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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 21B-27 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-27 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 21B-27. Provisional certificate.
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| 8 | | (a) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board may
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| 9 | | issue a provisional certificate valid for teaching in early |
| 10 | | childhood,
elementary school, high school, or special subject |
| 11 | | fields, for providing services as
school service personnel, or |
| 12 | | for administering schools, subject to the following
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| 13 | | conditions: a provisional certificate may be issued to a person |
| 14 | | who meets the
requirements for a regular teaching, school |
| 15 | | service personnel, or administrative
certificate in another |
| 16 | | state and who
presents certified evidence of having earned a |
| 17 | | bachelor's degree from a
recognized institution of higher |
| 18 | | learning. The academic and
professional courses offered as a |
| 19 | | basis of the provisional certificate
shall be courses approved |
| 20 | | by the State Board of Education, in
consultation with the State |
| 21 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. A certificate
earned |
| 22 | | under this plan is valid for a period of 2 years and
shall not |
| 23 | | be renewed.
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| 1 | | (b) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board may |
| 2 | | also issue a
provisional vocational certificate and a temporary |
| 3 | | provisional
vocational certificate.
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| 4 | | (1) The requirements for a provisional vocational |
| 5 | | certificate shall
be determined by the State Board of |
| 6 | | Education, in
consultation with the State Educator |
| 7 | | Preparation and Licensure Board, provided the
following
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| 8 | | minimum requirements are met: at least 60 semester hours of
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| 9 | | credit from a recognized institution of higher learning. A |
| 10 | | bachelor's degree is not required for this certificate.
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| 11 | | (2) The requirements for a temporary provisional |
| 12 | | vocational
certificate shall be determined by the State |
| 13 | | Board of Education, in consultation
with the State Educator |
| 14 | | Preparation and Licensure Board,
provided the following |
| 15 | | minimum requirements are met: at least 8,000 hours
of work |
| 16 | | experience in the skill to be certified for teaching. Any
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| 17 | | certificate issued under the provisions of this paragraph |
| 18 | | (2) shall expire
on June 30 following the date of issue. |
| 19 | | Renewals may be granted on a
yearly basis, but shall not be |
| 20 | | granted to any person who does not file
with the State |
| 21 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board a transcript |
| 22 | | showing at least
3 semester hours of credit earned during |
| 23 | | the previous year in a
recognized institution of learning. |
| 24 | | No such certificate shall be issued
except upon |
| 25 | | certification by the employing board, subject to the
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| 26 | | approval of the regional superintendent of schools, that no |
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| 1 | | qualified
teacher holding a regular certificate or license |
| 2 | | or a provisional vocational
certificate is available and |
| 3 | | that actual circumstances and need require
such issuance.
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| 4 | | The courses or work experience offered as a basis for the |
| 5 | | issuance of
the provisional vocational certificate or the |
| 6 | | temporary provisional
vocational certificate shall be approved |
| 7 | | by the State Board of Education,
in consultation with the State |
| 8 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board.
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| 9 | | (c) Notwithstanding anything in this Code to the contrary, |
| 10 | | the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
Board shall issue |
| 11 | | part-time provisional certificates to
eligible individuals who |
| 12 | | are professionals and craftsmen.
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| 13 | | The requirements for a part-time provisional certificate |
| 14 | | shall be
determined by the State Board of Education, in |
| 15 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
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| 16 | | Board, provided the following minimum
requirements are met: 60 |
| 17 | | semester hours of credit from a recognized
institution of |
| 18 | | higher learning or 4,000
hours of work experience in the skill |
| 19 | | to be certified for teaching.
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| 20 | | A part-time provisional certificate may be issued for |
| 21 | | teaching no more than 2
courses of study for grades 6 through |
| 22 | | 12. A part-time provisional certificate shall be valid for 2 |
| 23 | | years and
may be renewed at the end of each 2 year period.
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| 24 | | (d) A person who qualifies for a certificate under this |
| 25 | | Section is not required to hold a license under this Article.
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| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |