Full Text of SB2693 100th General Assembly
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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-30 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-30)
| 7 | | Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. | 8 | | (a) This Section applies beginning on July 1, 2012. | 9 | | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 10 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design | 11 | | and implement a system of examinations, which shall be required | 12 | | prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These examinations | 13 | | and indicators must be based on national and State professional | 14 | | teaching standards, as determined by the State Board of | 15 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 16 | | and Licensure Board. The State Board of Education may adopt | 17 | | such rules as may be necessary to implement and administer this | 18 | | Section. | 19 | | (c) Applicants seeking a Professional Educator License or | 20 | | an Educator License with Stipulations shall be required to pass | 21 | | a test of basic skills before the license is issued, unless the | 22 | | endorsement the individual is seeking does not require passage | 23 | | of the test. All applicants completing Illinois-approved, |
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| 1 | | teacher education or school service personnel preparation | 2 | | programs shall be required to pass the State Board of | 3 | | Education's recognized test of basic skills prior to starting | 4 | | their student teaching or starting the final semester of their | 5 | | internship , unless required earlier at the discretion of the | 6 | | recognized, Illinois institution in which they are completing | 7 | | their approved program . An institution of higher learning, as | 8 | | defined in the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, may not | 9 | | require an applicant to complete the State Board's recognized | 10 | | test of basic skills prior to the semester before student | 11 | | teaching or prior to the semester before starting the final | 12 | | semester of an internship. An individual who passes a test of | 13 | | basic skills does not need to do so again for subsequent | 14 | | endorsements or other educator licenses. | 15 | | (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be | 16 | | required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area | 17 | | of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There | 18 | | shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall | 19 | | be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record | 20 | | until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. | 21 | | (e) (Blank). and completing their student teaching | 22 | | experience no later than August 31, 2015 Prior to September 1, | 23 | | 2015, passage The APT shall be available through August 31, | 24 | | 2020. | 25 | | (f) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, beginning | 26 | | on September 1, 2015, all candidates completing teacher |
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| 1 | | preparation programs in this State and all candidates subject | 2 | | to Section 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass an | 3 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness approved by | 4 | | the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | 5 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. All recognized | 6 | | institutions offering approved teacher preparation programs | 7 | | must begin phasing in the approved teacher performance | 8 | | assessment no later than July 1, 2013. | 9 | | (g) Tests of basic skills and content area knowledge and | 10 | | the assessment of professional teaching shall be the tests that | 11 | | from time to time are designated by the State Board of | 12 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 13 | | and Licensure Board, and may be tests prepared by an | 14 | | educational testing organization or tests designed by the State | 15 | | Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 16 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. The areas to be covered by a | 17 | | test of basic skills shall include reading, language arts, and | 18 | | mathematics. The test of content area knowledge shall assess | 19 | | content knowledge in a specific subject field. The tests must | 20 | | be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no person | 21 | | taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis of race, | 22 | | color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to the | 23 | | person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The score | 24 | | required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State Board of | 25 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 26 | | and Licensure Board. The tests shall be administered not fewer |
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| 1 | | than 3 times a year at such time and place as may be designated | 2 | | by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | 3 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. | 4 | | The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess | 5 | | the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of | 6 | | applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under | 7 | | subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this Code | 8 | | in the English language and in the language of the transitional | 9 | | bilingual education program requested by the applicant. | 10 | | (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the | 11 | | provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school | 12 | | district subject to Article 34 of this Code. | 13 | | (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the | 14 | | testing requirements under this Section shall include without | 15 | | limitation provisions governing test selection, test | 16 | | validation and determination of a passing score, | 17 | | administration of the tests, frequency of administration, | 18 | | applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the | 19 | | years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special | 20 | | accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop such | 21 | | rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to year | 22 | | in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 98-361, eff. 1-1-14; 98-581, eff. 8-27-13; | 24 | | 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-58, eff. 7-16-15; 99-657, eff. | 25 | | 7-28-16; 99-920, eff. 1-6-17; revised 1-23-17.)
| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| 1 | | becoming law.
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