Full Text of SB3489 096th General Assembly
SB3489 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB3489
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. Heather Steans SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/21-1 |
from Ch. 122, par. 21-1 |
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Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. Removes a provision that provides that no one may be certified to teach or supervise in the public schools who is not of good health. Provides that a person must be at least 20 (instead of 19) years of age in order to be certified to teach or supervise in the public schools. Effective July 1, 2010.
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 21-1 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1)
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| Sec. 21-1. Qualification of teachers. No one may be | 8 |
| certified to
teach or supervise in the public schools of this | 9 |
| State who is not of
good character, of good health, a citizen | 10 |
| of the United States or
legally present and authorized for | 11 |
| employment, and at least 20 19 years of age. No one may be | 12 |
| certified to teach or supervise in the public schools of this | 13 |
| State who has been convicted of an offense set forth in Section | 14 |
| 21-23a of this Code.
An applicant for a certificate who is not | 15 |
| a citizen of the United States
must sign and file with the | 16 |
| State Board of Education a letter of intent
indicating that | 17 |
| either (i) within 10 years after the date that the letter is
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| filed or (ii) at the earliest opportunity after the person | 19 |
| becomes eligible to
apply for U.S. citizenship, the person will | 20 |
| apply for U.S. citizenship.
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| Citizenship is not required for the issuance of a temporary | 22 |
| part-time
certificate to participants in approved training | 23 |
| programs for exchange
students as described in Section 21-10.2. |
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| A certificate issued under
this plan shall expire on June 30 | 2 |
| following the date of issue. One
renewal for one year is | 3 |
| authorized if the holder remains as an official
participant in | 4 |
| an approved exchange program.
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| In determining good character under this Section, any | 6 |
| felony
conviction of the applicant may be taken into | 7 |
| consideration, but, unless the conviction is an offense set | 8 |
| forth in Section 21-23a of this Code, an applicant must be | 9 |
| permitted to submit character references or other written | 10 |
| material before such a
conviction or other information | 11 |
| regarding the applicant's character may be used by the State | 12 |
| Superintendent of Education as a basis for denying the | 13 |
| application.
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| No person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right to | 15 |
| be
certified, to receive training for the purpose of becoming a | 16 |
| teacher or
to engage in practice teaching in any school because | 17 |
| of a physical
disability including but not limited to visual | 18 |
| and hearing
disabilities; nor
shall any school district refuse | 19 |
| to employ a teacher on such grounds,
provided that the person | 20 |
| is able to carry out the duties of the position
for which he | 21 |
| applies.
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| No person may be granted or continue to hold a teaching | 23 |
| certificate who
has knowingly altered or misrepresented his or | 24 |
| her teaching qualifications
in order to acquire the | 25 |
| certificate. Any other certificate held by such
person may be | 26 |
| suspended or revoked by the State Teacher Certification
Board, |
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| depending upon the severity of the alteration or | 2 |
| misrepresentation.
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| No one may teach or supervise in the public schools nor | 4 |
| receive for
teaching or supervising any part of any public | 5 |
| school fund, who does not
hold a certificate of qualification | 6 |
| granted by the State Board of Education
or by the State Teacher | 7 |
| Certification Board and a regional superintendent of
schools as | 8 |
| hereinafter provided, or by the board of education of a city | 9 |
| having
a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants except as | 10 |
| provided in Section 34-6
and in Section 10-22.34 or Section | 11 |
| 10-22.34b. However, the provisions of this
Article do not apply | 12 |
| to a member of the armed forces who is employed as a
teacher of | 13 |
| subjects in the Reserve Officer's Training Corps of any school.
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| Sections 21-2 through 21-24 do not apply to cities having a | 15 |
| population
exceeding 500,000 inhabitants, until July 1, 1988.
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the board | 17 |
| of
education of any school district may grant to a teacher of | 18 |
| the district
a leave of absence with full pay for a period of | 19 |
| not more than one year
to permit such teacher to teach in a | 20 |
| foreign state under the provisions
of the Exchange Teacher | 21 |
| Program established under Public Law 584, 79th
Congress, and | 22 |
| Public Law 402, 80th Congress, as amended. The school
board | 23 |
| granting such leave of absence may employ with or without pay a
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| national of the foreign state wherein the teacher on leave of | 25 |
| absence
will teach, if the national is qualified to teach in | 26 |
| that foreign state,
and if that national will teach in a grade |
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| level similar to the one
which was taught in such foreign | 2 |
| state. The State Board of Education
shall promulgate and | 3 |
| enforce such reasonable rules as may be
necessary to effectuate | 4 |
| this paragraph.
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| (Source: P.A. 96-431, eff. 8-13-09.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 7 |
| 2010.
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