Public Act 100-0356
 
HB0826 EnrolledLRB100 08319 MLM 18427 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 
14-1.09a and  by adding Sections 10-20.60 and 34-18.53 as 
follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.60 new)
    Sec. 10-20.60. School social worker. A school board may 
employ school social workers who have graduated with a master's 
or higher degree in social work from an accredited graduate 
school of social work and have such additional qualifications 
as may be required by the State Board of Education and who hold 
a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel 
endorsement for school social work pursuant to Section 21B-25 
of this Code. Only persons so licensed and endorsed may use the 
title "school social worker". A school social worker may 
provide individual and group services to the general student 
population and to students with disabilities pursuant to 
Article 14 of this Code and rules set forth in 23 Ill. Adm. 
Code 226, Special Education, adopted by the State Board of 
Education and may provide support and consultation to 
administrators, teachers, and other school personnel 
consistent with their professional qualifications and the 
provisions of this Code and other applicable laws. School 
districts may employ a sufficient number of school social 
workers to address the needs of their students and schools and 
may maintain the nationally recommended student-to-school 
social worker ratio of 250 to 1. A school social worker may not 
provide such services outside his or her employment to any 
student in the district or districts that employ the school 
social worker.
 



    (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.09a)



    Sec. 14-1.09a. School social worker. "School Social 
Worker" means a
social worker who has graduated with a master's 
or higher degree in social
work from an accredited graduate 
school of social work and who has such
additional 
qualifications as may be required by the State Board of

Education and who holds a Professional Educator License with a 
school support personnel endorsement for school social work 
pursuant to Section 21B-25 School Service Personnel 
Certificate endorsed for
school social work issued pursuant to 
Section 21-25 of this Code. Only persons
Persons so licensed 
and endorsed certified may use the title "school social 
worker". A social worker and may
offer school social work 
services as provided in this Code and other applicable laws and 
as which are limited to those services set
forth in 23 Ill.  
Adm.  Code 226, Special Education, pertaining to children

between the ages of 3 to 21, promulgated by the State Board of 
Education, governing the provision of  special education and 
related services to children with disabilities and 
requirements for the  treatment of children with disabilities 
between the ages of 3 and 21.
School social workers may make 
evaluations, recommendations or
interventions regarding the 
placement of children in educational programs
or special 
education classes.  However, a school social worker shall not

provide such services outside his or her employment to any 
student in the
district or districts which employ such school 
social worker.

(Source: P.A. 86-303.)

 
    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.53 new)
    Sec. 34-18.53. School social worker. The board may employ 
school social workers who have graduated with a master's or 
higher degree in social work from an accredited graduate school 
of social work and have such additional qualifications as may 
be required by the State Board of Education and who hold a 
Professional Educator License with a school support personnel 
endorsement for school social work pursuant to Section 21B-25 
of this Code. Only persons so licensed and endorsed may use the 
title "school social worker". A school social worker may 
provide individual and group services to the general student 
population and to students with disabilities pursuant to 
Article 14 of this Code and rules set forth in 23 Ill. Adm. 
Code 226, Special Education, adopted by the State Board of 
Education and may provide support and consultation to 
administrators, teachers, and other school personnel 
consistent with their professional qualifications and the 
provisions of this Code and other applicable laws. The school 
district may employ a sufficient number of school social 
workers to address the needs of their students and schools and 
may maintain the nationally recommended student-to-school 
social worker ratio of 250 to 1. A school social worker may not 
provide such services outside his or her employment to any 
student in the district or districts that employ the school 
social worker.
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.