Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
Filed: 3/3/2023
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2238 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2238 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing 
5Sections 10-22.23 and 14-1.09 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/10-22.23)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.23)



7    Sec. 10-22.23. School Nurse. To employ a registered 
8professional
nurse and define the duties of the school nurse 
9within the guidelines of
rules and regulations promulgated by 
10the State Board of Education.  Any
school nurse first employed 
11on or after July 1, 1976, whose duties
require teaching or the 
12exercise of instructional judgment or educational
evaluation 
13of pupils, must be licensed under Section 21B-25 of this Code.

14School districts may employ nonlicensed registered 
15professional nurses
to perform professional nursing services.
16    A school district may employ a sufficient number of school 
 
 
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1nurses to address the needs of its students, but no less than a 
2student-to-school nurse ratio of 750 to 1. Consideration for 
3school nurse staffing should include the complex health needs 
4of students, the need for continuous professional nursing 
5services, the number of free and reduced-price lunch students 
6in a school building, and the average number of medical 
7emergencies at a school per year. 

8(Source: P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22.)

 



9    (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.09)



10    Sec. 14-1.09. School psychologist. "School psychologist" 
11means a
psychologist who meets the following qualifications: 
12        (1) The psychologist: 
13            (A) has graduated with a master's or higher degree 
14        in
psychology or educational psychology from an 
15        institution of higher learning that
 maintains 
16        equipment,
courses of study, and standards of 
17        scholarship approved by the State Board
of Education, 
18        has had at least one school year of full-time 
19        supervised
experience in the delivery of school 
20        psychological services of a character
approved by the 
21        State
Superintendent of Education, and has such 
22        additional qualifications
as may be required
by the 
23        State Board of Education; or 
24            (B) holds a valid Nationally Certified School 
25        Psychologist (NCSP) credential. 
 
 
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1        (2) The psychologist holds a Professional Educator 
2    License with a school psychologist endorsement issued 
3    pursuant to Section 21B-25 of this Code.
Persons so 
4    licensed may use the title "school psychologist" and may

5    offer school psychological services which are limited to 
6    those services set
forth in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 226, Special 
7    Education, pertaining to children
between the ages of 3 to 
8    21, promulgated by the State Board of Education.

9    School psychologists may make evaluations, recommendations 
10or interventions
regarding the placement of children in 
11educational programs or special
education classes.  However, a 
12school psychologist shall not provide such
services outside 
13his or her employment to any student in the district or

14districts which employ such school psychologist.
15    A school district may employ a sufficient number of school 
16psychologists to address the needs of the school district's 
17students and schools, but no less than a student-to-school 
18psychologist ratio of 500 to 1. 

19(Source: P.A. 100-750, eff. 8-10-18.)

 
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 30, 
212023.".