Public Act 93-0332

HB2350 Enrolled                      LRB093 07235 NHT 07391 b

    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 changing
Section 10-22.34 as follows:

    (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34)
    Sec. 10-22.34.  Non-certificated personnel.
    (a)  School Boards may employ non-teaching  personnel  or
utilize volunteer personnel for:  (1) non-teaching duties not
requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils; and
(2) supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception
areas  used incident to instructional programs transmitted by
electronic media such as computers,  video,  and  audio,  and
detention   and   discipline   areas,   and  school-sponsored
extracurricular activities.
    (b)  School  boards   may   further   utilize   volunteer
non-certificated   personnel   or   employ   non-certificated
personnel  to  assist  in the instruction of pupils under the
immediate  supervision  of  a  teacher,   holding   a   valid
certificate,  directly  engaged in teaching subject matter or
conducting activities.  The  teacher  shall  be  continuously
aware  of  the non-certificated persons' activities and shall
be able to  control  or  modify  them.  The  State  Board  of
Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
Certification  Board,  shall determine qualifications of such
personnel and  shall  prescribe  rules  for  determining  the
duties  and  activities  to be assigned to such personnel. In
the determination of qualifications of  such  personnel,  the
State  Board of Education shall accept coursework earned in a
recognized institution  or  from  an  institution  of  higher
learning accredited by the North Central Association or other
comparable  regional accrediting association and shall accept
qualifications  based  on  relevant   life   experiences   as
determined by the State Board of Education by rule.
    (b-5)  A  school  board  may  utilize volunteer personnel
from a regional School  Crisis  Assistance  Team  (S.C.A.T.),
created  as  part  of  the  Safe to Learn Program established
pursuant to Section 25 of the  Illinois  Violence  Prevention
Act  of  1995,  to  provide assistance to schools in times of
violence  or  other  traumatic  incidents  within  a   school
community by providing crisis intervention services to lessen
the  effects  of  emotional  trauma  on  individuals  and the
community.  The  School  Crisis  Assistance   Team   Steering
Committee shall determine the qualifications for volunteers.
    (c)  School  boards  may  also  employ students holding a
bachelor's degree from a  recognized  institution  of  higher
learning  as teaching interns when such students are enrolled
in a college or  university  internship  program,  which  has
prior   approval   by   the  State  Board  of  Education,  in
consultation with  the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board,
leading to a masters degree.
    Regional  offices  of  education  have  the  authority to
initiate and collaborate with institutions of higher learning
to  establish  internship   programs   referenced   in   this
subsection  (c).   The  State  Board of Education has 90 days
from receiving a written proposal to establish the internship
program to  seek  the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board's
consultation  on  the internship program.  If the State Board
of Education does not consult the State Teacher Certification
Board within 90 days, the regional office  of  education  may
seek  the  State  Teacher  Certification Board's consultation
without the State Board of Education's approval.
    (d)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  require  constant
supervision of  a  student  teacher  enrolled  in  a  student
teaching  course  at  a  college or university, provided such
activity has the prior approval of the representative of  the
higher   education   institution   and  teaching  plans  have
previously  been  discussed  with   and   approved   by   the
supervising  teacher  and further provided that such teaching
is within  guidelines  established  by  the  State  Board  of
Education    in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
Certification Board.
(Source: P.A. 92-200, eff. 1-1-02; 92-724, eff. 7-25-02.)