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91_HB0924
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1 AN ACT relating to certification of school personnel.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 2-3.11, 10-21.9, 10-22.20a, 10-22.24a, 10-22.34,
6 14-1.09.1, 14-8.05, 14C-2, 21-1, 21-1a, 21-1b, 21-1c, 21-2,
7 21-2.1, 21-2b, 21-3, 21-4, 21-5, 21-5a, 21-5b, 21-5c, 21-5d,
8 21-7.1, 21-9, 21-10, 21-11, 21-11.1, 21-11.2, 21-11.3,
9 21-11.4, 21-12, 21-14, 21-16, 21-17, 21-19, 21-21, 21-21.1,
10 21-23, 21-23b, 21-24, 21-25, 34-18.5, and 34-83 and adding
11 Section 21-0.05 as follows:
12 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11)
13 Sec. 2-3.11. Report to Governor and General Assembly.
14 To report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on or
15 before January 14 the condition of the schools of the State
16 for the preceding year, ending on June 30.
17 Such annual report shall contain reports of the State
18 Teacher Certification Board; the schools of the State
19 charitable institutions; reports on driver education, special
20 education, and transportation; and for such year the annual
21 statistical reports of the State Board of Education,
22 including the number and kinds of school districts; number of
23 school attendance centers; number of men and women teachers;
24 enrollment by grades; total enrollment; total days
25 attendance; total days absence; average daily attendance;
26 number of elementary and secondary school graduates; assessed
27 valuation; tax levies and tax rates for various purposes;
28 amount of teachers' orders, anticipation warrants, and bonds
29 outstanding; and number of men and women teachers and total
30 enrollment of private schools. The report shall give for all
31 school districts receipts from all sources and expenditures
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1 for all purposes for each fund; the total operating expense
2 and the per capita cost; federal and state aids and
3 reimbursements; new school buildings, and recognized schools;
4 together with such other information and suggestions as the
5 State Board of Education may deem important in relation to
6 the schools and school laws and the means of promoting
7 education throughout the state.
8 (Source: P.A. 84-1308; 84-1424.)
9 (105 ILCS 5/10-21.9) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9)
10 Sec. 10-21.9. Criminal background investigations.
11 (a) After August 1, 1985, certified and noncertified
12 applicants for employment with a school district, except
13 school bus driver applicants, are required as a condition of
14 employment to authorize an investigation to determine if such
15 applicants have been convicted of any of the enumerated
16 criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of this Section.
17 Authorization for the investigation shall be furnished by the
18 applicant to the school district, except that if the
19 applicant is a substitute teacher seeking employment in more
20 than one school district, a teacher seeking concurrent
21 part-time employment positions with more than one school
22 district (as a reading specialist, special education teacher
23 or otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee
24 seeking employment positions with more than one district, any
25 such district may require the applicant to furnish
26 authorization for the investigation to the regional
27 superintendent of the educational service region in which are
28 located the school districts in which the applicant is
29 seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time
30 teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee.
31 Upon receipt of this authorization, the school district or
32 the appropriate regional superintendent, as the case may be,
33 shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth
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1 and social security number to the Department of State Police
2 on forms prescribed by the Department. The regional
3 superintendent submitting the requisite information to the
4 Department of State Police shall promptly notify the school
5 districts in which the applicant is seeking employment as a
6 substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
7 educational support personnel employee that the investigation
8 of the applicant has been requested. The Department of State
9 Police shall conduct an investigation to ascertain if the
10 applicant being considered for employment has been convicted
11 of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in
12 subsection (c). The Department shall charge the school
13 district or the appropriate regional superintendent a fee for
14 conducting such investigation, which fee shall be deposited
15 in the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the
16 cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a
17 fee for such investigation by the school district or by the
18 regional superintendent. The regional superintendent may
19 seek reimbursement from the State Board of Education or the
20 appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
21 regional superintendent to the Department for the criminal
22 background investigations required by this Section.
23 (b) The Department shall furnish, pursuant to positive
24 identification, records of convictions, until expunged, to
25 the president of the school board for the school district
26 which requested the investigation, or to the regional
27 superintendent who requested the investigation. Any
28 information concerning the record of convictions obtained by
29 the president of the school board or the regional
30 superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
31 transmitted to the superintendent of the school district or
32 his designee, the appropriate regional superintendent if the
33 investigation was requested by the school district, the
34 presidents of the appropriate school boards if the
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1 investigation was requested from the Department of State
2 Police by the regional superintendent, the State
3 Superintendent of Education, the Professional Teacher
4 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board or any
5 other person necessary to the decision of hiring the
6 applicant for employment. A copy of the record of
7 convictions obtained from the Department of State Police
8 shall be provided to the applicant for employment. If an
9 investigation of an applicant for employment as a substitute
10 or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent educational
11 support personnel employee in more than one school district
12 was requested by the regional superintendent, and the
13 Department of State Police upon investigation ascertains that
14 the applicant has not been convicted of any of the enumerated
15 criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) and so notifies
16 the regional superintendent, then the regional superintendent
17 shall issue to the applicant a certificate evidencing that as
18 of the date specified by the Department of State Police the
19 applicant has not been convicted of any of the enumerated
20 criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c). The school
21 board of any school district located in the educational
22 service region served by the regional superintendent who
23 issues such a certificate to an applicant for employment as a
24 substitute teacher in more than one such district may rely on
25 the certificate issued by the regional superintendent to that
26 applicant, or may initiate its own investigation of the
27 applicant through the Department of State Police as provided
28 in subsection (a). Any person who releases any confidential
29 information concerning any criminal convictions of an
30 applicant for employment shall be guilty of a Class A
31 misdemeanor, unless the release of such information is
32 authorized by this Section.
33 (c) No school board shall knowingly employ a person who
34 has been convicted for committing attempted first degree
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1 murder or for committing or attempting to commit first degree
2 murder or a Class X felony or any one or more of the
3 following offenses: (i) those defined in Sections 11-6, 11-9,
4 11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-19.1,
5 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15
6 and 12-16 of the "Criminal Code of 1961"; (ii) those defined
7 in the "Cannabis Control Act" except those defined in
8 Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act; (iii) those defined
9 in the "Illinois Controlled Substances Act"; and (iv) any
10 offense committed or attempted in any other state or against
11 the laws of the United States, which if committed or
12 attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
13 more of the foregoing offenses. Further, no school board
14 shall knowingly employ a person who has been found to be the
15 perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor under 18
16 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the
17 Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
18 (d) No school board shall knowingly employ a person for
19 whom a criminal background investigation has not been
20 initiated.
21 (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a
22 finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate issued
23 pursuant to Article 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the
24 School Code, the appropriate regional superintendent of
25 schools or the State Superintendent of Education shall
26 initiate the certificate suspension and revocation
27 proceedings authorized by law.
28 (f) After January 1, 1990 the provisions of this Section
29 shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
30 contracts with any school district including, but not limited
31 to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
32 transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
33 the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
34 criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
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1 firms holding contracts with more than one school district
2 and assigned to more than one school district, the regional
3 superintendent of the educational service region in which the
4 contracting school districts are located may, at the request
5 of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
6 authorization for investigation prepared by each such
7 employee and submitting the same to the Department of State
8 Police. Any information concerning the record of conviction
9 of any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
10 shall be promptly reported to the president of the
11 appropriate school board or school boards.
12 (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96;
13 89-610, eff. 8-6-96; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a)
15 Sec. 10-22.20a. Advanced vocational training program,
16 and career education. To enter into joint agreements with
17 community college districts and other school districts for
18 the purpose of providing career education or advanced
19 vocational training of students in the 11th and higher grades
20 who desire preparation for a trade. Transportation for
21 students to any facility covered by a joint agreement as
22 described in this Section shall be provided by the
23 participating school district, or by the participating school
24 district in conjunction with other school districts. Joint
25 agreements entered into under this Section may include
26 provisions for joint authority to acquire and improve sites,
27 construct and equip facilities thereon and lease and equip
28 facilities deemed necessary by the parties to the joint
29 agreement, to maintain programs and to provide for financing
30 of the foregoing jointly by the respective parties, all in
31 accordance with the terms of the joint agreement.
32 Nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrict
33 or prohibit the rights of community college districts or
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1 school districts to enter into joint agreements under the
2 provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, as now
3 or hereinafter amended.
4 The duration of the career education or advanced
5 vocational training program shall be such period as the
6 school district may approve but it may not exceed 2 years for
7 any school district pupil. Participation in the program is
8 accorded the same credit toward a high school diploma as time
9 spent in other courses.
10 The participating community college shall bill each
11 participating student's school district for an amount equal
12 to the per capita cost of operating the community college
13 attended or a charge for participation may be made in
14 accordance with the joint agreement between the community
15 college district and the student's school district. Such
16 agreement shall not provide for payments in excess of the
17 actual cost of operating the course or courses in which the
18 student is enrolled. Participating high schools may use
19 State aid monies to pay the charges.
20 The community college instructors teaching in such
21 programs need not be certified by the Professional Teacher
22 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
23 (Source: P.A. 79-76.)
24 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
25 Sec. 10-22.24a. To employ school counselors certified as
26 such by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
27 Teacher Certification Board, and to supervise school
28 counselor interns enrolled in a school counseling program
29 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
30 Teacher Certification Board.
31 (Source: P.A. 82-998.)
32 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34)
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1 Sec. 10-22.34. Non-certificated personnel.
2 (a) School Boards may employ non-teaching personnel or
3 utilize volunteer personnel for: (1) non-teaching duties not
4 requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils; and
5 (2) supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception
6 areas used incident to instructional programs transmitted by
7 electronic media such as computers, video, and audio, and
8 detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
9 extracurricular activities.
10 (b) School boards may further utilize volunteer
11 non-certificated personnel or employ non-certificated
12 personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the
13 immediate supervision of a teacher, holding a valid
14 certificate, directly engaged in teaching subject matter or
15 conducting activities. The teacher shall be continuously
16 aware of the non-certificated persons' activities and shall
17 be able to control or modify them. The State Board of
18 Education, in consultation with the Professional Teacher
19 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board, shall
20 determine qualifications of such personnel and shall
21 prescribe rules for determining the duties and activities to
22 be assigned to such personnel. In the determination of
23 qualifications of such personnel, the State Board of
24 Education shall accept coursework earned in a recognized
25 institution or from an institution of higher learning
26 accredited by the North Central Association or other
27 comparable regional accrediting association.
28 (c) School boards may also employ students holding a
29 bachelor's degree from a recognized institution of higher
30 learning as part time teaching interns when such students are
31 enrolled in a college or university internship program, which
32 has prior approval by the Professional Teacher Standards
33 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
34 Teacher Certification Board, leading to a masters degree.
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1 (d) Nothing in this Section shall require constant
2 supervision of a student teacher enrolled in a student
3 teaching course at a college or university, provided such
4 activity has the prior approval of the representative of the
5 higher education institution and teaching plans have
6 previously been discussed with and approved by the
7 supervising teacher and further provided that such teaching
8 is within guidelines established by the Professional Teacher
9 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
10 the State Teacher Certification Board.
11 (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)
12 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1)
13 Sec. 14-1.09.1. School psychological services. In the
14 public schools, school psychological services provided by
15 qualified specialists who hold Type 73 School Service
16 Personnel Certificates endorsed for school psychology issued
17 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
18 Certification Board may include, but are not limited to: (i)
19 administration and interpretation of psychological and
20 educational evaluations; (ii) developing school-based
21 prevention programs, including violence prevention programs;
22 (iii) counseling with students, parents, and teachers on
23 educational and mental health issues; (iv) acting as liaisons
24 between public schools and community agencies; (v) evaluating
25 program effectiveness; (vi) providing crisis intervention
26 within the school setting; (vii) helping teachers, parents,
27 and others involved in the educational process to provide
28 optimum teaching and learning conditions for all students;
29 (viii) supervising school psychologist interns enrolled in
30 school psychology programs that meet the standards
31 established by the State Board of Education; and (ix)
32 screening of school enrollments to identify children who
33 should be referred for individual study. Nothing in this
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1 Section prohibits other qualified professionals from
2 providing those services listed for which they are
3 appropriately trained.
4 (Source: P.A. 89-339, eff. 8-17-95.)
5 (105 ILCS 5/14-8.05) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05)
6 Sec. 14-8.05. Behavioral intervention.
7 (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that
8 principals and teachers of students with disabilities require
9 training and guidance that provide ways for working
10 successfully with children who have difficulties conforming
11 to acceptable behavioral patterns in order to provide an
12 environment in which learning can occur. It is the intent of
13 the General Assembly:
14 (1) That when behavioral interventions are used,
15 they be used in consideration of the pupil's physical
16 freedom and social interaction, and be administered in a
17 manner that respects human dignity and personal privacy
18 and that ensures a pupil's right to placement in the
19 least restrictive educational environment.
20 (2) That behavioral management plans be developed
21 and used, to the extent possible, in a consistent manner
22 when a local educational agency has placed the pupil in a
23 day or residential setting for education purposes.
24 (3) That a statewide study be conducted of the use
25 of behavioral interventions with students with
26 disabilities receiving special education and related
27 services.
28 (4) That training programs be developed and
29 implemented in institutions of higher education that
30 train teachers, and that in-service training programs be
31 made available as necessary in school districts, in
32 educational service centers, and by regional
33 superintendents of schools to assure that adequately
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1 trained staff are available to work effectively with the
2 behavioral intervention needs of students with
3 disabilities.
4 (b) On or before September 30, 1993, the State
5 Superintendent of Education shall conduct a statewide study
6 of the use of behavioral interventions with students with
7 disabilities receiving special education and related
8 services. The study shall include, but not necessarily be
9 limited to identification of the frequency in the use of
10 behavioral interventions; the number of districts with
11 policies in place for working with children exhibiting
12 continuous serious behavioral problems; how policies, rules,
13 or regulations within districts differ between emergency and
14 routine behavioral interventions commonly practiced; the
15 nature and extent of costs for training provided to personnel
16 for implementing a program of nonaversive behavioral
17 interventions; and the nature and extent of costs for
18 training provided to parents of students with disabilities
19 who would be receiving behavioral interventions. The scope
20 of the study shall be developed by the State Board of
21 Education, in consultation with individuals and groups
22 representing parents, teachers, administrators, and
23 advocates. On or before June 30, 1994, the State Board of
24 Education shall issue guidelines based on the study's
25 findings. The guidelines shall address, but not be limited
26 to, the following: (i) appropriate behavioral interventions,
27 and (ii) how to properly document the need for and use of
28 behavioral interventions in the process of developing
29 individualized education plans for students with
30 disabilities. The guidelines shall be used as a reference to
31 assist school boards in developing local policies and
32 procedures in accordance with this Section. The State Board
33 of Education, with the advice of parents of students with
34 disabilities and other parents, teachers, administrators,
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1 advocates for persons with disabilities, and individuals with
2 knowledge or expertise in the development and implementation
3 of behavioral interventions for persons with disabilities,
4 shall review its behavioral intervention guidelines at least
5 once every 3 years to determine their continuing
6 appropriateness and effectiveness and shall make such
7 modifications in the guidelines as it deems necessary.
8 (c) Each school board must establish and maintain a
9 committee to develop policies and procedures on the use of
10 behavioral interventions for students with disabilities who
11 require behavioral intervention. The policies and procedures
12 shall be adopted and implemented by school boards by January
13 1, 1996 and shall: (i) be developed with the advice of
14 parents with students with disabilities and other parents,
15 teachers, administrators, advocates for persons with
16 disabilities, and individuals with knowledge or expertise in
17 the development and implementation of behavioral
18 interventions for persons with disabilities; (ii) emphasize
19 positive interventions that are designed to develop and
20 strengthen desirable behaviors; (iii) incorporate procedures
21 and methods consistent with generally accepted practice in
22 the field of behavioral intervention; (iv) include criteria
23 for determining when a student with disabilities may require
24 a behavioral intervention plan; (v) reflect that the
25 guidelines of the State Board of Education have been reviewed
26 and considered and provide the address of the State Board of
27 Education so that copies of the State Board of Education
28 behavioral guidelines may be requested; and (vi) include
29 procedures for monitoring the use of restrictive behavioral
30 interventions. Each school board shall (i) furnish a copy of
31 its local policies and procedures to parents and guardians of
32 all students with individualized education plans within 15
33 days after the policies and procedures have been adopted by
34 the school board, or within 15 days after the school board
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1 has amended its policies and procedures, or at the time an
2 individualized education plan is first implemented for the
3 student, and (ii) require that each school inform its
4 students of the existence of the policies and procedures
5 annually. Provided, at the annual individualized education
6 plan review, the school board shall (1) explain the local
7 policies and procedures, (2) furnish a copy of the local
8 policies to parents and guardians, and (3) make available,
9 upon request of any parents and guardians, a copy of local
10 procedures.
11 (d) The State Superintendent of Education shall consult
12 with representatives of institutions of higher education and
13 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
14 Certification Board in regard to the current training
15 requirements for teachers to ensure that sufficient training
16 is available in appropriate behavioral interventions
17 consistent with professionally accepted practices and
18 standards for people entering the field of education.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-191, eff. 7-21-95; 90-63, eff. 7-3-97.)
20 (105 ILCS 5/14C-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2)
21 Sec. 14C-2. Definitions. Unless the context indicates
22 otherwise, the terms used in this Article have the following
23 meanings:
24 (a) "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
25 (b) "Certification Board" means the Professional Teacher
26 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
27 (c) "School District" means any school district
28 established under this Code.
29 (d) "Children of limited English-speaking ability" means
30 (1) children who were not born in the United States whose
31 native tongue is a language other than English and who are
32 incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English; and
33 (2) children who were born in the United States of parents
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1 possessing no or limited English-speaking ability and who are
2 incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English.
3 (e) "Teacher of transitional bilingual education" means
4 a teacher with a speaking and reading ability in a language
5 other than English in which transitional bilingual education
6 is offered and with communicative skills in English.
7 (f) "Program in transitional bilingual education" means
8 a full-time program of instruction (1) in all those courses
9 or subjects which a child is required by law to receive and
10 which are required by the child's school district which shall
11 be given in the native language of the children of limited
12 English-speaking ability who are enrolled in the program and
13 also in English, (2) in the reading and writing of the native
14 language of the children of limited English-speaking ability
15 who are enrolled in the program and in the oral
16 comprehension, speaking, reading and writing of English, and
17 (3) in the history and culture of the country, territory or
18 geographic area which is the native land of the parents of
19 children of limited English-speaking ability who are enrolled
20 in the program and in the history and culture of the United
21 States; or a part-time program of instruction based on the
22 educational needs of those children of limited
23 English-speaking ability who do not need a full-time program
24 of instruction.
25 (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)
26 (105 ILCS 5/21-0.05 new)
27 Sec. 21-0.05. Professional Teacher Standards Board.
28 (a) The Professional Teacher Standards Board is hereby
29 created. The Professional Teacher Standards Board shall
30 consist of 23 members appointed by the Governor. Of the
31 members so appointed, 3 shall be administrative or faculty
32 members of public or private colleges or universities located
33 in the State, one shall be a regional superintendent of
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1 schools who has been nominated by a regional superintendent
2 organization, 3 shall be school administrators employed in
3 the public schools of the State who have each been nominated
4 by an administrator organization, 12 shall be classroom
5 teachers employed in the public schools of the State who have
6 each been nominated by a professional teachers' organization,
7 2 shall be parents of students attending public schools of
8 the State who have each been nominated by a statewide parent
9 organization, and 2 shall be representatives of the business
10 community of the State. At least one of the school
11 administrators and 4 of the classroom teachers so appointed
12 shall be employees of a school district that is subject to
13 the provisions of Article 34. Whenever a vacancy in a
14 classroom teacher position on the Professional Teacher
15 Standards Board is to be filled as provided in this Section,
16 each professional teachers' organization is entitled to
17 nominate for each such vacancy one candidate for each 20,000,
18 or major portion thereof, members of that organization who
19 hold valid teaching certificates. The nominations of the
20 professional teachers' organization shall be submitted by the
21 organization to the Governor not less than 60 days prior to
22 the expiration of the term of a person holding a classroom
23 teacher position on the Professional Teacher Standards Board
24 or not more than 60 days after a vacancy in such a position
25 occurs for any other reason. The nominations shall be in
26 writing and shall be signed by the president and secretary of
27 the organization submitting the nominations. Of the members
28 initially appointed to the Professional Teacher Standards
29 Board: 2 of the 3 administrative or faculty members of public
30 or private colleges or universities shall be appointed to
31 serve terms expiring on the third Monday of January, 2002 and
32 the other administrative or faculty member shall be appointed
33 to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of January,
34 2004; the regional superintendent of schools shall be
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1 appointed to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of
2 January, 2002; 2 of the 3 school administrators shall be
3 appointed to serve terms expiring on the third Monday of
4 January, 2002 and the other school administrator shall be
5 appointed to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of
6 January, 2004; 6 of the 12 classroom teachers shall be
7 appointed to serve terms expiring on the third Monday of
8 January, 2002 with the remaining 6 classroom teachers being
9 appointed to serve terms expiring on the third Monday of
10 January, 2004; one of the parents shall be appointed to serve
11 a term expiring on the third Monday of January, 2002 and the
12 other parent shall be appointed to serve a term expiring on
13 the third Monday of January, 2004; and one of the
14 representatives of the business community shall be appointed
15 to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of January, 2002
16 and the other representative of the business community shall
17 be appointed to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of
18 January, 2004. The successors in office of the members
19 initially appointed under this subsection shall each serve
20 terms of 4 years, commencing on the third Monday of January
21 of the appropriate odd-numbered year. All members shall
22 serve until a successor is appointed, and any vacancy shall
23 be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same
24 manner as an appointment for a full term is made. No member
25 shall be eligible to serve as a member of the Professional
26 Teacher Standards Board for more than 2 terms.
27 (b) The State Teacher Certification Board is abolished
28 and the terms of its members are terminated when 12 of the
29 initial members of the Professional Teacher Standards Board,
30 which shall constitute a quorum of that Board, are appointed
31 as provided in subsection (a). The members of the
32 Professional Teacher Standards Board shall take office and
33 assume, exercise, and perform the powers, duties, and
34 responsibilities of that Board under this Article when a
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1 quorum of the initial members of that Board is appointed.
2 Until the State Teacher Certification Board is abolished upon
3 the appointment of 12 persons to serve as initial members of
4 the Professional Teacher Standards Board, but not thereafter,
5 the State Teacher Certification Board shall exercise the
6 powers and duties that it was authorized or required to
7 exercise and perform under this Article prior to its
8 abolition.
9 (c) The chairperson of the Professional Teacher
10 Standards Board shall be elected by the members of the Board
11 from among their number to serve for a term of one year. A
12 person elected to serve as chairperson of the Board may be
13 reelected by the members of the Board to succeed himself or
14 herself in that office. The members of the Professional
15 Teacher Standards Board shall meet promptly upon the
16 appointment of a quorum of the members to organize
17 themselves, elect from their number a chairperson and such
18 other officers as they deem necessary, and establish the
19 dates of the regular meetings of the Board. The Board shall
20 hold special meetings upon the call of the chairperson or a
21 majority of its members. Members of the Professional Teacher
22 Standards Board shall be reimbursed for all ordinary and
23 necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties as
24 members of the Board.
25 (d) The Professional Teacher Standards Board, as a State
26 agency that is eligible for appropriations, shall comply with
27 the provisions of the Bureau of the Budget Act applicable to
28 State agencies.
29 (e) The Professional Teacher Standards Board, acting in
30 accordance with the provisions of this Article and exercising
31 the exclusive powers granted to it under Section 21-1c, shall
32 have the power and authority to do all of the following:
33 (1) set standards for teaching, supervising, or
34 holding other certificated employment in the public
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1 schools, and administer the certification process as
2 provided in this Article;
3 (2) approve and evaluate teacher and administrator
4 preparation programs;
5 (3) revoke and suspend certificates issued for
6 teaching, supervising, or holding other certificated
7 employment in the public schools;
8 (4) enter into agreements with other states
9 relative to reciprocal approval of teacher and
10 administrator preparation programs;
11 (5) establish standards for the issuance of new
12 types of certificates;
13 (6) employ and direct an Executive Director and
14 such other staff as the Board deems necessary to exercise
15 its powers and duties under this Article, subject to the
16 following conditions: all employees of the State Board of
17 Education who shall lose their employment with the State
18 Board of Education as the result of the establishment of
19 the Professional Teacher Standards Board and the
20 attendant transfer of power and duties to the
21 Professional Teacher Standards Board shall be afforded
22 the right to transfer their employment without
23 interruption from the State Board of Education to the
24 Professional Teacher Standards Board, retaining their
25 seniority status and salary as it then exists with the
26 State Board of Education;
27 (7) establish standards for induction, mentoring,
28 and professional development programs;
29 (8) take such other action relating to the
30 improvement of instruction in the public schools through
31 teacher education and professional development and that
32 attracts qualified candidates into teacher training
33 programs as is appropriate and consistent with applicable
34 laws; and
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1 (9) make and prescribe rules and regulations that
2 are necessary for the administration of this Article.
3 (f) The Board may create standing committees, comprised
4 solely of Board members, when deemed necessary by the Board
5 to carry out its functions and responsibilities under this
6 Article. In addition the Board may establish advisory
7 committees if the Board determines that such action may be
8 necessary or appropriate.
9 (105 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1)
10 Sec. 21-1. Qualification of teachers. No one may be
11 certified to teach or supervise in the public schools of this
12 State who is not of good character, good health, a citizen of
13 the United States or legally present and authorized for
14 employment, and at least 19 years of age. If the holder of a
15 certificate under this Section is not a citizen of the United
16 States 6 years after the date of the issuance of the original
17 certificate, any certificate held by such person on that date
18 shall be cancelled by the board of education and no other
19 certificate to teach shall be issued to such person until
20 such person is a citizen of the United States.
21 Citizenship is not required for the issuance of a
22 temporary part-time certificate to participants in approved
23 training programs for exchange students as described in
24 Section 21-10.2. A certificate issued under this plan shall
25 expire on June 30 following the date of issue. One renewal
26 for one year is authorized if the holder remains as an
27 official participant in an approved exchange program.
28 In determining good character under this Section, any
29 felony conviction of the applicant may be taken into
30 consideration, but such a conviction shall not operate as a
31 bar to registration.
32 No person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right
33 to be certified, to receive training for the purpose of
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1 becoming a teacher or to engage in practice teaching in any
2 school because of a physical disability including but not
3 limited to visual and hearing disabilities; nor shall any
4 school district refuse to employ a teacher on such grounds,
5 provided that the person is able to carry out the duties of
6 the position for which he applies.
7 No person may be granted or continue to hold a teaching
8 certificate who has knowingly altered or misrepresented his
9 or her teaching qualifications in order to acquire the
10 certificate. Any other certificate held by such person may
11 be suspended or revoked by the Professional Teacher Standards
12 Board State Teacher Certification Board, depending upon the
13 severity of the alteration or misrepresentation.
14 No one may teach or supervise in the public schools nor
15 receive for teaching or supervising any part of any public
16 school fund, who does not hold a certificate of qualification
17 granted, on or after January 1, 2000 by the Professional
18 Teacher Standards Board, or granted prior to that date by the
19 State Board of Education or by the State Teacher
20 Certification Board and a regional superintendent of schools
21 as hereinafter provided, or by the board of education of a
22 city having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants,
23 except as provided in Section 34-6 and in Section 10-22.34 or
24 Section 10-22.34b. However, the provisions of this Article do
25 not apply to a member of the armed forces who is employed as
26 a teacher of subjects in the Reserve Officer's Training Corps
27 of any school. Sections 21-2 through 21-24 do not apply to
28 cities having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants,
29 beginning until July 1, 1988.
30 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
31 board of education of any school district may grant to a
32 teacher of the district a leave of absence with full pay for
33 a period of not more than one year to permit such teacher to
34 teach in a foreign state under the provisions of the Exchange
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1 Teacher Program established under Public Law 584, 79th
2 Congress, and Public Law 402, 80th Congress, as amended. The
3 school board granting such leave of absence may employ with
4 or without pay a national of the foreign state wherein the
5 teacher on leave of absence will teach, if the national is
6 qualified to teach in that foreign state, and if that
7 national will teach in a grade level similar to the one which
8 was taught in such foreign state. The Professional Teacher
9 Standards Board State Board of Education shall promulgate and
10 enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as may be
11 necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Article or may
12 adopt for such purposes any of the rules and regulations
13 promulgated prior to January 1, 2000 by the State Board of
14 Education or by the State Teacher Certification Board prior
15 to the abolition of that Board paragraph.
16 (Source: P.A. 88-189; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96; 89-397, eff.
17 8-20-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
18 (105 ILCS 5/21-1a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a)
19 Sec. 21-1a. Tests required for certification.
20 (a) After July 1, 1988, in addition to all other
21 requirements, early childhood, elementary, special, high
22 school, school service personnel, or, except as provided in
23 Section 34-6, administrative certificates shall be issued to
24 persons who have satisfactorily passed a test of basic skills
25 and subject matter knowledge. The tests of basic skills and
26 subject matter knowledge shall be the tests which from time
27 to time are designated by the Professional Teacher Standards
28 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
29 Teacher Certification Board and may be tests prepared by an
30 educational testing organization or tests designed by the
31 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
32 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
33 The areas to be covered by the test of basic skills shall
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1 include the basic skills of reading, writing, grammar, and
2 mathematics. The test of subject matter knowledge shall
3 assess content knowledge in the specific subject field. The
4 tests shall be designed to be racially neutral to assure that
5 no person in taking the tests is thereby discriminated
6 against on the basis of race, color, national origin or other
7 factors unrelated to the person's ability to perform as a
8 certificated employee. The score required to pass the tests
9 of basic skills and subject matter knowledge shall be fixed
10 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
11 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
12 Certification Board. The tests shall be held not fewer than
13 3 times a year at such time and place as may be designated by
14 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
15 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
16 Certification Board.
17 (b) Except as provided in Section 34-6, the provisions
18 of subsection (a) of this Section shall apply equally in any
19 school district subject to Article 34, provided that the
20 State Board of Education shall determine which certificates
21 issued under Sections 34-8.1 and 34-83 prior to July 1, 1988
22 are comparable to any early childhood certificate, elementary
23 school certificate, special certificate, high school
24 certificate, school service personnel certificate or
25 administrative certificate issued under this Article as of
26 July 1, 1988.
27 (c) A person who holds an early childhood, elementary,
28 special, high school or school service personnel certificate
29 issued under this Article on or at any time before July 1,
30 1988, including a person who has been issued any such
31 certificate pursuant to Section 21-11.1 or in exchange for a
32 comparable certificate theretofore issued under Section
33 34-8.1 or Section 34-83, shall not be required to take or
34 pass the tests in order to thereafter have such certificate
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1 renewed.
2 (d) (Blank). The State Board of Education in
3 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board shall
4 conduct a pilot administration of the tests by administering
5 the test to students completing teacher education programs in
6 the 1986-87 school year for the purpose of determining the
7 effect and impact of testing candidates for certification.
8 (e) The rules and regulations developed to implement the
9 required test of basic skills and subject matter knowledge
10 shall include the requirements of subsections (a), (b), and
11 (c) and shall include specific regulations to govern test
12 selection; test validation and determination of a passing
13 score; administration of the tests; frequency of
14 administration; applicant fees; frequency of applicants'
15 taking the tests; the years for which a score is valid; and,
16 waiving certain additional tests for additional certificates
17 to individuals who have satisfactorily passed the test of
18 basic skills and subject matter knowledge as required in
19 subsection (a). The Professional Teacher Standards Board
20 State Board of Education shall provide, by rule, specific
21 policies that assure uniformity in the difficulty level of
22 each form of the basic skills test and each subject matter
23 knowledge test from test-to-test and year-to-year. The
24 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
25 The State Teacher Certification Board may
27 issue a nonrenewable temporary certificate between July 1,
28 1988 and August 31, 1988 to individuals who have taken the
29 tests of basic skills and subject matter knowledge prescribed
30 by this Section but have not received such test scores by
31 August 31, 1988. Such temporary certificates shall expire on
32 December 31, 1988.
33 (g) Beginning January 1, 1999, the Professional Teacher
34 Standards Board State Board of Education, in consultation
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1 with the State Teacher Certification Board, shall implement
2 and administer a new system of certification for teachers in
3 the State of Illinois. The Professional Teacher Standards
4 Board State Board of Education, in consultation with the
5 State Teacher Certification Board, shall design and implement
6 a system of examinations and various other criteria which
7 shall be required prior to the issuance of Initial Teaching
8 Certificates and Standard Teaching Certificates. These
9 examinations and indicators shall be based on national
10 professional teaching standards, as determined by the
11 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
12 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
13 Certification Board. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
14 State Board of Education may adopt any and all regulations
15 necessary to implement and administer this Section.
16 (h) The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
17 of Education shall report to the Illinois General Assembly
18 and the Governor with recommendations for further changes and
19 improvements to the teacher certification system no later
20 than January 1, 1999 and on an annual basis until January 1,
21 2001.
22 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
23 (105 ILCS 5/21-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b)
24 Sec. 21-1b. Subject endorsement on certificates. All
25 certificates initially issued under this Article after June
26 30, 1986, shall be specifically endorsed by the State Board
27 of Education for each subject the holder of the certificate
28 is legally qualified to teach, such endorsements to be made
29 in accordance with standards promulgated by the Professional
30 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education in
31 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. All
32 certificates which are issued under this Article prior to
33 July 1, 1986 may, by application to the Professional Teacher
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1 Standards Board State Board of Education, be specifically
2 endorsed for each subject the holder is legally qualified to
3 teach. All subject endorsements made on or after January 1,
4 2000 to new or existing certificates as provided in this
5 Section shall be made by the Professional Teacher Standards
6 Board. Each application for endorsement of an existing
7 teaching certificate shall be accompanied by a $20
8 nonrefundable fee.
9 Commencing January 1, 1994, an additional $10 shall be
10 charged for each application for endorsement. There is
11 hereby created a Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund as a
12 special fund within the State Treasury. The proceeds of the
13 additional $10 fee shall be paid into the Teacher Certificate
14 Fee Revolving Fund; and the moneys in that Fund shall be
15 appropriated to the Professional Teacher Standards Board and
16 used by that Board to provide the technology and other
17 resources necessary for the timely and efficient processing
18 of certification requests.
19 (Source: P.A. 88-224.)
20 (105 ILCS 5/21-1c) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c)
21 Sec. 21-1c. Exclusive certificate authority. Only the
22 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
23 and State Teacher Certification Board, acting in accordance
24 with the applicable provisions of this Act and the rules,
25 regulations and standards promulgated thereunder, shall have
26 the authority to issue or endorse any certificate required
27 for teaching, supervising or holding certificated employment
28 in the public schools; and no other State agency shall have
29 any power or authority (i) to establish or prescribe any
30 qualifications or other requirements applicable to teacher or
31 administrator training and certification or to the issuance
32 or endorsement of any such certificate required for teaching,
33 supervising, or holding certified employment in the public
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1 schools, or (ii) to establish or prescribe any licensure or
2 equivalent requirement which must be satisfied in order to
3 teach, supervise or hold certificated employment in the
4 public schools.
5 (Source: P.A. 86-1441.)
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
7 Sec. 21-2. Grades of certificates.
8 (a) Until January 1, 1999, all certificates issued under
9 this Article shall be State certificates valid, except as
10 limited in Section 21-1, in every school district coming
11 under the provisions of this Act and shall be limited in time
12 and designated as follows: Provisional vocational
13 certificate, temporary provisional vocational certificate,
14 early childhood certificate, elementary school certificate,
15 special certificate, high school certificate, school service
16 personnel certificate, administrative certificate,
17 provisional certificate, and substitute certificate. The
18 requirement of student teaching under close and competent
19 supervision for obtaining a teaching certificate may be
20 waived by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
21 Teacher Certification Board upon presentation to that the
22 Board by the teacher of evidence of 5 years successful
23 teaching experience on a valid certificate and graduation
24 from a recognized institution of higher learning with a
25 bachelor's degree with not less than 120 semester hours and a
26 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education.
27 (b) Initial Teaching Certificate. Beginning January 1,
28 1999, persons who (1) have completed an approved teacher
29 preparation program, (2) are recommended by an approved
30 teacher preparation program, (3) have successfully completed
31 the Initial Teaching Certification examinations required by
32 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
33 Education, and (4) have met all other criteria established by
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1 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
2 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
3 Certification Board, shall be issued an Initial Teaching
4 Certificate valid for 4 years of teaching. Initial Teaching
5 Certificates shall be issued for categories corresponding to
6 Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, and Special K-12,
7 with special certification designations for Special
8 Education, Bilingual Education, fundamental learning areas
9 (including Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Science,
10 Social Science, Physical Development and Health, Fine Arts,
11 and Foreign Language), and other areas designated by the
12 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
13 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
14 Certification Board.
15 (c) Standard Certificate. Beginning January 1, 1999,
16 persons who (1) have completed 4 years of teaching with an
17 Initial Certificate, have successfully completed the Standard
18 Teaching Certificate examinations, and have met all other
19 criteria established by the Professional Teacher Standards
20 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
21 Teacher Certification Board, or (2) were issued teaching
22 certificates prior to January 1, 1999 and are renewing those
23 certificates after January 1, 1999, shall be issued a
24 Standard Certificate valid for 5 years, which may be renewed
25 thereafter every 7 5 years by the Professional Teacher
26 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board based on
27 proof of continuing education or professional development.
28 Standard Certificates shall be issued for categories
29 corresponding to Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, and
30 Special K-12, with special certification designations for
31 Special Education, Bilingual Education, fundamental learning
32 areas (including Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics,
33 Science, Social Science, Physical Development and Health,
34 Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and other areas designated
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1 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
2 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
3 Certification Board.
4 (d) Master Certificate. Beginning January 1, 1999,
5 persons who have successfully achieved National Board
6 certification through the National Board for Professional
7 Teaching Standards shall be issued a Master Certificate,
8 valid for 7 years and renewable thereafter every 7 years
9 through compliance with requirements set forth by the
10 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
11 State
19 Superintendent of Education. Beginning July 1, 1988, such
20 certificate shall be valid for 4 years for Teaching children
21 through grade 3 in facilities approved by the Professional
22 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education.
23 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall be
24 issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
25 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
26 with not fewer than 120 semester hours including professional
27 education or human development or, until July 1, 1992, to
28 persons who have early childhood education instruction and
29 practical experience involving supervised work with children
30 under 6 years of age or with children through grade 3. Such
31 persons shall be recommended for the early childhood
32 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
33 an approved program of preparation which includes the
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1 requisite hours and academic and professional courses and
2 practical experience approved by the Professional Teacher
3 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
4 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
5 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
6 Early Childhood Education Certificates shall be issued to
7 persons who meet the criteria established by the Professional
8 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education.
9 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
10 (105 ILCS 5/21-2b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2b)
11 Sec. 21-2b. Teacher education program entrance. In
12 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board The
13 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
14 State Teacher
19 Certification Board a plan which sets forth procedures for
20 implementation of this Section.
21 (Source: P.A. 84-126.)
22 (105 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-3)
23 Sec. 21-3. Elementary certificate.
24 (a) An elementary school certificate shall be valid for
25 4 years for teaching in the kindergarten and lower 9 grades
26 of the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
27 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
28 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
29 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours and with a
30 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education,
31 including 5 semester hours in student teaching under
32 competent and close supervision. Such persons shall be
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1 recommended for the elementary certificate by a recognized
2 institution as having completed an approved program of
3 preparation which includes intensive preservice training in
4 the humanities, natural sciences, mathematics, and the
5 academic and professional courses approved by the
6 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
7 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
8 Certification Board.
9 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
10 Elementary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
11 all of the criteria established by the Professional Teacher
12 Standards Board State Board of Education for elementary
13 education.
14 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
15 (105 ILCS 5/21-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-4)
16 Sec. 21-4. Special certificate.
17 (a) A special certificate shall be valid for 4 years for
18 teaching the special subjects named therein in all grades of
19 the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
20 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
21 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
22 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours including a
23 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education, 5 of
24 which shall be in student teaching under competent and close
25 supervision. When the holder of such certificate has earned a
26 master's degree, including 8 eight semester hours of graduate
27 professional education from a recognized institution of
28 higher learning and with 2 two years' teaching experience, it
29 may be endorsed for supervision.
30 Such persons shall be recommended for the special
31 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
32 an approved program of preparation which includes academic
33 and professional courses approved by the Professional Teacher
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1 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
2 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
3 (b) Those persons holding special certificates on
4 January 1, 1999 shall be eligible for one of the following:
5 (1) The issuance of Standard Elementary and
6 Standard Secondary Certificates with appropriate special
7 certification designations as determined by the
8 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
9 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
10 Certification Board, and consistent with rules adopted by
11 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
12 Education. These certificates shall be renewed as
13 provided in subsection (c) of Section 21-2.
14 (2) The issuance of Standard Special K-12
15 Certificates with appropriate special certification
16 designations, which shall be renewed as provided in
17 subsection (c) of Section 21-2. These certificates shall
18 not be eligible for additional certification designations
19 except as approved by the Professional Teacher Standards
20 Board State Board of Education, in consultation with the
21 State Teacher Certification Board.
22 (c) Those persons eligible to receive K-12 certification
23 after January 1, 1999 shall be issued Initial Elementary and
24 Initial Secondary Certificates with appropriate special
25 certification designations pursuant to this Section or
26 Initial Special K-12 Certificates with appropriate special
27 certification designations pursuant to this Section. These
28 Initial K-12 Special Certificates shall not be eligible for
29 additional certification designations except as approved by
30 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
31 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
32 Certification Board.
33 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-653, eff. 7-29-98.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5)
2 Sec. 21-5. High school certificate.
3 (a) A high school certificate shall be valid for 4 years
4 for teaching in grades 6 to 12 inclusive of the common
5 schools. Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall
6 be issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
7 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
8 with not fewer than 120 semester hours including 16 semester
9 hours in professional education, 5 of which shall be in
10 student teaching under competent and close supervision and
11 with one or more teaching fields. Such persons shall be
12 recommended for the high school certificate by a recognized
13 institution as having completed an approved program of
14 preparation which includes the academic and professional
15 courses approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
16 State Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
17 State Teacher Certification Board.
18 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
19 Secondary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
20 all of the criteria established by the Professional Teacher
21 Standards Board State Board of Education for secondary
22 education.
23 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
24 (105 ILCS 5/21-5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a)
25 Sec. 21-5a. Alternative math-science certification. The
26 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
27 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
28 Certification Board, shall establish and implement and
29 administer an alternative certification program under which
30 persons who qualify for admission to, and who successfully
31 complete the program and meet the additional requirements
32 established by this Section shall be issued an initial
33 teaching certificate for teaching mathematics, science or
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1 mathematics and science in grades 9 through 12 of the common
2 schools. In establishing an alternative certification
3 program under this Section, the Professional Teacher
4 Standards Board State Board of Education shall designate an
5 appropriate area within the State where the program shall be
6 offered and made available to persons qualified for admission
7 to the program. In addition, the Professional Teacher
8 Standards Board State Board of Education, in cooperation with
9 one or more recognized institutions of higher learning, shall
10 develop, evaluate, and revise as necessary a comprehensive
11 course of study that persons admitted to the program must
12 successfully complete in order to satisfy one criterion for
13 issuance of an initial certificate under this Section. The
14 comprehensive course of study so developed shall include one
15 semester of practice teaching.
16 An initial teaching certificate, valid for 4 years for
17 teaching mathematics, science, or mathematics and science in
18 grades 9 through 12 of the common schools and renewable as
19 provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued under this Section
20 21-5a to persons who qualify for admission to the alternative
21 certification program and who at the time of applying for an
22 initial teaching certificate under this Section:
23 (1) have graduated with a master's degree in
24 mathematics or any science discipline from an institution
25 of higher learning whose scholarship standards are
26 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
27 State Board of Education for purposes of the alternative
28 certification program;
29 (2) have been employed for at least 10 years in an
30 area requiring knowledge and practical application of
31 their academic background in mathematics or a science
32 discipline;
33 (3) have successfully completed the alternative
34 certification program and the course of comprehensive
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1 study, including one semester of practice teaching,
2 developed as part of the program as provided in this
3 Section and approved by the Professional Teacher
4 Standards Board State Board of Education; and
5 (4) have passed the examinations required by
6 Section 21-1a.
7 The alternative certification program shall be
8 implemented at the commencement of the 1992-1993 academic
9 year.
10 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
11 Education shall establish criteria for admission to the
12 alternative certification program and shall adopt rules and
13 regulations that are consistent with this Section and that
14 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
15 Education deems necessary to establish and implement and
16 administer the program.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
18 (105 ILCS 5/21-5b)
19 Sec. 21-5b. Alternative certification. The Professional
20 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education, in
21 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
22 shall establish and implement an alternative certification
23 program under which persons who meet the requirements of and
24 successfully complete the program established by this Section
25 shall be issued an alternative teaching certificate for
26 teaching in the schools situated in a school district that is
27 located in a city having a population in excess of 500,000
28 inhabitants. The program shall be limited to not more than
29 260 new participants during each year that the program is in
30 effect. In establishing an alternative certification program
31 under this Section, the Professional Teacher Standards Board
32 State Board of Education shall designate the City of Chicago
33 as the area in the State where the program shall be made
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1 available. In addition, the Professional Teacher Standards
2 Board State Board of Education, in cooperation with a
3 partnership formed with a university that offers 4-year
4 baccalaureate and masters degree programs and that is a
5 recognized institution as defined in Section 21-21 and one or
6 more not-for-profit organizations in the State which support
7 excellence in teaching, shall within 30 days after submission
8 by the partnership approve a course of study developed by the
9 partnership that persons in the program must successfully
10 complete in order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of an
11 alternative certificate under this Section. The Alternative
12 Teacher Certification program course of study must include
13 the current content and skills contained in the university's
14 current courses for State certification which have been
15 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
16 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
17 Certification Board, as the requirement for State teacher
18 certification.
19 The alternative certification program established under
20 this Section shall be known as the Alternative Teacher
21 Certification program. The Alternative Teacher Certification
22 Program shall be offered by the submitting partnership and
23 may be offered in conjunction with one or more not-for-profit
24 organizations in the State which support excellence in
25 teaching. The program shall be comprised of the following 3
26 phases: (a) the first phase is the course of study offered on
27 an intensive basis in education theory, instructional
28 methods, and practice teaching; (b) the second phase is the
29 person's assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
30 school year; and (c) the third phase is a comprehensive
31 assessment of the person's teaching performance by school
32 officials and the partnership participants and a
33 recommendation by the partner institution of higher education
34 to the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
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1 Education that the person be issued a standard alternative
2 teaching certificate. Successful completion of the
3 Alternative Teacher Certification program shall be deemed to
4 satisfy any other practice or student teaching and subject
5 matter requirements established by law.
6 A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
7 one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
8 shall be issued under this Section 21-5b to persons who at
9 the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
10 certificate under this Section:
11 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
12 university with a bachelor's degree;
13 (2) have successfully completed the first phase of
14 the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
15 in this Section; and
16 (3) have passed the tests of basic skills and
17 subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a.
18 A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
19 under this Section shall be treated as a regularly certified
20 teacher for purposes of compensation, benefits, and other
21 terms and conditions of employment afforded teachers in the
22 school who are members of a bargaining unit represented by an
23 exclusive bargaining representative, if any.
24 A standard alternative teaching certificate, valid for 4
25 years for teaching in the schools situated in a school
26 district that is located in a city having a population in
27 excess of 500,000 inhabitants and renewable as provided in
28 Section 21-14, shall be issued under this Section 21-5b to
29 persons who first complete the requirements for the
30 provisional alternative teaching certificate and who at the
31 time of applying for a standard alternative teaching
32 certificate under this Section have successfully completed
33 the second and third phases of the Alternative Teacher
34 Certification program as provided in this Section.
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1 This alternative certification program shall be
2 implemented so that the first provisional alternative
3 teaching certificates issued under this Section are effective
4 upon the commencement of the 1997-1998 academic year and the
5 first standard alternative teaching certificates issued under
6 this Section are effective upon the commencement of the
7 1998-1999 academic year.
8 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
9 Education, in cooperation with the partnership establishing
10 the Alternative Teacher Certification program, shall adopt
11 rules and regulations that are consistent with this Section
12 and that the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
13 of Education deems necessary to establish and implement the
14 program.
15 (Source: P.A. 89-708, eff. 2-14-97.)
16 (105 ILCS 5/21-5c)
17 Sec. 21-5c. Alternative route to teacher certification.
18 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
19 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
20 Certification Board, shall establish and implement an
21 alternative route to teacher certification program under
22 which persons who meet the requirements of and successfully
23 complete the program established by this Section shall be
24 issued an initial teaching certificate for teaching in
25 schools in this State. The Professional Teacher Standards
26 Board State Board of Education shall approve a course of
27 study that persons in the program must successfully complete
28 in order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of a
29 certificate under this Section. The Alternative Route to
30 Teacher Certification program course of study must include
31 the current content and skills contained in a university's
32 current courses for State certification which have been
33 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
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1 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
2 Certification Board, as the requirement for State teacher
3 certification.
4 The program established under this Section shall be known
5 as the Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program.
6 The program may be offered in conjunction with one or more
7 not-for-profit organizations in the State. The program shall
8 be comprised of the following 3 phases: (a) a course of study
9 offered on an intensive basis in education theory,
10 instructional methods, and practice teaching; (b) the
11 person's assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
12 school year, including the designation of a mentor teacher to
13 advise and assist the person with that teaching assignment;
14 and (c) a comprehensive assessment of the person's teaching
15 performance by school officials and program participants and
16 a recommendation by the institution of higher education to
17 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
18 Education that the person be issued an initial teaching
19 certificate. Successful completion of the Alternative Route
20 to Teacher Certification program shall be deemed to satisfy
21 any other practice or student teaching and subject matter
22 requirements established by law.
23 A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
24 one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
25 shall be issued under this Section 21-5c to persons who at
26 the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
27 certificate under this Section:
28 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
29 university with a bachelor's degree;
30 (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5
31 years in an area requiring application of the
32 individual's education;
33 (3) have successfully completed the first phase of
34 the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
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1 in this Section; and
2 (4) have passed the tests of basic skills and
3 subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a.
4 An initial teaching certificate, valid for teaching in
5 the common schools, shall be issued under Section 21-3 or
6 21-5 to persons who first complete the requirements for the
7 provisional alternative teaching certificate and who at the
8 time of applying for an initial teaching certificate have
9 successfully completed the second and third phases of the
10 Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program as
11 provided in this Section.
12 A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
13 or an initial teaching certificate earned under this Section
14 shall be treated as a regularly certified teacher for
15 purposes of compensation, benefits, and other terms and
16 conditions of employment afforded teachers in the school who
17 are members of a bargaining unit represented by an exclusive
18 bargaining representative, if any.
19 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
20 Education may adopt rules and regulations that are consistent
21 with this Section and that the Professional Teacher Standards
22 Board State Board deems necessary to establish and implement
23 the program.
24 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
25 (105 ILCS 5/21-5d)
26 Sec. 21-5d. Alternative route to administrative
27 certification. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
28 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
29 Teacher Certification Board and an advisory panel consisting
30 of no less than 7 administrators appointed by the State
31 Superintendent of Education, shall establish and implement an
32 alternative route to administrative certification program
33 under which persons who meet the requirements of and
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1 successfully complete the program established by this Section
2 shall be issued a standard administrative certificate for
3 serving as an administrator in schools in this State. For
4 the purposes of this Section only, "administrator" means a
5 person holding any administrative position for which a
6 standard administrative certificate with a general
7 administrative endorsement, chief school business official
8 endorsement, or superintendent endorsement is required,
9 except a principal or an assistant principal. The
10 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
11 State Board of Education, in
19 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board, as
20 the requirement for administrative certification.
21 The program established under this Section shall be known
22 as the Alternative Route to Administrative Certification
23 program. The program shall be comprised of the following 3
24 phases: (a) a course of study offered on an intensive basis
25 in education management, governance, organization, and
26 planning; (b) the person's assignment to a full-time position
27 for one school year as an administrator; and (c) a
28 comprehensive assessment of the person's performance by
29 school officials and a recommendation to the Professional
30 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education that the
31 person be issued a standard administrative certificate.
32 Successful completion of the Alternative Route to
33 Administrative Certification program shall be deemed to
34 satisfy any other supervisory, administrative, or management
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1 experience requirements established by law.
2 A provisional alternative administrative certificate,
3 valid for one year of serving as an administrator in the
4 common schools and not renewable, shall be issued under this
5 Section 21-5d to persons who at the time of applying for the
6 provisional alternative administrative certificate under this
7 Section:
8 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
9 university with a master's degree in a management field
10 or with a bachelor's degree and the life experience
11 equivalent of a master's degree in a management field as
12 determined by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
13 State Board of Education;
14 (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5
15 years in a management level position;
16 (3) have successfully completed the first phase of
17 the Alternative Route to Administrative Certification
18 program as provided in this Section; and
19 (4) have passed any examination required by the
20 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
21 Education.
22 A standard administrative certificate with a general
23 administrative endorsement, chief school business official
24 endorsement, or superintendent endorsement, renewable as
25 provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued under Section
26 21-7.1 to persons who first complete the requirements for the
27 provisional alternative administrative certificate and who at
28 the time of applying for a standard administrative
29 certificate have successfully completed the second and third
30 phases of the Alternative Route to Administrative
31 Certification program as provided in this Section.
32 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
33 Education may adopt rules and regulations that are consistent
34 with this Section and that the Professional Teacher Standards
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1 Board State Board deems necessary to establish and implement
2 the program.
3 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
4 (105 ILCS 5/21-7.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1)
5 Sec. 21-7.1. Administrative certificate.
6 (a) After January 1, 1986, an administrative certificate
7 valid for 5 years of supervising and administering in the
8 public common schools may be issued to persons who have
9 graduated from a recognized institution of higher learning
10 with a master's degree and who have been certified by these
11 institutions of higher learning as having completed a program
12 of preparation for one or more of these endorsements. Such
13 programs of academic and professional preparation required
14 for endorsement shall be administered by the institution in
15 accordance with standards set forth by the Professional
16 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
17 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
18 (b) No administrative certificate shall be issued for
19 the first time after June 30, 1987 and no endorsement
20 provided for by this Section shall be made or affixed to an
21 administrative certificate for the first time after June 30,
22 1987 unless the person to whom such administrative
23 certificate is to be issued or to whose administrative
24 certificate such endorsement is to be affixed has been
25 required to demonstrate as a part of a program of academic or
26 professional preparation for such certification or
27 endorsement: (i) an understanding of the knowledge called for
28 in establishing productive parent-school relationships and of
29 the procedures fostering the involvement which such
30 relationships demand; and (ii) an understanding of the
31 knowledge required for establishing a high quality school
32 climate and promoting good classroom organization and
33 management, including rules of conduct and instructional
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1 procedures appropriate to accomplishing the tasks of
2 schooling; and (iii) a demonstration of the knowledge and
3 skills called for in providing instructional leadership. The
4 standards for demonstrating an understanding of such
5 knowledge shall be set forth by the Professional Teacher
6 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
7 the State Teacher Certification Board, and shall be
8 administered by the recognized institutions of higher
9 learning as part of the programs of academic and professional
10 preparation required for certification and endorsement under
11 this Section. As used in this subsection: "establishing
12 productive parent-school relationships" means the ability to
13 maintain effective communication between parents and school
14 personnel, to encourage parental involvement in schooling,
15 and to motivate school personnel to engage parents in
16 encouraging student achievement, including the development of
17 programs and policies which serve to accomplish this purpose;
18 and "establishing a high quality school climate" means the
19 ability to promote academic achievement, to maintain
20 discipline, to recognize substance abuse problems among
21 students and utilize appropriate law enforcement and other
22 community resources to address these problems, to support
23 teachers and students in their education endeavors, to
24 establish learning objectives, and to provide instructional
25 leadership, including the development of policies and
26 programs which serve to accomplish this purpose; and
27 "providing instructional leadership" means the ability to
28 effectively evaluate school personnel, to possess general
29 communication and interpersonal skills, and to establish and
30 maintain appropriate classroom learning environments. The
31 provisions of this subsection shall not apply to or affect
32 the initial issuance or making on or before June 30, 1987 of
33 any administrative certificate or endorsement provided for
34 under this Section, nor shall such provisions apply to or
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1 affect the renewal after June 30, 1987 of any such
2 certificate or endorsement initially issued or made on or
3 before June 30, 1987.
4 (c) Administrative certificates shall be renewed every 5
5 five years with the first renewal being 5 five years
6 following the initial receipt of an administrative
7 certificate. Renewal requirements for administrators whose
8 positions require certification shall be based upon evidence
9 of continuing professional education which promotes the
10 following goals: (1) Improving administrators' knowledge of
11 instructional practices and administrative procedures; (2)
12 Maintaining the basic level of competence required for
13 initial certification; and (3) Improving the mastery of
14 skills and knowledge regarding the improvement of teaching
15 performance in clinical settings and assessment of the levels
16 of student performance in their schools. Evidence of
17 continuing professional education must include verification
18 of biennial attendance in a program developed by the Illinois
19 Administrators' Academy and verification of annual
20 participation in a school district approved activity which
21 contributes to continuing professional education. The
22 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
23 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
24 Certification Board, shall develop, evaluate, and revise as
25 necessary procedures for implementing this Section and shall
26 administer the renewal of administrative certificates.
27 Failure to submit satisfactory evidence of continuing
28 professional education which contributes to promoting the
29 goals of this Section shall result in a loss of
30 administrative certification.
31 (d) Any limited or life supervisory certificate issued
32 prior to July 1, 1968 shall continue to be valid for all
33 administrative and supervisory positions in the public
34 schools for which it is valid as of that date as long as its
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1 holder meets the requirements for registration or renewal as
2 set forth in the statutes or until revoked according to law.
3 (e) The administrative or supervisory positions for
4 which the certificate shall be valid shall be determined by
5 one or more of 3 endorsements: general supervisory, general
6 administrative and superintendent.
7 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, endorsements
8 shall be made under conditions set forth in this Section.
9 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
10 Education shall, in consultation with the State Teacher
11 Certification Board, adopt rules pursuant to the Illinois
12 Administrative Procedure Act, establishing requirements for
13 obtaining administrative certificates where the minimum
14 administrative or supervisory requirements surpass those set
15 forth in this Section.
16 If the Professional Teacher Standards Board establishes
17 State Teacher Certification Board shall file with the State
18 Board of Education a written recommendation when considering
19 additional administrative or supervisory requirements, those.
20 All additional requirements shall be based upon the requisite
21 knowledge necessary to perform the those tasks required by
22 the certificate. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
23 State Board of Education shall in consultation with the State
24 Teacher Certification Board, establish standards within its
25 rules which shall include the academic and professional
26 requirements necessary for certification. These standards
27 shall at a minimum contain, but not be limited to, those used
28 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
29 Education in determining whether additional knowledge will be
30 required. Additionally, the Professional Teacher Standards
31 Board State Board of Education shall in consultation with the
32 State Teacher Certification Board, establish provisions
33 within its rules whereby any member of the educational
34 community or the public may file a formal written
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1 recommendation or inquiry regarding requirements.
2 (1) The general supervisory endorsement shall be
3 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
4 who has at least 16 semester hours of graduate credit in
5 professional education including 8 semester hours of
6 graduate credit in curriculum and research and who has at
7 least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school
8 service personnel experience in public schools, schools
9 under the supervision of the Department of Corrections,
10 schools under the administration of the Department of
11 Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
12 standards established by the State Superintendent of
13 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition
14 standards approved by the State Superintendent of
15 Education.
16 Such endorsement shall be required for supervisors,
17 curriculum directors and for such similar and related
18 positions as determined by the Professional Teacher
19 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
20 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
21 (2) The general administrative endorsement shall be
22 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
23 who has at least 20 semester hours of graduate credit in
24 educational administration and supervision and who has at
25 least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school
26 service personnel experience in public schools, schools
27 under the supervision of the Department of Corrections,
28 schools under the administration of the Department of
29 Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
30 standards established by the State Superintendent of
31 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition
32 standards approved by the State Superintendent of
33 Education.
34 Such endorsement shall be required for principal,
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1 assistant principal, assistant or associate
2 superintendent, junior college dean and for related or
3 similar positions as determined by the Professional
4 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education
5 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification
6 Board.
7 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act,
8 after January 1, 1990 and until January 1, 1991, any
9 teacher employed by a district subject to Article 34
10 shall be entitled to receive an administrative
11 certificate with a general administrative endorsement
12 affixed thereto if he or she: (i) had at least 3 years of
13 experience as a certified teacher for such district prior
14 to August 1, 1985; (ii) obtained a Master's degree prior
15 to August 1, 1985; (iii) completed at least 20 hours of
16 graduate credit in education courses (including at least
17 12 hours in educational administration and supervision)
18 prior to September 1, 1987; and (iv) has received a
19 rating of superior for at least each of the last 5 years.
20 Any person who obtains an administrative certificate with
21 a general administrative endorsement affixed thereto
22 under this paragraph shall not be qualified to serve in
23 any administrative position except assistant principal.
24 (3) The chief school business official endorsement
25 shall be affixed to the administrative certificate of any
26 holder who qualifies by having a Master's degree, 2 two
27 years of administrative experience in school business
28 management, and a minimum of 20 semester hours of
29 graduate credit in a program established by the
30 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent
31 of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
32 Certification Board for the preparation of school
33 business administrators. Such endorsement shall also be
34 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
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1 who qualifies by having a Master's Degree in Business
2 Administration, Finance or Accounting from a regionally
3 accredited institution of higher education.
4 After June 30, 1977, such endorsement shall be
5 required for any individual first employed as a chief
6 school business official.
7 (4) The superintendent endorsement shall be affixed to
8 the administrative certificate of any holder who has
9 completed 30 semester hours of graduate credit beyond the
10 master's degree in a program for the preparation of
11 superintendents of schools including 16 semester hours of
12 graduate credit in professional education and who has at
13 least 2 years experience as an administrator or supervisor in
14 the public schools or the State Board of Education or
15 education service regions or in nonpublic schools meeting the
16 standards established by the State Superintendent of
17 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition standards
18 approved by the State Superintendent of Education and holds
19 general supervisory or general administrative endorsement, or
20 who has had 2 years of experience as a supervisor or
21 administrator while holding an all-grade supervisory
22 certificate or a certificate comparable in validity and
23 educational and experience requirements.
24 After June 30, 1968, such endorsement shall be required
25 for a superintendent of schools, except as provided in the
26 second paragraph of this Section and in Section 34-6.
27 Any person appointed to the position of superintendent
28 between the effective date of this Act and June 30, 1993 in a
29 school district organized pursuant to Article 32 with an
30 enrollment of at least 20,000 pupils shall be exempt from the
31 provisions of this subsection (4) until June 30, 1996.
32 (f) All official interpretations or acts of issuing or
33 denying administrative certificates or endorsements by the
34 State Teacher's Certification Board, State Board of Education
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1 or the State Superintendent of Education, from the passage of
2 P.A. 81-1208 on November 8, 1979 through September 24, 1981
3 are hereby declared valid and legal acts in all respects and
4 further that the purported repeal of the provisions of this
5 Section by P.A. 81-1208 and P.A. 81-1509 is declared null and
6 void.
7 (Source: P.A. 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
8 (105 ILCS 5/21-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-9)
9 Sec. 21-9. Substitute certificates.
10 (a) A substitute teacher's certificate may be issued by
11 the Professional Teacher Standards Board for teaching in all
12 grades of the common schools. Such certificate may be issued
13 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board upon request of
14 the regional superintendent of schools of any region in
15 which the teacher is to teach. A substitute teacher's
16 certificate is valid for teaching in the public schools of
17 any county. Such certificate may be issued by the
18 Professional Teacher Standards Board to persons who either
19 (i) (a) hold a certificate valid for teaching in the common
20 schools as shown on the face of the certificate, (ii) (b)
21 hold a bachelor of arts degree from an institution of higher
22 learning accredited by the North Central Association or other
23 comparable regional accrediting association or have been
24 graduated from a recognized institution of higher learning
25 with a bachelor's degree, or (iii) (c) have had 2 years of
26 teaching experience and meet such other rules and regulations
27 as may be adopted by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
28 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
29 Teacher Certification Board. Such certificate shall expire
30 on June 30 in the fourth year from date of issue.
31 (b) A teacher holding a substitute teacher's certificate
32 may teach only in the place of a certified teacher who is
33 under contract with the employing board and may teach only
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1 when no appropriate fully certified teacher is available to
2 teach in a substitute capacity. A teacher holding an early
3 childhood certificate, an elementary certificate, a high
4 school certificate, or a special certificate may also
5 substitute teach in grades K-12 but only in the place of a
6 certified teacher who is under contract with the employing
7 board. A substitute teacher may teach only for a period not
8 to exceed 90 paid school days or 450 paid school hours in any
9 one school district in any one school term. Where such
10 teaching is partly on a daily and partly on an hourly basis,
11 a school day shall be considered as 5 hours. The teaching
12 limitations imposed by this subsection upon teachers holding
13 substitute certificates shall not apply in any school
14 district operating under Article 34.
15 (Source: P.A. 89-212, eff. 8-4-95.)
16 (105 ILCS 5/21-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-10)
17 Sec. 21-10. Provisional certificate.
18 (A) (Blank). Until July 1, 1972, the State Teacher
19 Certification Board may issue a provisional certificate valid
20 for teaching in elementary, high school or special subject
21 fields subject to the following conditions:
22 A provisional certificate may be issued to a person who
23 presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
24 degree from a recognized institution of higher learning. The
25 academic and professional courses offered as a basis of the
26 provisional certificate shall be courses approved by the
27 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
28 Teacher Certification Board.
29 A certificate earned under this plan may be renewed at
30 the end of each two-year period upon evidence filed with the
31 State Teacher Certification Board that the holder has earned
32 8 semester hours of credit within the period; provided the
33 requirements for the certificate of the same type issued for
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1 the teaching position for which the teacher is employed shall
2 be met by the end of the second renewal period. A second
3 provisional certificate shall not be issued. The credits so
4 earned must be approved by the State Board of Education in
5 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board and
6 must meet the general pattern for a similar type of
7 certificate issued on the basis of credit. No more than 4
8 semester hours shall be chosen from elective subjects.
9 (B) After July 1, 1972 and until January 1, 2000, the
10 State Teacher Certification Board may issue, and on and after
11 January 1, 2000 the Professional Teacher Standards Board may
12 issue, a provisional certificate valid for teaching in early
13 childhood, elementary, high school or special subject fields,
14 or for providing service as school service personnel or for
15 administering schools subject to the following conditions: A
16 provisional certificate may be issued to a person who meets
17 the requirements for a regular teaching, school service
18 personnel or administrative certificate in another State and
19 who presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
20 degree from a recognized institution of higher learning. The
21 academic and professional courses offered as a basis of the
22 provisional certificate shall be courses approved by the
23 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
24 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
25 A certificate earned under this plan is valid for a period of
26 2 years and shall not be renewed; however, the individual to
27 whom this certificate is issued shall have passed or shall
28 pass the examinations set forth by the Professional Teacher
29 Standards Board State Board of Education within 9 months of
30 the date of issuance of the provisional certificate. Failure
31 to pass the tests, required in Section 21-1a, shall result in
32 the cancellation of the provisional certificate.
33 (C) The Professional Teacher Standards Board State
34 Teacher Certification Board may also issue a provisional
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1 vocational certificate and a temporary provisional vocational
2 certificate.
3 (1) The requirements for a provisional vocational
4 certificate shall be determined by the Professional
5 Teacher Standards Board, State Board of Education in
6 consultation with the State Teacher Board; provided that,
7 as a minimum requirement, the person to whom the
8 certificate is to be issued has earned, the following
9 minimum requirements are met: (a) after July 1, 1972, at
10 least 30 semester hours of credit from a recognized
11 institution of higher learning; and (b) after July 1,
12 1974, at least 60 semester hours of credit from a
13 recognized institution of higher learning.
14 (2) The requirements for a temporary provisional
15 vocational certificate shall be determined by the
16 Professional Teacher Standards Board, State Board of
17 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
18 Certification Board; provided that, as a minimum
19 requirement, the person to whom the certificate is to be
20 issued has, the following minimum requirements are met:
21 (a) after July 1, 1973, at least 4,000 hours of work
22 experience in the skill to be certified for teaching; and
23 (b) after July 1, 1975, at least 8,000 hours of work
24 experience in the skill to be certified for teaching.
25 Any certificate issued under the provisions of this
26 paragraph shall expire on June 30 following the date of
27 issue. Renewals may be granted on a yearly basis, but
28 shall not be granted to any person who does not file with
29 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
30 Certification Board a transcript showing at least 3
31 semester hours of credit earned during the previous year
32 in a recognized institution of learning. No such
33 certificate shall be issued except upon certification by
34 the employing board, subject to the approval of the
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1 regional superintendent of schools, that no qualified
2 teacher holding a regular certificate or a provisional
3 vocational certificate is available and that actual
4 circumstances and need require such issuance.
5 The courses or work experience offered as a basis for the
6 issuance of the provisional vocational certificate or the
7 temporary provisional vocational certificate shall be
8 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
9 Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
10 Certification Board.
11 (D) Until July 1, 1972, the State Teacher Certification
12 Board may also issue a provisional foreign language
13 certificate valid for 4 years for teaching the foreign
14 language named therein in all grades of the common schools
15 and shall be issued to persons who have graduated from a
16 recognized institution of higher learning with not fewer than
17 120 semester hours of credit and who have met other
18 requirements as determined by the State Board of Education in
19 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. If
20 the holder of a provisional foreign language certificate that
21 was issued under this subsection before July 1, 1972 has been
22 suspended because the holder of that provisional certificate
23 did not become is not a citizen of the United States within 6
24 years of the date of issuance of the original certificate,
25 such certificate shall remain be suspended by the regional
26 superintendent of schools of the region in which the holder
27 is engaged to teach and shall not be reinstated by the
28 Professional Teacher Standards Board until the holder is a
29 citizen of the United States.
30 (E) Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
31 contrary, the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
32 Teacher Certification Board shall issue part-time provisional
33 certificates to eligible individuals who are professionals
34 and craftsmen.
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1 The requirements for a part-time provisional teachers
2 certificate shall be determined by the Professional Teacher
3 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
4 the State Teacher Certification Board, provided the following
5 minimum requirements are met: 60 semester hours of credit
6 from a recognized institution of higher learning or 4000
7 hours of work experience in the skill to be certified for
8 teaching.
9 A part-time provisional certificate may be issued for
10 teaching no more than 2 courses of study for grades 6 through
11 12.
12 A part-time provisional teachers certificate shall be
13 valid for 2 years and may be renewed at the end of each 2
14 year period.
15 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; revised 10-31-98.)
16 (105 ILCS 5/21-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11)
17 Sec. 21-11. General Certificate. The Professional Teacher
18 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board may issue a
19 general certificate for part-time teachers of adult education
20 subjects. Such certificates shall be for teaching in the
21 subject or subjects named on the certificate.
22 The requirement for this certificate is determined by the
23 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
24 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
25 This certificate may be issued by the Professional
26 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board
27 upon the request of the board employing such teacher and the
28 approval of the regional superintendent of schools of the
29 region in which the teaching is done.
30 Any teacher who holds any other valid certificate for
31 teaching in the public schools of Illinois may teach
32 noncredit courses assigned by the superintendent of schools
33 upon the authority of the board of education.
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1 (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
2 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1)
3 Sec. 21-11.1. Certificates for equivalent
4 qualifications. An applicant who holds or is eligible to hold
5 a teacher's certificate or license under the laws of another
6 state or territory of the United States may be granted a
7 corresponding teacher's certificate in Illinois on the
8 written authorization of the Professional Teacher Standards
9 Board State Board of Education and the State Teacher
10 Certification Board upon the following conditions:
11 (1) That the applicant is at least 19 years of age,
12 is of good character, good health and a citizen of the
13 United States; and
14 (2) That the requirements for a similar teacher's
15 certificate in the particular state or territory were, at
16 the date of issuance of the certificate, substantially
17 equal to the requirements in force at the time the
18 application is made for the certificate in this State.
19 After January 1, 1988, in addition to satisfying the
20 foregoing conditions and requirements, an applicant for a
21 corresponding teaching certificate in Illinois also shall be
22 required to pass the examinations required under the
23 provisions of Section 21-1a as directed by the Professional
24 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education.
25 In determining good character under this Section, any
26 felony conviction of the applicant may be taken into
27 consideration, but the conviction shall not operate as a bar
28 to registration.
29 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
30 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
31 Certification Board shall prescribe rules and regulations
32 establishing the similarity of certificates in other states
33 and the standards for determining the equivalence of
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1 requirements.
2 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
3 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2)
4 Sec. 21-11.2. Additional certificates; experienced
5 employed teachers. Experienced certified teachers employed
6 in Illinois public or private elementary and secondary
7 schools seeking additional teaching certificates as provided
8 in Sections 21-2.1, 21-3, 21-4, and 21-5 may submit an
9 application for evaluation of credentials to the Professional
10 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
11 Individuals obtaining a certificate by transcript evaluation
12 shall meet the minimum requirements for the certificate as
13 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
14 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the State
15 Teacher Certification Board.
16 (Source: P.A. 82-911.)
17 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3)
18 Sec. 21-11.3. Resident teacher certificate. A resident
19 teacher certificate shall be valid for 2 years for employment
20 as a resident teacher in a public school. It shall be issued
21 only to persons who have graduated from a recognized
22 institution of higher education with a bachelor's degree, who
23 are enrolled in a program of preparation approved by the
24 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
25 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
26 Certification Board, and who have passed the appropriate
27 tests as required in Section 21-1a and as determined by the
28 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
29 State Board of Education, in consultation
21 with the State Teacher Certification Board, shall assist
22 institutions of higher education and school districts with
23 the implementation of the Illinois Teacher Corps.
24 (b) Individuals who wish to become candidates for the
25 Illinois Teacher Corps program must earn a resident teacher
26 certificate as defined in Section 21-11.3, including:
27 (1) graduation from a recognized institution of
28 higher education with a bachelor's degree and at least a
29 3.00 out of a 4.00 grade point average;
30 (2) a minimum of 5 years of professional experience
31 in the area the candidate wishes to teach;
32 (3) passing the examinations required by the
33 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
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1 Education;
2 (4) enrollment in a Masters of Education Degree
3 program approved by the Professional Teacher Standards
4 Board State Superintendent of Education in consultation
5 with the State Teacher Certification Board; and
6 (5) completion of a 6 week summer intensive teacher
7 preparation course which is the first component of the
8 Masters Degree program.
9 (c) School districts may hire an Illinois Teacher Corps
10 candidate after the candidate has received his or her
11 resident teacher certificate. The school district has the
12 responsibility of ensuring that the candidates receive the
13 supports necessary to become qualified, competent and
14 productive teachers. To be eligible to participate in the
15 Illinois Teacher Corps program, school districts must provide
16 a minimum of the following supports to the candidates:
17 (1) a salary and benefits package as negotiated
18 through the teacher contracts;
19 (2) a mentor certified teacher who will provide
20 guidance to one or more candidates under a program
21 developed collaboratively by the school district and
22 university;
23 (3) at least quarterly evaluations performed of
24 each candidate jointly by the mentor teacher and the
25 principal of the school or the principal's designee; and
26 (4) a written and signed document from the school
27 district outlining the support the district intends to
28 provide to the candidates, for approval by the
29 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
30 Certification Board.
31 (d) Illinois institutions of higher education shall work
32 collaboratively with school districts and the Professional
33 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board to
34 academically prepare the candidates for the teaching
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1 profession. To be eligible to participate, the College or
2 School of Education of a participating Illinois institution
3 of higher education must develop a curriculum that provides,
4 upon completion, a Masters Degree in Education for the
5 candidates. The Masters Degree program must:
6 (1) receive approval from the Professional Teacher
7 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board; and
8 (2) take no longer than 3 summers and 2 academic
9 years to complete, and balance the needs and time
10 constraints of the candidates.
11 (e) Upon successful completion of the Masters Degree
12 program, the candidate receives an Initial Teaching
13 Certificate in the State of Illinois.
14 (f) If an individual wishes to become a candidate in the
15 Illinois Teacher Corps program, but does not possess 5 years
16 of professional experience, the individual may qualify for
17 the program by participating in a one year internship
18 teacher preparation program with a school district. The one
19 year internship shall be developed collaboratively by the
20 school district and the Illinois institution of higher
21 education, and shall be approved by the Professional Teacher
22 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
23 (g) The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
24 of Education is authorized to award grants to school
25 districts that seek to prepare candidates for the teaching
26 profession who have bachelors' degrees and professional work
27 experience in subjects relevant to teaching fields, but who
28 do not have formal preparation for teaching. Grants may be
29 made to school districts for up to $3,000 per candidate when
30 the school district, in cooperation with a public or private
31 university and the school district's teacher bargaining unit,
32 develop a program designed to prepare teachers pursuant to
33 the Illinois Teacher Corps program under this Section.
34 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-12)
2 Sec. 21-12. Printing; of Seal; Signature; Credentials.
3 All certificates shall be printed by and bear the seal of the
4 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
5 Certification Board and the signatures of the chairperson
6 chairman and of the secretary of that the Board. All college
7 credentials offered as the basis of a certificate shall be
8 presented to the secretary of the Professional Teacher
9 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board for
10 inspection and approval. After January 1, 1964, each
11 application for a certificate or evaluation of credentials
12 shall be accompanied by an evaluation fee of $20 which is not
13 refundable.
14 Commencing January 1, 1994, an additional $10 shall be
15 charged for each application for a certificate or evaluation
16 of credentials which is not refundable. There is hereby
17 created a Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund as a special
18 fund within the State Treasury. The proceeds of the
19 additional $10 fee shall be paid into the Teacher Certificate
20 Fee Revolving Fund; and the moneys in that Fund shall be
21 appropriated to the Professional Teacher Standards Board and
22 used by that Board to provide the technology and other
23 resources necessary for the timely and efficient processing
24 of certification requests.
25 When evaluation verifies the requirements for a valid
26 certificate, the applicant shall be issued an entitlement
27 card that may be presented to a regional superintendent of
28 schools together with a fee of one dollar for issuance of a
29 certificate.
30 The applicant shall be notified of any deficiencies.
31 (Source: P.A. 88-224; revised 10-31-98.)
32 (105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
33 Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
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1 (a) A limited four-year certificate or a certificate
2 issued after July 1, 1955, shall be renewable at its
3 expiration or within 60 days thereafter by the county
4 superintendent of schools having supervision and control over
5 the school where the teacher is teaching upon certified
6 evidence of meeting the requirements for renewal as required
7 by this Act and prescribed by the Professional Teacher
8 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
9 the State Teacher Certification Board. An elementary
10 supervisory certificate shall not be renewed at the end of
11 the first four-year period covered by the certificate unless
12 the holder thereof has filed certified evidence with the
13 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
14 Certification Board that he has a master's degree or that he
15 has earned 8 semester hours of credit in the field of
16 educational administration and supervision in a recognized
17 institution of higher learning. The holder shall continue to
18 earn 8 semester hours of credit each four-year period until
19 such time as he has earned a master's degree.
20 All certificates not renewed or registered as herein
21 provided shall lapse after a period of 4 years from the
22 expiration of the last year of registration. Such
23 certificates may be reinstated for a one year period upon
24 payment of all accumulated registration fees. Such
25 reinstated certificates shall only be renewed: (1) by earning
26 5 semester hours of credit in a recognized institution of
27 higher learning in the field of professional education or in
28 courses related to the holder's contractual teaching duties;
29 or (2) by presenting evidence of holding a valid regular
30 certificate of some other type. Any certificate may be
31 voluntarily surrendered by the certificate holder. A
32 voluntarily surrendered certificate shall be treated as a
33 revoked certificate.
34 (b) When those teaching certificates issued before
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1 January 1, 1999 are renewed for the first time after January
2 1, 1999, all such teaching certificates shall be exchanged
3 for Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in subsection
4 (c) of Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard Teaching
5 Certificates, including those issued to persons who
6 previously held teaching certificates issued before January
7 1, 1999, shall be renewable under the conditions set forth in
8 this subsection (b).
9 Initial Teaching Certificates are nonrenewable and are
10 valid for 4 years of teaching. Standard Teaching
11 Certificates are renewable every 5 years as provided in
12 subsection (c) of Section 21-2.
13 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-653, eff. 7-29-98.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/21-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-16)
15 Sec. 21-16. Fees; Requirement for registration. Every
16 applicant when issued a certificate shall pay to the regional
17 superintendent of schools a fee of $1, which shall be paid
18 into the institute fund. Every certificate issued under the
19 provisions of this Act shall be registered annually or, at
20 the option of the holder of the certificate, once every 3
21 years. The regional superintendent of schools having
22 supervision and control over the school where the teaching is
23 done shall register the certificate before the holder begins
24 to teach, otherwise it shall be registered in any county in
25 the State of Illinois; and one fee of $4 per year for
26 registration or renewal of one or more certificates which
27 have been issued to the same holder shall be paid into the
28 institute fund.
29 Requirements for registration of any certificate limited
30 in time shall include evidence of professional growth defined
31 as successful teaching experience since last registration of
32 certificate, attendance at professional meetings, membership
33 in professional organizations, additional credits earned in
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1 recognized teacher-training institutions, travel specifically
2 for educational experience, reading of professional books and
3 periodicals, filing all reports as required by the regional
4 superintendent of schools and the State Superintendent of
5 Education or such other professional experience or
6 combination of experiences as are presented by the teacher
7 and are approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
8 State Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
9 State Teacher Certification Board. A duplicate certificate
10 may be issued to the holder of a valid life certificate or
11 valid certificate limited in time by the Professional Teacher
12 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education; however,
13 it shall only be issued upon request of a regional
14 superintendent of schools and upon payment to the regional
15 superintendent of schools who requests such duplicate a fee
16 of $4.
17 (Source: P.A. 87-745.)
18 (105 ILCS 5/21-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-17)
19 Sec. 21-17. Fee for original and duplicate certificate.
20 A duplicate certificate shall be issued by the Professional
21 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education
22 when requested by the regional superintendent of schools as
23 provided in Section 21-16. The request for a duplicate
24 certificate shall be accompanied by a fee of $4.
25 (Source: P.A. 81-940.)
26 (105 ILCS 5/21-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-19)
27 Sec. 21-19. Annual report by certificate holder. The
28 holder of any certificate, shall annually within 30 days
29 after assuming the duties of any teaching position report to
30 the regional superintendent having supervision and control
31 over the school where the teacher is employed information
32 relative to training, experience, salary and other data
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1 required by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
2 Board of Education. The reports shall be collected in the
3 office of the regional superintendent and filed with the
4 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
5 ).
9 "Recognized", as used in this Article in connection with the
10 word "school" or "institution", means such school, college,
11 university, private junior college, public community college
12 or special or technical school as maintains an equipment,
13 course of study, a standard of scholarship and other
14 requirements set by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
15 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
16 Teacher Certification Board. Application for recognition of
17 such school or institution as a teacher training institution
18 shall be made to the Professional Teacher Standards Board
19 State Board of Education. The Professional Teacher Standards
20 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
21 Teacher Certification Board shall set the criteria by which
22 the school or institution shall be judged and through the
23 secretary of that the Board shall arrange for an official
24 inspection and shall grant recognition of such school or
25 institution as may meet the required standards. If such
26 standards include requirements with regard to education in
27 acquiring skills in working with culturally distinctive
28 students, as defined by the Professional Teacher Standards
29 Board State Board of Education, then the rules of the
30 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
31 State
7 Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
8 Certification Board shall have the power to define a major or
9 minor when used as a basis for recognition and certification
10 purposes.
11 (Source: P.A. 84-793.)
12 (105 ILCS 5/21-21.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-21.1)
13 Sec. 21-21.1. Denial of recommendation for
14 certification. Each college or university providing a
15 teacher education program approved and recognized pursuant to
16 the provisions of this Article shall establish procedures and
17 standards to assure that no student is denied the opportunity
18 to receive the institutional recommendation for certification
19 for reasons which are not directly related to the candidate's
20 anticipated performance as a certificated employee. Such
21 standards and procedures shall include the specific criteria
22 used by the institution for admission, retention, and
23 recommendation for certification, periodic evaluations of the
24 candidate's progress toward an institutional recommendation,
25 counseling and other supportive services to correct any
26 deficiencies which are considered remedial, and provisions to
27 assure that no person is discriminated against on the basis
28 of race, color, national origin or a disability unrelated to
29 the person's ability to perform as a certificated employee.
30 Each institution shall also establish a grievance procedure
31 for those candidates who are denied the institutional
32 recommendation for certification. Within 10 days of
33 notification of such denial, the college or university shall
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1 notify the candidate, in writing, of the reasons for the
2 denial of recommendation for certification. Within 30 days
3 of notification of the denial, the candidate may request the
4 college or university to review the denial. If, after an
5 additional 30 days to complete such review, the candidate is
6 denied recommendation for certification, the candidate may
7 appeal to the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
8 Teacher Certification Board within 10 days of notification
9 for a review of the institution's decision. The candidate
10 shall have the right to be present at any such review, to
11 present evidence, and to be represented by counsel. Upon
12 such review the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
13 Teacher Certification Board shall take recommend appropriate
14 action to the State Superintendent of Education. Each
15 institution's standards and procedures, including the
16 criteria for admission, retention, and the institutional
17 recommendation for certification, and the institution's
18 grievance procedures, shall be subject to approval by the
19 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
20 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
21 Certification Board. Each applicant to the institution's
22 teacher education program shall be provided with a copy of
23 the procedures established pursuant to this Section.
24 (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
25 (105 ILCS 5/21-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23)
26 Sec. 21-23. Suspension or revocation of certificate.
27 (a) Any certificate issued pursuant to this Article,
28 including but not limited to any administrative certificate
29 or endorsement, may be suspended for a period not to exceed
30 one calendar year by the regional superintendent or for a
31 period not to exceed 5 calendar years by the State
32 Superintendent of Education upon evidence of immorality, a
33 condition of health detrimental to the welfare of pupils,
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1 incompetency, unprofessional conduct, the neglect of any
2 professional duty, willful failure to report an instance of
3 suspected child abuse or neglect as required by the Abused
4 and Neglected Child Reporting Act, failure to establish
5 satisfactory repayment on an educational loan guaranteed by
6 the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, or other just
7 cause. Unprofessional conduct shall include refusal to
8 attend or participate in, institutes, teachers' meetings,
9 professional readings, or to meet other reasonable
10 requirements of the regional superintendent or State
11 Superintendent of Education. Unprofessional conduct also
12 includes conduct that violates the standards, ethics, or
13 rules applicable to the security, administration, monitoring,
14 or scoring of, or the reporting of scores from, any
15 assessment test or the Prairie State Achievement Examination
16 administered under Section 2-3.64 or that is known or
17 intended to produce or report manipulated or artificial,
18 rather than actual, assessment or achievement results or
19 gains from the administration of those tests or examinations.
20 It shall also include neglect or unnecessary delay in making
21 of statistical and other reports required by school officers.
22 The regional superintendent or State Superintendent of
23 Education shall upon receipt of evidence of immorality, a
24 condition of health detrimental to the welfare of pupils,
25 incompetency, unprofessional conduct, the neglect of any
26 professional duty or other just cause serve written notice to
27 the individual and afford the individual opportunity for a
28 hearing prior to suspension. If a hearing is requested
29 within 10 days of notice of opportunity for hearing it shall
30 act as a stay of proceedings not to exceed 30 days. No
31 certificate shall be suspended until the teacher has an
32 opportunity for a hearing at the educational service region.
33 When a certificate is suspended, the right of appeal shall
34 lie to the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
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1 Certification Board. When an appeal is taken within 10 days
2 after notice of suspension it shall act as a stay of
3 proceedings not to exceed 60 days. If a certificate is
4 suspended for a period greater than one year, the State
5 Superintendent of Education shall review the suspension prior
6 to the expiration of that period to determine whether the
7 cause for the suspension has been remedied or continues to
8 exist. Upon determining that the cause for suspension has
9 not abated, the State Superintendent of Education may order
10 that the suspension be continued for an appropriate period.
11 Nothing in this Section prohibits the continuance of such a
12 suspension for an indefinite period if the State
13 Superintendent determines that the cause for the suspension
14 remains unabated. Any certificate may be revoked for the
15 same reasons as for suspension by the State Superintendent of
16 Education. No certificate shall be revoked until the teacher
17 has an opportunity for a hearing before the Professional
18 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board,
19 which hearing must be held within 60 days from the date the
20 appeal is taken.
21 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board may
22 refuse to issue or may suspend the certificate of any person
23 who fails to file a return, or to pay the tax, penalty or
24 interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any final
25 assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as required by any
26 tax Act administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue,
27 until such time as the requirements of any such tax Act are
28 satisfied.
29 (b) Any certificate issued pursuant to this Article may
30 be suspended for an appropriate length of time as determined
31 by either the regional superintendent or State Superintendent
32 of Education upon evidence that the holder of the certificate
33 has been named as a perpetrator in an indicated report filed
34 pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act,
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1 approved June 26, 1975, as amended, and upon proof by clear
2 and convincing evidence that the licensee has caused a child
3 to be an abused child or neglected child as defined in that
4 the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
5 The regional superintendent or State Superintendent of
6 Education shall, upon receipt of evidence that the
7 certificate holder has been named a perpetrator in any
8 indicated report, serve written notice to the individual and
9 afford the individual opportunity for a hearing prior to
10 suspension. If a hearing is requested within 10 days of
11 notice of opportunity for hearing, it shall act as a stay of
12 proceedings not to exceed 30 days. No certificate shall be
13 suspended until the teacher has an opportunity for a hearing
14 at the educational service region. When a certificate is
15 suspended, the right of appeal shall lie to the Professional
16 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
17 When an appeal is taken within 10 days after notice of
18 suspension it shall act as a stay of proceedings not to
19 exceed 60 days. The State Superintendent may revoke any
20 certificate upon proof at hearing by clear and convincing
21 evidence that the certificate holder has caused a child to be
22 an abused child or neglected child as defined in the Abused
23 and Neglected Child Reporting Act. No certificate shall be
24 revoked until the teacher has an opportunity for a hearing
25 before the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
26 Certification Board, which hearing must be held within 60
27 days from the date the appeal is taken.
28 (c) The State Superintendent of Education or a person
29 designated by him shall have the power to administer oaths to
30 witnesses at any hearing conducted before the Professional
31 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board
32 pursuant to this Section. The State Superintendent of
33 Education or a person designated by him is authorized to
34 subpoena and bring before the Professional Teacher Standards
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1 Board State Teacher Certification Board any person in this
2 State and to take testimony either orally or by deposition or
3 by exhibit, with the same fees and mileage and in the same
4 manner as prescribed by law in judicial proceedings in the
5 civil cases in circuit courts of this State.
6 Any circuit court, upon the application of the State
7 Superintendent of Education, may, by order duly entered,
8 require the attendance of witnesses and the production of
9 relevant books and papers at any hearing the State
10 Superintendent of Education is authorized to conduct pursuant
11 to this Section, and the court may compel obedience to its
12 orders by proceedings for contempt.
13 (d) As used in this Section, "teacher" means any school
14 district employee regularly required to be certified, as
15 provided in this Article, in order to teach or supervise in
16 the public schools.
17 (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
18 (105 ILCS 5/21-23b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23b)
19 Sec. 21-23b. Conviction of felony.
20 (a) Whenever the holder of any certificate issued under
21 this Article is employed by the school board of any school
22 district, including a special charter district or school
23 district organized under Article 34, and is convicted, either
24 after a bench trial, trial by jury, or plea of guilty, of any
25 offense for which a sentence to death or a term of
26 imprisonment in a penitentiary for one year or more is
27 provided, the school board shall promptly notify the
28 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
29 State Board of Education receives notice of a conviction
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1 under subsection (a) or otherwise learns that any person who
2 is a "teacher" as that term is defined in Section 16-106 of
3 the Illinois Pension Code has been convicted, either after a
4 bench trial, trial by jury, or plea of guilty, of any offense
5 for which a sentence to death or a term of imprisonment in a
6 penitentiary for one year or more is provided, the
7 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
8 and
10 State Board of
25 Education, the State Teacher Certification Board, and the
26 regional superintendent of schools under this Article. The
27 term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101
28 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The commencement of any
29 action for review shall operate as a stay of enforcement and
30 no action based on any decision of the Professional Teacher
31 Standards Board State Board of Education, State Teacher
32 Certification Board or the regional superintendent of schools
33 shall be taken pending final disposition of such review.
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1 (Source: P.A. 84-551.)
2 (105 ILCS 5/21-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-25)
3 Sec. 21-25. School service personnel certificate.
4 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, a school service
5 personnel certificate shall be issued to those applicants of
6 good character, good health, a citizen of the United States
7 and at least 19 years of age who have a bachelor's degree
8 with not fewer than 120 semester hours from a recognized
9 institution of higher learning and who meets the requirements
10 established by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
11 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the State
12 Teacher Certification Board. A school service personnel
13 certificate with a school nurse endorsement may be issued to
14 a person who holds a bachelor of science degree from an
15 institution of higher learning accredited by the North
16 Central Association or other comparable regional accrediting
17 association.
18 Such certificate shall be endorsed with the area of
19 service as determined by the Professional Teacher Standards
20 Board State Superintendent of Education in consultation with
21 the State Teacher Certification Board.
22 The holder of such certificate shall be entitled to all
23 of the rights and privileges granted holders of a valid
24 teaching certificate, including teacher benefits,
25 compensation and working conditions.
26 When the holder of such certificate has earned a master's
27 degree, including 8 semester hours of graduate professional
28 education from a recognized institution of higher learning,
29 and has at least 2 years of successful school experience
30 while holding such certificate, the certificate may be
31 endorsed for supervision.
32 (Source: P.A. 88-386.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5)
2 Sec. 34-18.5. Criminal background investigations.
3 (a) After August 1, 1985, certified and noncertified
4 applicants for employment with the school district are
5 required as a condition of employment to authorize an
6 investigation to determine if such applicants have been
7 convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses
8 in subsection (c) of this Section. Authorization for the
9 investigation shall be furnished by the applicant to the
10 school district, except that if the applicant is a substitute
11 teacher seeking employment in more than one school district,
12 or a teacher seeking concurrent part-time employment
13 positions with more than one school district (as a reading
14 specialist, special education teacher or otherwise), or an
15 educational support personnel employee seeking employment
16 positions with more than one district, any such district may
17 require the applicant to furnish authorization for the
18 investigation to the regional superintendent of the
19 educational service region in which are located the school
20 districts in which the applicant is seeking employment as a
21 substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
22 educational support personnel employee. Upon receipt of this
23 authorization, the school district or the appropriate
24 regional superintendent, as the case may be, shall submit the
25 applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth and social
26 security number to the Department of State Police on forms
27 prescribed by the Department. The regional superintendent
28 submitting the requisite information to the Department of
29 State Police shall promptly notify the school districts in
30 which the applicant is seeking employment as a substitute or
31 concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent educational
32 support personnel employee that the investigation of the
33 applicant has been requested. The Department of State Police
34 shall conduct an investigation to ascertain if the applicant
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1 being considered for employment has been convicted of any of
2 the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c).
3 The Department shall charge the school district or the
4 appropriate regional superintendent a fee for conducting such
5 investigation, which fee shall be deposited in the State
6 Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the cost of the
7 inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a fee for
8 such investigation by the school district or by the regional
9 superintendent. The regional superintendent may seek
10 reimbursement from the State Board of Education or the
11 appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
12 regional superintendent to the Department for the criminal
13 background investigations required by this Section.
14 (b) The Department shall furnish, pursuant to positive
15 identification, records of convictions, until expunged, to
16 the president of the board of education for the school
17 district which requested the investigation, or to the
18 regional superintendent who requested the investigation. Any
19 information concerning the record of convictions obtained by
20 the president of the board of education or the regional
21 superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
22 transmitted to the general superintendent of the school
23 district or his designee, the appropriate regional
24 superintendent if the investigation was requested by the
25 board of education for the school district, the presidents of
26 the appropriate board of education or school boards if the
27 investigation was requested from the Department of State
28 Police by the regional superintendent, the State
29 Superintendent of Education, the Professional Teacher
30 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board or any
31 other person necessary to the decision of hiring the
32 applicant for employment. A copy of the record of convictions
33 obtained from the Department of State Police shall be
34 provided to the applicant for employment. If an investigation
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1 of an applicant for employment as a substitute or concurrent
2 part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel
3 employee in more than one school district was requested by
4 the regional superintendent, and the Department of State
5 Police upon investigation ascertains that the applicant has
6 not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
7 offenses in subsection (c) and so notifies the regional
8 superintendent, then the regional superintendent shall issue
9 to the applicant a certificate evidencing that as of the date
10 specified by the Department of State Police the applicant has
11 not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
12 offenses in subsection (c). The school board of any school
13 district located in the educational service region served by
14 the regional superintendent who issues such a certificate to
15 an applicant for employment as a substitute or concurrent
16 part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel
17 employee in more than one such district may rely on the
18 certificate issued by the regional superintendent to that
19 applicant, or may initiate its own investigation of the
20 applicant through the Department of State Police as provided
21 in subsection (a). Any person who releases any confidential
22 information concerning any criminal convictions of an
23 applicant for employment shall be guilty of a Class A
24 misdemeanor, unless the release of such information is
25 authorized by this Section.
26 (c) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
27 person who has been convicted for committing attempted first
28 degree murder or for committing or attempting to commit first
29 degree murder or a Class X felony or any one or more of the
30 following offenses: (i) those defined in Sections 11-6,
31 11-9, 11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19,
32 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-13, 12-14,
33 12-14.1, 12-15 and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961; (ii)
34 those defined in the Cannabis Control Act, except those
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1 defined in Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act; (iii)
2 those defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act; and
3 (iv) any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
4 against the laws of the United States, which if committed or
5 attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
6 more of the foregoing offenses. Further, the board of
7 education shall not knowingly employ a person who has been
8 found to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of
9 any minor under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under
10 Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
11 (d) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
12 person for whom a criminal background investigation has not
13 been initiated.
14 (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a
15 finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate issued
16 pursuant to Article 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the
17 School Code, the board of education or the State
18 Superintendent of Education shall initiate the certificate
19 suspension and revocation proceedings authorized by law.
20 (f) After March 19, 1990, the provisions of this Section
21 shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
22 contracts with any school district including, but not limited
23 to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
24 transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
25 the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
26 criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
27 firms holding contracts with more than one school district
28 and assigned to more than one school district, the regional
29 superintendent of the educational service region in which the
30 contracting school districts are located may, at the request
31 of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
32 authorization for investigation prepared by each such
33 employee and submitting the same to the Department of State
34 Police. Any information concerning the record of conviction
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1 of any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
2 shall be promptly reported to the president of the
3 appropriate school board or school boards.
4 (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96;
5 89-610, eff. 8-6-96; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
6 (105 ILCS 5/34-83) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-83)
7 Sec. 34-83. Board of examiners - Certificates -
8 Examinations. A board of 3 examiners shall examine all
9 applicants required to hold certificates to teach and the
10 board of education shall issue gratuitously to those who pass
11 a required test of character, scholarship and general
12 fitness, such certificates to teach as they are found
13 entitled to receive. No person may be granted or continue to
14 hold a teaching certificate who has knowingly altered or
15 misrepresented his or her teaching qualifications in order to
16 acquire the certificate. Any other certificate held by such
17 person may be suspended or revoked by the board of examiners,
18 depending upon the severity of the alteration or
19 misrepresentation. The board of examiners shall consist of
20 the general superintendent of schools and 2 persons approved
21 and appointed by the board of education upon the nomination
22 of the general superintendent of schools. The board of
23 examiners shall hold such examinations as the board of
24 education may prescribe, upon the recommendation of the
25 general superintendent of schools and shall prepare all
26 necessary eligible lists, which shall be kept in the office
27 of the general superintendent of schools and be open to
28 public inspection. Members of the board of examiners shall
29 hold office for a term of 2 years.
30 The board of examiners created herein is abolished
31 effective July 1, 1988. Commencing July 1, 1988, all new
32 teachers employed by the board shall hold teaching
33 certificates issued by the State Teacher Certification Board
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1 under Article 21. The State Board of Education in
2 consultation with the board of examiners and the State
3 Teacher Certification Board shall develop procedures whereby
4 Teachers currently holding valid certificates issued by the
5 board of examiners prior to its abolition, and all teachers
6 employed by the board after August 1, 1985 and prior to July
7 1, 1988, shall no later than July 1, 1988 exchange
8 certificates issued by the board of examiners for comparable
9 certificates issued under Article 21 by the State Teacher
10 Certification Board. On the exchange of a certificate on or
11 before July 1, 1988, the State Teacher Certification Board
12 shall not require any additional qualifications for the
13 issuance of the comparable certificate are not required. If
14 prior to July 1, 1988 the board of examiners has issued types
15 of teaching certificates which are not comparable to the
16 types of certificates issued under Article 21 by the State
17 Teacher Certification Board, such certificates shall continue
18 to be valid for and shall be renewable by the holders
19 thereof, and no additional qualifications shall be required
20 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
21 Certification Board for any such renewal.
22 The State Board of Education shall report by July 1,
23 1986, to the Illinois General Assembly on the procedures for
24 exchange it has developed in consultation with the board of
25 examiners and the State Teacher Certification Board as
26 required in this Section.
27 (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
28 Section 10. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
29 is amended by changing Section 65.20 as follows:
30 (110 ILCS 947/65.20)
31 Sec. 65.20. Science-mathematics teacher scholarships.
32 (a) The Commission may annually award a number of
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1 scholarships, not to 570eed 200, to persons holding valid
2 teaching certificates issued under Article 21 of the School
3 Code. Such scholarships shall be issued to teachers who make
4 application to the Commission and who agree to take courses
5 at qualified institutions of higher learning that will
6 prepare them to teach science or mathematics at the secondary
7 school level.
8 (b) Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be
9 issued pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commission;
10 provided that no rule or regulation promulgated by the State
11 Board of Education prior to the effective date of this
12 amendatory Act of 1993 pursuant to the exercise of any right,
13 power, duty, responsibility or matter of pending business
14 transferred from the State Board of Education to the
15 Commission under this Section shall be affected thereby, and
16 all such rules and regulations shall become the rules and
17 regulations of the Commission until modified or changed by
18 the Commission in accordance with law. In awarding
19 scholarships, the Commission shall give priority to those
20 teachers with the greatest amount of seniority within school
21 districts.
22 (c) Each scholarship shall be utilized by its holder for
23 the payment of tuition at any qualified institution of higher
24 learning. Such tuition shall be available only for courses
25 that will enable the teacher to be certified to teach science
26 or mathematics at the secondary school level. The Commission,
27 in consultation with the Professional Teacher Standards Board
28 State Teacher Certification Board, shall determine which
29 courses are eligible for tuition payments under this Section.
30 (d) The Commission shall make tuition payments directly
31 to the qualified institution of higher learning which the
32 teacher attends for the courses prescribed or may make
33 payments to the teacher. Any teacher who receives payments
34 and who fails to enroll in the courses prescribed shall
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1 refund the payments to the Commission.
2 (e) Following the completion of the program of study,
3 the teacher must accept employment within 2 years in a
4 secondary school in Illinois within 60 miles of the teacher's
5 residence to teach science or mathematics; provided, however,
6 that the teacher instead may elect to accept employment
7 within such 2 year period to teach science or mathematics in
8 a secondary school in Illinois which is more than 60 miles
9 from the teacher's residence. Teachers who fail to comply
10 with this provision shall refund all of the scholarship
11 awarded to the Commission, whether payments were made
12 directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the
13 teachers, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by
14 all scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is
15 awarded. No teacher shall be required to refund tuition
16 payments if his or her failure to obtain employment as a
17 mathematics or science teacher in a secondary school is the
18 result of financial conditions within school districts. The
19 rules and regulations promulgated as provided in this Section
20 shall include provisions regarding the waiving and deferral
21 of such payments.
22 (f) The Commission, with the cooperation of the State
23 Board of Education, shall assist teachers who have
24 participated in the scholarship program established by this
25 Section in finding employment to teach science or
26 mathematics at the secondary level.
27 (g) This Section is substantially the same as Section
28 30-4b of the School Code, which Section is repealed by this
29 amendatory Act of 1993, and shall be construed as a
30 continuation of the science-mathematics teacher scholarship
31 program established by that prior law, and not as a new or
32 different science-mathematics teacher scholarship program.
33 The State Board of Education shall transfer to the
34 Commission, as the successor to the State Board of Education
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1 for all purposes of administering and implementing the
2 provisions of this Section, all books, accounts, records,
3 papers, documents, contracts, agreements, and pending
4 business in any way relating to the science-mathematics
5 teacher scholarship program continued under this Section; and
6 all scholarships at any time awarded under that program by,
7 and all applications for any such scholarships at any time
8 made to, the State Board of Education shall be unaffected by
9 the transfer to the Commission of all responsibility for the
10 administration and implementation of the science-mathematics
11 teacher scholarship program continued under this Section.
12 The State Board of Education shall furnish to the Commission
13 such other information as the Commission may request to
14 assist it in administering this Section.
15 (h) Appropriations for the scholarships outlined in this
16 Section shall be made to the Commission from funds
17 appropriated by the General Assembly.
18 (i) For the purposes of this Section:
19 "Qualified institution of higher learning" means the
20 University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago
21 State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors
22 State University, Illinois State University, Northeastern
23 Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Western
24 Illinois University, and the public community colleges
25 subject to the Public Community College Act.
26 "Secondary school level" means grades 9 through 12 or a
27 portion of such grades.
28 (Source: P.A. 88-228; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-4, eff.
29 1-1-96.)
30 Section 15. The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act is
31 amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
32 (225 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 5354)
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1 Sec. 4. Application of Act.
2 (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
3 activities of and services of a student, intern or resident
4 in psychology seeking to fulfill educational requirements or
5 the experience requirements in order to qualify for a license
6 under this Act, or an individual seeking to fulfill the
7 postdoctoral experience requirements in order to qualify for
8 licensure under this Act provided that such activities and
9 services are under the direct supervision, order, control and
10 full professional responsibility of a licensed clinical
11 psychologist and provided that such student, intern, or
12 resident be designated by a title "intern" or "resident" or
13 other designation of trainee status. Supervised experience
14 in which the supervisor receives monetary payment or other
15 considerations from the supervisee or in which the supervisor
16 is hired by or otherwise employed by the supervisee shall not
17 be accepted by the Department as fulfilling the practicum,
18 internship or 2 years of satisfactory supervised experience
19 requirements for licensure. Nothing contained in this Section
20 shall be construed as permitting such students, interns, or
21 residents to offer their services as clinical psychologists
22 to any other person or persons and to accept remuneration for
23 such clinical psychological services other than as
24 specifically excepted herein, unless they have been licensed
25 under the provisions of this Act.
26 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting
27 persons licensed as clinical psychologists to engage in any
28 manner in the practice of medicine as defined in the laws of
29 this State. Persons licensed as clinical psychologists who
30 render services to persons in need of mental treatment or who
31 are mentally ill shall as appropriate initiate genuine
32 collaboration with a physician licensed in Illinois to
33 practice medicine in all its branches.
34 (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as
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1 restricting an individual certified as a school psychologist
2 by the State Board of Education, who is at least 21 years of
3 age and has had at least 3 years of full-time experience as a
4 certified school psychologist, from using the title school
5 psychologist and offering school psychological services
6 limited to those services set forth in the rules and
7 regulations that govern the administration and operation of
8 special education pertaining to children and youth ages 0-21
9 prepared by the State Board of Education. Anyone offering
10 such services under the provisions of this paragraph shall
11 use the term school psychologist and describe such services
12 as "School Psychological Services". This exemption shall be
13 limited to the practice of school psychology only as
14 manifested through psychoeducational problems, and shall not
15 be construed to allow a school psychologist to function as a
16 general practitioner of clinical psychology, unless otherwise
17 licensed under this Act. However, nothing in this paragraph
18 prohibits a school psychologist from making evaluations,
19 recommendations or interventions regarding the placement of
20 children in educational programs or special education
21 classes, nor shall it prohibit school psychologists from
22 providing clinical psychological services under the
23 supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist. This
24 paragraph shall not be construed to mandate insurance
25 companies to reimburse school psychologists directly for the
26 services of school psychologists. Nothing in this paragraph
27 shall be construed to exclude anyone duly licensed under this
28 Act from offering psychological services in the school
29 setting. School psychologists providing services under the
30 provisions of this paragraph shall not provide such services
31 outside their employment to any child who is a student in the
32 district or districts which employ such school psychologist.
33 School psychologists, as described in this paragraph, shall
34 be under the regulatory authority of the State Board of
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1 Education and the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
2 Teacher Certification Board.
3 (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
4 activities and use of the official title of "psychologist" on
5 the part of a person not licensed under this Act who
6 possesses a doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated
7 primarily on the study of psychology and is an academic
8 employee of a duly chartered institution of higher education
9 insofar as such person engages in public speaking with or
10 without remuneration, provided that such person is not in any
11 manner held out to the public as practicing clinical
12 psychology as defined in paragraph 5 of Section 2 of this
13 Act, unless he or she has been licensed under the provisions
14 of this Act.
15 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to regulate,
16 control, or restrict the clinical practice of any person
17 licensed, registered, or certified in this State under any
18 other Act, provided that such person is not in any manner
19 held out to the public as rendering clinical psychological
20 services as defined in paragraph 7 of Section 2 of this Act.
21 (f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
22 activities and use of the title "psychologist" on the part of
23 a person who practices psychology and (i) who possesses a
24 doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated primarily on
25 the study of psychology; and (ii) whose services involve the
26 development and application of psychological theory and
27 methodology to problems of organizations and problems of
28 individuals and groups in organizational settings; and
29 provided further that such person is not in any manner held
30 out to the public as practicing clinical psychology and is
31 not held out to the public by any title, description or
32 designation stating or implying that he or she is a clinical
33 psychologist unless he or she has been licensed under the
34 provisions of this Act.
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1 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
2 Section 20. The Professional Counselor and Clinical
3 Professional Counselor Licensing Act is amended by changing
4 Section 15 as follows:
5 (225 ILCS 107/15)
6 Sec. 15. Exemptions.
7 (a) This Act does not prohibit any persons legally
8 regulated in this State by any other Act from engaging in the
9 practice for which they are authorized as long as they do not
10 represent themselves by the title of "professional
11 counselor", "licensed professional counselor", "clinical
12 professional counselor", or "licensed clinical professional
13 counselor". This Act does not prohibit the practice of
14 nonregulated professions whose practitioners are engaged in
15 the delivery of human services as long as these practitioners
16 do not represent themselves as or use the title of
17 "professional counselor", "licensed professional counselor",
18 "clinical professional counselor", or "licensed clinical
19 professional counselor".
20 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
21 activities and services of a student, intern, or resident in
22 professional counseling or clinical professional counseling
23 seeking to fulfill educational requirements in order to
24 qualify for a license under this Act, or an individual
25 seeking to fulfill the post-degree experience requirements in
26 order to qualify for licensing under this Act, if the
27 activities and services are supervised as specified in this
28 Act, and that the student, intern, or resident is designated
29 by a title "intern" or "resident" or other designation of
30 trainee status. Nothing contained in this Section shall be
31 construed to permit students, interns, or residents to offer
32 their services as professional counselors or clinical
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1 professional counselors to any other person and to accept
2 remuneration for such professional counseling or clinical
3 professional counseling services other than as specifically
4 excepted in this Section, unless they have been licensed
5 under this Act.
6 (c) Corporations, partnerships, and associations may
7 employ practicum students, interns, or post-degree candidates
8 seeking to fulfill educational requirements or the
9 professional experience requirements needed to qualify for a
10 license under this Act if their activities and services
11 constitute a part of the student's supervised course of study
12 or post-degree professional experience requirements. Nothing
13 in this paragraph shall prohibit a corporation, partnership,
14 or association from contracting with a licensed health care
15 professional to provide services.
16 (d) Nothing in this Act shall prevent the employment, by
17 a professional counselor or clinical professional counselor,
18 person, association, partnership, or a corporation furnishing
19 professional counseling or clinical professional counseling
20 services for remuneration, of persons not licensed as
21 professional counselors or clinical professional counselors
22 under this Act to perform services in various capacities as
23 needed if these persons are not in any manner held out to the
24 public or do not hold themselves out to the public by any
25 title or designation stating or implying that they are
26 professional counselors or clinical professional counselors.
27 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
28 services of a person, not licensed under the provisions of
29 this Act, in the employ of a federal, State, county, or
30 municipal agency or other political subdivision or
31 not-for-profit corporation providing human services if (1)
32 the services are a part of the duties in his or her salaried
33 position, (2) the services are performed solely on behalf of
34 his or her employer, and (3) that person does not in any
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1 manner represent himself or herself as or use the title of
2 "professional counselor", "licensed professional counselor",
3 "clinical professional counselor", or "licensed clinical
4 professional counselor".
5 (f) Duly recognized members of any religious
6 organization shall not be restricted from functioning in
7 their ministerial capacity provided they do not represent
8 themselves as being professional counselors or clinical
9 professional counselors, or as providing "professional
10 counseling" or "clinical professional counseling". This Act
11 shall not apply or be construed so as to apply to the
12 employees or agents of a church or religious organization or
13 an organization owned, controlled, or affiliated with a
14 church or religious organization, unless the church,
15 religious organization, or owned, controlled, or affiliated
16 organization designates or holds these employees or agents
17 out to the public as professional counselors or clinical
18 professional counselors or holds out their services as being
19 "professional counseling" or "clinical professional
20 counseling".
21 (g) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit individuals not
22 licensed under the provisions of this Act who work in
23 self-help groups or programs or not-for-profit organizations
24 from providing services in those groups, programs, or
25 organizations, as long as those persons are not in any manner
26 held out to the public as practicing professional counseling
27 or clinical professional counseling, or do not hold
28 themselves out to the public by any title or designation
29 stating or implying that they are professional counselors or
30 clinical professional counselors.
31 (h) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
32 activities and use of the official title of "professional
33 counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" on the part
34 of a person not licensed under this Act who is an academic
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1 employee of a duly chartered institution of higher education
2 and who holds educational and professional qualifications
3 equivalent to those required for licensing under this Act,
4 insofar as such activities are performed in the person's role
5 as an academic employee, or insofar as such person engages in
6 public speaking with or without remuneration.
7 (i) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
8 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a school
9 counselor certified by the Professional Teacher Standards
10 Board State Teacher Certification Board and employed as
11 authorized by Section 10-22-24a or any other provision of
12 the School Code as long as that person is not in any manner
13 held out to the public as a "professional counselor" or
14 "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his or
15 her services as being "professional counseling" or "clinical
16 professional counseling".
17 (j) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
18 any hospital, clinic, home health agency, hospice, or other
19 entity that provides health care to employ or to contract
20 with a person licensed under this Act to provide professional
21 counseling or clinical professional counseling services.
22 These persons may not hold themselves out or represent
23 themselves to the public as being licensed under this Act.
24 (k) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
25 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a person
26 employed by a private elementary or secondary school who
27 provides counseling within the scope of his or her employment
28 as long as that person is not in any manner held out to the
29 public as a "professional counselor" or "clinical
30 professional counselor" or does not hold out his or her
31 services as being "professional counseling" or "clinical
32 professional counseling".
33 (l) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
34 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a rape
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1 crisis counselor who is an employee or volunteer of a rape
2 crisis organization as defined in Section 8-802.1 of the Code
3 of Civil Procedure as long as that person is not in any
4 manner held out to the public as a "professional counselor"
5 or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
6 or her services as being "professional counseling" or
7 "clinical professional counseling".
8 (m) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent
9 any licensed social worker, licensed clinical social worker,
10 or licensed clinical psychologist from practicing
11 professional counseling as long as that person is not in any
12 manner held out to the public as a "professional counselor"
13 or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
14 or her services as being "professional counseling" or
15 "clinical professional counseling".
16 (n) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
17 activities and use of the official title of "professional
18 counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" on the part
19 of a person not licensed under this Act who is a physician
20 licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches under
21 the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
22 (o) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
23 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a domestic
24 violence counselor who is an employee or volunteer of a
25 domestic violence program as defined in Section 227 of the
26 Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
27 (Source: P.A. 87-1011; 87-1212; 87-1269; 88-45; 88-424;
28 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
29 (105 ILCS 5/21-0.01 rep.)
30 (105 ILCS 5/21-13 rep.)
31 (105 ILCS 5/21-26 rep.)
32 Section 25. The School Code is amended by repealing
33 Sections 21-0.01, 21-13, and 21-26.
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
2 January 1, 2000.
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3 105 ILCS 5/2-3.11 from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11
4 105 ILCS 5/10-21.9 from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9
5 105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a
6 105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a
7 105 ILCS 5/10-22.34 from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34
8 105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1
9 105 ILCS 5/14-8.05 from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05
10 105 ILCS 5/14C-2 from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2
11 105 ILCS 5/21-0.05 new
12 105 ILCS 5/21-1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-1
13 105 ILCS 5/21-1a from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a
14 105 ILCS 5/21-1b from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b
15 105 ILCS 5/21-1c from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c
16 105 ILCS 5/21-2 from Ch. 122, par. 21-2
17 105 ILCS 5/21-2.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1
18 105 ILCS 5/21-2b from Ch. 122, par. 21-2b
19 105 ILCS 5/21-3 from Ch. 122, par. 21-3
20 105 ILCS 5/21-4 from Ch. 122, par. 21-4
21 105 ILCS 5/21-5 from Ch. 122, par. 21-5
22 105 ILCS 5/21-5a from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a
23 105 ILCS 5/21-5b
24 105 ILCS 5/21-5c
25 105 ILCS 5/21-5d
26 105 ILCS 5/21-7.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1
27 105 ILCS 5/21-9 from Ch. 122, par. 21-9
28 105 ILCS 5/21-10 from Ch. 122, par. 21-10
29 105 ILCS 5/21-11 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11
30 105 ILCS 5/21-11.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1
31 105 ILCS 5/21-11.2 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2
32 105 ILCS 5/21-11.3 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3
33 105 ILCS 5/21-11.4
34 105 ILCS 5/21-12 from Ch. 122, par. 21-12
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1 105 ILCS 5/21-14 from Ch. 122, par. 21-14
2 105 ILCS 5/21-16 from Ch. 122, par. 21-16
3 105 ILCS 5/21-17 from Ch. 122, par. 21-17
4 105 ILCS 5/21-19 from Ch. 122, par. 21-19
5 105 ILCS 5/21-21 from Ch. 122, par. 21-21
6 105 ILCS 5/21-21.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-21.1
7 105 ILCS 5/21-23 from Ch. 122, par. 21-23
8 105 ILCS 5/21-23b from Ch. 122, par. 21-23b
9 105 ILCS 5/21-24 from Ch. 122, par. 21-24
10 105 ILCS 5/21-25 from Ch. 122, par. 21-25
11 105 ILCS 5/34-18.5 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5
12 105 ILCS 5/34-83 from Ch. 122, par. 34-83
13 110 ILCS 947/65.20
14 225 ILCS 15/4 from Ch. 111, par. 5354
15 225 ILCS 107/15
16 105 ILCS 5/21-0.01 rep.
17 105 ILCS 5/21-13 rep.
18 105 ILCS 5/21-26 rep.