Full Text of SB2199 98th General Assembly
SB2199ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson Filed: 4/30/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2199
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2199 as follows:
| 3 | | on page 1, lines 4 and 5, by replacing "Section 21B-30" with | 4 | | "Sections 21B-30 and 21B-35"; and | 5 | | on page 4, immediately below line 15, by inserting the | 6 | | following: | 7 | | "(105 ILCS 5/21B-35) | 8 | | Sec. 21B-35. Minimum requirements for educators trained in | 9 | | other states or countries. | 10 | | (a) All out-of-state applicants applying for a | 11 | | Professional Educator License must meet all of the following | 12 | | requirements: | 13 | | (1) Have completed a comparable state-approved | 14 | | education program, as defined by the State Superintendent | 15 | | of Education. |
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| 1 | | (2) Have a degree from a regionally accredited | 2 | | institution of higher education and the degreed major or a | 3 | | constructed major must directly correspond to the license | 4 | | or endorsement sought. | 5 | | (3) Except for school service personnel prepared by | 6 | | out-of-state programs, have Have completed a minimum of one | 7 | | course in the methods of instruction of the exceptional | 8 | | child. School service personnel prepared by out-of-state | 9 | | programs shall meet the same requirements concerning | 10 | | courses in the methods of instruction of the exceptional | 11 | | child as in-State candidates in school service personnel | 12 | | areas, as defined by rules. | 13 | | (4) Except for school service personnel prepared by | 14 | | out-of-state programs, have Have completed a minimum of 6 | 15 | | semester hours of coursework in methods of reading and | 16 | | reading in the content area. School service personnel | 17 | | prepared by out-of-state programs shall meet the same | 18 | | requirements concerning coursework in methods of reading | 19 | | and reading in the content area as in-State candidates in | 20 | | school service personnel areas, as defined by rules. | 21 | | (5) Except for school service personnel prepared by | 22 | | out-of-state programs, have Have completed a minimum of one | 23 | | course in instructional strategies for English language | 24 | | learners. School service personnel prepared by | 25 | | out-of-state programs shall meet the same requirements | 26 | | concerning courses in instructional strategies for English |
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| 1 | | language learners as in-State candidates in school service | 2 | | personnel areas, as defined by rules. | 3 | | (6) Have successfully met all Illinois examination | 4 | | requirements. | 5 | | (7) Have completed student teaching or an equivalent | 6 | | experience. | 7 | | If one or more of the criteria in subsection (a) of this | 8 | | Section are not met, then out-of-state applicants who hold a | 9 | | valid, comparable certificate from another state and have | 10 | | passed a test of basic skills and content area test, as | 11 | | required by Section 21B-20 of this Code, may qualify for a | 12 | | provisional educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 13 | | Stipulations, in accordance with Section 21B-20 of this Code, | 14 | | with the exception that an individual shall not serve as a | 15 | | principal or assistant principal while holding the provisional | 16 | | educator endorsement. | 17 | | (b) In order to receive a Professional Educator License, | 18 | | applicants trained in another country must meet all of the | 19 | | following requirements: | 20 | | (1) Have completed a comparable education program in | 21 | | another country. | 22 | | (2) Have had transcripts evaluated by an evaluation | 23 | | service approved by the State Superintendent of Education. | 24 | | (3) Hold a degreed major that must directly correspond | 25 | | to the license or endorsement sought. | 26 | | (4) Have completed a minimum of one course in the |
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| 1 | | methods of instruction of the exceptional child. | 2 | | (5) Have completed a minimum of 6 semester hours of | 3 | | coursework in methods of reading and reading in the content | 4 | | area. | 5 | | (6) Have completed a minimum of one course in | 6 | | instructional strategies for English language learners. | 7 | | (7) Have successfully met all State licensure | 8 | | examination requirements. | 9 | | (8) Have completed student teaching or an equivalent | 10 | | experience. | 11 | | If one or more of these criteria are not met, then an | 12 | | applicant trained in another country who has passed a test of | 13 | | basic skills and content area test, as required by Section | 14 | | 21B-20 of this Code, may qualify for a provisional educator | 15 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations, with the | 16 | | exception that an individual shall not serve as a principal or | 17 | | assistant principal while holding the provisional educator | 18 | | endorsement. | 19 | | (c) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 20 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | 21 | | rules as may be necessary to implement this Section.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)".
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