Full Text of HB2605 101st General Assembly
HB2605 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB2605 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. With regard to the speech-language pathologist provision, provides that notwithstanding the requirements of the provision, a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language pathologist shall be issued to a speech-language pathologist who (i) holds a regular license as a speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act and (ii) holds a current Certificate of Clinical Competence in
speech-language pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
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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 | | 14-1.09b as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09b)
| 7 | | Sec. 14-1.09b. Speech-language pathologist.
| 8 | | (a) For purposes of supervision of a speech-language | 9 | | pathology assistant,
"speech-language pathologist" means a | 10 | | person who has received a license
pursuant to the Illinois | 11 | | Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act
to engage | 12 | | in the practice of speech-language pathology.
| 13 | | (b) The School Service Personnel Certificate with a | 14 | | speech-language
endorsement shall be issued under Section | 15 | | 21-25 of this Code to a
speech-language pathologist who meets | 16 | | all of the following requirements:
| 17 | | (1) (A) Holds a regular license as a speech-language | 18 | | pathologist
pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language | 19 | | Pathology and Audiology Practice Act,
(B) holds a current | 20 | | Certificate of Clinical Competence in
speech-language | 21 | | pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing | 22 | | Association
and a regular license in speech-language | 23 | | pathology from another state or
territory or the District |
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| 1 | | of Columbia and has applied for a regular license as
a | 2 | | speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois | 3 | | Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, or | 4 | | (C) holds or has applied for a temporary license pursuant | 5 | | to
Section 8.1 of the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology | 6 | | and Audiology Practice Act.
| 7 | | (2) Holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major | 8 | | emphasis in
speech-language pathology from an institution | 9 | | whose course of study was
approved or program was | 10 | | accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
| 11 | | Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American | 12 | | Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor.
| 13 | | (3) Either (i) has completed a program of study that
| 14 | | meets the content area standards for
speech-language | 15 | | pathologists approved by the State Board of Education, in
| 16 | | consultation with the State Teachers Certification Board, | 17 | | (ii) has completed a program in another state, territory, | 18 | | or possession of the United States that is comparable to an | 19 | | approved program of study described in item (i), or (iii) | 20 | | holds a certificate issued by another state, territory, or | 21 | | possession of the United States that is comparable to the | 22 | | school service personnel certificate with a | 23 | | speech-language endorsement. If the requirements described | 24 | | in items (i), (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph (3) have not | 25 | | been met, a person must provide evidence that he or she has | 26 | | completed at least 150 clock hours of supervised experience |
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| 1 | | in speech-language pathology with students with | 2 | | disabilities in a school setting, including experience | 3 | | required by federal law or federal court order; however, a | 4 | | person who lacks such experience may obtain interim | 5 | | certification as established by the Illinois State Board of | 6 | | Education, in consultation with the State Teacher | 7 | | Certification Board, and shall participate in school-based | 8 | | professional experience of at least 150 clock hours to meet | 9 | | this requirement.
| 10 | | (4) Has successfully completed the required Illinois | 11 | | certification tests.
| 12 | | (5) Has paid the application fee required for | 13 | | certification.
| 14 | | The provisions of this subsection (b) do not preclude the | 15 | | issuance of a
teaching certificate to a speech-language | 16 | | pathologist who qualifies for such a
certificate. | 17 | | (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a Professional | 18 | | Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement | 19 | | for non-teaching speech-language pathologist shall be issued | 20 | | under Section 21B-25 to a speech-language pathologist who (i) | 21 | | holds a regular license as a speech-language pathologist | 22 | | pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and | 23 | | Audiology Practice Act and (ii) holds a current Certificate of | 24 | | Clinical Competence in
speech-language pathology from the | 25 | | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02; 93-112, eff. 1-1-04; |
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| 1 | | 93-1060, eff. 12-23-04.)
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