Full Text of SB1520 103rd General Assembly
SB1520 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB1520 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding the types of licenses, provides that applicants for a Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate degree (instead of a bachelor's degree) or higher from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved educator preparation program in this State and have earned at least 90 credit hours. Effective July 1, 2023.
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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 Section | 5 | | 21B-20 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | 7 | | Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of | 8 | | Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, | 9 | | whereby individuals employed in school districts who are | 10 | | required to be licensed must have one of the following | 11 | | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an | 12 | | educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute | 13 | | teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2023, a short-term | 14 | | substitute teaching license. References in law regarding | 15 | | individuals certified or certificated or required to be | 16 | | certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall | 17 | | also include individuals licensed or required to be licensed | 18 | | under this Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June | 19 | | 30 following one full year of the license being issued. | 20 | | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 21 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | 22 | | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | 23 | | licenses and endorsements under this Section. |
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| 1 | | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) | 2 | | have successfully completed an approved educator | 3 | | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | 4 | | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | 5 | | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | 6 | | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | 7 | | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | 8 | | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | 9 | | the exceptional child, including without limitation | 10 | | children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | 11 | | successfully completed coursework in methods of reading | 12 | | and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other | 13 | | criteria established by rule of the State Board of | 14 | | Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License. | 15 | | All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30 | 16 | | immediately following 5 years of the license being issued. | 17 | | The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with | 18 | | specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is | 19 | | eligible to practice. For an early childhood education | 20 | | endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student | 21 | | teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher | 22 | | preparation program through placement in a setting with | 23 | | children from birth through grade 2, and the individual | 24 | | may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The | 25 | | student teaching experience must meet the requirements of | 26 | | and be approved by the individual's early childhood |
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| 1 | | teacher preparation program. | 2 | | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | 3 | | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | 4 | | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | 5 | | in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable | 6 | | content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | 7 | | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | 8 | | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | 9 | | that limits the license holder to one particular position | 10 | | or does not require completion of an approved educator | 11 | | program or both. | 12 | | An individual with an Educator License with | 13 | | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | 14 | | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | 15 | | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | 16 | | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | 17 | | with the following endorsements: | 18 | | (A) (Blank). | 19 | | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | 20 | | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | 21 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 22 | | applicant who, at the time of applying for the | 23 | | endorsement, has done all of the following: | 24 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 25 | | college or university with a minimum of a | 26 | | bachelor's degree. |
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| 1 | | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | 2 | | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | 3 | | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | 4 | | Code. | 5 | | (iii) Passed a content area test, as required | 6 | | under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 7 | | The alternative provisional educator endorsement is | 8 | | valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a | 9 | | third year by an individual meeting the requirements set | 10 | | forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | 11 | | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | 12 | | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | 13 | | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | 14 | | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | 15 | | superintendent in a school district's central office. | 16 | | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | 17 | | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | 18 | | done all of the following: | 19 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 20 | | college or university with a minimum of a master's | 21 | | degree in a management field other than education. | 22 | | (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | 23 | | years in a management level position in a field | 24 | | other than education. | 25 | | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | 26 | | of an alternative route to superintendent |
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| 1 | | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 | 2 | | of this Code. | 3 | | (iv) Passed a content area test required under | 4 | | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 5 | | The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | 6 | | order to complete one full year of serving as a | 7 | | superintendent or assistant superintendent. | 8 | | (D) (Blank). | 9 | | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | 10 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 11 | | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | 12 | | has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | 13 | | regionally accredited institution of higher education | 14 | | or an accredited trade and technical institution and | 15 | | has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | 16 | | education in each area to be taught. | 17 | | The career and technical educator endorsement on | 18 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 19 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 20 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed. | 21 | | An individual who holds a valid career and | 22 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 23 | | with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's | 24 | | degree may substitute teach in career and technical | 25 | | education classrooms. | 26 | | (F) (Blank). |
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| 1 | | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | 2 | | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | 3 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | 4 | | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | 5 | | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | 6 | | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets | 7 | | all of the following requirements: | 8 | | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | 9 | | writing ability in the language other than English | 10 | | in which transitional bilingual education is | 11 | | offered. | 12 | | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | 13 | | communicate in English. | 14 | | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | 15 | | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | 16 | | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | 17 | | comparable teaching certificate or comparable | 18 | | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | 19 | | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | 20 | | a foreign country that the State Educator | 21 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | 22 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 23 | | regionally accredited institution of higher | 24 | | learning in the United States. | 25 | | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | 26 | | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, |
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| 1 | | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | 2 | | of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be | 3 | | renewed. | 4 | | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | 5 | | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | 6 | | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | 7 | | replaced for any reason. | 8 | | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | 9 | | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | 10 | | other than English in the public schools, an | 11 | | individual who holds an Educator License with | 12 | | Stipulations may also apply for a language | 13 | | endorsement, provided that the applicant provides | 14 | | satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the | 15 | | following requirements: | 16 | | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | 17 | | endorsement. | 18 | | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | 19 | | language for which the endorsement is to be issued | 20 | | by passing the applicable language content test | 21 | | required by the State Board of Education. | 22 | | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | 23 | | a regionally accredited institution of higher | 24 | | education or, for individuals educated in a | 25 | | country other than the United States, holds a | 26 | | degree from an institution of higher learning in a |
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| 1 | | foreign country that the State Educator | 2 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | 3 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 4 | | regionally accredited institution of higher | 5 | | learning in the United States. | 6 | | (iv) (Blank). | 7 | | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | 8 | | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | 9 | | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | 10 | | individual's transitional bilingual educator | 11 | | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | 12 | | and shall not be renewed. | 13 | | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | 14 | | international educator endorsement on an Educator | 15 | | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 16 | | individual who is being recruited by a particular | 17 | | school district that conducts formal recruitment | 18 | | programs outside of the United States to secure the | 19 | | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of | 20 | | the following requirements: | 21 | | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | 22 | | bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | 23 | | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | 24 | | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | 25 | | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | 26 | | subject to be taught. |
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| 1 | | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | 2 | | language. | 3 | | A holder of a visiting international educator | 4 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 5 | | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | 6 | | programs in the language that was the medium of | 7 | | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | 8 | | provided that he or she passes the English Language | 9 | | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | 10 | | skills in English identified by the State Board of | 11 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 12 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. | 13 | | A visiting international educator endorsement on | 14 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5 | 15 | | years and shall not be renewed. | 16 | | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | 17 | | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 18 | | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | 19 | | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | 20 | | (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | 21 | | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | 22 | | institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a | 23 | | paraprofessional competency test under subsection | 24 | | (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years | 25 | | of age and will be using the Educator License with | 26 | | Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten |
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| 1 | | through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age | 2 | | of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a | 3 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this | 4 | | subparagraph (J). The paraprofessional educator | 5 | | endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | 6 | | following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and | 7 | | may be renewed through application and payment of the | 8 | | appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of | 9 | | this Code. An individual who holds only a | 10 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject | 11 | | to additional requirements in order to renew the | 12 | | endorsement. | 13 | | (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | 14 | | business official endorsement on an Educator License | 15 | | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | 16 | | qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | 17 | | years of full-time administrative experience in school | 18 | | business management or 2 years of university-approved | 19 | | practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | 20 | | hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | 21 | | State Board of Education for the preparation of school | 22 | | business administrators and by passage of the | 23 | | applicable State tests, including an applicable | 24 | | content area test. | 25 | | The chief school business official endorsement may | 26 | | also be affixed to the Educator License with |
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| 1 | | Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a | 2 | | master's degree in business administration, finance, | 3 | | accounting, or public administration and who completes | 4 | | an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | 5 | | business management from a regionally accredited | 6 | | institution of higher education and passes the | 7 | | applicable State tests, including an applicable | 8 | | content area test. This endorsement shall be required | 9 | | for any individual employed as a chief school business | 10 | | official. | 11 | | The chief school business official endorsement on | 12 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 13 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 14 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the | 15 | | license holder completes renewal requirements as | 16 | | required for individuals who hold a Professional | 17 | | Educator License endorsed for chief school business | 18 | | official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | 19 | | rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | 20 | | Education. | 21 | | The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules | 22 | | necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | 23 | | (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | 24 | | in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | 25 | | with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | 26 | | completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation |
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| 1 | | program at an Illinois institution of higher education | 2 | | and who has not successfully completed an | 3 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | 4 | | who meets all of the following requirements: | 5 | | (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | 6 | | (ii) Has completed an approved educator | 7 | | preparation program at an Illinois institution. | 8 | | (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | 9 | | test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 10 | | (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | 11 | | assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | 12 | | minimum score on that assessment, as established | 13 | | by the State Board of Education in consultation | 14 | | with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 15 | | Board. | 16 | | A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | 17 | | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | 18 | | full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | 19 | | be renewed. | 20 | | (M) (Blank). | 21 | | (N) Specialized services. A specialized services | 22 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 23 | | may be issued as defined and specified by rule. | 24 | | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | 25 | | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | 26 | | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, |
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| 1 | | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | 2 | | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | 3 | | a Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate a | 4 | | bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited | 5 | | institution of higher education or must be enrolled in an | 6 | | approved educator preparation program in this State and | 7 | | have earned at least 90 credit hours. | 8 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | 9 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | 10 | | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | 11 | | has had his or her Professional Educator License or | 12 | | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, | 13 | | then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | 14 | | Substitute Teaching License. | 15 | | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | 16 | | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | 17 | | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | 18 | | contract because of an emergency situation, then a | 19 | | district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer | 20 | | than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the | 21 | | district if the district notifies the appropriate regional | 22 | | office of education within 5 business days after the | 23 | | employment of the substitute teacher in the emergency | 24 | | situation. An emergency situation is one in which an | 25 | | unforeseen vacancy has occurred and (i) a teacher is | 26 | | unable to fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) |
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| 1 | | teacher capacity needs of the district exceed previous | 2 | | indications, and the district is actively engaged in | 3 | | advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the | 4 | | vacant position. | 5 | | There is no limit on the number of days that a | 6 | | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | 7 | | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | 8 | | than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year | 9 | | through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school | 10 | | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | 11 | | same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a | 12 | | Professional Educator License or Educator License with | 13 | | Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days | 14 | | for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same | 15 | | school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on the | 16 | | number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not | 17 | | apply to any school district operating under Article 34 of | 18 | | this Code. | 19 | | A school district may not require an individual who | 20 | | holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator | 21 | | License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | 22 | | Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | 23 | | (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | 24 | | on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2023, the State Board of | 25 | | Education may issue a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 26 | | License. A Short-Term Substitute Teaching License may be |
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| 1 | | issued to a qualified applicant for substitute teaching in | 2 | | all grades of the public schools, prekindergarten through | 3 | | grade 12. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not | 4 | | eligible for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term | 5 | | Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate | 6 | | associate's degree or have completed at least 60 credit | 7 | | hours from a regionally accredited institution of higher | 8 | | education. | 9 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for | 10 | | substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an | 11 | | individual has had his or her Professional Educator | 12 | | License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or | 13 | | revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | 14 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | 15 | | The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this | 16 | | Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. | 17 | | An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 18 | | License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per | 19 | | licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | 20 | | absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who | 21 | | is under contract, a school district may not hire an | 22 | | individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 23 | | License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due | 24 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 25 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual | 26 | | holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must |
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| 1 | | complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or | 2 | | 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public | 3 | | school. This paragraph (4) is inoperative on and after | 4 | | July 1, 2023.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; | 6 | | 101-594, eff. 12-5-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-711, eff. | 7 | | 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22; 102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, | 8 | | eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; revised 12-13-22.)
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 10 | | 2023.
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