Rep. Michael Unes
Filed: 3/14/2013
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1868
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1868 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 21-10 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/21-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-10)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2013)
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| 8 | Sec. 21-10. Provisional certificate.
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| 9 | (A) (Blank).
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| 10 | (B) Beginning After July 1, 2013 1972, the State Educator | ||||||
| 11 | Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board may
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| 12 | issue a provisional certificate valid for teaching in early | ||||||
| 13 | childhood,
elementary, high school, or special subject fields, | ||||||
| 14 | or for providing service as
school service personnel or for | ||||||
| 15 | administering schools, subject to the following
conditions: A | ||||||
| 16 | provisional certificate may be issued to a person who meets the
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| 1 | requirements for a regular teaching, school service personnel, | ||||||
| 2 | or administrative
certificate in another state State and who
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| 3 | presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's | ||||||
| 4 | degree from a
recognized institution of higher learning. The | ||||||
| 5 | academic and
professional courses offered as a basis of the | ||||||
| 6 | provisional certificate
shall be courses approved by the State | ||||||
| 7 | Board of Education, in
consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
| 8 | Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board. A | ||||||
| 9 | certificate
earned under this plan is valid for a period of 2 | ||||||
| 10 | years and
shall not be renewed.
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| 11 | (C) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher | ||||||
| 12 | Certification Board may also issue a
provisional vocational | ||||||
| 13 | certificate and a temporary provisional
vocational | ||||||
| 14 | certificate.
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| 15 | (1) The requirements for a provisional vocational | ||||||
| 16 | certificate shall
be determined by the State Board of | ||||||
| 17 | Education, in
consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
| 18 | Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board; | ||||||
| 19 | provided, the
following
minimum requirements are met: (a) | ||||||
| 20 | (blank); after July 1, 1972, at least 30
semester hours of | ||||||
| 21 | credit from a recognized institution of higher
learning; | ||||||
| 22 | and (b) after July 1, 1974, at least 60 semester hours of
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| 23 | credit from a recognized institution of higher learning. A | ||||||
| 24 | bachelor's degree is not required for this certificate.
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| 25 | (2) The requirements for a temporary provisional | ||||||
| 26 | vocational
certificate shall be determined by the State | ||||||
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| 1 | Board of Education, in consultation
with the State Educator | ||||||
| 2 | Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board;
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| 3 | provided, the following minimum requirements are met: (a) | ||||||
| 4 | (blank); after July 1,
1973, at least 4,000 hours of work | ||||||
| 5 | experience in the skill to be
certified for teaching; and | ||||||
| 6 | (b) after July 1, 1975, at least 8,000 hours
of work | ||||||
| 7 | experience in the skill to be certified for teaching. Any
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| 8 | certificate issued under the provisions of this paragraph | ||||||
| 9 | (2) shall expire
on June 30 following the date of issue. | ||||||
| 10 | Renewals may be granted on a
yearly basis, but shall not be | ||||||
| 11 | granted to any person who does not file
with the State | ||||||
| 12 | Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification | ||||||
| 13 | Board a transcript showing at least
3 semester hours of | ||||||
| 14 | credit earned during the previous year in a
recognized | ||||||
| 15 | institution of learning. No such certificate shall be | ||||||
| 16 | issued
except upon certification by the employing board, | ||||||
| 17 | subject to the
approval of the regional superintendent of | ||||||
| 18 | schools, that no qualified
teacher holding a regular | ||||||
| 19 | certificate or license or a provisional vocational
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| 20 | certificate is available and that actual circumstances and | ||||||
| 21 | need require
such issuance.
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| 22 | The courses or work experience offered as a basis for the | ||||||
| 23 | issuance of
the provisional vocational certificate or the | ||||||
| 24 | temporary provisional
vocational certificate shall be approved | ||||||
| 25 | by the State Board of Education,
in consultation with the State | ||||||
| 26 | Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher
Certification | ||||||
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| 1 | Board.
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| 2 | (D) (Blank).
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| 3 | (E) Notwithstanding anything in this Code Act to the | ||||||
| 4 | contrary, the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
Teacher | ||||||
| 5 | Certification Board shall issue part-time provisional | ||||||
| 6 | certificates to
eligible individuals who are professionals and | ||||||
| 7 | craftsmen.
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| 8 | The requirements for a part-time provisional teachers | ||||||
| 9 | certificate shall be
determined by the State Board of | ||||||
| 10 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | ||||||
| 11 | and Licensure
Teacher Certification Board, provided the | ||||||
| 12 | following minimum
requirements are met: 60 semester hours of | ||||||
| 13 | credit from a recognized
institution of higher learning or | ||||||
| 14 | 4,000 4000
hours of work experience in the skill to be | ||||||
| 15 | certified for teaching.
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| 16 | A part-time provisional certificate may be issued for | ||||||
| 17 | teaching no more than 2
courses of study for grades 6 through | ||||||
| 18 | 12.
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| 19 | A part-time provisional teachers certificate shall be | ||||||
| 20 | valid for 2 years and
may be renewed at the end of each 2 year | ||||||
| 21 | period.
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| 22 | (F) (Blank). This Section is repealed on June 30, 2013. | ||||||
| 23 | (G) A person who qualifies for a certificate under this | ||||||
| 24 | Section is not required to hold a license under Article 21B of | ||||||
| 25 | this Code. | ||||||
| 26 | (Source: P.A. 96-689, eff. 8-25-09; 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)
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| 1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 2 | 2013.".
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