HB1868ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Michael Unes

Filed: 3/14/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1868

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1868 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 21-10 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/21-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-10)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2013)

Sec. 21-10. Provisional certificate.

(A) (Blank).

(B) Beginning After July 1, 2013 1972, the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board may issue a provisional certificate valid for teaching in early childhood, elementary, high school, or special subject fields, or for providing service as school service personnel or for administering schools, subject to the following conditions: A provisional certificate may be issued to a person who meets the requirements for a regular teaching, school service personnel, or administrative certificate in another state State and who presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's degree from a recognized institution of higher learning. The academic and professional courses offered as a basis of the provisional certificate shall be courses approved by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board. A certificate earned under this plan is valid for a period of 2 years and shall not be renewed.

(C) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board may also issue a provisional vocational certificate and a temporary provisional vocational certificate.

(1) The requirements for a provisional vocational certificate shall be determined by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board; provided, the following minimum requirements are met: (a) (blank); after July 1, 1972, at least 30 semester hours of credit from a recognized institution of higher learning; and (b) after July 1, 1974, at least 60 semester hours of credit from a recognized institution of higher learning. A bachelor's degree is not required for this certificate.

(2) The requirements for a temporary provisional vocational certificate shall be determined by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board; provided, the following minimum requirements are met: (a) (blank); after July 1, 1973, at least 4,000 hours of work experience in the skill to be certified for teaching; and (b) after July 1, 1975, at least 8,000 hours of work experience in the skill to be certified for teaching. Any certificate issued under the provisions of this paragraph (2) shall expire on June 30 following the date of issue. Renewals may be granted on a yearly basis, but shall not be granted to any person who does not file with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board a transcript showing at least 3 semester hours of credit earned during the previous year in a recognized institution of learning. No such certificate shall be issued except upon certification by the employing board, subject to the approval of the regional superintendent of schools, that no qualified teacher holding a regular certificate or license or a provisional vocational certificate is available and that actual circumstances and need require such issuance.

The courses or work experience offered as a basis for the issuance of the provisional vocational certificate or the temporary provisional vocational certificate shall be approved by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board.

(D) (Blank).

(E) Notwithstanding anything in this Code Act to the contrary, the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board shall issue part-time provisional certificates to eligible individuals who are professionals and craftsmen.

The requirements for a part-time provisional teachers certificate shall be determined by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board, provided the following minimum requirements are met: 60 semester hours of credit from a recognized institution of higher learning or 4,000 4000 hours of work experience in the skill to be certified for teaching.

A part-time provisional certificate may be issued for teaching no more than 2 courses of study for grades 6 through 12.

A part-time provisional teachers certificate shall be valid for 2 years and may be renewed at the end of each 2 year period.

(F) (Blank). This Section is repealed on June 30, 2013.

(G) A person who qualifies for a certificate under this Section is not required to hold a license under Article 21B of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 96-689, eff. 8-25-09; 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2013.".