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Full Text of SB0010  101st General Assembly

SB0010ham003 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Fred Crespo

Adopted in House on Nov 13, 2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 10

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 10 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
521B-20, 21B-30, and 27A-10 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/21B-20)
7    Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of
8Education shall implement a system of educator licensure,
9whereby individuals employed in school districts who are
10required to be licensed must have one of the following
11licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an educator
12license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute teaching
13license; or (iv) until June 30, 2023, a short-term substitute
14teaching license. References in law regarding individuals
15certified or certificated or required to be certified or
16certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall also include

 

 

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1individuals licensed or required to be licensed under this
2Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June 30
3following one full year of the license being issued.
4    The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
5State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such
6rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for
7licenses and endorsements under this Section.
8        (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i)
9    have successfully completed an approved educator
10    preparation program and are recommended for licensure by
11    the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation
12    program, (ii) have successfully completed the required
13    testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have
14    successfully completed coursework on the psychology of,
15    the identification of, and the methods of instruction for
16    the exceptional child, including without limitation
17    children with learning disabilities, (iv) have
18    successfully completed coursework in methods of reading
19    and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other
20    criteria established by rule of the State Board of
21    Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License.
22    All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30
23    immediately following 5 years of the license being issued.
24    The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with
25    specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is
26    eligible to practice. For an early childhood education

 

 

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1    endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student
2    teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher
3    preparation program through placement in a setting with
4    children from birth through grade 2, and the individual may
5    be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The
6    student teaching experience must meet the requirements of
7    and be approved by the individual's early childhood teacher
8    preparation program.
9        Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the
10    Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements
11    shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework
12    in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable
13    content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule.
14        (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator
15    License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement
16    that limits the license holder to one particular position
17    or does not require completion of an approved educator
18    program or both.
19        An individual with an Educator License with
20    Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or
21    any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher
22    who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason.
23        An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued
24    with the following endorsements:
25            (A) (Blank).
26            (B) Alternative provisional educator. An

 

 

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1        alternative provisional educator endorsement on an
2        Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an
3        applicant who, at the time of applying for the
4        endorsement, has done all of the following:
5                (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited
6            college or university with a minimum of a
7            bachelor's degree.
8                (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of
9            the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for
10            Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this
11            Code.
12                (iii) Passed a content area test, as required
13            under Section 21B-30 of this Code.
14        The alternative provisional educator endorsement is
15    valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a
16    third year by an individual meeting the requirements set
17    forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code.
18            (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An
19        alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on
20        an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the
21        holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant
22        superintendent in a school district's central office.
23        This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant
24        who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has
25        done all of the following:
26                (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited

 

 

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1            college or university with a minimum of a master's
2            degree in a management field other than education.
3                (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5
4            years in a management level position in a field
5            other than education.
6                (iii) Successfully completed the first phase
7            of an alternative route to superintendent
8            endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55
9            of this Code.
10                (iv) Passed a content area test required under
11            Section 21B-30 of this Code.
12            The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in
13        order to complete one full year of serving as a
14        superintendent or assistant superintendent.
15            (D) (Blank).
16            (E) Career and technical educator. A career and
17        technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
18        with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has
19        a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a
20        regionally accredited institution of higher education
21        or an accredited trade and technical institution and
22        has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of
23        education in each area to be taught.
24            The career and technical educator endorsement on
25        an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until
26        June 30 immediately following 5 years of the

 

 

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1        endorsement being issued and may be renewed. For
2        individuals who were issued the career and technical
3        educator endorsement on an Educator License with
4        Stipulations on or after January 1, 2015, the license
5        may be renewed if the individual passes a test of work
6        proficiency, as required under Section 21B-30 of this
7        Code.
8            An individual who holds a valid career and
9        technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
10        with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's degree
11        may substitute teach in career and technical education
12        classrooms.
13            (F) Part-time provisional career and technical
14        educator or provisional career and technical educator.
15        A part-time provisional career and technical educator
16        endorsement or a provisional career and technical
17        educator endorsement on an Educator License with
18        Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has a
19        minimum of 8,000 hours of work experience in the skill
20        for which the applicant is seeking the endorsement. It
21        is the responsibility of each employing school board
22        and regional office of education to provide
23        verification, in writing, to the State Superintendent
24        of Education at the time the application is submitted
25        that no qualified teacher holding a Professional
26        Educator License or an Educator License with

 

 

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1        Stipulations with a career and technical educator
2        endorsement is available and that actual circumstances
3        require such issuance.
4            The provisional career and technical educator
5        endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations
6        is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of
7        the endorsement being issued and may be renewed for 5
8        years. For individuals who were issued the provisional
9        career and technical educator endorsement on an
10        Educator License with Stipulations on or after January
11        1, 2015, the license may be renewed if the individual
12        passes a test of work proficiency, as required under
13        Section 21B-30 of this Code.
14            A part-time provisional career and technical
15        educator endorsement on an Educator License with
16        Stipulations may be issued for teaching no more than 2
17        courses of study for grades 6 through 12. The part-time
18        provisional career and technical educator endorsement
19        on an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until
20        June 30 immediately following 5 years of the
21        endorsement being issued and may be renewed for 5 years
22        if the individual makes application for renewal.
23            An individual who holds a provisional or part-time
24        provisional career and technical educator endorsement
25        on an Educator License with Stipulations but does not
26        hold a bachelor's degree may substitute teach in career

 

 

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1        and technical education classrooms.
2            (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A
3        transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an
4        Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for
5        the purpose of providing instruction in accordance
6        with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who
7        provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all
8        of the following requirements:
9                (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and
10            writing ability in the language other than English
11            in which transitional bilingual education is
12            offered.
13                (ii) Has the ability to successfully
14            communicate in English.
15                (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years
16            previous to his or her applying for a transitional
17            bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and
18            comparable teaching certificate or comparable
19            authorization issued by a foreign country or holds
20            a degree from an institution of higher learning in
21            a foreign country that the State Educator
22            Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be
23            the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a
24            regionally accredited institution of higher
25            learning in the United States.
26            A transitional bilingual educator endorsement

 

 

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1        shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, is
2        valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of
3        the endorsement being issued, and shall not be renewed.
4            Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator
5        endorsement shall not be employed to replace any
6        presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be
7        replaced for any reason.
8            (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to
9        alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language
10        other than English in the public schools, an individual
11        who holds an Educator License with Stipulations may
12        also apply for a language endorsement, provided that
13        the applicant provides satisfactory evidence that he
14        or she meets all of the following requirements:
15                (i) Holds a transitional bilingual
16            endorsement.
17                (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the
18            language for which the endorsement is to be issued
19            by passing the applicable language content test
20            required by the State Board of Education.
21                (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from
22            a regionally accredited institution of higher
23            education or, for individuals educated in a
24            country other than the United States, holds a
25            degree from an institution of higher learning in a
26            foreign country that the State Educator

 

 

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1            Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be
2            the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a
3            regionally accredited institution of higher
4            learning in the United States.
5                (iv) (Blank).
6            A language endorsement on an Educator License with
7        Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through
8        grade 12 for the same validity period as the
9        individual's transitional bilingual educator
10        endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations
11        and shall not be renewed.
12            (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting
13        international educator endorsement on an Educator
14        License with Stipulations may be issued to an
15        individual who is being recruited by a particular
16        school district that conducts formal recruitment
17        programs outside of the United States to secure the
18        services of qualified teachers and who meets all of the
19        following requirements:
20                (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a
21            bachelor's degree issued in the United States.
22                (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the
23            grade level for which he or she will be employed.
24                (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the
25            subject to be taught.
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1            language.
2            A holder of a visiting international educator
3        endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations
4        shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education
5        programs in the language that was the medium of
6        instruction in his or her teacher preparation program,
7        provided that he or she passes the English Language
8        Proficiency Examination or another test of writing
9        skills in English identified by the State Board of
10        Education, in consultation with the State Educator
11        Preparation and Licensure Board.
12            A visiting international educator endorsement on
13        an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 3
14        years and shall not be renewed.
15            (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional
16        educator endorsement on an Educator License with
17        Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a
18        high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and
19        either holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60
20        semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited
21        institution of higher education or has passed a
22        paraprofessional competency test under subsection
23        (c-5) of Section 21B-30. The paraprofessional educator
24        endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately
25        following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and
26        may be renewed through application and payment of the

 

 

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1        appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of
2        this Code. An individual who holds only a
3        paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject
4        to additional requirements in order to renew the
5        endorsement.
6            (K) Chief school business official. A chief school
7        business official endorsement on an Educator License
8        with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who
9        qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2
10        years of full-time administrative experience in school
11        business management or 2 years of university-approved
12        practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester
13        hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the
14        State Board of Education for the preparation of school
15        business administrators and by passage of the
16        applicable State tests, including an applicable
17        content area test.
18            The chief school business official endorsement may
19        also be affixed to the Educator License with
20        Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a
21        master's degree in business administration, finance,
22        accounting, or public administration and who completes
23        an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school
24        business management from a regionally accredited
25        institution of higher education and passes the
26        applicable State tests, including an applicable

 

 

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1        content area test. This endorsement shall be required
2        for any individual employed as a chief school business
3        official.
4            The chief school business official endorsement on
5        an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until
6        June 30 immediately following 5 years of the
7        endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the
8        license holder completes renewal requirements as
9        required for individuals who hold a Professional
10        Educator License endorsed for chief school business
11        official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such
12        rules as may be adopted by the State Board of
13        Education.
14            The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules
15        necessary to implement Public Act 100-288.
16            (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional
17        in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License
18        with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has
19        completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation
20        program at an Illinois institution of higher education
21        and who has not successfully completed an
22        evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but
23        who meets all of the following requirements:
24                (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree.
25                (ii) Has completed an approved educator
26            preparation program at an Illinois institution.

 

 

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1                (iii) Has passed an applicable content area
2            test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code.
3                (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based
4            assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a
5            minimum score on that assessment, as established
6            by the State Board of Education in consultation
7            with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
8            Board.
9            A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an
10        Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one
11        full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not
12        be renewed.
13            (M) School support personnel intern. A school
14        support personnel intern endorsement on an Educator
15        License with Stipulations may be issued as specified by
16        rule.
17            (N) Special education area. A special education
18        area endorsement on an Educator License with
19        Stipulations may be issued as defined and specified by
20        rule.
21        (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching
22    License may be issued to qualified applicants for
23    substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools,
24    prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching
25    Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for
26    a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's degree

 

 

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1    or higher from a regionally accredited institution of
2    higher education.
3        Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years.
4        Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute
5    teaching in every county of this State. If an individual
6    has had his or her Professional Educator License or
7    Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked,
8    then that individual is not eligible to obtain a Substitute
9    Teaching License.
10        A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a
11    licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing
12    board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under
13    contract because of an emergency situation, then a district
14    may employ a substitute teacher for no longer than 30
15    calendar days per each vacant position in the district if
16    the district notifies the appropriate regional office of
17    education within 5 business days after the employment of
18    the substitute teacher in the emergency situation. An
19    emergency situation is one in which an unforeseen vacancy
20    has occurred and (i) a teacher is unable to fulfill his or
21    her contractual duties or (ii) teacher capacity needs of
22    the district exceed previous indications, and the district
23    is actively engaged in advertising to hire a fully licensed
24    teacher for the vacant position.
25        There is no limit on the number of days that a
26    substitute teacher may teach in a single school district,

 

 

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1    provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer
2    than 90 school days for any one licensed teacher under
3    contract in the same school year. A substitute teacher who
4    holds a Professional Educator License or Educator License
5    with Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school
6    days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the
7    same school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on
8    the number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do
9    not apply to any school district operating under Article 34
10    of this Code.
11        A school district may not require an individual who
12    holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator
13    License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute
14    Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher.
15        (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning
16    on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2023, the State Board of
17    Education may issue a Short-Term Substitute Teaching
18    License. A Short-Term Substitute Teaching License may be
19    issued to a qualified applicant for substitute teaching in
20    all grades of the public schools, prekindergarten through
21    grade 12. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not
22    eligible for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term
23    Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate's
24    degree or have completed at least 60 credit hours from a
25    regionally accredited institution of higher education.
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1    substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an
2    individual has had his or her Professional Educator License
3    or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or
4    revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a
5    Short-Term Substitute Teaching License.
6        The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this
7    Code apply to short-term substitute teachers.
8        An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching
9    License may teach no more than 5 consecutive days per
10    licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher
11    absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who is
12    under contract, a school district may not hire an
13    individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching
14    License. An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute
15    Teaching License must complete the training program under
16    Section 10-20.67 or 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to
17    teach at a public school. This paragraph (4) is inoperative
18    on and after July 1, 2023.
19(Source: P.A. 100-8, eff. 7-1-17; 100-13, eff. 7-1-17; 100-288,
20eff. 8-24-17; 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-821, eff. 9-3-18;
21100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff.
228-7-19.)
 
23    (105 ILCS 5/21B-30)
24    Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing.
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12012.
2    (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
3State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design
4and implement a system of examinations, which shall be required
5prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These examinations
6and indicators must be based on national and State professional
7teaching standards, as determined by the State Board of
8Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation
9and Licensure Board. The State Board of Education may adopt
10such rules as may be necessary to implement and administer this
11Section.
12    (c) (Blank).
13    (c-5) The State Board must adopt rules to implement a
14paraprofessional competency test. This test would allow an
15applicant seeking an Educator License with Stipulations with a
16paraprofessional educator endorsement to obtain the
17endorsement if he or she passes the test and meets the other
18requirements of subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of Section
1921B-20 other than the higher education requirements.
20    (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be
21required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area
22of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There
23shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall
24be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record
25until he or she has passed the applicable content area test.
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1    (f) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, beginning
2on September 1, 2015, all candidates completing teacher
3preparation programs in this State and all candidates subject
4to Section 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass a teacher
5performance assessment approved by the State Board of
6Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation
7and Licensure Board. Subject to appropriation, an individual
8who holds a Professional Educator License and is employed for a
9minimum of one school year by a school district designated as
10Tier 1 under Section 18-8.15 may, after application to the
11State Board, receive from the State Board a refund for any
12costs associated with completing the teacher performance
13assessment under this subsection.
14    (g) The content area knowledge test and the teacher
15performance assessment shall be the tests that from time to
16time are designated by the State Board of Education, in
17consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
18Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing
19organization or tests designed by the State Board of Education,
20in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and
21Licensure Board. The test of content area knowledge shall
22assess content knowledge in a specific subject field. The tests
23must be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no
24person taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis
25of race, color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to
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1score required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State
2Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator
3Preparation and Licensure Board. The tests shall be
4administered not fewer than 3 times a year at such time and
5place as may be designated by the State Board of Education, in
6consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
7Board.
8    The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess
9the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of
10applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under
11subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this Code
12in the English language and in the language of the transitional
13bilingual education program requested by the applicant.
14    (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the
15provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school
16district subject to Article 34 of this Code.
17    (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the
18testing requirements under this Section shall include without
19limitation provisions governing test selection, test
20validation and determination of a passing score,
21administration of the tests, frequency of administration,
22applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the
23years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special
24accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop such
25rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to year
26in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18;
2100-932, eff. 8-17-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff.
38-7-19.)
 
4    (105 ILCS 5/27A-10)
5    Sec. 27A-10. Employees.
6    (a) A person shall be deemed to be employed by a charter
7school unless a collective bargaining agreement or the charter
8school contract otherwise provides.
9    (b) In all school districts, including special charter
10districts and districts located in cities having a population
11exceeding 500,000, the local school board shall determine by
12policy or by negotiated agreement, if one exists, the
13employment status of any school district employees who are
14employed by a charter school and who seek to return to
15employment in the public schools of the district. Each local
16school board shall grant, for a period of up to 5 years, a
17leave of absence to those of its teachers who accept employment
18with a charter school. At the end of the authorized leave of
19absence, the teacher must return to the school district or
20resign; provided, however, that if the teacher chooses to
21return to the school district, the teacher must be assigned to
22a position that which requires the teacher's licensure
23certification and legal qualifications. The contractual
24continued service status and retirement benefits of a teacher
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1employment with a charter school shall not be affected by that
2leave of absence.
3    (c) Charter schools shall employ in instructional
4positions, as defined in the charter, individuals who are
5licensed certificated under Article 21B 21 of this Code or who
6possess the following qualifications:
7        (i) graduated with a bachelor's degree from an
8    accredited institution of higher learning;
9        (ii) been employed for a period of at least 5 years in
10    an area requiring application of the individual's
11    education;
12        (iii) passed a content area knowledge test required
13    under Section 21B-30 of this Code (blank); and
14        (iv) demonstrate continuing evidence of professional
15    growth, which shall include, but not be limited to,
16    successful teaching experience, attendance at professional
17    meetings, membership in professional organizations,
18    additional credits earned at institutions of higher
19    learning, travel specifically for educational purposes,
20    and reading of professional books and periodicals.
21    (c-5) Charter schools employing individuals without
22licensure certification in instructional positions shall
23provide such mentoring, training, and staff development for
24those individuals as the charter schools determine necessary
25for satisfactory performance in the classroom.
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1positions by a charter school that is operating in a city
2having a population exceeding 500,000 and that is established
3on or after April 16, 2003 shall hold teaching licenses
4certificates issued under Article 21B 21 of this Code.
5    At least 75% of the individuals employed in instructional
6positions by a charter school that is operating in a city
7having a population exceeding 500,000 and that was established
8before April 16, 2003 shall hold teaching licenses certificates
9issued under Article 21B 21 of this Code.
10    (c-10) Notwithstanding any provision in subsection (c-5)
11to the contrary, in any charter school established before, on,
12or after July 30, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
1396-105) this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, at
14least 75% of the individuals employed in instructional
15positions by the charter school shall hold teaching licenses
16certificates issued under Article 21B 21 of this Code beginning
17with the 2012-2013 school year. In any charter school
18established after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
19the 96th General Assembly, at least 75% of the individuals
20employed in instructional positions by a charter school shall
21hold teaching certificates issued under Article 21 of this Code
22by the beginning of the fourth school year during which a
23student is enrolled in the charter school. Charter schools may
24employ non-licensed non-certificated staff in all other
25positions.
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1new participants in an alternative educator licensure
2certification program. The second and third phases of the
3alternative certification program may be conducted and
4completed at the charter school, and the alternative
5provisional educator endorsement teaching certificate is valid
6for 4 years or the length of the charter (or any extension of
7the charter), whichever is longer.
8    (d) A teacher at a charter school may resign his or her
9position only if the teacher gives notice of resignation to the
10charter school's governing body at least 60 days before the end
11of the school term, and the resignation must take effect
12immediately upon the end of the school term.
13(Source: P.A. 101-220, eff. 8-7-19.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.".