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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 | 14-1.09b as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09b)
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| 7 | Sec. 14-1.09b. Speech-language pathologist.
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| 8 | (a) For purposes of supervision of a speech-language | ||||||
| 9 | pathology assistant,
"speech-language pathologist" means a | ||||||
| 10 | person who has received a license
pursuant to the Illinois | ||||||
| 11 | Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act
to engage | ||||||
| 12 | in the practice of speech-language pathology.
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| 13 | (b) The School Service Personnel Certificate with a | ||||||
| 14 | speech-language
endorsement shall be issued under Section | ||||||
| 15 | 21-25 of this Code to a
speech-language pathologist who meets | ||||||
| 16 | all of the following requirements:
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| 17 | (1) (A) Holds a regular license as a speech-language | ||||||
| 18 | pathologist
pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language | ||||||
| 19 | Pathology and Audiology Practice Act,
(B) holds a current | ||||||
| 20 | Certificate of Clinical Competence in
speech-language | ||||||
| 21 | pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing | ||||||
| 22 | Association
and a regular license in speech-language | ||||||
| 23 | pathology from another state or
territory or the District | ||||||
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| 1 | of Columbia and has applied for a regular license as
a | ||||||
| 2 | speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, or | ||||||
| 4 | (C) holds or has applied for a temporary license pursuant | ||||||
| 5 | to
Section 8.1 of the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology | ||||||
| 6 | and Audiology Practice Act.
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| 7 | (2) Holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major | ||||||
| 8 | emphasis in
speech-language pathology from an institution | ||||||
| 9 | whose course of study was
approved or program was | ||||||
| 10 | accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
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| 11 | Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American | ||||||
| 12 | Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor.
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| 13 | (3) Either (i) has completed a program of study that
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| 14 | meets the content area standards for
speech-language | ||||||
| 15 | pathologists approved by the State Board of Education, in
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| 16 | consultation with the State Teachers Certification Board, | ||||||
| 17 | (ii) has completed a program in another state, territory, | ||||||
| 18 | or possession of the United States that is comparable to an | ||||||
| 19 | approved program of study described in item (i), or (iii) | ||||||
| 20 | holds a certificate issued by another state, territory, or | ||||||
| 21 | possession of the United States that is comparable to the | ||||||
| 22 | school service personnel certificate with a | ||||||
| 23 | speech-language endorsement. If the requirements described | ||||||
| 24 | in items (i), (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph (3) have not | ||||||
| 25 | been met, a person must provide evidence that he or she has | ||||||
| 26 | completed at least 150 clock hours of supervised experience | ||||||
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| 1 | in speech-language pathology with students with | ||||||
| 2 | disabilities in a school setting, including experience | ||||||
| 3 | required by federal law or federal court order; however, a | ||||||
| 4 | person who lacks such experience may obtain interim | ||||||
| 5 | certification as established by the Illinois State Board of | ||||||
| 6 | Education, in consultation with the State Teacher | ||||||
| 7 | Certification Board, and shall participate in school-based | ||||||
| 8 | professional experience of at least 150 clock hours to meet | ||||||
| 9 | this requirement.
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| 10 | (4) Has successfully completed the required Illinois | ||||||
| 11 | certification tests.
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| 12 | (5) Has paid the application fee required for | ||||||
| 13 | certification.
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| 14 | The provisions of this subsection (b) do not preclude the | ||||||
| 15 | issuance of a
teaching certificate to a speech-language | ||||||
| 16 | pathologist who qualifies for such a
certificate. | ||||||
| 17 | (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a Professional | ||||||
| 18 | Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement | ||||||
| 19 | for non-teaching speech-language pathologist shall be issued | ||||||
| 20 | under Section 21B-25 to a speech-language pathologist who (i) | ||||||
| 21 | holds a regular license as a speech-language pathologist | ||||||
| 22 | pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and | ||||||
| 23 | Audiology Practice Act and (ii) holds a current Certificate of | ||||||
| 24 | Clinical Competence in
speech-language pathology from the | ||||||
| 25 | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
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| 26 | (Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02; 93-112, eff. 1-1-04; | ||||||
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| 1 | 93-1060, eff. 12-23-04.)
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