Full Text of HB5863 96th General Assembly
HB5863 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB5863
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Roger L. Eddy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/21-9 |
from Ch. 122, par. 21-9 |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that, in order to substitute teach in the public schools, a person holding a valid substitute teacher's certificate or a person holding a valid early childhood certificate, a valid elementary certificate, a valid high school certificate, or a valid special certificate shall register as a substitute teacher with the regional superintendent of schools in each educational service region where the person will be employed. Provides that a person who registers as a substitute teacher with the regional superintendent of schools is responsible for the payment of fees to register the certificate for its period of validity, authorization of a criminal history records check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database, payment of the cost of the criminal history records check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database, and providing evidence of physical fitness and freedom from communicable disease, including tuberculosis. Requires the regional superintendent of schools to maintain a file for each registered substitute teacher in the educational service region that includes that information and to issue a signed and sealed certificate of authorization to the substitute teacher. Provides that the certificate shall be presented to all prospective employing school districts in the educational service region, who shall photocopy the certificate and keep a copy of the certificate with employment records for the substitute teacher. Requires the State Board of Education to maintain a centralized electronic database of substitute teacher registrations that includes data from each educational service region.
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 21-9 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/21-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-9)
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| Sec. 21-9. Substitute certificates and substitute | 8 |
| teaching.
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| (a) A
substitute teacher's certificate
may
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| teaching in all grades of the
common schools. Such certificate
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| may be issued upon
request of the regional superintendent of
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| schools of any region in which the teacher is to
teach. A | 13 |
| substitute teacher's certificate is valid for teaching in the
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| public schools of
any county. Such certificate may be issued to | 15 |
| persons who either (a) hold
a certificate
valid for teaching in | 16 |
| the common schools as shown on the face of the
certificate,
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| hold a bachelor of arts degree from an institution of higher | 18 |
| learning
accredited by the North Central Association or other | 19 |
| comparable regional
accrediting association or have been | 20 |
| graduated from a recognized institution
of higher learning with | 21 |
| a bachelor's degree, or (c) have had 2 years of
teaching | 22 |
| experience and meet such other
rules and regulations as may be | 23 |
| adopted by the State
Board of Education in consultation with |
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| the State Teacher Certification
Board. Such certificate shall | 2 |
| expire on June 30 in the fourth year from date
of issue.
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| Substitute teacher's certificates are not subject to | 4 |
| endorsement as
described in Section 21-1b of this Code.
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| (b) A teacher holding a substitute teacher's certificate | 6 |
| may teach only in
the
place of a certified teacher who is under | 7 |
| contract with the employing board and
may teach only when no | 8 |
| appropriate fully certified teacher is available to
teach in a
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| substitute capacity. A teacher holding an early childhood | 10 |
| certificate, an
elementary certificate, a high school | 11 |
| certificate, or a special
certificate may also substitute teach | 12 |
| in grades K-12 but only in the place of a
certified teacher who | 13 |
| is under contract with the employing board. A
substitute | 14 |
| teacher may teach only for a period not to exceed
90 paid | 15 |
| school days or 450 paid school hours in any one school district | 16 |
| in any
one
school term.
However,
a teacher holding an early | 17 |
| childhood, elementary, high school, or special
certificate may | 18 |
| substitute teach for a period not to exceed 120 paid
school | 19 |
| days or 600 paid school hours in any one school district in any
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| one school term.
Where such teaching is partly on a daily and | 21 |
| partly on an hourly
basis,
a school day shall be considered as | 22 |
| 5 hours.
The teaching limitations imposed by this subsection
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| upon teachers holding substitute certificates shall
not apply | 24 |
| in any school district operating under Article 34.
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| (c) In order to substitute teach in the public schools, a | 26 |
| person holding a valid substitute teacher's certificate or a |
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| person holding a valid early childhood certificate, a valid | 2 |
| elementary certificate, a valid high school certificate, or a | 3 |
| valid special certificate shall register as a substitute | 4 |
| teacher with the regional superintendent of schools in each | 5 |
| educational service region where the person will be employed. A | 6 |
| person who registers as a substitute teacher with the regional | 7 |
| superintendent of schools is responsible for (1) the payment of | 8 |
| fees to register the certificate for its period of validity, | 9 |
| (2) authorization of a criminal history records check and | 10 |
| checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide | 11 |
| Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database, as | 12 |
| provided in Section 10-21.9 of this Code, (3) payment of the | 13 |
| cost of the criminal history records check and checks of the | 14 |
| Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child Murderer | 15 |
| and Violent Offender Against Youth Database, and (4) providing | 16 |
| evidence of physical fitness and freedom from communicable | 17 |
| disease, including tuberculosis, which may consist of a | 18 |
| physical examination and a tuberculin skin test as required by | 19 |
| Section 24-5 of this Code. | 20 |
| The regional superintendent of schools shall maintain a | 21 |
| file for each registered substitute teacher in the educational | 22 |
| service region that includes a copy of the person's | 23 |
| certificate, the results from the criminal history records | 24 |
| check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and | 25 |
| Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth | 26 |
| Database, a copy of the physical examination, and a copy of the |
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| tuberculin skin test. The regional superintendent of schools | 2 |
| shall issue a signed and sealed certificate of authorization to | 3 |
| the substitute teacher that verifies that the substitute | 4 |
| teacher has completed the registration process and criminal | 5 |
| history records check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender | 6 |
| Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender | 7 |
| Against Youth Database and has a physical examination and | 8 |
| negative tuberculin test on file with the regional | 9 |
| superintendent of schools and is thereby approved to substitute | 10 |
| teach in the public schools of the educational service region. | 11 |
| This certificate must be presented to all prospective employing | 12 |
| school districts in the educational service region, who shall | 13 |
| photocopy the certificate and keep a copy of the certificate | 14 |
| with employment records for the substitute teacher. | 15 |
| Persons wishing to substitute teach in more than one | 16 |
| educational service region shall register as a substitute | 17 |
| teacher with the appropriate regional superintendent of | 18 |
| schools. The registration process shall include all items | 19 |
| listed in the first paragraph of this subsection (b), with the | 20 |
| exception of the authorization of a criminal history records | 21 |
| check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and | 22 |
| Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth | 23 |
| Database and the accompanying payment of associated fees. If | 24 |
| the substitute teacher has been issued a signed and sealed | 25 |
| certificate of authorization from another regional | 26 |
| superintendent of schools, the registering entity may |
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| photocopy the certificate for its files and verify the | 2 |
| substitute teacher's registration status using a centralized | 3 |
| electronic database of substitute teacher registrations. | 4 |
| The State Board of Education shall maintain a centralized | 5 |
| electronic database of substitute teacher registrations that | 6 |
| includes data from each educational service region. The | 7 |
| regional superintendent of schools shall verify to the State | 8 |
| Board of Education that a criminal history records check and | 9 |
| checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide | 10 |
| Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database has | 11 |
| been conducted and is on file in the main office of the | 12 |
| regional superintendent of schools. The centralized electronic | 13 |
| database of substitute teacher registrations shall be | 14 |
| accessible via the Internet by regional superintendents of | 15 |
| schools and their designees and must be used to verify that a | 16 |
| criminal history records check and checks of the Statewide Sex | 17 |
| Offender Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent | 18 |
| Offender Against Youth Database have been conducted and are on | 19 |
| file for any substitute teacher wishing to register in multiple | 20 |
| educational service regions so that the cost of a criminal | 21 |
| history records check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender | 22 |
| Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender | 23 |
| Against Youth Database is incurred only once by a substitute | 24 |
| teacher over the validity period of the certificate. | 25 |
| The State Board of Education and the regional | 26 |
| superintendents of schools shall collaborate in establishing |
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| the specifications and guidelines for the creation and use of | 2 |
| the centralized electronic database of substitute teacher | 3 |
| registrations. | 4 |
| (Source: P.A. 92-184, eff. 7-27-01; 93-679, eff. 6-30-04.)
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