed in the first paragraph of this subsection (b), with the | 20 |
| exception of the authorization of a criminal history records | 21 |
| check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and | 22 |
| Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth | 23 |
| Database and the accompanying payment of associated fees. If | 24 |
| the substitute teacher has been issued a signed and sealed | 25 |
| certificate of authorization from another regional | 26 |
| superintendent of schools, the registering entity may |
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| photocopy the certificate for its files and verify the | 2 |
| substitute teacher's registration status using a centralized | 3 |
| electronic database of substitute teacher registrations. | 4 |
| (Source: P.A. 92-184, eff. 7-27-01; 93-679, eff. 6-30-04.)
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