093_HB2350
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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Section 10-22.34 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34)
7 Sec. 10-22.34. Non-certificated personnel.
8 (a) School Boards may employ non-teaching personnel or
9 utilize volunteer personnel for: (1) non-teaching duties not
10 requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils; and
11 (2) supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception
12 areas used incident to instructional programs transmitted by
13 electronic media such as computers, video, and audio, and
14 detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
15 extracurricular activities.
16 (b) School boards may further utilize volunteer
17 non-certificated personnel or employ non-certificated
18 personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the
19 immediate supervision of a teacher, holding a valid
20 certificate, directly engaged in teaching subject matter or
21 conducting activities. The teacher shall be continuously
22 aware of the non-certificated persons' activities and shall
23 be able to control or modify them. The State Board of
24 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
25 Certification Board, shall determine qualifications of such
26 personnel and shall prescribe rules for determining the
27 duties and activities to be assigned to such personnel. In
28 the determination of qualifications of such personnel, the
29 State Board of Education shall accept coursework earned in a
30 recognized institution or from an institution of higher
31 learning accredited by the North Central Association or other
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1 comparable regional accrediting association and shall accept
2 qualifications based on relevant life experiences as
3 determined by the State Board of Education by rule.
4 (b-5) A school board may utilize volunteer personnel
5 from a regional School Crisis Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.),
6 created as part of the Safe to Learn Program established
7 pursuant to Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention
8 Act of 1995, to provide assistance to schools in times of
9 violence or other traumatic incidents within a school
10 community by providing crisis intervention services to lessen
11 the effects of emotional trauma on individuals and the
12 community. The School Crisis Assistance Team Steering
13 Committee shall determine the qualifications for volunteers.
14 (c) School boards may also employ students holding a
15 bachelor's degree from a recognized institution of higher
16 learning as teaching interns when such students are enrolled
17 in a college or university internship program, which has
18 prior approval by the State Board of Education, in
19 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
20 leading to a masters degree.
21 Regional offices of education have the authority to
22 initiate and collaborate with institutions of higher learning
23 to establish internship programs referenced in this
24 subsection (c). The State Board of Education has 90 days
25 from receiving a written proposal to establish the internship
26 program to seek the State Teacher Certification Board's
27 consultation on the internship program. If the State Board
28 of Education does not consult the State Teacher Certification
29 Board within 90 days, the regional office of education may
30 seek the State Teacher Certification Board's consultation
31 without the State Board of Education's approval.
32 (d) Nothing in this Section shall require constant
33 supervision of a student teacher enrolled in a student
34 teaching course at a college or university, provided such
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1 activity has the prior approval of the representative of the
2 higher education institution and teaching plans have
3 previously been discussed with and approved by the
4 supervising teacher and further provided that such teaching
5 is within guidelines established by the State Board of
6 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
7 Certification Board.
8 (Source: P.A. 92-200, eff. 1-1-02; 92-724, eff. 7-25-02.)