Full Text of SB0010 101st 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 Sections | 5 | | 21B-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 | 8 | | Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, | 9 | | whereby individuals employed in school districts who are | 10 | | required to be licensed must have one of the following | 11 | | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an educator | 12 | | license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute teaching | 13 | | license; or (iv) until June 30, 2023, a short-term substitute | 14 | | teaching license. References in law regarding individuals | 15 | | certified or certificated or required to be certified or | 16 | | certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall also include | 17 | | individuals licensed or required to be licensed under this | 18 | | Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June 30 | 19 | | following one full year of the license being issued. | 20 | | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 21 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | 22 | | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | 23 | | licenses and endorsements under this Section. |
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| 1 | | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) | 2 | | have successfully completed an approved educator | 3 | | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | 4 | | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | 5 | | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | 6 | | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | 7 | | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | 8 | | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | 9 | | the exceptional child, including without limitation | 10 | | children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | 11 | | successfully completed coursework in methods of reading | 12 | | and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other | 13 | | criteria established by rule of the State Board of | 14 | | Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License. | 15 | | All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30 | 16 | | immediately following 5 years of the license being issued. | 17 | | The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with | 18 | | specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is | 19 | | eligible to practice. For an early childhood education | 20 | | endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student | 21 | | teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher | 22 | | preparation program through placement in a setting with | 23 | | children from birth through grade 2, and the individual may | 24 | | be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The | 25 | | student teaching experience must meet the requirements of | 26 | | and be approved by the individual's early childhood teacher |
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| 1 | | preparation program. | 2 | | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | 3 | | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | 4 | | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | 5 | | in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable | 6 | | content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | 7 | | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | 8 | | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | 9 | | that limits the license holder to one particular position | 10 | | or does not require completion of an approved educator | 11 | | program or both. | 12 | | An individual with an Educator License with | 13 | | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | 14 | | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | 15 | | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | 16 | | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | 17 | | with the following endorsements: | 18 | | (A) (Blank). | 19 | | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | 20 | | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | 21 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 22 | | applicant who, at the time of applying for the | 23 | | endorsement, has done all of the following: | 24 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 25 | | college or university with a minimum of a | 26 | | bachelor's degree. |
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| 1 | | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | 2 | | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | 3 | | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | 4 | | Code. | 5 | | (iii) Passed a content area test, as required | 6 | | under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 7 | | The alternative provisional educator endorsement is | 8 | | valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a | 9 | | third year by an individual meeting the requirements set | 10 | | forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | 11 | | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | 12 | | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | 13 | | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | 14 | | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | 15 | | superintendent in a school district's central office. | 16 | | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | 17 | | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | 18 | | done all of the following: | 19 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 20 | | college or university with a minimum of a master's | 21 | | degree in a management field other than education. | 22 | | (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | 23 | | years in a management level position in a field | 24 | | other than education. | 25 | | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | 26 | | of an alternative route to superintendent |
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| 1 | | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 | 2 | | of this Code. | 3 | | (iv) Passed a content area test required under | 4 | | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 5 | | The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | 6 | | order to complete one full year of serving as a | 7 | | superintendent or assistant superintendent. | 8 | | (D) (Blank). | 9 | | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | 10 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 11 | | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has | 12 | | a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | 13 | | regionally accredited institution of higher education | 14 | | or an accredited trade and technical institution and | 15 | | has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | 16 | | education in each area to be taught. | 17 | | The career and technical educator endorsement on | 18 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 19 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 20 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed. For | 21 | | individuals who were issued the career and technical | 22 | | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 23 | | Stipulations on or after January 1, 2015, the license | 24 | | may be renewed if the individual passes a test of work | 25 | | proficiency, as required under Section 21B-30 of this | 26 | | Code. |
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| 1 | | An individual who holds a valid career and | 2 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 3 | | with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's degree | 4 | | may substitute teach in career and technical education | 5 | | classrooms. | 6 | | (F) Part-time provisional career and technical | 7 | | educator or provisional career and technical educator. | 8 | | A part-time provisional career and technical educator | 9 | | endorsement or a provisional career and technical | 10 | | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 11 | | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has a | 12 | | minimum of 8,000 hours of work experience in the skill | 13 | | for which the applicant is seeking the endorsement. It | 14 | | is the responsibility of each employing school board | 15 | | and regional office of education to provide | 16 | | verification, in writing, to the State Superintendent | 17 | | of Education at the time the application is submitted | 18 | | that no qualified teacher holding a Professional | 19 | | Educator License or an Educator License with | 20 | | Stipulations with a career and technical educator | 21 | | endorsement is available and that actual circumstances | 22 | | require such issuance. | 23 | | The provisional career and technical educator | 24 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 25 | | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of | 26 | | the endorsement being issued and may be renewed for 5 |
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| 1 | | years. For individuals who were issued the provisional | 2 | | career and technical educator endorsement on an | 3 | | Educator License with Stipulations on or after January | 4 | | 1, 2015, the license may be renewed if the individual | 5 | | passes a test of work proficiency, as required under | 6 | | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 7 | | A part-time provisional career and technical | 8 | | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 9 | | Stipulations may be issued for teaching no more than 2 | 10 | | courses of study for grades 6 through 12. The part-time | 11 | | provisional career and technical educator endorsement | 12 | | on an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 13 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 14 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed for 5 years | 15 | | if the individual makes application for renewal. | 16 | | An individual who holds a provisional or part-time | 17 | | provisional career and technical educator endorsement | 18 | | on an Educator License with Stipulations but does not | 19 | | hold a bachelor's degree may substitute teach in career | 20 | | and technical education classrooms. | 21 | | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | 22 | | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | 23 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | 24 | | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | 25 | | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | 26 | | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all |
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| 1 | | of the following requirements: | 2 | | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | 3 | | writing ability in the language other than English | 4 | | in which transitional bilingual education is | 5 | | offered. | 6 | | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | 7 | | communicate in English. | 8 | | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | 9 | | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | 10 | | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | 11 | | comparable teaching certificate or comparable | 12 | | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | 13 | | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | 14 | | a foreign country that the State Educator | 15 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | 16 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 17 | | regionally accredited institution of higher | 18 | | learning in the United States. | 19 | | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | 20 | | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, is | 21 | | valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of | 22 | | the endorsement being issued, and shall not be renewed. | 23 | | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | 24 | | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | 25 | | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | 26 | | replaced for any reason. |
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| 1 | | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | 2 | | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | 3 | | other than English in the public schools, an individual | 4 | | who holds an Educator License with Stipulations may | 5 | | also apply for a language endorsement, provided that | 6 | | the applicant provides satisfactory evidence that he | 7 | | or she meets all of the following requirements: | 8 | | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | 9 | | endorsement. | 10 | | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | 11 | | language for which the endorsement is to be issued | 12 | | by passing the applicable language content test | 13 | | required by the State Board of Education. | 14 | | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | 15 | | a regionally accredited institution of higher | 16 | | education or, for individuals educated in a | 17 | | country other than the United States, holds a | 18 | | degree from an institution of higher learning in a | 19 | | foreign country that the State Educator | 20 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | 21 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 22 | | regionally accredited institution of higher | 23 | | learning in the United States. | 24 | | (iv) (Blank). | 25 | | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | 26 | | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through |
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| 1 | | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | 2 | | individual's transitional bilingual educator | 3 | | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | 4 | | and shall not be renewed. | 5 | | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | 6 | | international educator endorsement on an Educator | 7 | | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 8 | | individual who is being recruited by a particular | 9 | | school district that conducts formal recruitment | 10 | | programs outside of the United States to secure the | 11 | | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of the | 12 | | following requirements: | 13 | | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | 14 | | bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | 15 | | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | 16 | | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | 17 | | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | 18 | | subject to be taught. | 19 | | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | 20 | | language. | 21 | | A holder of a visiting international educator | 22 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 23 | | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | 24 | | programs in the language that was the medium of | 25 | | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | 26 | | provided that he or she passes the English Language |
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| 1 | | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | 2 | | skills in English identified by the State Board of | 3 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 4 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. | 5 | | A visiting international educator endorsement on | 6 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 3 | 7 | | years and shall not be renewed. | 8 | | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | 9 | | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 10 | | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | 11 | | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | 12 | | either holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | 13 | | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | 14 | | institution of higher education or has passed a | 15 | | paraprofessional competency test under subsection | 16 | | (c-5) of Section 21B-30 . The paraprofessional educator | 17 | | endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | 18 | | following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and | 19 | | may be renewed through application and payment of the | 20 | | appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of | 21 | | this Code. An individual who holds only a | 22 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject | 23 | | to additional requirements in order to renew the | 24 | | endorsement. | 25 | | (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | 26 | | business official endorsement on an Educator License |
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| 1 | | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | 2 | | qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | 3 | | years of full-time administrative experience in school | 4 | | business management or 2 years of university-approved | 5 | | practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | 6 | | hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | 7 | | State Board of Education for the preparation of school | 8 | | business administrators and by passage of the | 9 | | applicable State tests, including an applicable | 10 | | content area test. | 11 | | The chief school business official endorsement may | 12 | | also be affixed to the Educator License with | 13 | | Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a | 14 | | master's degree in business administration, finance, | 15 | | accounting, or public administration and who completes | 16 | | an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | 17 | | business management from a regionally accredited | 18 | | institution of higher education and passes the | 19 | | applicable State tests, including an applicable | 20 | | content area test. This endorsement shall be required | 21 | | for any individual employed as a chief school business | 22 | | official. | 23 | | The chief school business official endorsement on | 24 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 25 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 26 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the |
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| 1 | | license holder completes renewal requirements as | 2 | | required for individuals who hold a Professional | 3 | | Educator License endorsed for chief school business | 4 | | official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | 5 | | rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | 6 | | Education. | 7 | | The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules | 8 | | necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | 9 | | (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | 10 | | in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | 11 | | with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | 12 | | completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation | 13 | | program at an Illinois institution of higher education | 14 | | and who has not successfully completed an | 15 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | 16 | | who meets all of the following requirements: | 17 | | (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | 18 | | (ii) Has completed an approved educator | 19 | | preparation program at an Illinois institution. | 20 | | (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | 21 | | test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 22 | | (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | 23 | | assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | 24 | | minimum score on that assessment, as established | 25 | | by the State Board of Education in consultation | 26 | | with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure |
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| 1 | | Board. | 2 | | A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | 3 | | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | 4 | | full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | 5 | | be renewed. | 6 | | (M) School support personnel intern. A school | 7 | | support personnel intern endorsement on an Educator | 8 | | License with Stipulations may be issued as specified by | 9 | | rule. | 10 | | (N) Special education area. A special education | 11 | | area endorsement on an Educator License with | 12 | | Stipulations may be issued as defined and specified by | 13 | | rule. | 14 | | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | 15 | | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | 16 | | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | 17 | | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | 18 | | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | 19 | | a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's degree | 20 | | or higher from a regionally accredited institution of | 21 | | higher education. | 22 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | 23 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | 24 | | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | 25 | | has had his or her Professional Educator License or | 26 | | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, |
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| 1 | | then that individual is not eligible to obtain a Substitute | 2 | | Teaching License. | 3 | | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | 4 | | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | 5 | | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | 6 | | contract because of an emergency situation, then a district | 7 | | may employ a substitute teacher for no longer than 30 | 8 | | calendar days per each vacant position in the district if | 9 | | the district notifies the appropriate regional office of | 10 | | education within 5 business days after the employment of | 11 | | the substitute teacher in the emergency situation. An | 12 | | emergency situation is one in which an unforeseen vacancy | 13 | | has occurred and (i) a teacher is unable to fulfill his or | 14 | | her contractual duties or (ii) teacher capacity needs of | 15 | | the district exceed previous indications, and the district | 16 | | is actively engaged in advertising to hire a fully licensed | 17 | | teacher for the vacant position. | 18 | | There is no limit on the number of days that a | 19 | | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | 20 | | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | 21 | | than 90 school days for any one licensed teacher under | 22 | | contract in the same school year. A substitute teacher who | 23 | | holds a Professional Educator License or Educator License | 24 | | with Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school | 25 | | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | 26 | | same school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on |
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| 1 | | the number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do | 2 | | not apply to any school district operating under Article 34 | 3 | | of this Code. | 4 | | A school district may not require an individual who | 5 | | holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator | 6 | | License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | 7 | | Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | 8 | | (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | 9 | | on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2023, the State Board of | 10 | | Education may issue a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 11 | | License. A Short-Term Substitute Teaching License may be | 12 | | issued to a qualified applicant for substitute teaching in | 13 | | all grades of the public schools, prekindergarten through | 14 | | grade 12. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not | 15 | | eligible for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term | 16 | | Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate's | 17 | | degree or have completed at least 60 credit hours from a | 18 | | regionally accredited institution of higher education. | 19 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for | 20 | | substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an | 21 | | individual has had his or her Professional Educator License | 22 | | or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or | 23 | | revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | 24 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | 25 | | The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this | 26 | | Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. |
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| 1 | | An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 2 | | License may teach no more than 5 consecutive days per | 3 | | licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | 4 | | absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who is | 5 | | under contract, a school district may not hire an | 6 | | individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 7 | | License. An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute | 8 | | Teaching License must complete the training program under | 9 | | Section 10-20.67 or 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to | 10 | | teach at a public school. This paragraph (4) is inoperative | 11 | | on and after July 1, 2023.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 100-8, eff. 7-1-17; 100-13, eff. 7-1-17; 100-288, | 13 | | eff. 8-24-17; 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-821, eff. 9-3-18; | 14 | | 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. | 15 | | 8-7-19.)
| 16 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-30)
| 17 | | Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. | 18 | | (a) (Blank). This Section applies beginning on July 1, | 19 | | 2012. | 20 | | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 21 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design | 22 | | and implement a system of examinations, which shall be required | 23 | | prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These examinations | 24 | | and indicators must be based on national and State professional | 25 | | teaching standards, as determined by the State Board of |
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| 1 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 2 | | and Licensure Board. The State Board of Education may adopt | 3 | | such rules as may be necessary to implement and administer this | 4 | | Section. | 5 | | (c) (Blank). | 6 | | (c-5) The State Board must adopt rules to implement a | 7 | | paraprofessional competency test. This test would allow an | 8 | | applicant seeking an Educator License with Stipulations with a | 9 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement to obtain the | 10 | | endorsement if he or she passes the test and meets the other | 11 | | requirements of subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of Section | 12 | | 21B-20 other than the higher education requirements. | 13 | | (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be | 14 | | required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area | 15 | | of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There | 16 | | shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall | 17 | | be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record | 18 | | until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. | 19 | | (e) (Blank). | 20 | | (f) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, beginning | 21 | | on September 1, 2015, all candidates completing teacher | 22 | | preparation programs in this State and all candidates subject | 23 | | to Section 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass a teacher | 24 | | performance assessment approved by the State Board of | 25 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 26 | | and Licensure Board. Subject to appropriation, an individual |
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| 1 | | who holds a Professional Educator License and is employed for a | 2 | | minimum of one school year by a school district designated as | 3 | | Tier 1 under Section 18-8.15 may, after application to the | 4 | | State Board, receive from the State Board a refund for any | 5 | | costs associated with completing the teacher performance | 6 | | assessment under this subsection. | 7 | | (g) The content area knowledge test and the teacher | 8 | | performance assessment shall be the tests that from time to | 9 | | time are designated by the State Board of Education, in | 10 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 11 | | Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing | 12 | | organization or tests designed by the State Board of Education, | 13 | | in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and | 14 | | Licensure Board. The test of content area knowledge shall | 15 | | assess content knowledge in a specific subject field. The tests | 16 | | must be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no | 17 | | person taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis | 18 | | of race, color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to | 19 | | the person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The | 20 | | score required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State | 21 | | Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 22 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. The tests shall be | 23 | | administered not fewer than 3 times a year at such time and | 24 | | place as may be designated by the State Board of Education, in | 25 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 26 | | Board. |
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| 1 | | The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess | 2 | | the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of | 3 | | applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under | 4 | | subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this Code | 5 | | in the English language and in the language of the transitional | 6 | | bilingual education program requested by the applicant. | 7 | | (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the | 8 | | provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school | 9 | | district subject to Article 34 of this Code. | 10 | | (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the | 11 | | testing requirements under this Section shall include without | 12 | | limitation provisions governing test selection, test | 13 | | validation and determination of a passing score, | 14 | | administration of the tests, frequency of administration, | 15 | | applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the | 16 | | years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special | 17 | | accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop such | 18 | | rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to year | 19 | | in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; | 21 | | 100-932, eff. 8-17-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. | 22 | | 8-7-19.)
| 23 | | (105 ILCS 5/27A-10)
| 24 | | Sec. 27A-10. Employees.
| 25 | | (a) A person shall be deemed to be employed by a charter |
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| 1 | | school unless a
collective bargaining agreement or the charter | 2 | | school
contract otherwise provides.
| 3 | | (b) In all school districts, including special charter | 4 | | districts and
districts located in
cities having a population | 5 | | exceeding 500,000, the local school board shall
determine by | 6 | | policy or by negotiated
agreement, if one exists, the | 7 | | employment status of any school district
employees who are | 8 | | employed by a charter school and who seek to return to
| 9 | | employment in the public
schools of the district. Each local | 10 | | school board shall grant, for a period of
up to 5 years, a | 11 | | leave of absence to those of its teachers who accept
employment | 12 | | with a charter school. At the end of the authorized leave of
| 13 | | absence, the teacher must return to the school district or | 14 | | resign; provided ,
however, that if the teacher chooses to | 15 | | return to the school district, the
teacher must be assigned to | 16 | | a position that which requires the teacher's licensure
| 17 | | certification and legal qualifications. The
contractual
| 18 | | continued service status and retirement benefits of a
teacher | 19 | | of the district who is granted a leave of absence to accept | 20 | | employment
with a charter school shall not be affected by that | 21 | | leave of absence.
| 22 | | (c) Charter schools shall employ in instructional | 23 | | positions, as defined in
the charter, individuals who are | 24 | | licensed certificated under Article 21B 21 of this
Code or who | 25 | | possess the following qualifications:
| 26 | | (i) graduated with a bachelor's degree from an |
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| 1 | | accredited institution of
higher learning;
| 2 | | (ii) been employed for a period of at least 5 years in | 3 | | an area requiring
application of the individual's | 4 | | education;
| 5 | | (iii) passed a content area knowledge test required | 6 | | under Section 21B-30 of this Code (blank) ; and
| 7 | | (iv) demonstrate continuing evidence of professional | 8 | | growth , which shall
include, but not be limited to, | 9 | | successful teaching experience, attendance at
professional | 10 | | meetings, membership in professional organizations, | 11 | | additional
credits earned at institutions of higher | 12 | | learning, travel specifically for
educational purposes, | 13 | | and reading of professional books and periodicals.
| 14 | | (c-5) Charter schools employing individuals without | 15 | | licensure certification in
instructional positions shall | 16 | | provide such mentoring, training, and staff
development for | 17 | | those individuals as the charter schools determine necessary
| 18 | | for satisfactory performance in the classroom.
| 19 | | At least 50% of the
individuals
employed in instructional | 20 | | positions by a charter school that is operating in a
city
| 21 | | having a population exceeding 500,000 and that is
established | 22 | | on or after April 16, 2003 shall hold teaching licenses | 23 | | certificates issued under
Article 21B 21 of this Code.
| 24 | | At
least 75% of the individuals employed in instructional | 25 | | positions by a
charter school that is operating in a city | 26 | | having a population exceeding
500,000 and that was
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| 1 | | before April 16, 2003 shall hold teaching licenses certificates | 2 | | issued under
Article 21B 21 of this Code.
| 3 | | (c-10) Notwithstanding any provision in subsection (c-5) | 4 | | to the contrary, in any charter school established before , on, | 5 | | or after July 30, 2009 ( the effective date of Public Act | 6 | | 96-105) this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly , at | 7 | | least 75% of the individuals employed in instructional | 8 | | positions by the charter school shall hold teaching licenses | 9 | | certificates issued under Article 21B 21 of this Code beginning | 10 | | with the 2012-2013 school year . In any charter school | 11 | | established after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 12 | | the 96th General Assembly, at least 75% of the individuals | 13 | | employed in instructional positions by a charter school shall | 14 | | hold teaching certificates issued under Article 21 of this Code | 15 | | by the beginning of the fourth school year during which a | 16 | | student is enrolled in the charter school. Charter schools may | 17 | | employ non-licensed non-certificated staff in all other | 18 | | positions. | 19 | | (c-15) Charter schools are
exempt from any annual cap on | 20 | | new
participants in an alternative educator licensure | 21 | | certification program. The second
and third phases of the | 22 | | alternative certification program may
be conducted and | 23 | | completed at the charter school, and the
alternative | 24 | | provisional educator endorsement teaching certificate is valid | 25 | | for 4 years or the length
of the charter (or any extension of | 26 | | the charter), whichever is longer.
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| 1 | | (d) A teacher at a charter school may resign his or her | 2 | | position only if
the teacher gives notice of resignation to the | 3 | | charter school's governing body
at least 60 days before the end | 4 | | of the school term, and the resignation must
take effect | 5 | | immediately upon the end of the school term.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 101-220, eff. 8-7-19.)
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 | | becoming law.
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