Public Act 0948 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4987 Enrolled LRB094 17275 NHT 54608 b

Public Act 094-0948

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 14-1.09d and by changing Section 14-1.10 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.09d new)

Sec. 14-1.09d. Behavior analyst. "Behavior analyst" means a person who is certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board.

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.10) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.10)

Sec. 14-1.10. Professional worker. "Professional worker" means a trained specialist, and is limited to speech correctionist, school social worker, school psychologist, psychologist intern, school nurse intern, school social worker intern, certificated school nurse, special administrator intern, registered therapist, professional consultant, special administrator or supervisor giving full time to special education, behavior analyst, and teacher of any class or program defined in this Article who meets the requirements of this Article, who has the required special training in the understandings, techniques, and special methods of instruction for children who because of their disabling conditions are placed in any program provided for in this Article, and who works in such program.

(Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2007