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Amends the School Code. Creates the Professional Teacher
Standards Board consisting of 19 members appointed by the
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to
administer the Article of the School Code governing the
certification of teachers and other certificated school
personnel and the approval of teacher and administrator
preparation programs. Gives the Professional Teacher
Standards Board all powers and duties currently exercised by
the State Board of Education and the State Teacher
Certification Board with respect to administration of the
certification and program approval process, and abolishes the
State Teacher Certification Board. Authorizes the
Professional Teacher Standards Board to employ an Executive
Director and such other staff members as are necessary to
exercise its powers and duties and carry out its functions.
Effective January 1, 1998.
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1 AN ACT relating to certification of school personnel.
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
5 Sections 2-3.11, 10-21.9, 10-22.20a, 10-22.24a, 10-22.34,
6 14-1.09.1, 14-8.05, 14C-2, 21-1, 21-1a, 21-1b, 21-1c, 21-2,
7 21-2.1, 21-2b, 21-3, 21-4, 21-5, 21-5a, 21-7.1, 21-9, 21-10,
8 21-11, 21-11.1, 21-11.2, 21-11.3, 21-11.4, 21-12, 21-14,
9 21-16, 21-17, 21-19, 21-21, 21-21.1, 21-23, 21-23b, 21-24,
10 21-25, 34-18.5, and 34-83 and adding Section 21-0.01 as
11 follows:
12 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11)
13 Sec. 2-3.11. Report to Governor and General Assembly.
14 To report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on or
15 before January 14 the condition of the schools of the State
16 for the preceding year, ending on June 30.
17 Such annual report shall contain reports of the State
18 Teacher Certification Board; the schools of the State
19 charitable institutions; reports on driver education, special
20 education, and transportation; and for such year the annual
21 statistical reports of the State Board of Education,
22 including the number and kinds of school districts; number of
23 school attendance centers; number of men and women teachers;
24 enrollment by grades; total enrollment; total days
25 attendance; total days absence; average daily attendance;
26 number of elementary and secondary school graduates; assessed
27 valuation; tax levies and tax rates for various purposes;
28 amount of teachers' orders, anticipation warrants, and bonds
29 outstanding; and number of men and women teachers and total
30 enrollment of private schools. The report shall give for all
31 school districts receipts from all sources and expenditures
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1 for all purposes for each fund; the total operating expense
2 and the per capita cost; federal and state aids and
3 reimbursements; new school buildings, and recognized schools;
4 together with such other information and suggestions as the
5 State Board of Education may deem important in relation to
6 the schools and school laws and the means of promoting
7 education throughout the state.
8 (Source: P.A. 84-1308; 84-1424.)
9 (105 ILCS 5/10-21.9) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9)
10 Sec. 10-21.9. Criminal background investigations.
11 (a) After August 1, 1985, certified and noncertified
12 applicants for employment with a school district, except
13 school bus driver applicants, are required as a condition of
14 employment to authorize an investigation to determine if such
15 applicants have been convicted of any of the enumerated
16 criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of this Section.
17 Authorization for the investigation shall be furnished by the
18 applicant to the school district, except that if the
19 applicant is a substitute teacher seeking employment in more
20 than one school district, a teacher seeking concurrent
21 part-time employment positions with more than one school
22 district (as a reading specialist, special education teacher
23 or otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee
24 seeking employment positions with more than one district, any
25 such district may require the applicant to furnish
26 authorization for the investigation to the regional
27 superintendent of the educational service region in which are
28 located the school districts in which the applicant is
29 seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time
30 teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee.
31 Upon receipt of this authorization, the school district or
32 the appropriate regional superintendent, as the case may be,
33 shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth
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1 and social security number to the Department of State Police
2 on forms prescribed by the Department. The regional
3 superintendent submitting the requisite information to the
4 Department of State Police shall promptly notify the school
5 districts in which the applicant is seeking employment as a
6 substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
7 educational support personnel employee that the investigation
8 of the applicant has been requested. The Department of State
9 Police shall conduct an investigation to ascertain if the
10 applicant being considered for employment has been convicted
11 of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in
12 subsection (c). The Department shall charge the school
13 district or the appropriate regional superintendent a fee for
14 conducting such investigation, which fee shall be deposited
15 in the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the
16 cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a
17 fee for such investigation by the school district or by the
18 regional superintendent. The regional superintendent may
19 seek reimbursement from the State Board of Education or the
20 appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
21 regional superintendent to the Department for the criminal
22 background investigations required by this Section.
23 (b) The Department shall furnish, pursuant to positive
24 identification, records of convictions, until expunged, to
25 the president of the school board for the school district
26 which requested the investigation, or to the regional
27 superintendent who requested the investigation. Any
28 information concerning the record of convictions obtained by
29 the president of the school board or the regional
30 superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
31 transmitted to the superintendent of the school district or
32 his designee, the appropriate regional superintendent if the
33 investigation was requested by the school district, the
34 presidents of the appropriate school boards if the
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1 investigation was requested from the Department of State
2 Police by the regional superintendent, the State
3 Superintendent of Education, the Professional Teacher
4 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board or any
5 other person necessary to the decision of hiring the
6 applicant for employment. A copy of the record of
7 convictions obtained from the Department of State Police
8 shall be provided to the applicant for employment. If an
9 investigation of an applicant for employment as a substitute
10 or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent educational
11 support personnel employee in more than one school district
12 was requested by the regional superintendent, and the
13 Department of State Police upon investigation ascertains that
14 the applicant has not been convicted of any of the enumerated
15 criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) and so notifies
16 the regional superintendent, then the regional superintendent
17 shall issue to the applicant a certificate evidencing that as
18 of the date specified by the Department of State Police the
19 applicant has not been convicted of any of the enumerated
20 criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c). The school
21 board of any school district located in the educational
22 service region served by the regional superintendent who
23 issues such a certificate to an applicant for employment as a
24 substitute teacher in more than one such district may rely on
25 the certificate issued by the regional superintendent to that
26 applicant, or may initiate its own investigation of the
27 applicant through the Department of State Police as provided
28 in subsection (a). Any person who releases any confidential
29 information concerning any criminal convictions of an
30 applicant for employment shall be guilty of a Class A
31 misdemeanor, unless the release of such information is
32 authorized by this Section.
33 (c) No school board shall knowingly employ a person who
34 has been convicted for committing attempted first degree
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1 murder or for committing or attempting to commit first degree
2 murder or a Class X felony or any one or more of the
3 following offenses: (i) those defined in Sections 11-6, 11-9,
4 11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-19.1,
5 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15
6 and 12-16 of the "Criminal Code of 1961"; (ii) those defined
7 in the "Cannabis Control Act" except those defined in
8 Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act; (iii) those defined
9 in the "Illinois Controlled Substances Act"; and (iv) any
10 offense committed or attempted in any other state or against
11 the laws of the United States, which if committed or
12 attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
13 more of the foregoing offenses.
14 (d) No school board shall knowingly employ a person for
15 whom a criminal background investigation has not been
16 initiated.
17 (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of a
18 holder of any certificate issued pursuant to Article 21 or
19 Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of The School Code, the appropriate
20 regional superintendent of schools or the State
21 Superintendent of Education shall initiate the certificate
22 suspension and revocation proceedings authorized by law.
23 (f) After January 1, 1990 the provisions of this Section
24 shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
25 contracts with any school district including, but not limited
26 to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
27 transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
28 the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
29 criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
30 firms holding contracts with more than one school district
31 and assigned to more than one school district, the regional
32 superintendent of the educational service region in which the
33 contracting school districts are located may, at the request
34 of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
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1 authorization for investigation prepared by each such
2 employee and submitting the same to the Department of State
3 Police. Any information concerning the record of conviction
4 of any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
5 shall be promptly reported to the president of the
6 appropriate school board or school boards.
7 (Source: P.A. 88-612, eff. 7-1-95; 89-428, eff. 12-13-95;
8 89-462, eff. 5-29-96; 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
9 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a)
10 Sec. 10-22.20a. Advanced vocational training program,
11 and career education. To enter into joint agreements with
12 community college districts and other school districts for
13 the purpose of providing career education or advanced
14 vocational training of students in the 11th and higher grades
15 who desire preparation for a trade. Transportation for
16 students to any facility covered by a joint agreement as
17 described in this Section shall be provided by the
18 participating school district, or by the participating school
19 district in conjunction with other school districts. Joint
20 agreements entered into under this Section may include
21 provisions for joint authority to acquire and improve sites,
22 construct and equip facilities thereon and lease and equip
23 facilities deemed necessary by the parties to the joint
24 agreement, to maintain programs and to provide for financing
25 of the foregoing jointly by the respective parties, all in
26 accordance with the terms of the joint agreement.
27 Nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrict
28 or prohibit the rights of community college districts or
29 school districts to enter into joint agreements under the
30 provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, as now
31 or hereinafter amended.
32 The duration of the career education or advanced
33 vocational training program shall be such period as the
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1 school district may approve but it may not exceed 2 years for
2 any school district pupil. Participation in the program is
3 accorded the same credit toward a high school diploma as time
4 spent in other courses.
5 The participating community college shall bill each
6 participating student's school district for an amount equal
7 to the per capita cost of operating the community college
8 attended or a charge for participation may be made in
9 accordance with the joint agreement between the community
10 college district and the student's school district. Such
11 agreement shall not provide for payments in excess of the
12 actual cost of operating the course or courses in which the
13 student is enrolled. Participating high schools may use
14 State aid monies to pay the charges.
15 The community college instructors teaching in such
16 programs need not be certified by the Professional Teacher
17 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
18 (Source: P.A. 79-76.)
19 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
20 Sec. 10-22.24a. To employ school counselors certified as
21 such by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
22 Teacher Certification Board, and to supervise school
23 counselor interns enrolled in a school counseling program
24 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
25 Teacher Certification Board.
26 (Source: P.A. 82-998.)
27 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34)
28 Sec. 10-22.34. Non-certificated personnel.
29 (a) School Boards may employ non-teaching personnel or
30 utilize volunteer personnel for: (1) non-teaching duties not
31 requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils; and
32 (2) supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception
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1 areas used incident to instructional programs transmitted by
2 electronic media such as computers, video, and audio, and
3 detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
4 extracurricular activities.
5 (b) School boards may further utilize volunteer
6 non-certificated personnel or employ non-certificated
7 personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the
8 immediate supervision of a teacher, holding a valid
9 certificate, directly engaged in teaching subject matter or
10 conducting activities. The teacher shall be continuously
11 aware of the non-certificated persons' activities and shall
12 be able to control or modify them. The State Board of
13 Education, in consultation with the Professional Teacher
14 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board, shall
15 determine qualifications of such personnel and shall
16 prescribe rules for determining the duties and activities to
17 be assigned to such personnel. In the determination of
18 qualifications of such personnel, the State Board of
19 Education shall accept coursework earned in a recognized
20 institution or from an institution of higher learning
21 accredited by the North Central Association or other
22 comparable regional accrediting association.
23 (c) School boards may also employ students holding a
24 bachelor's degree from a recognized institution of higher
25 learning as part time teaching interns when such students are
26 enrolled in a college or university internship program, which
27 has prior approval by the Professional Teacher Standards
28 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
29 Teacher Certification Board, leading to a masters degree.
30 (d) Nothing in this Section shall require constant
31 supervision of a student teacher enrolled in a student
32 teaching course at a college or university, provided such
33 activity has the prior approval of the representative of the
34 higher education institution and teaching plans have
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1 previously been discussed with and approved by the
2 supervising teacher and further provided that such teaching
3 is within guidelines established by the Professional Teacher
4 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
5 the State Teacher Certification Board.
6 (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)
7 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1)
8 Sec. 14-1.09.1. School psychological services. In the
9 public schools, school psychological services provided by
10 qualified specialists who hold Type 73 School Service
11 Personnel Certificates endorsed for school psychology issued
12 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
13 Certification Board may include, but are not limited to: (i)
14 administration and interpretation of psychological and
15 educational evaluations; (ii) developing school-based
16 prevention programs, including violence prevention programs;
17 (iii) counseling with students, parents, and teachers on
18 educational and mental health issues; (iv) acting as liaisons
19 between public schools and community agencies; (v) evaluating
20 program effectiveness; (vi) providing crisis intervention
21 within the school setting; (vii) helping teachers, parents,
22 and others involved in the educational process to provide
23 optimum teaching and learning conditions for all students;
24 (viii) supervising school psychologist interns enrolled in
25 school psychology programs that meet the standards
26 established by the State Board of Education; and (ix)
27 screening of school enrollments to identify children who
28 should be referred for individual study. Nothing in this
29 Section prohibits other qualified professionals from
30 providing those services listed for which they are
31 appropriately trained.
32 (Source: P.A. 89-339, eff. 8-17-95.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/14-8.05) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05)
2 Sec. 14-8.05. Behavioral intervention.
3 (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that
4 principals and teachers of students with disabilities require
5 training and guidance that provide ways for working
6 successfully with children who have difficulties conforming
7 to acceptable behavioral patterns in order to provide an
8 environment in which learning can occur. It is the intent of
9 the General Assembly:
10 (1) That when behavioral interventions are used,
11 they be used in consideration of the pupil's physical
12 freedom and social interaction, and be administered in a
13 manner that respects human dignity and personal privacy
14 and that ensures a pupil's right to placement in the
15 least restrictive educational environment.
16 (2) That behavioral management plans be developed
17 and used, to the extent possible, in a consistent manner
18 when a local educational agency has placed the pupil in a
19 day or residential setting for education purposes.
20 (3) That a statewide study be conducted of the use
21 of behavioral interventions with students with
22 disabilities receiving special education and related
23 services.
24 (4) That training programs be developed and
25 implemented in institutions of higher education that
26 train teachers, and that in-service training programs be
27 made available as necessary in school districts, in
28 educational service centers, and by regional
29 superintendents of schools to assure that adequately
30 trained staff are available to work effectively with the
31 behavioral intervention needs of students with
32 disabilities.
33 (b) On or before September 30, 1993, the State
34 Superintendent of Education shall conduct a statewide study
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1 of the use of behavioral interventions with students with
2 disabilities receiving special education and related
3 services. The study shall include, but not necessarily be
4 limited to identification of the frequency in the use of
5 behavioral interventions; the number of districts with
6 policies in place for working with children exhibiting
7 continuous serious behavioral problems; how policies, rules,
8 or regulations within districts differ between emergency and
9 routine behavioral interventions commonly practiced; the
10 nature and extent of costs for training provided to personnel
11 for implementing a program of nonaversive behavioral
12 interventions; and the nature and extent of costs for
13 training provided to parents of students with disabilities
14 who would be receiving behavioral interventions. The scope
15 of the study shall be developed by the State Board of
16 Education, in consultation with individuals and groups
17 representing parents, teachers, administrators, and
18 advocates. On or before June 30, 1994, the State Board of
19 Education shall issue guidelines based on the study's
20 findings. The guidelines shall address, but not be limited
21 to, the following: (i) appropriate behavioral interventions,
22 and (ii) how to properly document the need for and use of
23 behavioral interventions in the process of developing
24 individualized education plans for students with
25 disabilities. The guidelines shall be used as a reference to
26 assist school boards in developing local policies and
27 procedures in accordance with this Section. The State Board
28 of Education, with the advice of parents of students with
29 disabilities and other parents, teachers, administrators,
30 advocates for persons with disabilities, and individuals with
31 knowledge or expertise in the development and implementation
32 of behavioral interventions for persons with disabilities,
33 shall review its behavioral intervention guidelines at least
34 once every 3 years to determine their continuing
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1 appropriateness and effectiveness and shall make such
2 modifications in the guidelines as it deems necessary.
3 (c) Each school board must establish and maintain a
4 committee to develop policies and procedures on the use of
5 behavioral interventions for students with disabilities who
6 require behavioral intervention. The policies and procedures
7 shall be adopted and implemented by school boards by January
8 1, 1996 and shall: (i) be developed with the advice of
9 parents with students with disabilities and other parents,
10 teachers, administrators, advocates for persons with
11 disabilities, and individuals with knowledge or expertise in
12 the development and implementation of behavioral
13 interventions for persons with disabilities; (ii) emphasize
14 positive interventions that are designed to develop and
15 strengthen desirable behaviors; (iii) incorporate procedures
16 and methods consistent with generally accepted practice in
17 the field of behavioral intervention; (iv) include criteria
18 for determining when a student with disabilities may require
19 a behavioral intervention plan; (v) reflect that the
20 guidelines of the State Board of Education have been reviewed
21 and considered and provide the address of the State Board of
22 Education so that copies of the State Board of Education
23 behavioral guidelines may be requested; and (vi) include
24 procedures for monitoring the use of restrictive behavioral
25 interventions. Each school board shall (i) furnish a copy of
26 its local policies and procedures to parents and guardians of
27 all students with individualized education plans within 15
28 days after the policies and procedures have been adopted by
29 the school board or at the time an individualized education
30 plan is first implemented for the student and at the
31 beginning of each school year thereafter, and (ii) require
32 that each school inform its students of the existence of the
33 policies and procedures annually.
34 (d) The State Superintendent of Education shall consult
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1 with representatives of institutions of higher education and
2 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
3 Certification Board in regard to the current training
4 requirements for teachers to ensure that sufficient training
5 is available in appropriate behavioral interventions
6 consistent with professionally accepted practices and
7 standards for people entering the field of education.
8 (Source: P.A. 89-191, eff. 7-21-95.)
9 (105 ILCS 5/14C-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2)
10 Sec. 14C-2. Definitions. Unless the context indicates
11 otherwise, the terms used in this Article have the following
12 meanings:
13 (a) "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
14 (b) "Certification Board" means the Professional Teacher
15 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
16 (c) "School District" means any school district
17 established under this Code.
18 (d) "Children of limited English-speaking ability" means
19 (1) children who were not born in the United States whose
20 native tongue is a language other than English and who are
21 incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English; and
22 (2) children who were born in the United States of parents
23 possessing no or limited English-speaking ability and who are
24 incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English.
25 (e) "Teacher of transitional bilingual education" means
26 a teacher with a speaking and reading ability in a language
27 other than English in which transitional bilingual education
28 is offered and with communicative skills in English.
29 (f) "Program in transitional bilingual education" means
30 a full-time program of instruction (1) in all those courses
31 or subjects which a child is required by law to receive and
32 which are required by the child's school district which shall
33 be given in the native language of the children of limited
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1 English-speaking ability who are enrolled in the program and
2 also in English, (2) in the reading and writing of the native
3 language of the children of limited English-speaking ability
4 who are enrolled in the program and in the oral
5 comprehension, speaking, reading and writing of English, and
6 (3) in the history and culture of the country, territory or
7 geographic area which is the native land of the parents of
8 children of limited English-speaking ability who are enrolled
9 in the program and in the history and culture of the United
10 States; or a part-time program of instruction based on the
11 educational needs of those children of limited
12 English-speaking ability who do not need a full-time program
13 of instruction.
14 (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)
15 (105 ILCS 5/21-0.01 new)
16 Sec. 21-0.01. Professional Teacher Standards Board.
17 (a) The Professional Teacher Standards Board is hereby
18 created. The Professional Teacher Standards Board shall
19 consist of 19 members appointed by the Governor with the
20 advice and consent of the Senate. Of the members so
21 appointed, 5 shall be administrative or faculty members of
22 public or private colleges or universities located in the
23 State, one shall be a regional superintendent of schools, 3
24 shall be school administrators employed in the public schools
25 of the State, and 10 shall be classroom teachers employed in
26 the public schools of the State. At least one of the school
27 administrators and 3 of the classroom teachers so appointed
28 shall be employees of a school district that is subject to
29 the provisions of Article 34. Whenever a vacancy in a
30 classroom teacher position on the Professional Teacher
31 Standards Board is to be filled as provided in this Section,
32 each professional teachers' organization is entitled to
33 nominate for each such vacancy one candidate for each 20,000,
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1 or major portion thereof, members of that organization who
2 hold valid teaching certificates. The nominations of the
3 professional teachers' organization shall be submitted by the
4 organization to the Governor not less than 60 days prior to
5 the expiration of the term of a person holding a classroom
6 teacher position on the Professional Teacher Standards Board
7 or not more than 60 days after a vacancy in such a position
8 occurs for any other reason. The nominations, which shall be
9 advisory only, shall be in writing and shall be signed by the
10 president and secretary of the organization submitting the
11 nominations. Of the members initially appointed to the
12 Professional Teacher Standards Board: 2 of the 5
13 administrative or faculty members of public or private
14 colleges or universities shall be appointed to serve terms
15 expiring on the third Monday of January, 2000 and the other 3
16 administrative or faculty members shall be appointed to serve
17 terms expiring on the third Monday of January, 2002; the
18 regional superintendent of schools shall be appointed to
19 serve a term expiring on the third Monday of January, 2000; 2
20 of the 3 school administrators shall be appointed to serve
21 terms expiring on the third Monday of January, 2000 and the
22 other school administrator shall be appointed to serve a term
23 expiring on the third Monday of January, 2002; and 5 of the
24 10 classroom teachers shall be appointed to serve terms
25 expiring on the third Monday of January, 2000 with the
26 remaining 5 classroom teachers being appointed to serve terms
27 expiring on the third Monday of January, 2002. The
28 successors in office of the members initially appointed under
29 this subsection shall each serve terms of 4 years, commencing
30 on the third Monday of January of the appropriate
31 even-numbered year. All members shall serve until a
32 successor is appointed and confirmed, and any vacancy shall
33 be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same
34 manner as an appointment for a full term is made. No member
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1 shall be eligible to serve as a member of the Professional
2 Teacher Standards Board for more than 2 terms.
3 (b) The State Teacher Certification Board is abolished
4 and the terms of its members are terminated when 10 of the
5 initial members of the Professional Teacher Standards Board,
6 which shall constitute a quorum of that Board, are appointed
7 and confirmed as provided in subsection (a). The members of
8 the Professional Teacher Standards Board shall take office
9 and assume, exercise, and perform the powers, duties, and
10 responsibilities of that Board under this Article when a
11 quorum of the initial members of that Board is appointed and
12 confirmed. Until the State Teacher Certification Board is
13 abolished upon the appointment and confirmation of 10 persons
14 to serve as initial members of the Professional Teacher
15 Standards Board, but not thereafter, the State Teacher
16 Certification Board shall exercise the powers and duties that
17 it was authorized or required to exercise and perform under
18 this Article prior to its abolition.
19 (c) The chairperson of the Professional Teacher
20 Standards Board shall be elected by the members of the Board
21 from among their number to serve for a term of one year. A
22 person elected to serve as chairperson of the Board may be
23 reelected by the members of the Board to succeed himself or
24 herself in that office. The members of the Professional
25 Teacher Standards Board shall meet promptly upon the
26 appointment of a quorum of the members to organize
27 themselves, elect from their number a chairperson and such
28 other officers as they deem necessary, and establish the
29 dates of the regular meetings of the Board. The Board shall
30 hold special meetings upon the call of the chairperson or a
31 majority of its members. Members of the Professional Teacher
32 Standards Board shall be reimbursed for all ordinary and
33 necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties as
34 members of the Board.
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1 (d) The Professional Teacher Standards Board, as a State
2 agency that is eligible for appropriations, shall comply with
3 the provisions of the Bureau of the Budget Act applicable to
4 State agencies.
5 (e) The Professional Teacher Standards Board, acting in
6 accordance with the provisions of this Article and exercising
7 the exclusive powers granted to it under Section 21-1c, shall
8 have the power and authority to do all of the following:
9 (1) set standards for teaching, supervising, or
10 holding other certificated employment in the public
11 schools, and administer the certification process as
12 provided in this Article;
13 (2) approve and evaluate teacher and administrator
14 preparation programs;
15 (3) revoke and suspend certificates issued for
16 teaching, supervising, or holding other certificated
17 employment in the public schools;
18 (4) enter into agreements with other states
19 relative to reciprocal approval of teacher and
20 administrator preparation programs;
21 (5) establish standards for the issuance of new
22 types of certificates;
23 (6) employ and direct an Executive Director and
24 such other staff as the Board deems necessary to exercise
25 its powers and duties under this Article, subject to the
26 following conditions: all employees of the State Board of
27 Education who shall lose their employment with the State
28 Board of Education as the result of the establishment of
29 the Professional Teacher Standards Board and the
30 attendant transfer of power and duties to the
31 Professional Teacher Standards Board shall be afforded
32 the right to transfer their employment without
33 interruption from the State Board of Education to the
34 Professional Teacher Standards Board, retaining their
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1 seniority status and salary as it then exists with the
2 State Board of Education;
3 (7) take such other action relating to the
4 improvement of instruction in the public schools through
5 teacher education and professional development and that
6 attracts qualified candidates into teacher training
7 programs as is appropriate and consistent with applicable
8 laws; and
9 (8) make and prescribe rules and regulations that
10 are necessary for the administration of this Article.
11 (f) The Professional Teacher Standards Board may create
12 standing committees, comprised solely of Board members, when
13 deemed necessary by the Board to carry out its functions and
14 responsibilities under this Article. In addition the Board
15 may establish advisory committees if the Board determines
16 that such action may be necessary or appropriate.
17 (105 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1)
18 Sec. 21-1. Qualification of teachers. No one may be
19 certified to teach or supervise in the public schools of this
20 State who is not of good character, good health, a citizen of
21 the United States or legally present and authorized for
22 employment, and at least 19 years of age. If the holder of a
23 certificate under this Section is not a citizen of the United
24 States 6 years after the date of the issuance of the original
25 certificate, any certificate held by such person on that date
26 shall be cancelled by the board of education and no other
27 certificate to teach shall be issued to such person until
28 such person is a citizen of the United States.
29 Citizenship is not required for the issuance of a
30 temporary part-time certificate to participants in approved
31 training programs for exchange students as described in
32 Section 21-10.2. A certificate issued under this plan shall
33 expire on June 30 following the date of issue. One renewal
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1 for one year is authorized if the holder remains as an
2 official participant in an approved exchange program.
3 In determining good character under this Section, any
4 felony conviction of the applicant may be taken into
5 consideration, but such a conviction shall not operate as a
6 bar to registration.
7 No person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right
8 to be certified, to receive training for the purpose of
9 becoming a teacher or to engage in practice teaching in any
10 school because of a physical disability including but not
11 limited to visual and hearing disabilities; nor shall any
12 school district refuse to employ a teacher on such grounds,
13 provided that the person is able to carry out the duties of
14 the position for which he applies.
15 No person may be granted or continue to hold a teaching
16 certificate who has knowingly altered or misrepresented his
17 or her teaching qualifications in order to acquire the
18 certificate. Any other certificate held by such person may
19 be suspended or revoked by the Professional Teacher Standards
20 Board State Teacher Certification Board, depending upon the
21 severity of the alteration or misrepresentation.
22 No one may teach or supervise in the public schools nor
23 receive for teaching or supervising any part of any public
24 school fund, who does not hold a certificate of qualification
25 granted, on or after January 1, 1998 by the Professional
26 Teacher Standards Board, or granted prior to that date by the
27 State Board of Education or by the State Teacher
28 Certification Board and a regional superintendent of schools
29 as hereinafter provided, or by the board of education of a
30 city having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants,
31 except as provided in Section 34-6 and in Section 10-22.34 or
32 Section 10-22.34b. However, the provisions of this Article do
33 not apply to a member of the armed forces who is employed as
34 a teacher of subjects in the Reserve Officer's Training Corps
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1 of any school. Sections 21-2 through 21-24 do not apply to
2 cities having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants,
3 beginning until July 1, 1988.
4 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
5 board of education of any school district may grant to a
6 teacher of the district a leave of absence with full pay for
7 a period of not more than one year to permit such teacher to
8 teach in a foreign state under the provisions of the Exchange
9 Teacher Program established under Public Law 584, 79th
10 Congress, and Public Law 402, 80th Congress, as amended. The
11 school board granting such leave of absence may employ with
12 or without pay a national of the foreign state wherein the
13 teacher on leave of absence will teach, if the national is
14 qualified to teach in that foreign state, and if that
15 national will teach in a grade level similar to the one which
16 was taught in such foreign state. The Professional Teacher
17 Standards Board State Board of Education shall promulgate and
18 enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as may be
19 necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Article or may
20 adopt for such purposes any of the rules and regulations
21 promulgated prior to January 1, 1998 by the State Board of
22 Education or by the State Teacher Certification Board prior
23 to the abolition of that Board paragraph.
24 (Source: P.A. 88-189; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96; 89-397, eff.
25 8-20-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
26 (105 ILCS 5/21-1a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a)
27 Sec. 21-1a. Tests required for certification.
28 (a) After July 1, 1988, in addition to all other
29 requirements, early childhood, elementary, special, high
30 school, school service personnel, or, except as provided in
31 Section 34-6, administrative certificates shall be issued to
32 persons who have satisfactorily passed a test of basic skills
33 and subject matter knowledge. The tests of basic skills and
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1 subject matter knowledge shall be the tests which from time
2 to time are designated by the Professional Teacher Standards
3 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
4 Teacher Certification Board and may be tests prepared by an
5 educational testing organization or tests designed by the
6 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
7 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
8 The areas to be covered by the test of basic skills shall
9 include the basic skills of reading, writing, grammar, and
10 mathematics. The test of subject matter knowledge shall
11 assess content knowledge in the specific subject field. The
12 tests shall be designed to be racially neutral to assure that
13 no person in taking the tests is thereby discriminated
14 against on the basis of race, color, national origin, or
15 other factors unrelated to the person's ability to perform as
16 a certificated employee. The score required to pass the
17 tests of basic skills and subject matter knowledge shall be
18 fixed by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
19 of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
20 Certification Board. The tests shall be held not fewer than
21 3 times a year at such time and place as may be designated by
22 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
23 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
24 Certification Board.
25 (b) Except as provided in Section 34-6, the provisions
26 of subsection (a) of this Section shall apply equally in any
27 school district subject to Article 34, provided that the
28 State Board of Education shall determine which certificates
29 issued under Sections 34-8.1 and 34-83 prior to July 1, 1988
30 are comparable to any early childhood certificate, elementary
31 school certificate, special certificate, high school
32 certificate, school service personnel certificate or
33 administrative certificate issued under this Article as of
34 July 1, 1988.
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1 (c) A person who holds an early childhood, elementary,
2 special, high school or school service personnel certificate
3 issued under this Article on or at any time before July 1,
4 1988, including a person who has been issued any such
5 certificate pursuant to Section 21-11.1 or in exchange for a
6 comparable certificate theretofore issued under Section
7 34-8.1 or Section 34-83, shall not be required to take or
8 pass the tests in order to thereafter have such certificate
9 renewed.
10 (d) (Blank). The State Board of Education in
11 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board shall
12 conduct a pilot administration of the tests by administering
13 the test to students completing teacher education programs in
14 the 1986-87 school year for the purpose of determining the
15 effect and impact of testing candidates for certification.
16 (e) The rules and regulations developed to implement the
17 required test of basic skills and subject matter knowledge
18 shall include the requirements of subsections (a), (b), and
19 (c) and shall include specific regulations to govern test
20 selection; test validation and determination of a passing
21 score; administration of the tests; frequency of
22 administration; applicant fees; frequency of applicants'
23 taking the tests; the years for which a score is valid; and,
24 waiving certain additional tests for additional certificates
25 to individuals who have satisfactorily passed the test of
26 basic skills and subject matter knowledge as required in
27 subsection (a). The Professional Teacher Standards Board
28 State Board of Education shall provide, by rule, specific
29 policies that assure uniformity in the difficulty level of
30 each form of the basic skills test and each subject matter
31 knowledge test from test-to-test and year-to-year. The
32 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
33 shall also set a passing score for the tests.
34 (f) The State Teacher Certification Board may issue a
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1 nonrenewable temporary certificate between July 1, 1988 and
2 August 31, 1988 to individuals who have taken the tests of
3 basic skills and subject matter knowledge prescribed by this
4 Section but have not received such test scores by August 31,
5 1988. Such temporary certificates shall expire on December
6 31, 1988.
7 (Source: P.A. 86-361; 86-734; 86-1028; 86-1471; 86-1488;
8 87-242.)
9 (105 ILCS 5/21-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b)
10 Sec. 21-1b. Subject endorsement on certificates. All
11 certificates initially issued under this Article after June
12 30, 1986, shall be specifically endorsed by the State Board
13 of Education for each subject the holder of the certificate
14 is legally qualified to teach, such endorsements to be made
15 in accordance with standards promulgated by the Professional
16 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education in
17 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. All
18 certificates which are issued under this Article prior to
19 July 1, 1986 may, by application to the Professional Teacher
20 Standards Board State Board of Education, be specifically
21 endorsed for each subject the holder is legally qualified to
22 teach. All subject endorsements made on or after January 1,
23 1998 to new or existing certificates as provided in this
24 Section shall be made by the Professional Teacher Standards
25 Board. Each application for endorsement of an existing
26 teaching certificate shall be accompanied by a $20
27 nonrefundable fee.
28 Commencing January 1, 1994, an additional $10 shall be
29 charged for each application for endorsement. There is
30 hereby created a Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund as a
31 special fund within the State Treasury. The proceeds of the
32 additional $10 fee shall be paid into the Teacher Certificate
33 Fee Revolving Fund; and the moneys in that Fund shall be
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1 appropriated to the Professional Teacher Standards Board and
2 used by that Board to provide the technology and other
3 resources necessary for the timely and efficient processing
4 of certification requests.
5 (Source: P.A. 88-224.)
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-1c) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c)
7 Sec. 21-1c. Exclusive certificate authority. Only the
8 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
9 and State Teacher Certification Board, acting in accordance
10 with the applicable provisions of this Act and the rules,
11 regulations and standards promulgated thereunder, shall have
12 the authority to issue or endorse any certificate required
13 for teaching, supervising or holding certificated employment
14 in the public schools; and no other State agency shall have
15 any power or authority (i) to establish or prescribe any
16 qualifications or other requirements applicable to teacher or
17 administrator training and certification or to the issuance
18 or endorsement of any such certificate required for teaching,
19 supervising, or holding certified employment in the public
20 schools, or (ii) to establish or prescribe any licensure or
21 equivalent requirement which must be satisfied in order to
22 teach, supervise or hold certificated employment in the
23 public schools.
24 (Source: P.A. 86-1441.)
25 (105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
26 Sec. 21-2. Grades of certificates. All certificates
27 issued under this Article shall be State certificates valid,
28 except as limited in Section 21-1, in every school district
29 coming under the provisions of this Act and shall be limited
30 in time and designated as follows: Provisional vocational
31 certificate, temporary provisional vocational certificate,
32 early childhood certificate, elementary school certificate,
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1 special certificate, high school certificate, school service
2 personnel certificate, administrative certificate,
3 provisional certificate, and substitute certificate. The
4 requirement of student teaching under close and competent
5 supervision for obtaining a teaching certificate may be
6 waived by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
7 Teacher Certification Board upon presentation to that the
8 Board by the teacher of evidence of 5 years successful
9 teaching experience on a valid certificate and graduation
10 from a recognized institution of higher learning with a
11 bachelor's degree with not less than 120 semester hours and a
12 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education.
13 (Source: P.A. 88-92.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/21-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1)
15 Sec. 21-2.1. Early childhood certificate. An early
16 childhood certificate shall be valid for 4 years for teaching
17 children up to 6 years of age, exclusive of children enrolled
18 in kindergarten, in facilities approved by the Professional
19 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education.
20 Beginning July 1, 1988, such certificate shall be valid for 4
21 years for teaching children through grade 3 in facilities
22 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
23 Superintendent of Education. Subject to the provisions of
24 Section 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have
25 graduated from a recognized institution of higher learning
26 with a bachelor's degree and with not fewer than 120 semester
27 hours including professional education or human development
28 or, until July 1, 1992, to persons who have early childhood
29 education instruction and practical experience involving
30 supervised work with children under 6 years of age or with
31 children through grade 3. Such persons shall be recommended
32 for the early childhood certificate by a recognized
33 institution as having completed an approved program of
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1 preparation which includes the requisite hours and academic
2 and professional courses and practical experience approved by
3 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent
4 of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
5 Certification Board.
6 (Source: P.A. 85-1389.)
7 (105 ILCS 5/21-2b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2b)
8 Sec. 21-2b. Teacher education program entrance. In
9 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board The
10 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
11 shall develop procedures which ensure that all students
12 entering approved teacher education programs are proficient
13 in the areas of reading, mathematics and language arts. Each
14 institution of higher learning shall submit to the
15 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
16 Certification Board a plan which sets forth procedures for
17 implementation of this Section.
18 (Source: P.A. 84-126.)
19 (105 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-3)
20 Sec. 21-3. Elementary certificate. An elementary school
21 certificate shall be valid for 4 years for teaching in the
22 kindergarten and lower 9 grades of the common schools.
23 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall be
24 issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
25 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
26 with not fewer than 120 semester hours and with a minimum of
27 16 semester hours in professional education, including 5
28 semester hours in student teaching under competent and close
29 supervision. Such persons shall be recommended for the
30 elementary certificate by a recognized institution as having
31 completed an approved program of preparation which includes
32 intensive preservice training in the humanities, natural
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1 sciences, mathematics, and the academic and professional
2 courses approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
3 State Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
4 State Teacher Certification Board.
5 (Source: P.A. 84-126.)
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-4)
7 Sec. 21-4. Special certificate. A special certificate
8 shall be valid for 4 years for teaching the special subjects
9 named therein in all grades of the common schools. Subject to
10 the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall be issued to
11 persons who have graduated from a recognized institution of
12 higher learning with a bachelor's degree and with not fewer
13 than 120 semester hours including a minimum of 16 semester
14 hours in professional education, 5 of which shall be in
15 student teaching under competent and close supervision. When
16 the holder of such certificate has earned a master's degree,
17 including 8 eight semester hours of graduate professional
18 education from a recognized institution of higher learning
19 and with 2 two years' teaching experience, it may be endorsed
20 for supervision.
21 Such persons shall be recommended for the special
22 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
23 an approved program of preparation which includes academic
24 and professional courses approved by the Professional Teacher
25 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
26 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
27 (Source: P.A. 84-126.)
28 (105 ILCS 5/21-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5)
29 Sec. 21-5. High school certificate. A high school
30 certificate shall be valid for 4 years for teaching in grades
31 6 to 12 inclusive of the common schools. Subject to the
32 provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons
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1 who have graduated from a recognized institution of higher
2 learning with a bachelor's degree and with not fewer than 120
3 semester hours including 16 semester hours in professional
4 education, 5 of which shall be in student teaching under
5 competent and close supervision and with one or more teaching
6 fields. Such persons shall be recommended for the high school
7 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
8 an approved program of preparation which includes the
9 academic and professional courses approved by the
10 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
11 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
12 Certification Board.
13 (Source: P.A. 84-126.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/21-5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a)
15 Sec. 21-5a. Alternative math-science certification. The
16 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
17 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
18 Certification Board, shall establish and implement and
19 administer an alternative certification program under which
20 persons who qualify for admission to, and who successfully
21 complete the program and meet the additional requirements
22 established by this Section shall be issued an alternative
23 teaching certificate for teaching mathematics, science, or
24 mathematics and science in grades 9 through 12 of the common
25 schools. In establishing an alternative certification
26 program under this Section, the Professional Teacher
27 Standards Board State Board of Education shall designate an
28 appropriate area within the State where the program shall be
29 offered and made available to persons qualified for admission
30 to the program. In addition, the Professional Teacher
31 Standards Board State Board of Education, in cooperation with
32 one or more recognized institutions of higher learning, shall
33 develop, evaluate, and revise as necessary a comprehensive
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1 course of study that persons admitted to the program must
2 successfully complete in order to satisfy one criterion for
3 issuance of an alternative certificate under this Section.
4 The comprehensive course of study so developed shall include
5 one semester of practice teaching.
6 An alternative teaching certificate, valid for 4 years
7 for teaching mathematics, science, or mathematics and science
8 in grades 9 through 12 of the common schools and renewable as
9 provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued under this Section
10 21-5a to persons who qualify for admission to the alternative
11 certification program and who at the time of applying for an
12 alternative teaching certificate under this Section:
13 (1) have graduated with a master's degree in
14 mathematics or any science discipline from an institution
15 of higher learning whose scholarship standards are
16 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
17 State Board of Education for purposes of the alternative
18 certification program;
19 (2) have been employed for at least 10 years in an
20 area requiring knowledge and practical application of
21 their academic background in mathematics or a science
22 discipline;
23 (3) have successfully completed the alternative
24 certification program and the course of comprehensive
25 study, including one semester of practice teaching,
26 developed as part of the program as provided in this
27 Section and approved by the Professional Teacher
28 Standards Board State Board of Education; and
29 (4) have passed the test of basic skills and
30 subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a.
31 The alternative certification program shall be
32 implemented at the commencement of the 1992-1993 academic
33 year.
34 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
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1 Education shall establish criteria for admission to the
2 alternative certification program and shall adopt rules and
3 regulations that are consistent with this Section and that
4 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
5 Education deems necessary to establish and implement and
6 administer the program.
7 (Source: P.A. 87-446.)
8 (105 ILCS 5/21-7.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1)
9 Sec. 21-7.1. Administrative certificate.
10 (a) After January 1, 1986, an administrative certificate
11 valid for 5 years of supervising and administering in the
12 public common schools may be issued to persons who have
13 graduated from a recognized institution of higher learning
14 with a master's degree and who have been certified by these
15 institutions of higher learning as having completed a program
16 of preparation for one or more of these endorsements. Such
17 programs of academic and professional preparation required
18 for endorsement shall be administered by the institution in
19 accordance with standards set forth by the Professional
20 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
21 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
22 (b) No administrative certificate shall be issued for
23 the first time after June 30, 1987 and no endorsement
24 provided for by this Section shall be made or affixed to an
25 administrative certificate for the first time after June 30,
26 1987 unless the person to whom such administrative
27 certificate is to be issued or to whose administrative
28 certificate such endorsement is to be affixed has been
29 required to demonstrate as a part of a program of academic or
30 professional preparation for such certification or
31 endorsement: (i) an understanding of the knowledge called for
32 in establishing productive parent-school relationships and of
33 the procedures fostering the involvement which such
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1 relationships demand; and (ii) an understanding of the
2 knowledge required for establishing a high quality school
3 climate and promoting good classroom organization and
4 management, including rules of conduct and instructional
5 procedures appropriate to accomplishing the tasks of
6 schooling; and (iii) a demonstration of the knowledge and
7 skills called for in providing instructional leadership. The
8 standards for demonstrating an understanding of such
9 knowledge shall be set forth by the Professional Teacher
10 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
11 the State Teacher Certification Board, and shall be
12 administered by the recognized institutions of higher
13 learning as part of the programs of academic and professional
14 preparation required for certification and endorsement under
15 this Section. As used in this subsection: "establishing
16 productive parent-school relationships" means the ability to
17 maintain effective communication between parents and school
18 personnel, to encourage parental involvement in schooling,
19 and to motivate school personnel to engage parents in
20 encouraging student achievement, including the development of
21 programs and policies which serve to accomplish this purpose;
22 and "establishing a high quality school climate" means the
23 ability to promote academic achievement, to maintain
24 discipline, to recognize substance abuse problems among
25 students and utilize appropriate law enforcement and other
26 community resources to address these problems, to support
27 teachers and students in their education endeavors, to
28 establish learning objectives, and to provide instructional
29 leadership, including the development of policies and
30 programs which serve to accomplish this purpose; and
31 "providing instructional leadership" means the ability to
32 effectively evaluate school personnel, to possess general
33 communication and interpersonal skills, and to establish and
34 maintain appropriate classroom learning environments. The
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1 provisions of this subsection shall not apply to or affect
2 the initial issuance or making on or before June 30, 1987 of
3 any administrative certificate or endorsement provided for
4 under this Section, nor shall such provisions apply to or
5 affect the renewal after June 30, 1987 of any such
6 certificate or endorsement initially issued or made on or
7 before June 30, 1987.
8 (c) Administrative certificates shall be renewed every 5
9 five years with the first renewal being 5 five years
10 following the initial receipt of an administrative
11 certificate. Renewal requirements for administrators whose
12 positions require certification shall be based upon evidence
13 of continuing professional education which promotes the
14 following goals: (1) Improving administrators' knowledge of
15 instructional practices and administrative procedures; (2)
16 Maintaining the basic level of competence required for
17 initial certification; and (3) Improving the mastery of
18 skills and knowledge regarding the improvement of teaching
19 performance in clinical settings and assessment of the levels
20 of student performance in their schools. Evidence of
21 continuing professional education must include verification
22 of biennial attendance in a program developed by the Illinois
23 Administrators' Academy and verification of annual
24 participation in a school district approved activity which
25 contributes to continuing professional education. The
26 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
27 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
28 Certification Board, shall develop, evaluate, and revise as
29 necessary procedures for implementing this Section and shall
30 administer the renewal of administrative certificates.
31 Failure to submit satisfactory evidence of continuing
32 professional education which contributes to promoting the
33 goals of this Section shall result in a loss of
34 administrative certification.
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1 (d) Any limited or life supervisory certificate issued
2 prior to July 1, 1968 shall continue to be valid for all
3 administrative and supervisory positions in the public
4 schools for which it is valid as of that date as long as its
5 holder meets the requirements for registration or renewal as
6 set forth in the statutes or until revoked according to law.
7 (e) The administrative or supervisory positions for
8 which the certificate shall be valid shall be determined by
9 one or more of 3 endorsements: general supervisory, general
10 administrative and superintendent.
11 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, endorsements
12 shall be made under conditions set forth in this Section.
13 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
14 Education shall, in consultation with the State Teacher
15 Certification Board, adopt rules pursuant to the Illinois
16 Administrative Procedure Act, establishing requirements for
17 obtaining administrative certificates where the minimum
18 administrative or supervisory requirements surpass those set
19 forth in this Section.
20 If the Professional Teacher Standards Board establishes
21 State Teacher Certification Board shall file with the State
22 Board of Education a written recommendation when considering
23 additional administrative or supervisory requirements, those.
24 All additional requirements shall be based upon the requisite
25 knowledge necessary to perform the those tasks required by
26 the certificate. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
27 State Board of Education shall in consultation with the State
28 Teacher Certification Board, establish standards within its
29 rules which shall include the academic and professional
30 requirements necessary for certification. These standards
31 shall at a minimum contain, but not be limited to, those used
32 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
33 Education in determining whether additional knowledge will be
34 required. Additionally, the Professional Teacher Standards
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1 Board State Board of Education shall in consultation with the
2 State Teacher Certification Board, establish provisions
3 within its rules whereby any member of the educational
4 community or the public may file a formal written
5 recommendation or inquiry regarding requirements.
6 (1) The general supervisory endorsement shall be
7 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
8 who has at least 16 semester hours of graduate credit in
9 professional education including 8 semester hours of
10 graduate credit in curriculum and research and who has at
11 least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school
12 service personnel experience in public schools, schools
13 under the supervision of the Department of Corrections,
14 schools under the administration of the Department of
15 Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
16 standards established by the State Superintendent of
17 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition
18 standards approved by the State Superintendent of
19 Education.
20 Such endorsement shall be required for supervisors,
21 curriculum directors and for such similar and related
22 positions as determined by the Professional Teacher
23 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
24 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
25 (2) The general administrative endorsement shall be
26 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
27 who has at least 20 semester hours of graduate credit in
28 educational administration and supervision and who has at
29 least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school
30 service personnel experience in public schools, schools
31 under the supervision of the Department of Corrections,
32 schools under the administration of the Department of
33 Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
34 standards established by the State Superintendent of
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1 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition
2 standards approved by the State Superintendent of
3 Education.
4 Such endorsement shall be required for principal,
5 assistant principal, assistant or associate
6 superintendent, junior college dean and for related or
7 similar positions as determined by the Professional
8 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education
9 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification
10 Board.
11 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act,
12 after January 1, 1990 and until January 1, 1991, any
13 teacher employed by a district subject to Article 34
14 shall be entitled to receive an administrative
15 certificate with a general administrative endorsement
16 affixed thereto if he or she: (i) had at least 3 years of
17 experience as a certified teacher for such district prior
18 to August 1, 1985; (ii) obtained a Master's degree prior
19 to August 1, 1985; (iii) completed at least 20 hours of
20 graduate credit in education courses (including at least
21 12 hours in educational administration and supervision)
22 prior to September 1, 1987; and (iv) has received a
23 rating of superior for at least each of the last 5 years.
24 Any person who obtains an administrative certificate with
25 a general administrative endorsement affixed thereto
26 under this paragraph shall not be qualified to serve in
27 any administrative position except assistant principal.
28 (3) The chief school business official endorsement
29 shall be affixed to the administrative certificate of any
30 holder who qualifies by having a Master's degree, 2 two
31 years of administrative experience in school business
32 management, and a minimum of 20 semester hours of
33 graduate credit in a program established by the
34 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent
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1 of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
2 Certification Board for the preparation of school
3 business administrators. Such endorsement shall also be
4 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
5 who qualifies by having a Master's Degree in Business
6 Administration, Finance or Accounting from a regionally
7 accredited institution of higher education.
8 After June 30, 1977, such endorsement shall be
9 required for any individual first employed as a chief
10 school business official.
11 (4) The superintendent endorsement shall be affixed to
12 the administrative certificate of any holder who has
13 completed 30 semester hours of graduate credit beyond the
14 master's degree in a program for the preparation of
15 superintendents of schools including 16 semester hours of
16 graduate credit in professional education and who has at
17 least 2 years experience as an administrator or supervisor in
18 the public schools or the State Board of Education or
19 education service regions or in nonpublic schools meeting the
20 standards established by the State Superintendent of
21 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition standards
22 approved by the State Superintendent of Education and holds
23 general supervisory or general administrative endorsement, or
24 who has had 2 years of experience as a supervisor or
25 administrator while holding an all-grade supervisory
26 certificate or a certificate comparable in validity and
27 educational and experience requirements.
28 After June 30, 1968, such endorsement shall be required
29 for a superintendent of schools, except as provided in the
30 second paragraph of this Section and in Section 34-6.
31 Any person appointed to the position of superintendent
32 between the effective date of this Act and June 30, 1993 in a
33 school district organized pursuant to Article 32 with an
34 enrollment of at least 20,000 pupils shall be exempt from the
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1 provisions of this subsection (4) until June 30, 1996.
2 (f) All official interpretations or acts of issuing or
3 denying administrative certificates or endorsements by the
4 State Teacher's Certification Board, State Board of Education
5 or the State Superintendent of Education, from the passage of
6 P.A. 81-1208 on November 8, 1979 through September 24, 1981
7 are hereby declared valid and legal acts in all respects and
8 further that the purported repeal of the provisions of this
9 Section by P.A. 81-1208 and P.A. 81-1509 is declared null and
10 void.
11 (Source: P.A. 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
12 (105 ILCS 5/21-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-9)
13 Sec. 21-9. Substitute certificates.
14 (a) A substitute teacher's certificate may be issued by
15 the Professional Teacher Standards Board for teaching in all
16 grades of the common schools. Such certificate may be issued
17 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board upon request of
18 the regional superintendent of schools of any region in
19 which the teacher is to teach. A substitute teacher's
20 certificate is valid for teaching in the public schools of
21 any county. Such certificate may be issued by the
22 Professional Teacher Standards Board to persons who either
23 (i) (a) hold a certificate valid for teaching in the common
24 schools as shown on the face of the certificate, (ii) (b)
25 hold a bachelor of arts degree from an institution of higher
26 learning accredited by the North Central Association or other
27 comparable regional accrediting association or have been
28 graduated from a recognized institution of higher learning
29 with a bachelor's degree, or (iii) (c) have had 2 years of
30 teaching experience and meet such other rules and regulations
31 as may be adopted by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
32 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
33 Teacher Certification Board. Such certificate shall expire
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1 on June 30 in the fourth year from date of issue.
2 (b) A teacher holding a substitute teacher's certificate
3 may teach only in the place of a certified teacher who is
4 under contract with the employing board and may teach only
5 when no appropriate fully certified teacher is available to
6 teach in a substitute capacity. A teacher holding an early
7 childhood certificate, an elementary certificate, a high
8 school certificate, or a special certificate may also
9 substitute teach in grades K-12 but only in the place of a
10 certified teacher who is under contract with the employing
11 board. A substitute teacher may teach only for a period not
12 to exceed 90 paid school days or 450 paid school hours in any
13 one school district in any one school term. Where such
14 teaching is partly on a daily and partly on an hourly basis,
15 a school day shall be considered as 5 hours. The teaching
16 limitations imposed by this subsection upon teachers holding
17 substitute certificates shall not apply in any school
18 district operating under Article 34.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-212, eff. 8-4-95.)
20 (105 ILCS 5/21-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-10)
21 Sec. 21-10. Provisional certificate.
22 (a) (Blank). Until July 1, 1972, the State Teacher
23 Certification Board may issue a provisional certificate valid
24 for teaching in elementary, high school or special subject
25 fields subject to the following conditions:
26 A provisional certificate may be issued to a person who
27 presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
28 degree from a recognized institution of higher learning. The
29 academic and professional courses offered as a basis of the
30 provisional certificate shall be courses approved by the
31 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
32 Teacher Certification Board.
33 A certificate earned under this plan may be renewed at
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1 the end of each two-year period upon evidence filed with the
2 State Teacher Certification Board that the holder has earned
3 8 semester hours of credit within the period; provided the
4 requirements for the certificate of the same type issued for
5 the teaching position for which the teacher is employed shall
6 be met by the end of the second renewal period. A second
7 provisional certificate shall not be issued. The credits so
8 earned must be approved by the State Board of Education in
9 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board and
10 must meet the general pattern for a similar type of
11 certificate issued on the basis of credit. No more than 4
12 semester hours shall be chosen from elective subjects.
13 (b) After July 1, 1972 and until January 1, 1998, the
14 State Teacher Certification Board may issue, and on and after
15 January 1, 1998 the Professional Teacher Standards Board may
16 issue a provisional certificate valid for teaching in early
17 childhood, elementary, high school or special subject fields,
18 or for providing service as school service personnel, or for
19 administering schools subject to the following conditions: A
20 provisional certificate may be issued to a person who meets
21 the requirements for a regular teaching, school service
22 personnel or administrative certificate in another State and
23 who presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
24 degree from a recognized institution of higher learning. The
25 academic and professional courses offered as a basis of the
26 provisional certificate shall be courses approved by the
27 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
28 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
29 A certificate earned under this plan is valid for a period of
30 2 years and shall not be renewed; however, the individual to
31 whom this certificate is issued shall have passed or shall
32 pass the basic skills test and subject matter knowledge test
33 or tests within 9 months of the date of issuance of the
34 provisional certificate. Failure to pass the tests, required
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1 in Section 21-1a, shall result in the cancellation of the
2 provisional certificate.
3 (c) The Professional Teacher Standards Board State
4 Teacher Certification Board may also issue a provisional
5 vocational certificate and a temporary provisional vocational
6 certificate.
7 (1) The requirements for a provisional vocational
8 certificate shall be determined by the Professional
9 Teacher Standards Board, State Board of Education in
10 consultation with the State Teacher Board; provided that,
11 as a minimum requirement, the person to whom the
12 certificate is to be issued has earned, the following
13 minimum requirements are met: (a) after July 1, 1972, at
14 least 30 semester hours of credit from a recognized
15 institution of higher learning; and (b) after July 1,
16 1974, at least 60 semester hours of credit from a
17 recognized institution of higher learning.
18 (2) The requirements for a temporary provisional
19 vocational certificate shall be determined by the
20 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
21 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
22 Certification Board; provided that, as a minimum
23 requirement, the person to whom the certificate is to be
24 issued has, the following minimum requirements are met:
25 (a) after July 1, 1973, at least 4,000 hours of work
26 experience in the skill to be certified for teaching; and
27 (b) after July 1, 1975, at least 8,000 hours of work
28 experience in the skill to be certified for teaching.
29 Any certificate issued under the provisions of this
30 paragraph shall expire on June 30 following the date of
31 issue. Renewals may be granted on a yearly basis, but
32 shall not be granted to any person who does not file with
33 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
34 Certification Board a transcript showing at least 3
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1 semester hours of credit earned during the previous year
2 in a recognized institution of learning. No such
3 certificate shall be issued except upon certification by
4 the employing board, subject to the approval of the
5 regional superintendent of schools, that no qualified
6 teacher holding a regular certificate or a provisional
7 vocational certificate is available and that actual
8 circumstances and need require such issuance.
9 The courses or work experience offered as a basis for the
10 issuance of the provisional vocational certificate or the
11 temporary provisional vocational certificate shall be
12 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
13 Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
14 Certification Board.
15 (d) Until July 1, 1972, the State Teacher Certification
16 Board may also issue a provisional foreign language
17 certificate valid for 4 years for teaching the foreign
18 language named therein in all grades of the common schools
19 and shall be issued to persons who have graduated from a
20 recognized institution of higher learning with not fewer than
21 120 semester hours of credit and who have met other
22 requirements as determined by the State Board of Education in
23 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. If
24 the holder of a provisional foreign language certificate that
25 was issued under this subsection before July 1, 1972 has been
26 suspended because the holder of that provisional certificate
27 did not become is not a citizen of the United States within 6
28 years of the date of issuance of the original certificate,
29 such certificate shall remain be suspended by the regional
30 superintendent of schools of the region in which the holder
31 is engaged to teach and shall not be reinstated by the
32 Professional Teacher Standards Board until the holder is a
33 citizen of the United States.
34 (e) Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
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1 contrary, the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
2 Teacher Certification Board shall issue part-time provisional
3 certificates to eligible individuals who are professionals
4 and craftsmen.
5 The requirements for a part-time provisional teachers
6 certificate shall be determined by the Professional Teacher
7 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
8 the State Teacher Certification Board, provided the following
9 minimum requirements are met: 60 semester hours of credit
10 from a recognized institution of higher learning or 4000
11 hours of work experience in the skill to be certified for
12 teaching.
13 A part-time provisional certificate may be issued for
14 teaching no more than 2 courses of study for grades 6 through
15 12.
16 A part-time provisional teachers certificate shall be
17 valid for 2 years and may be renewed at the end of each 2
18 year period.
19 (Source: P.A. 88-204.)
20 (105 ILCS 5/21-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11)
21 Sec. 21-11. General Certificate. The Professional Teacher
22 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board may issue a
23 general certificate for part-time teachers of adult education
24 subjects. Such certificates shall be for teaching in the
25 subject or subjects named on the certificate.
26 The requirement for this certificate is determined by the
27 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
28 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
29 This certificate may be issued by the Professional
30 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board
31 upon the request of the board employing such teacher and the
32 approval of the regional superintendent of schools of the
33 region in which the teaching is done.
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1 Any teacher who holds any other valid certificate for
2 teaching in the public schools of Illinois may teach
3 noncredit courses assigned by the superintendent of schools
4 upon the authority of the board of education.
5 (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1)
7 Sec. 21-11.1. Certificates for equivalent
8 qualifications. An applicant who holds or is eligible to hold
9 a teacher's certificate or license under the laws of another
10 state or territory of the United States may be granted a
11 corresponding teacher's certificate in Illinois on the
12 written authorization of the Professional Teacher Standards
13 Board State Board of Education and the State Teacher
14 Certification Board upon the following conditions:
15 (1) That the applicant is at least 19 years of age,
16 is of good character, good health and a citizen of the
17 United States; and
18 (2) That the requirements for a similar teacher's
19 certificate in the particular state or territory were, at
20 the date of issuance of the certificate, substantially
21 equal to the requirements in force at the time the
22 application is made for the certificate in this State.
23 After January 1, 1988, in addition to satisfying the
24 foregoing conditions and requirements, an applicant for a
25 corresponding teaching certificate in Illinois also shall be
26 required to pass the test of basic skills and subject matter
27 knowledge required under the provisions of Section 21-1a.
28 In determining good character under this Section, any
29 felony conviction of the applicant may be taken into
30 consideration, but the conviction shall not operate as a bar
31 to registration.
32 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
33 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
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1 Certification Board shall prescribe rules and regulations
2 establishing the similarity of certificates in other states
3 and the standards for determining the equivalence of
4 requirements.
5 (Source: P.A. 87-242.)
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2)
7 Sec. 21-11.2. Additional certificates; experienced
8 employed teachers. Experienced certified teachers employed
9 in Illinois public or private elementary and secondary
10 schools seeking additional teaching certificates as provided
11 in Sections 21-2.1, 21-3, 21-4, and 21-5 may submit an
12 application for evaluation of credentials to the Professional
13 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
14 Individuals obtaining a certificate by transcript evaluation
15 shall meet the minimum requirements for the certificate as
16 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
17 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the State
18 Teacher Certification Board.
19 (Source: P.A. 82-911.)
20 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3)
21 Sec. 21-11.3. Resident teacher certificate. A resident
22 teacher certificate shall be valid for 2 years for employment
23 as a resident teacher in a public school. It shall be issued
24 only to persons who have graduated from a recognized
25 institution of higher education with a bachelor's degree, who
26 are enrolled in a program of preparation approved by the
27 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
28 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
29 Certification Board, and who have passed the test of basic
30 skills required by Section 21-1a. A resident teacher
31 certificate may be issued for teaching children through grade
32 3 or for grades K-9, 6-12, or K-12 in a special subject area
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1 and may not be renewed. A resident teacher may teach only in
2 conjunction with and under the direction of a certified
3 teacher and shall not teach in place of a certified teacher.
4 (Source: P.A. 87-222.)
5 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.4)
6 Sec. 21-11.4. Illinois Teacher Corps.
7 (a) The General Assembly finds and determines that (i)
8 it is important to encourage the entry of qualified
9 professionals into elementary and secondary teaching as a
10 second career; and (ii) there are a number of individuals who
11 have bachelors' degrees, experience in the work force, and an
12 interest in serving youth that creates a special talent pool
13 with great potential for enriching the lives of Illinois
14 children as teachers. To provide this talent pool with the
15 opportunity to serve children as teachers, school districts,
16 colleges, and universities are encouraged, as part of the
17 public policy of this State, to enter into collaborative
18 programs to educate and induct these non-traditional
19 candidates into the teaching profession. To facilitate the
20 certification of such candidates, the Professional Teacher
21 Standards Board State Board of Education, in consultation
22 with the State Teacher Certification Board, shall assist
23 institutions of higher education and school districts with
24 the implementation of the Illinois Teacher Corps.
25 (b) Individuals who wish to become candidates for the
26 Illinois Teacher Corps program must earn a resident teacher
27 certificate as defined in Section 21-11.3, including:
28 (1) graduation from a recognized institution of
29 higher education with a bachelor's degree and at least a
30 3.00 out of a 4.00 grade point average;
31 (2) a minimum of 5 years of professional experience
32 in the area the candidate wishes to teach;
33 (3) passing the test of basic skills and subject
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1 matter required by Section 21-1a;
2 (4) enrollment in a Masters of Education Degree
3 program approved by the Professional Teacher Standards
4 Board State Superintendent of Education in consultation
5 with the State Teacher Certification Board; and
6 (5) completion of a 6 week summer intensive teacher
7 preparation course which is the first component of the
8 Masters Degree program.
9 (c) School districts may hire an Illinois Teacher Corps
10 candidate after the candidate has received his or her
11 resident teacher certificate. The school district has the
12 responsibility of ensuring that the candidates receive the
13 supports necessary to become qualified, competent, and
14 productive teachers. To be eligible to participate in the
15 Illinois Teacher Corps program, school districts must provide
16 a minimum of the following supports to the candidates:
17 (1) a salary and benefits package as negotiated
18 through the teacher contracts;
19 (2) a mentor certified teacher who will provide
20 guidance to one or more candidates under a program
21 developed collaboratively by the school district and
22 university;
23 (3) at least quarterly evaluations performed of
24 each candidate jointly by the mentor teacher and the
25 principal of the school or the principal's designee; and
26 (4) a written and signed document from the school
27 district outlining the support the district intends to
28 provide to the candidates, for approval by the
29 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
30 Certification Board.
31 (d) Illinois institutions of higher education shall work
32 collaboratively with school districts and the Professional
33 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board to
34 academically prepare the candidates for the teaching
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1 profession. To be eligible to participate, the College or
2 School of Education of a participating Illinois institution
3 of higher education must develop a curriculum that provides,
4 upon completion, a Masters Degree in Education for the
5 candidates. The Masters Degree program must:
6 (1) receive approval from the Professional Teacher
7 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board; and
8 (2) take no longer than 3 summers and 2 academic
9 years to complete, and balance the needs and time
10 constraints of the candidates.
11 (e) Upon successful completion of the Masters Degree
12 program, the candidate becomes a fully certified teacher in
13 the State of Illinois and all other general education
14 academic coursework deficiencies are waived.
15 (f) If an individual wishes to become a candidate in the
16 Illinois Teacher Corps program, but does not possess 5 years
17 of professional experience, the individual may qualify for
18 the program by participating in a one year internship
19 teacher preparation program with a school district. The one
20 year internship shall be developed collaboratively by the
21 school district and the Illinois institution of higher
22 education, and shall be approved by the Professional Teacher
23 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
24 (g) The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
25 of Education is authorized to award grants to school
26 districts that seek to prepare candidates for the teaching
27 profession who have bachelors' degrees and professional work
28 experience in subjects relevant to teaching fields, but who
29 do not have formal preparation for teaching. Grants may be
30 made to school districts for up to $3,000 per candidate when
31 the school district, in cooperation with a public or private
32 university and the school district's teacher bargaining unit,
33 develop a program designed to prepare teachers pursuant to
34 the Illinois Teacher Corps program under this Section.
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1 (Source: P.A. 88-204.)
2 (105 ILCS 5/21-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-12)
3 Sec. 21-12. Printing of; Seal; Signature; Credentials.
4 All certificates shall be printed by and bear the seal of the
5 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
6 Certification Board and the signatures of the chairperson
7 chairman and of the secretary of that the Board. All college
8 credentials offered as the basis of a certificate shall be
9 presented to the secretary of the Professional Teacher
10 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board for
11 inspection and approval. After January 1, 1964, each
12 application for a certificate or evaluation of credentials
13 shall be accompanied by an evaluation fee of $20 which is not
14 refundable.
15 Commencing January 1, 1994, an additional $10 shall be
16 charged for each application for a certificate or evaluation
17 of credentials which is not refundable. There is hereby
18 created a Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund as a special
19 fund within the State Treasury. The proceeds of the
20 additional $10 fee shall be paid into the Teacher Certificate
21 Fee Revolving Fund; and the moneys in that Fund shall be
22 appropriated to the Professional Teacher Standards Board and
23 used by that Board to provide the technology and other
24 resources necessary for the timely and efficient processing
25 of certification requests.
26 When evaluation verifies the requirements for a valid
27 certificate, the applicant shall be issued an entitlement
28 card that may be presented to a regional superintendent of
29 schools together with a fee of one dollar for issuance of a
30 certificate.
31 The applicant shall be notified of any deficiencies.
32 (Source: P.A. 88-224.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
2 Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.) A
3 limited four-year certificate or a certificate issued after
4 July 1, 1955, shall be renewable at its expiration or within
5 60 days thereafter by the county superintendent of schools
6 having supervision and control over the school where the
7 teacher is teaching upon certified evidence of meeting the
8 requirements for renewal as required by this Act and
9 prescribed by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
10 Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
11 Certification Board. An elementary supervisory certificate
12 shall not be renewed at the end of the first four-year period
13 covered by the certificate unless the holder thereof has
14 filed certified evidence with the Professional Teacher
15 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board that he has
16 a master's degree or that he has earned 8 semester hours of
17 credit in the field of educational administration and
18 supervision in a recognized institution of higher learning.
19 The holder shall continue to earn 8 semester hours of credit
20 each four-year period until such time as he has earned a
21 master's degree.
22 All certificates not renewed or registered as herein
23 provided shall lapse after a period of 4 years from the
24 expiration of the last year of registration. Such
25 certificates may be reinstated for a one year period upon
26 payment of all accumulated registration fees. Such
27 reinstated certificates shall only be renewed: (1) by earning
28 5 semester hours of credit in a recognized institution of
29 higher learning in the field of professional education or in
30 courses related to the holder's contractual teaching duties;
31 or (2) by presenting evidence of holding a valid regular
32 certificate of some other type. Any certificate may be
33 voluntarily surrendered by the certificate holder. A
34 voluntarily surrendered certificate shall be treated as a
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1 revoked certificate.
2 (Source: P.A. 86-400.)
3 (105 ILCS 5/21-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-16)
4 Sec. 21-16. Fees; Requirement for registration. Every
5 applicant when issued a certificate shall pay to the regional
6 superintendent of schools a fee of $1, which shall be paid
7 into the institute fund. Every certificate issued under the
8 provisions of this Act shall be registered annually or, at
9 the option of the holder of the certificate, once every 3
10 years. The regional superintendent of schools having
11 supervision and control over the school where the teaching is
12 done shall register the certificate before the holder begins
13 to teach, otherwise it shall be registered in any county in
14 the State of Illinois; and one fee of $4 per year for
15 registration or renewal of one or more certificates which
16 have been issued to the same holder shall be paid into the
17 institute fund.
18 Requirements for registration of any certificate limited
19 in time shall include evidence of professional growth defined
20 as successful teaching experience since last registration of
21 certificate, attendance at professional meetings, membership
22 in professional organizations, additional credits earned in
23 recognized teacher-training institutions, travel specifically
24 for educational experience, reading of professional books and
25 periodicals, filing all reports as required by the regional
26 superintendent of schools and the State Superintendent of
27 Education or such other professional experience or
28 combination of experiences as are presented by the teacher
29 and are approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
30 State Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
31 State Teacher Certification Board. A duplicate certificate
32 may be issued to the holder of a valid life certificate or
33 valid certificate limited in time by the Professional Teacher
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1 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education; however,
2 it shall only be issued upon request of a regional
3 superintendent of schools and upon payment to the regional
4 superintendent of schools who requests such duplicate a fee
5 of $4.
6 (Source: P.A. 87-745.)
7 (105 ILCS 5/21-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-17)
8 Sec. 21-17. Fee for original and duplicate certificate.
9 A duplicate certificate shall be issued by the Professional
10 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education
11 when requested by the regional superintendent of schools as
12 provided in Section 21-16. The request for a duplicate
13 certificate shall be accompanied by a fee of $4.
14 (Source: P.A. 81-940.)
15 (105 ILCS 5/21-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-19)
16 Sec. 21-19. Annual report by certificate holder. The
17 holder of any certificate, shall annually within 30 days
18 after assuming the duties of any teaching position report to
19 the regional superintendent having supervision and control
20 over the school where the teacher is employed information
21 relative to training, experience, salary and other data
22 required by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
23 Board of Education. The reports shall be collected in the
24 office of the regional superintendent and filed with the
25 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
26 Education.
27 (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
28 (105 ILCS 5/21-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-21)
29 Sec. 21-21. Definitions; Granting of recognition).
30 "Recognized", as used in this Article in connection with the
31 word "school" or "institution", means such school, college,
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1 university, private junior college, public community college
2 or special or technical school as maintains an equipment,
3 course of study, a standard of scholarship and other
4 requirements set by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
5 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
6 Teacher Certification Board. Application for recognition of
7 such school or institution as a teacher training institution
8 shall be made to the Professional Teacher Standards Board
9 State Board of Education. The Professional Teacher Standards
10 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
11 Teacher Certification Board shall set the criteria by which
12 the school or institution shall be judged and through the
13 secretary of that the Board shall arrange for an official
14 inspection and shall grant recognition of such school or
15 institution as may meet the required standards. If such
16 standards include requirements with regard to education in
17 acquiring skills in working with culturally distinctive
18 students, as defined by the Professional Teacher Standards
19 Board State Board of Education, then the rules of the
20 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
21 shall include the criteria used to evaluate compliance with
22 this requirement. No school or institution shall make
23 assignments of student teachers or teachers for practice
24 teaching so as to promote segregation on the basis of race,
25 creed, color, religion, sex or national origin.
26 All courses listed or credentials required as the basis
27 of any certificate or for its renewal shall be the equivalent
28 of courses offered by a recognized teacher training
29 institution. The Professional Teacher Standards Board State
30 Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
31 Certification Board shall have the power to define a major or
32 minor when used as a basis for recognition and certification
33 purposes.
34 (Source: P.A. 84-793.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-21.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-21.1)
2 Sec. 21-21.1. Denial of recommendation for
3 certification. Each college or university providing a
4 teacher education program approved and recognized pursuant to
5 the provisions of this Article shall establish procedures and
6 standards to assure that no student is denied the opportunity
7 to receive the institutional recommendation for certification
8 for reasons which are not directly related to the candidate's
9 anticipated performance as a certificated employee. Such
10 standards and procedures shall include the specific criteria
11 used by the institution for admission, retention, and
12 recommendation for certification, periodic evaluations of the
13 candidate's progress toward an institutional recommendation,
14 counseling and other supportive services to correct any
15 deficiencies which are considered remedial, and provisions to
16 assure that no person is discriminated against on the basis
17 of race, color, national origin or a disability unrelated to
18 the person's ability to perform as a certificated employee.
19 Each institution shall also establish a grievance procedure
20 for those candidates who are denied the institutional
21 recommendation for certification. Within 10 days of
22 notification of such denial, the college or university shall
23 notify the candidate, in writing, of the reasons for the
24 denial of recommendation for certification. Within 30 days
25 of notification of the denial, the candidate may request the
26 college or university to review the denial. If, after an
27 additional 30 days to complete such review, the candidate is
28 denied recommendation for certification, the candidate may
29 appeal to the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
30 Teacher Certification Board within 10 days of notification
31 for a review of the institution's decision. The candidate
32 shall have the right to be present at any such review, to
33 present evidence, and to be represented by counsel. Upon
34 such review the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
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1 Teacher Certification Board shall take recommend appropriate
2 action to the State Superintendent of Education. Each
3 institution's standards and procedures, including the
4 criteria for admission, retention, and the institutional
5 recommendation for certification, and the institution's
6 grievance procedures, shall be subject to approval by the
7 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
8 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
9 Certification Board. Each applicant to the institution's
10 teacher education program shall be provided with a copy of
11 the procedures established pursuant to this Section.
12 (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
13 (105 ILCS 5/21-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23)
14 Sec. 21-23. Suspension or revocation of certificate.
15 (a) Any certificate issued pursuant to this Article,
16 including but not limited to any administrative certificate
17 or endorsement, may be suspended for a period not to exceed
18 one calendar year by the regional superintendent or for a
19 period not to exceed 5 calendar years by the State
20 Superintendent of Education upon evidence of immorality, a
21 condition of health detrimental to the welfare of pupils,
22 incompetency, unprofessional conduct, the neglect of any
23 professional duty, willful failure to report an instance of
24 suspected child abuse or neglect as required by the Abused
25 and Neglected Child Reporting Act, failure to establish
26 satisfactory repayment on an educational loan guaranteed by
27 the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, or other just
28 cause. Unprofessional conduct shall include refusal to
29 attend or participate in, institutes, teachers' meetings,
30 professional readings, or to meet other reasonable
31 requirements of the regional superintendent or State
32 Superintendent of Education. Unprofessional conduct also
33 includes conduct that violates the standards, ethics, or
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1 rules applicable to the security, administration, monitoring,
2 or scoring of, or the reporting of scores from, any
3 assessment test or the Prairie State Achievement Examination
4 administered under Section 2-3.64 or that is known or
5 intended to produce or report manipulated or artificial,
6 rather than actual, assessment or achievement results or
7 gains from the administration of those tests or examinations.
8 It shall also include neglect or unnecessary delay in making
9 of statistical and other reports required by school officers.
10 The regional superintendent or State Superintendent of
11 Education shall upon receipt of evidence of immorality, a
12 condition of health detrimental to the welfare of pupils,
13 incompetency, unprofessional conduct, the neglect of any
14 professional duty or other just cause serve written notice to
15 the individual and afford the individual opportunity for a
16 hearing prior to suspension. If a hearing is requested
17 within 10 days of notice of opportunity for hearing it shall
18 act as a stay of proceedings not to exceed 30 days. No
19 certificate shall be suspended until the teacher has an
20 opportunity for a hearing at the educational service region.
21 When a certificate is suspended, the right of appeal shall
22 lie to the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
23 Certification Board. When an appeal is taken within 10 days
24 after notice of suspension it shall act as a stay of
25 proceedings not to exceed 60 days. If a certificate is
26 suspended for a period greater than one year, the State
27 Superintendent of Education shall review the suspension prior
28 to the expiration of that period to determine whether the
29 cause for the suspension has been remedied or continues to
30 exist. Upon determining that the cause for suspension has
31 not abated, the State Superintendent of Education may order
32 that the suspension be continued for an appropriate period.
33 Nothing in this Section prohibits the continuance of such a
34 suspension for an indefinite period if the State
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1 Superintendent determines that the cause for the suspension
2 remains unabated. Any certificate may be revoked for the
3 same reasons as for suspension by the State Superintendent of
4 Education. No certificate shall be revoked until the teacher
5 has an opportunity for a hearing before the Professional
6 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board,
7 which hearing must be held within 60 days from the date the
8 appeal is taken.
9 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board may
10 refuse to issue or may suspend the certificate of any person
11 who fails to file a return, or to pay the tax, penalty or
12 interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any final
13 assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as required by any
14 tax Act administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue,
15 until such time as the requirements of any such tax Act are
16 satisfied.
17 (b) Any certificate issued pursuant to this Article may
18 be suspended for an appropriate length of time as determined
19 by either the regional superintendent or State Superintendent
20 of Education upon evidence that the holder of the certificate
21 has been named as a perpetrator in an indicated report filed
22 pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act,
23 approved June 26, 1975, as amended, and upon proof by clear
24 and convincing evidence that the licensee has caused a child
25 to be an abused child or neglected child as defined in that
26 the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
27 The regional superintendent or State Superintendent of
28 Education shall, upon receipt of evidence that the
29 certificate holder has been named a perpetrator in any
30 indicated report, serve written notice to the individual and
31 afford the individual opportunity for a hearing prior to
32 suspension. If a hearing is requested within 10 days of
33 notice of opportunity for hearing, it shall act as a stay of
34 proceedings not to exceed 30 days. No certificate shall be
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1 suspended until the teacher has an opportunity for a hearing
2 at the educational service region. When a certificate is
3 suspended, the right of appeal shall lie to the Professional
4 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
5 When an appeal is taken within 10 days after notice of
6 suspension it shall act as a stay of proceedings not to
7 exceed 60 days. The State Superintendent may revoke any
8 certificate upon proof at hearing by clear and convincing
9 evidence that the certificate holder has caused a child to be
10 an abused child or neglected child as defined in the Abused
11 and Neglected Child Reporting Act. No certificate shall be
12 revoked until the teacher has an opportunity for a hearing
13 before the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
14 Certification Board, which hearing must be held within 60
15 days from the date the appeal is taken.
16 (c) The State Superintendent of Education or a person
17 designated by him shall have the power to administer oaths to
18 witnesses at any hearing conducted before the Professional
19 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board
20 pursuant to this Section. The State Superintendent of
21 Education or a person designated by him is authorized to
22 subpoena and bring before the Professional Teacher Standards
23 Board State Teacher Certification Board any person in this
24 State and to take testimony either orally or by deposition or
25 by exhibit, with the same fees and mileage and in the same
26 manner as prescribed by law in judicial proceedings in the
27 civil cases in circuit courts of this State.
28 Any circuit court, upon the application of the State
29 Superintendent of Education, may, by order duly entered,
30 require the attendance of witnesses and the production of
31 relevant books and papers at any hearing the State
32 Superintendent of Education is authorized to conduct pursuant
33 to this Section, and the court may compel obedience to its
34 orders by proceedings for contempt.
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1 (d) As used in this Section, "teacher" means any school
2 district employee regularly required to be certified, as
3 provided in this Article, in order to teach or supervise in
4 the public schools.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-23b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23b)
7 Sec. 21-23b. Conviction of felony.
8 (a) Whenever the holder of any certificate issued under
9 this Article is employed by the school board of any school
10 district, including a special charter district or school
11 district organized under Article 34, and is convicted, either
12 after a bench trial, trial by jury, or plea of guilty, of any
13 offense for which a sentence to death or a term of
14 imprisonment in a penitentiary for one year or more is
15 provided, the school board shall promptly notify the
16 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
17 in writing of the name of the certificate holder, the fact of
18 the conviction, and the name and location of the court in
19 which the conviction occurred.
20 (b) Whenever the Professional Teacher Standards Board
21 State Board of Education receives notice of a conviction
22 under subsection (a) or otherwise learns that any person who
23 is a "teacher" as that term is defined in Section 16-106 of
24 the Illinois Pension Code has been convicted, either after a
25 bench trial, trial by jury, or plea of guilty, of any offense
26 for which a sentence to death or a term of imprisonment in a
27 penitentiary for one year or more is provided, the
28 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
29 shall promptly notify in writing the board of trustees of the
30 Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, and the
31 board of trustees of the Public School Teachers' Pension and
32 Retirement Fund of the City of Chicago, and the State Board
33 of Education of the name of the certificate holder or
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1 teacher, the fact of the conviction, the name and location of
2 the court in which the conviction occurred, and the number
3 assigned in that court to the case in which the conviction
4 occurred.
5 (Source: P.A. 87-1001.)
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-24) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-24)
7 Sec. 21-24. Administrative Review Law. The provisions of
8 the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and
9 modifications thereof and the rules adopted pursuant thereto,
10 shall apply to and govern all proceedings instituted for the
11 judicial review of final administrative decisions of the
12 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
13 Education, the State Teacher Certification Board, and the
14 regional superintendent of schools under this Article. The
15 term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101
16 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The commencement of any
17 action for review shall operate as a stay of enforcement and
18 no action based on any decision of the Professional Teacher
19 Standards Board State Board of Education, State Teacher
20 Certification Board or the regional superintendent of schools
21 shall be taken pending final disposition of such review.
22 (Source: P.A. 84-551.)
23 (105 ILCS 5/21-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-25)
24 Sec. 21-25. School service personnel certificate.
25 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, a school service
26 personnel certificate shall be issued to those applicants of
27 good character, good health, a citizen of the United States
28 and at least 19 years of age who have a bachelor's degree
29 with not fewer than 120 semester hours from a recognized
30 institution of higher learning and who meets the requirements
31 established by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
32 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the State
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1 Teacher Certification Board. A school service personnel
2 certificate with a school nurse endorsement may be issued to
3 a person who holds a bachelor of science degree from an
4 institution of higher learning accredited by the North
5 Central Association or other comparable regional accrediting
6 association.
7 Such certificate shall be endorsed with the area of
8 service as determined by the Professional Teacher Standards
9 Board State Superintendent of Education in consultation with
10 the State Teacher Certification Board.
11 The holder of such certificate shall be entitled to all
12 of the rights and privileges granted holders of a valid
13 teaching certificate, including teacher benefits,
14 compensation and working conditions.
15 When the holder of such certificate has earned a master's
16 degree, including 8 semester hours of graduate professional
17 education from a recognized institution of higher learning,
18 and has at least 2 years of successful school experience
19 while holding such certificate, the certificate may be
20 endorsed for supervision.
21 (Source: P.A. 88-386.)
22 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5)
23 Sec. 34-18.5. Criminal background investigations.
24 (a) After August 1, 1985, certified and noncertified
25 applicants for employment with the school district are
26 required as a condition of employment to authorize an
27 investigation to determine if such applicants have been
28 convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses
29 in subsection (c) of this Section. Authorization for the
30 investigation shall be furnished by the applicant to the
31 school district, except that if the applicant is a substitute
32 teacher seeking employment in more than one school district,
33 or a teacher seeking concurrent part-time employment
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1 positions with more than one school district (as a reading
2 specialist, special education teacher or otherwise), or an
3 educational support personnel employee seeking employment
4 positions with more than one district, any such district may
5 require the applicant to furnish authorization for the
6 investigation to the regional superintendent of the
7 educational service region in which are located the school
8 districts in which the applicant is seeking employment as a
9 substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
10 educational support personnel employee. Upon receipt of this
11 authorization, the school district or the appropriate
12 regional superintendent, as the case may be, shall submit the
13 applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth and social
14 security number to the Department of State Police on forms
15 prescribed by the Department. The regional superintendent
16 submitting the requisite information to the Department of
17 State Police shall promptly notify the school districts in
18 which the applicant is seeking employment as a substitute or
19 concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent educational
20 support personnel employee that the investigation of the
21 applicant has been requested. The Department of State Police
22 shall conduct an investigation to ascertain if the applicant
23 being considered for employment has been convicted of any of
24 the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c).
25 The Department shall charge the school district or the
26 appropriate regional superintendent a fee for conducting such
27 investigation, which fee shall be deposited in the State
28 Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the cost of the
29 inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a fee for
30 such investigation by the school district or by the regional
31 superintendent. The regional superintendent may seek
32 reimbursement from the State Board of Education or the
33 appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
34 regional superintendent to the Department for the criminal
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1 background investigations required by this Section.
2 (b) The Department shall furnish, pursuant to positive
3 identification, records of convictions, until expunged, to
4 the president of the board of education for the school
5 district which requested the investigation, or to the
6 regional superintendent who requested the investigation. Any
7 information concerning the record of convictions obtained by
8 the president of the board of education or the regional
9 superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
10 transmitted to the general superintendent of the school
11 district or his designee, the appropriate regional
12 superintendent if the investigation was requested by the
13 board of education for the school district, the presidents of
14 the appropriate board of education or school boards if the
15 investigation was requested from the Department of State
16 Police by the regional superintendent, the State
17 Superintendent of Education, the Professional Teacher
18 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board or any
19 other person necessary to the decision of hiring the
20 applicant for employment. A copy of the record of convictions
21 obtained from the Department of State Police shall be
22 provided to the applicant for employment. If an investigation
23 of an applicant for employment as a substitute or concurrent
24 part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel
25 employee in more than one school district was requested by
26 the regional superintendent, and the Department of State
27 Police upon investigation ascertains that the applicant has
28 not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
29 offenses in subsection (c) and so notifies the regional
30 superintendent, then the regional superintendent shall issue
31 to the applicant a certificate evidencing that as of the date
32 specified by the Department of State Police the applicant has
33 not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
34 offenses in subsection (c). The school board of any school
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1 district located in the educational service region served by
2 the regional superintendent who issues such a certificate to
3 an applicant for employment as a substitute or concurrent
4 part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel
5 employee in more than one such district may rely on the
6 certificate issued by the regional superintendent to that
7 applicant, or may initiate its own investigation of the
8 applicant through the Department of State Police as provided
9 in subsection (a). Any person who releases any confidential
10 information concerning any criminal convictions of an
11 applicant for employment shall be guilty of a Class A
12 misdemeanor, unless the release of such information is
13 authorized by this Section.
14 (c) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
15 person who has been convicted for committing attempted first
16 degree murder or for committing or attempting to commit first
17 degree murder or a Class X felony or any one or more of the
18 following offenses: (i) those defined in Sections 11-6,
19 11-9, 11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19,
20 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-13, 12-14,
21 12-14.1, 12-15 and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961; (ii)
22 those defined in the Cannabis Control Act, except those
23 defined in Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act; (iii)
24 those defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act; and
25 (iv) any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
26 against the laws of the United States, which if committed or
27 attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
28 more of the foregoing offenses.
29 (d) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
30 person for whom a criminal background investigation has not
31 been initiated.
32 (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of a
33 holder of any certificate issued pursuant to Article 21 or
34 Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of The School Code, the board of
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1 education or the State Superintendent of Education shall
2 initiate the certificate suspension and revocation
3 proceedings authorized by law.
4 (f) After March 19, 1990, the provisions of this Section
5 shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
6 contracts with any school district including, but not limited
7 to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
8 transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
9 the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
10 criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
11 firms holding contracts with more than one school district
12 and assigned to more than one school district, the regional
13 superintendent of the educational service region in which the
14 contracting school districts are located may, at the request
15 of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
16 authorization for investigation prepared by each such
17 employee and submitting the same to the Department of State
18 Police. Any information concerning the record of conviction
19 of any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
20 shall be promptly reported to the president of the
21 appropriate school board or school boards.
22 (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96;
23 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
24 (105 ILCS 5/34-83) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-83)
25 Sec. 34-83. Board of examiners - Certificates -
26 Examinations. A board of 3 examiners shall examine all
27 applicants required to hold certificates to teach and the
28 board of education shall issue gratuitously to those who pass
29 a required test of character, scholarship and general
30 fitness, such certificates to teach as they are found
31 entitled to receive. No person may be granted or continue to
32 hold a teaching certificate who has knowingly altered or
33 misrepresented his or her teaching qualifications in order to
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1 acquire the certificate. Any other certificate held by such
2 person may be suspended or revoked by the board of examiners,
3 depending upon the severity of the alteration or
4 misrepresentation. The board of examiners shall consist of
5 the general superintendent of schools and 2 persons approved
6 and appointed by the board of education upon the nomination
7 of the general superintendent of schools. The board of
8 examiners shall hold such examinations as the board of
9 education may prescribe, upon the recommendation of the
10 general superintendent of schools and shall prepare all
11 necessary eligible lists, which shall be kept in the office
12 of the general superintendent of schools and be open to
13 public inspection. Members of the board of examiners shall
14 hold office for a term of 2 years.
15 The board of examiners created herein is abolished
16 effective July 1, 1988. Commencing July 1, 1988, all new
17 teachers employed by the board shall hold teaching
18 certificates issued by the State Teacher Certification Board
19 under Article 21. The State Board of Education in
20 consultation with the board of examiners and the State
21 Teacher Certification Board shall develop procedures whereby
22 Teachers currently holding valid certificates issued by the
23 board of examiners prior to its abolition, and all teachers
24 employed by the board after August 1, 1985 and prior to July
25 1, 1988, shall no later than July 1, 1988 exchange
26 certificates issued by the board of examiners for comparable
27 certificates issued under Article 21 by the State Teacher
28 Certification Board. On the exchange of a certificate on or
29 before July 1, 1988, the State Teacher Certification Board
30 shall not require any additional qualifications for the
31 issuance of the comparable certificate are not required. If
32 prior to July 1, 1988 the board of examiners has issued types
33 of teaching certificates which are not comparable to the
34 types of certificates issued under Article 21 by the State
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1 Teacher Certification Board, such certificates shall continue
2 to be valid for and shall be renewable by the holders
3 thereof, and no additional qualifications shall be required
4 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
5 Certification Board for any such renewal.
6 The State Board of Education shall report by July 1,
7 1986, to the Illinois General Assembly on the procedures for
8 exchange it has developed in consultation with the board of
9 examiners and the State Teacher Certification Board as
10 required in this Section.
11 (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
12 Section 10. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
13 is amended by changing Section 65.20 as follows:
14 (110 ILCS 947/65.20)
15 Sec. 65.20. Science-mathematics teacher scholarships.
16 (a) The Commission may annually award a number of
17 scholarships, not to exceed 200, to persons holding valid
18 teaching certificates issued under Article 21 of the School
19 Code. Such scholarships shall be issued to teachers who make
20 application to the Commission and who agree to take courses
21 at qualified institutions of higher learning that will
22 prepare them to teach science or mathematics at the secondary
23 school level.
24 (b) Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be
25 issued pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commission;
26 provided that no rule or regulation promulgated by the State
27 Board of Education prior to the effective date of this
28 amendatory Act of 1993 pursuant to the exercise of any right,
29 power, duty, responsibility or matter of pending business
30 transferred from the State Board of Education to the
31 Commission under this Section shall be affected thereby, and
32 all such rules and regulations shall become the rules and
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1 regulations of the Commission until modified or changed by
2 the Commission in accordance with law. In awarding
3 scholarships, the Commission shall give priority to those
4 teachers with the greatest amount of seniority within school
5 districts.
6 (c) Each scholarship shall be utilized by its holder for
7 the payment of tuition at any qualified institution of higher
8 learning. Such tuition shall be available only for courses
9 that will enable the teacher to be certified to teach science
10 or mathematics at the secondary school level. The Commission,
11 in consultation with the Professional Teacher Standards Board
12 State Teacher Certification Board, shall determine which
13 courses are eligible for tuition payments under this Section.
14 (d) The Commission shall make tuition payments directly
15 to the qualified institution of higher learning which the
16 teacher attends for the courses prescribed or may make
17 payments to the teacher. Any teacher who receives payments
18 and who fails to enroll in the courses prescribed shall
19 refund the payments to the Commission.
20 (e) Following the completion of the program of study,
21 the teacher must accept employment within 2 years in a
22 secondary school in Illinois within 60 miles of the teacher's
23 residence to teach science or mathematics; provided, however,
24 that the teacher instead may elect to accept employment
25 within such 2 year period to teach science or mathematics in
26 a secondary school in Illinois which is more than 60 miles
27 from the teacher's residence. Teachers who fail to comply
28 with this provision shall refund all of the scholarship
29 awarded to the Commission, whether payments were made
30 directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the
31 teachers, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by
32 all scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is
33 awarded. No teacher shall be required to refund tuition
34 payments if his or her failure to obtain employment as a
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1 mathematics or science teacher in a secondary school is the
2 result of financial conditions within school districts. The
3 rules and regulations promulgated as provided in this Section
4 shall include provisions regarding the waiving and deferral
5 of such payments.
6 (f) The Commission, with the cooperation of the State
7 Board of Education, shall assist teachers who have
8 participated in the scholarship program established by this
9 Section in finding employment to teach science or
10 mathematics at the secondary level.
11 (g) This Section is substantially the same as Section
12 30-4b of the School Code, which Section is repealed by this
13 amendatory Act of 1993, and shall be construed as a
14 continuation of the science-mathematics teacher scholarship
15 program established by that prior law, and not as a new or
16 different science-mathematics teacher scholarship program.
17 The State Board of Education shall transfer to the
18 Commission, as the successor to the State Board of Education
19 for all purposes of administering and implementing the
20 provisions of this Section, all books, accounts, records,
21 papers, documents, contracts, agreements, and pending
22 business in any way relating to the science-mathematics
23 teacher scholarship program continued under this Section; and
24 all scholarships at any time awarded under that program by,
25 and all applications for any such scholarships at any time
26 made to, the State Board of Education shall be unaffected by
27 the transfer to the Commission of all responsibility for the
28 administration and implementation of the science-mathematics
29 teacher scholarship program continued under this Section.
30 The State Board of Education shall furnish to the Commission
31 such other information as the Commission may request to
32 assist it in administering this Section.
33 (h) Appropriations for the scholarships outlined in this
34 Section shall be made to the Commission from funds
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1 appropriated by the General Assembly.
2 (i) For the purposes of this Section:
3 "Qualified institution of higher learning" means the
4 University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago
5 State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors
6 State University, Illinois State University, Northeastern
7 Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Western
8 Illinois University, and the public community colleges
9 subject to the Public Community College Act.
10 "Secondary school level" means grades 9 through 12 or a
11 portion of such grades.
12 (Source: P.A. 88-228; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-4, eff.
13 1-1-96.)
14 Section 15. The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act is
15 amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
16 (225 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 5354)
17 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-702)
18 Sec. 4. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
19 limit the activities of and services of a student, intern or
20 resident in psychology seeking to fulfill educational
21 requirements or the experience requirements in order to
22 qualify for a license under this Act, or an individual
23 seeking to fulfill the postdoctoral experience requirements
24 in order to qualify for licensure under this Act provided
25 that such activities and services are under the direct
26 supervision, order, control and full professional
27 responsibility of a licensed clinical psychologist and
28 provided that such student, intern, or resident be designated
29 by a title "intern" or "resident" or other designation of
30 trainee status. Supervised experience in which the
31 supervisor receives monetary payment or other considerations
32 from the supervisee or in which the supervisor is hired by or
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1 otherwise employed by the supervisee shall not be accepted by
2 the Department as fulfilling the practicum, internship or 2
3 years of satisfactory supervised experience requirements for
4 licensure. Nothing contained in this Section shall be
5 construed as permitting such students, interns, or residents
6 to offer their services as clinical psychologists to any
7 other person or persons and to accept remuneration for such
8 clinical psychological services other than as specifically
9 excepted herein, unless they have been licensed under the
10 provisions of this Act.
11 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting
12 persons licensed as clinical psychologists to engage in any
13 manner in the practice of medicine as defined in the laws of
14 this State. Persons licensed as clinical psychologists who
15 render services to persons in need of mental treatment or who
16 are mentally ill shall as appropriate initiate genuine
17 collaboration with a physician licensed in Illinois to
18 practice medicine in all its branches.
19 (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as
20 restricting an individual certified as a school psychologist
21 by the State Board of Education, who is at least 21 years of
22 age and has had at least 3 years of full-time experience as a
23 certified school psychologist, from using the title school
24 psychologist and offering school psychological services
25 limited to those services set forth in the rules and
26 regulations that govern the administration and operation of
27 special education pertaining to children and youth ages 0-21
28 prepared by the State Board of Education. Anyone offering
29 such services under the provisions of this paragraph shall
30 use the term school psychologist and describe such services
31 as "School Psychological Services". This exemption shall be
32 limited to the practice of school psychology only as
33 manifested through psychoeducational problems, and shall not
34 be construed to allow a school psychologist to function as a
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1 general practitioner of clinical psychology, unless otherwise
2 licensed under this Act. However, nothing in this paragraph
3 prohibits a school psychologist from making evaluations,
4 recommendations or interventions regarding the placement of
5 children in educational programs or special education
6 classes, nor shall it prohibit school psychologists from
7 providing clinical psychological services under the
8 supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist. This
9 paragraph shall not be construed to mandate insurance
10 companies to reimburse school psychologists directly for the
11 services of school psychologists. Nothing in this paragraph
12 shall be construed to exclude anyone duly licensed under this
13 Act from offering psychological services in the school
14 setting. School psychologists providing services under the
15 provisions of this paragraph shall not provide such services
16 outside their employment to any child who is a student in the
17 district or districts which employ such school psychologist.
18 School psychologists, as described in this paragraph, shall
19 be under the regulatory authority of the State Board of
20 Education and the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
21 Teacher Certification Board.
22 (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
23 activities and use of the official title of "psychologist" on
24 the part of a person not licensed under this Act who
25 possesses a doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated
26 primarily on the study of psychology and is an academic
27 employee of a duly chartered institution of higher education
28 insofar as such person engages in public speaking with or
29 without remuneration, provided that such person is not in any
30 manner held out to the public as practicing clinical
31 psychology as defined in paragraph 5 of Section 2 of this
32 Act, unless he has been licensed under the provisions of this
33 Act.
34 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to regulate,
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1 control, or restrict the clinical practice of any person
2 licensed, registered, or certified in this State under any
3 other Act, provided that such person is not in any manner
4 held out to the public as rendering clinical psychological
5 services as defined in paragraph 7 of Section 2 of this Act.
6 (f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
7 activities and use of the title "psychologist" on the part of
8 a person who practices psychology and (i) who possesses a
9 doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated primarily on
10 the study of psychology; and (ii) whose services involve the
11 development and application of psychological theory and
12 methodology to problems of organizations and problems of
13 individuals and groups in organizational settings; and
14 provided further that such person is not in any manner held
15 out to the public as practicing clinical psychology and is
16 not held out to the public by any title, description or
17 designation stating or implying that he is a clinical
18 psychologist unless he has been licensed under the provisions
19 of this Act.
20 (Source: P.A. 86-740; 86-1356.)
21 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-702)
22 Sec. 4. Application of Act.
23 (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
24 activities of and services of a student, intern or resident
25 in psychology seeking to fulfill educational requirements or
26 the experience requirements in order to qualify for a license
27 under this Act, or an individual seeking to fulfill the
28 postdoctoral experience requirements in order to qualify for
29 licensure under this Act provided that such activities and
30 services are under the direct supervision, order, control and
31 full professional responsibility of a licensed clinical
32 psychologist and provided that such student, intern, or
33 resident be designated by a title "intern" or "resident" or
34 other designation of trainee status. Supervised experience
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1 in which the supervisor receives monetary payment or other
2 considerations from the supervisee or in which the supervisor
3 is hired by or otherwise employed by the supervisee shall not
4 be accepted by the Department as fulfilling the practicum,
5 internship or 2 years of satisfactory supervised experience
6 requirements for licensure. Nothing contained in this Section
7 shall be construed as permitting such students, interns, or
8 residents to offer their services as clinical psychologists
9 to any other person or persons and to accept remuneration for
10 such clinical psychological services other than as
11 specifically excepted herein, unless they have been licensed
12 under the provisions of this Act.
13 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting
14 persons licensed as clinical psychologists to engage in any
15 manner in the practice of medicine as defined in the laws of
16 this State. Persons licensed as clinical psychologists who
17 render services to persons in need of mental treatment or who
18 are mentally ill shall as appropriate initiate genuine
19 collaboration with a physician licensed in Illinois to
20 practice medicine in all its branches.
21 (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as
22 restricting an individual certified as a school psychologist
23 by the State Board of Education, who is at least 21 years of
24 age and has had at least 3 years of full-time experience as a
25 certified school psychologist, from using the title school
26 psychologist and offering school psychological services
27 limited to those services set forth in the rules and
28 regulations that govern the administration and operation of
29 special education pertaining to children and youth ages 0-21
30 prepared by the State Board of Education. Anyone offering
31 such services under the provisions of this paragraph shall
32 use the term school psychologist and describe such services
33 as "School Psychological Services". This exemption shall be
34 limited to the practice of school psychology only as
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1 manifested through psychoeducational problems, and shall not
2 be construed to allow a school psychologist to function as a
3 general practitioner of clinical psychology, unless otherwise
4 licensed under this Act. However, nothing in this paragraph
5 prohibits a school psychologist from making evaluations,
6 recommendations or interventions regarding the placement of
7 children in educational programs or special education
8 classes, nor shall it prohibit school psychologists from
9 providing clinical psychological services under the
10 supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist. This
11 paragraph shall not be construed to mandate insurance
12 companies to reimburse school psychologists directly for the
13 services of school psychologists. Nothing in this paragraph
14 shall be construed to exclude anyone duly licensed under this
15 Act from offering psychological services in the school
16 setting. School psychologists providing services under the
17 provisions of this paragraph shall not provide such services
18 outside their employment to any child who is a student in the
19 district or districts which employ such school psychologist.
20 School psychologists, as described in this paragraph, shall
21 be under the regulatory authority of the State Board of
22 Education and the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
23 Teacher Certification Board.
24 (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
25 activities and use of the official title of "psychologist" on
26 the part of a person not licensed under this Act who
27 possesses a doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated
28 primarily on the study of psychology and is an academic
29 employee of a duly chartered institution of higher education
30 insofar as such person engages in public speaking with or
31 without remuneration, provided that such person is not in any
32 manner held out to the public as practicing clinical
33 psychology as defined in paragraph 5 of Section 2 of this
34 Act, unless he or she has been licensed under the provisions
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1 of this Act.
2 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to regulate,
3 control, or restrict the clinical practice of any person
4 licensed, registered, or certified in this State under any
5 other Act, provided that such person is not in any manner
6 held out to the public as rendering clinical psychological
7 services as defined in paragraph 7 of Section 2 of this Act.
8 (f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
9 activities and use of the title "psychologist" on the part of
10 a person who practices psychology and (i) who possesses a
11 doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated primarily on
12 the study of psychology; and (ii) whose services involve the
13 development and application of psychological theory and
14 methodology to problems of organizations and problems of
15 individuals and groups in organizational settings; and
16 provided further that such person is not in any manner held
17 out to the public as practicing clinical psychology and is
18 not held out to the public by any title, description or
19 designation stating or implying that he or she is a clinical
20 psychologist unless he or she has been licensed under the
21 provisions of this Act.
22 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
23 Section 20. The Professional Counselor and Clinical
24 Professional Counselor Licensing Act is amended by changing
25 Section 15 as follows:
26 (225 ILCS 107/15)
27 Sec. 15. Exemptions.
28 (a) This Act does not prohibit any persons legally
29 regulated in this State by any other Act from engaging in the
30 practice for which they are authorized as long as they do not
31 represent themselves by the title of "professional
32 counselor", "licensed professional counselor", "clinical
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1 professional counselor", or "licensed clinical professional
2 counselor". This Act does not prohibit the practice of
3 nonregulated professions whose practitioners are engaged in
4 the delivery of human services as long as these practitioners
5 do not represent themselves as or use the title of
6 "professional counselor", "licensed professional counselor",
7 "clinical professional counselor", or "licensed clinical
8 professional counselor".
9 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
10 activities and services of a student, intern, or resident in
11 professional counseling or clinical professional counseling
12 seeking to fulfill educational requirements in order to
13 qualify for a license under this Act, or an individual
14 seeking to fulfill the post-degree experience requirements in
15 order to qualify for licensing under this Act, if the
16 activities and services are supervised as specified in this
17 Act, and that the student, intern, or resident is designated
18 by a title "intern" or "resident" or other designation of
19 trainee status. Nothing contained in this Section shall be
20 construed to permit students, interns, or residents to offer
21 their services as professional counselors or clinical
22 professional counselors to any other person and to accept
23 remuneration for such professional counseling or clinical
24 professional counseling services other than as specifically
25 excepted in this Section, unless they have been licensed
26 under this Act.
27 (c) Corporations, partnerships, and associations may
28 employ practicum students, interns, or post-degree candidates
29 seeking to fulfill educational requirements or the
30 professional experience requirements needed to qualify for a
31 license under this Act if their activities and services
32 constitute a part of the student's supervised course of study
33 or post-degree professional experience requirements. Nothing
34 in this paragraph shall prohibit a corporation, partnership,
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1 or association from contracting with a licensed health care
2 professional to provide services.
3 (d) Nothing in this Act shall prevent the employment, by
4 a professional counselor or clinical professional counselor,
5 person, association, partnership, or a corporation furnishing
6 professional counseling or clinical professional counseling
7 services for remuneration, of persons not licensed as
8 professional counselors or clinical professional counselors
9 under this Act to perform services in various capacities as
10 needed if these persons are not in any manner held out to the
11 public or do not hold themselves out to the public by any
12 title or designation stating or implying that they are
13 professional counselors or clinical professional counselors.
14 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
15 services of a person, not licensed under the provisions of
16 this Act, in the employ of a federal, State, county, or
17 municipal agency or other political subdivision or
18 not-for-profit corporation providing human services if (1)
19 the services are a part of the duties in his or her salaried
20 position, (2) the services are performed solely on behalf of
21 his or her employer, and (3) that person does not in any
22 manner represent himself or herself as or use the title of
23 "professional counselor", "licensed professional counselor",
24 "clinical professional counselor", or "licensed clinical
25 professional counselor".
26 (f) Duly recognized members of any religious
27 organization shall not be restricted from functioning in
28 their ministerial capacity provided they do not represent
29 themselves as being professional counselors or clinical
30 professional counselors, or as providing "professional
31 counseling" or "clinical professional counseling". This Act
32 shall not apply or be construed so as to apply to the
33 employees or agents of a church or religious organization or
34 an organization owned, controlled, or affiliated with a
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1 church or religious organization, unless the church,
2 religious organization, or owned, controlled, or affiliated
3 organization designates or holds these employees or agents
4 out to the public as professional counselors or clinical
5 professional counselors or holds out their services as being
6 "professional counseling" or "clinical professional
7 counseling".
8 (g) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit individuals not
9 licensed under the provisions of this Act who work in
10 self-help groups or programs or not-for-profit organizations
11 from providing services in those groups, programs, or
12 organizations, as long as those persons are not in any manner
13 held out to the public as practicing professional counseling
14 or clinical professional counseling, or do not hold
15 themselves out to the public by any title or designation
16 stating or implying that they are professional counselors or
17 clinical professional counselors.
18 (h) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
19 activities and use of the official title of "professional
20 counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" on the part
21 of a person not licensed under this Act who is an academic
22 employee of a duly chartered institution of higher education
23 and who holds educational and professional qualifications
24 equivalent to those required for licensing under this Act,
25 insofar as such activities are performed in the person's role
26 as an academic employee, or insofar as such person engages in
27 public speaking with or without remuneration.
28 (i) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
29 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a school
30 counselor certified by the Professional Teacher Standards
31 Board State Teacher Certification Board and employed as
32 authorized by Section 10-22-24a or any other provision of
33 the School Code as long as that person is not in any manner
34 held out to the public as a "professional counselor" or
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1 "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his or
2 her services as being "professional counseling" or "clinical
3 professional counseling".
4 (j) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
5 any hospital, clinic, home health agency, hospice, or other
6 entity that provides health care to employ or to contract
7 with a person licensed under this Act to provide professional
8 counseling or clinical professional counseling services.
9 These persons may not hold themselves out or represent
10 themselves to the public as being licensed under this Act.
11 (k) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
12 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a person
13 employed by a private elementary or secondary school who
14 provides counseling within the scope of his or her employment
15 as long as that person is not in any manner held out to the
16 public as a "professional counselor" or "clinical
17 professional counselor" or does not hold out his or her
18 services as being "professional counseling" or "clinical
19 professional counseling".
20 (l) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
21 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a rape
22 crisis counselor who is an employee or volunteer of a rape
23 crisis organization as defined in Section 8-802.1 of the Code
24 of Civil Procedure as long as that person is not in any
25 manner held out to the public as a "professional counselor"
26 or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
27 or her services as being "professional counseling" or
28 "clinical professional counseling".
29 (m) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent
30 any licensed social worker, licensed clinical social worker,
31 or licensed clinical psychologist from practicing
32 professional counseling as long as that person is not in any
33 manner held out to the public as a "professional counselor"
34 or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
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1 or her services as being "professional counseling" or
2 "clinical professional counseling".
3 (n) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
4 activities and use of the official title of "professional
5 counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" on the part
6 of a person not licensed under this Act who is a physician
7 licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches under
8 the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
9 (o) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
10 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a domestic
11 violence counselor who is an employee or volunteer of a
12 domestic violence program as defined in Section 227 of the
13 Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
14 (Source: P.A. 87-1011; 87-1212; 87-1269; 88-45; 88-424;
15 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
16 (105 ILCS 5/21-13 rep.)
17 (105 ILCS 5/21-26 rep.)
18 Section 25. The School Code is amended by repealing
19 Sections 21-13 and 21-26.
20 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
21 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
22 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
23 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
24 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
25 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
26 any other Public Act.
27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
28 January 1, 1998.
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3 105 ILCS 5/2-3.11 from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11
4 105 ILCS 5/10-21.9 from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9
5 105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a
6 105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a
7 105 ILCS 5/10-22.34 from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34
8 105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1
9 105 ILCS 5/14-8.05 from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05
10 105 ILCS 5/14C-2 from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2
11 105 ILCS 5/21-0.01 new
12 105 ILCS 5/21-1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-1
13 105 ILCS 5/21-1a from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a
14 105 ILCS 5/21-1b from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b
15 105 ILCS 5/21-1c from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c
16 105 ILCS 5/21-2 from Ch. 122, par. 21-2
17 105 ILCS 5/21-2.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1
18 105 ILCS 5/21-2b from Ch. 122, par. 21-2b
19 105 ILCS 5/21-3 from Ch. 122, par. 21-3
20 105 ILCS 5/21-4 from Ch. 122, par. 21-4
21 105 ILCS 5/21-5 from Ch. 122, par. 21-5
22 105 ILCS 5/21-5a from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a
23 105 ILCS 5/21-7.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1
24 105 ILCS 5/21-9 from Ch. 122, par. 21-9
25 105 ILCS 5/21-10 from Ch. 122, par. 21-10
26 105 ILCS 5/21-11 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11
27 105 ILCS 5/21-11.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1
28 105 ILCS 5/21-11.2 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2
29 105 ILCS 5/21-11.3 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3
30 105 ILCS 5/21-11.4
31 105 ILCS 5/21-12 from Ch. 122, par. 21-12
32 105 ILCS 5/21-14 from Ch. 122, par. 21-14
33 105 ILCS 5/21-16 from Ch. 122, par. 21-16
34 105 ILCS 5/21-17 from Ch. 122, par. 21-17
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1 105 ILCS 5/21-19 from Ch. 122, par. 21-19
2 105 ILCS 5/21-21 from Ch. 122, par. 21-21
3 105 ILCS 5/21-21.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-21.1
4 105 ILCS 5/21-23 from Ch. 122, par. 21-23
5 105 ILCS 5/21-23b from Ch. 122, par. 21-23b
6 105 ILCS 5/21-24 from Ch. 122, par. 21-24
7 105 ILCS 5/21-25 from Ch. 122, par. 21-25
8 105 ILCS 5/34-18.5 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5
9 105 ILCS 5/34-83 from Ch. 122, par. 34-83
10 110 ILCS 947/65.20
11 225 ILCS 15/4 from Ch. 111, par. 5354
12 225 ILCS 107/15
13 105 ILCS 5/21-13 rep.
14 105 ILCS 5/21-26 rep.