103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5455

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Sharon Chung

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/21B-10
105 ILCS 5/21B-105

    Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that the operating procedures of the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board may provide for the inclusion of nonvoting, ex officio members on the Board. With respect to a for-profit or not-for-profit entity being recognized as an educator preparation institution, provides that any for-profit or not-for-profit entity with a presence in this State must also be approved by the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board (instead of providing that any for-profit or not-for-profit entity must also be approved by the Board of Higher Education).


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
521B-10 and 21B-105 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/21B-10)
7    Sec. 21B-10. State Educator Preparation and Licensure
8Board.
9    (a) The State Teacher Certification Board, which had been
10established under Section 21-13 of the School Code prior to
11this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, shall be
12renamed the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board.
13References in law to the State Teacher Certification Board
14shall mean the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board.
15    The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board shall
16consist of the State Superintendent of Education or a
17representative appointed by him or her, who shall be
18ex-officio chairperson, 5 administrative or faculty members of
19public or private colleges or universities located in this
20State, 3 administrators and 10 classroom teachers employed in
21the public schools (5 of whom must be members of and nominated
22by a statewide professional teachers' organization and 5 of
23whom must be members of and nominated by a different statewide

 

 

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1professional teachers' organization), and one regional
2superintendent of schools, all of whom shall be appointed by
3the State Board of Education; provided that at least one of the
4administrators and at least 3 of the classroom teachers so
5appointed must be employees of a school district that is
6subject to the provisions of Article 34 of this Code. A
7statewide professional teachers' organization and a different
8statewide professional teachers' organization shall submit to
9the State Board of Education for consideration at least 3
10names of accomplished teachers for every one vacancy or
11expiring term in a classroom teacher position. The nominations
12submitted to the State Board of Education under this Section
13to fill a vacancy or an expiring term shall be advisory.
14Nomination for State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
15members must be submitted to the State Board of Education
16within 30 days after the vacancy or vacancies occur.
17Nominations to fill an expiring term must be submitted to the
18State Board of Education at least 30 days before the
19expiration of that term. Notwithstanding any other provisions
20of this Section, if a sufficient number of nominations are not
21received by the State Board of Education for a vacancy or
22expiring term within the 30-day period, then the State Board
23of Education may appoint any qualified person, in the same
24manner as the original appointment, to fill the vacancy or
25expiring term. The regular term of each member is 3 years, and
26an individual may be appointed for no more than 2 consecutive

 

 

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1terms. The term of an appointed member of the State Educator
2Preparation and Licensure Board shall expire on June 30 of his
3or her final year.
4    The operating procedures of the State Educator Preparation
5and Licensure Board may provide for the inclusion of
6nonvoting, ex officio members on the Board.
7    (b) The State Board of Education shall appoint a secretary
8of the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board.
9    (c) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
10shall hold regular meetings at least quarterly and such other
11special meetings as may be necessary.
12    (d) The necessary expenses of the State Educator
13Preparation and Licensure Board shall be provided through the
14State Board of Education. The State Board of Education, in
15consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
16Board, may adopt such rules as may be necessary for the
17administration of this Article.
18    (e) (Blank).
19(Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18.)
 
20    (105 ILCS 5/21B-105)
21    Sec. 21B-105. Granting of recognition; regional
22accreditation; definitions.
23    (a) "Recognized", as used in this Article in connection
24with the word "school" or "institution", means such college,
25university, or for-profit or not-for-profit entity that meets

 

 

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1requirements set by the State Board of Education, in
2consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
3Board. Application for recognition of the school or
4institution as an educator preparation institution must be
5made to the State Board of Education. The State Board of
6Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation
7and Licensure Board, shall set the criteria by which the
8school or institution is to be judged and, through the
9secretary of the State Board, arrange for an official
10inspection and shall grant recognition of such school or
11institution as may meet the required standards. If the
12standards include requirements with regard to education in
13acquiring skills in working with culturally distinctive
14students, as defined by the State Board of Education, then the
15rules of the State Board of Education shall include the
16criteria used to evaluate compliance with this requirement. No
17school or institution may make assignments of student teachers
18or teachers for practice teaching so as to promote segregation
19on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, or national
20origin.
21    Any for-profit or not-for-profit entity with a presence in
22this State must also be approved by the Board of Higher
23Education or the Illinois Community College Board.
24    All recommendations or entitlements for educator licensure
25shall be made by a recognized institution operating a program
26of preparation for the license that is approved by the State

 

 

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1Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator
2Preparation and Licensure Board. The State Board of Education,
3in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and
4Licensure Board, shall have the power to define a major or
5minor when used as a basis for recognition and licensure
6purposes.
7    (b) "Regionally accredited", or "accredited", as used in
8this Article in connection with a university or institution,
9means an institution of higher education accredited by the
10North Central Association or other comparable regional
11accrediting association.
12(Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18.)