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| | HB4514 Engrossed | | LRB100 17851 AXK 33032 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 10-22.24a as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
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| 7 | | Sec. 10-22.24a. School counselor. To employ school |
| 8 | | counselors. A school
counselor is
a qualified specialist who |
| 9 | | holds a School Service Personnel certificate
endorsed in school
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| 10 | | counseling issued pursuant to Section 21-25 of this Code and
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| 11 | | who either (i) holds or is qualified for an elementary, |
| 12 | | secondary, special
K-12, or special preschool-age 21 |
| 13 | | certificate issued pursuant to Section 21-2
or 21-4 of this |
| 14 | | Code or (ii) in lieu of holding or qualifying for a teaching
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| 15 | | certificate, has fulfilled such other requirements as the State |
| 16 | | Board of
Education and the State Teacher Certification Board |
| 17 | | may by rule establish. An
individual who has completed an |
| 18 | | approved
program in another state may apply for a
School |
| 19 | | Service Personnel certificate
endorsed in school counseling |
| 20 | | and shall receive such a certificate if a review
of his or her |
| 21 | | credentials indicates that
he or she meets the additional |
| 22 | | requirements of this Section. Only persons so licensed and |
| 23 | | endorsed may use the title "school counselor".
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