SB1799ham003 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

Filed: 5/18/2011

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1799

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1799, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 2, as follows:

on page 167, line 23, after "(iii)", by inserting "have successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, the identification of, and the methods of instruction for the exceptional child, including without limitation the learning disabled, (iv)"; and

on page 167, line 25, by replacing "(iv)" with "(v)"; and

on page 188, immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:

"(F) Special education endorsement. A special education endorsement in one or more areas shall be affixed to a Professional Educator License for any individual that meets those requirements established by the State Board of Education in rules. Special education endorsement areas shall include without limitation the following:

(i) Learning Behavioral Specialist I;

(ii) Learning Behavior Specialist II;

(iii) Speech Language Pathologist;

(iv) Blind or Visually Impaired;

(v) Deaf-Hard of Hearing; and

(vi) Early Childhood Special Education.

Notwithstanding anything in this Code to the contrary, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may add additional areas of special education by rule."; and

on page 188, line 4, by replacing "(F)" with "(G)"; and

on page 188, line 19, by replacing "(F)" with "(G)"; and

by replacing line 23 on page 207 through line 1 on page 208 with the following:

"Any individual who, on or after July 1, 2012, has been issued a Master Certificate pursuant to Section 21-2 of this Code or a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation on a Professional Educator License pursuant to this Section may work as a teacher only in an area for which he or she holds the required Illinois endorsement. Any individual who, prior to June 30, 2012, has been issued an endorsement for a particular area on a Master Certificate may work as a teacher in that area even without having been issued the required Illinois endorsement."; and

on page 218, lines 18 and 19, by replacing "this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly" with "Public Act 96-431"; and

on page 219, by replacing lines 21 through 23 with the following: "this Article has been convicted of attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, soliciting, or committing first degree"; and

on page 219, line 24, by replacing "murder," with "murder"; and

on page 238, by deleting line 17; and

on page 238, line 22, by deleting "21-28,".