Full Text of HB0256 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 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) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, | 20 | | applicants seeking a Professional Educator License or an | 21 | | Educator License with Stipulations shall be required to pass a | 22 | | test of basic skills before the license is issued, unless the | 23 | | endorsement the individual is seeking does not require passage |
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| 1 | | of the test. All applicants completing Illinois-approved, | 2 | | teacher education or school service personnel preparation | 3 | | programs shall be required to pass the State Board of | 4 | | Education's recognized test of basic skills prior to starting | 5 | | their student teaching or starting the final semester of their | 6 | | internship. An institution of higher learning, as defined in | 7 | | the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, may not require an | 8 | | applicant to complete the State Board's recognized test of | 9 | | basic skills prior to the semester before student teaching or | 10 | | prior to the semester before starting the final semester of an | 11 | | internship. An individual who passes a test of basic skills | 12 | | does not need to do so again for subsequent endorsements or | 13 | | other educator licenses. | 14 | | (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be | 15 | | required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area | 16 | | of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There | 17 | | shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall | 18 | | be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record | 19 | | until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. | 20 | | (e) (Blank). | 21 | | (f) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, beginning | 22 | | on September 1, 2015, all candidates completing teacher | 23 | | preparation programs in this State and all candidates subject | 24 | | to Section 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass a teacher | 25 | | performance assessment approved by the State Board of | 26 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation |
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| 1 | | and Licensure Board. | 2 | | (g) Tests of basic skills and content area knowledge and | 3 | | the teacher performance assessment shall be the tests that from | 4 | | time to time are designated by the State Board of Education, in | 5 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 6 | | Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing | 7 | | organization or tests designed by the State Board of Education, | 8 | | in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and | 9 | | Licensure Board. The areas to be covered by a test of basic | 10 | | skills shall include reading, language arts, and mathematics. | 11 | | The test of content area knowledge shall assess content | 12 | | knowledge in a specific subject field. The tests must be | 13 | | designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no person taking | 14 | | the tests is discriminated against on the basis of race, color, | 15 | | national origin, or other factors unrelated to the person's | 16 | | ability to perform as a licensed employee. The score required | 17 | | to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State Board of | 18 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 19 | | and Licensure Board. The tests shall be administered not fewer | 20 | | than 3 times a year at such time and place as may be designated | 21 | | by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | 22 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. | 23 | | The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess | 24 | | the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of | 25 | | applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under | 26 | | subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this Code |
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| 1 | | in the English language and in the language of the transitional | 2 | | bilingual education program requested by the applicant. | 3 | | (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the | 4 | | provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school | 5 | | district subject to Article 34 of this Code. | 6 | | (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the | 7 | | testing requirements under this Section shall include without | 8 | | limitation provisions governing test selection, test | 9 | | validation and determination of a passing score, | 10 | | administration of the tests, frequency of administration, | 11 | | applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the | 12 | | years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special | 13 | | accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop such | 14 | | rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to year | 15 | | in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment.
| 16 | | (j) Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, in order to | 17 | | obtain a license under this Article, a student teacher | 18 | | candidate may not be required to videotape himself or herself | 19 | | or his or her students in a classroom setting. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 99-58, eff. 7-16-15; 99-657, eff. 7-28-16; | 21 | | 99-920, eff. 1-6-17; 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-863, eff. | 22 | | 8-14-18; 100-932, eff. 8-17-18; revised 10-1-18.)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.
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