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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.)