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90_HB3262
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Amends the School Code. Creates the Professional Teacher
Standards Board consisting of 23 members appointed by the
Governor 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.
Provides that a Standard Certificate may be renewed every 7
(instead of 5) years based on proof of professional
development (instead of on proof of continuing education or
professional development). Makes other changes. Effective
January 1, 1999.
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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, 21-5b, 21-5c, 21-5d,
8 21-7.1, 21-9, 21-10, 21-11, 21-11.1, 21-11.2, 21-11.3,
9 21-11.4, 21-12, 21-14, 21-16, 21-17, 21-19, 21-21, 21-21.1,
10 21-23, 21-23b, 21-24, 21-25, 34-18.5, and 34-83 and adding
11 Section 21-0.05 as 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. Further, no school board
14 shall knowingly employ a person who has been found to be the
15 perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor under 18
16 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the
17 Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
18 (d) No school board shall knowingly employ a person for
19 whom a criminal background investigation has not been
20 initiated.
21 (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a
22 finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate issued
23 pursuant to Article 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the
24 School Code, the appropriate regional superintendent of
25 schools or the State Superintendent of Education shall
26 initiate the certificate suspension and revocation
27 proceedings authorized by law.
28 (f) After January 1, 1990 the provisions of this Section
29 shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
30 contracts with any school district including, but not limited
31 to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
32 transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
33 the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
34 criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
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1 firms holding contracts with more than one school district
2 and assigned to more than one school district, the regional
3 superintendent of the educational service region in which the
4 contracting school districts are located may, at the request
5 of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
6 authorization for investigation prepared by each such
7 employee and submitting the same to the Department of State
8 Police. Any information concerning the record of conviction
9 of any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
10 shall be promptly reported to the president of the
11 appropriate school board or school boards.
12 (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96;
13 89-610, eff. 8-6-96; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a)
15 Sec. 10-22.20a. Advanced vocational training program,
16 and career education. To enter into joint agreements with
17 community college districts and other school districts for
18 the purpose of providing career education or advanced
19 vocational training of students in the 11th and higher grades
20 who desire preparation for a trade. Transportation for
21 students to any facility covered by a joint agreement as
22 described in this Section shall be provided by the
23 participating school district, or by the participating school
24 district in conjunction with other school districts. Joint
25 agreements entered into under this Section may include
26 provisions for joint authority to acquire and improve sites,
27 construct and equip facilities thereon and lease and equip
28 facilities deemed necessary by the parties to the joint
29 agreement, to maintain programs and to provide for financing
30 of the foregoing jointly by the respective parties, all in
31 accordance with the terms of the joint agreement.
32 Nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrict
33 or prohibit the rights of community college districts or
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1 school districts to enter into joint agreements under the
2 provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, as now
3 or hereinafter amended.
4 The duration of the career education or advanced
5 vocational training program shall be such period as the
6 school district may approve but it may not exceed 2 years for
7 any school district pupil. Participation in the program is
8 accorded the same credit toward a high school diploma as time
9 spent in other courses.
10 The participating community college shall bill each
11 participating student's school district for an amount equal
12 to the per capita cost of operating the community college
13 attended or a charge for participation may be made in
14 accordance with the joint agreement between the community
15 college district and the student's school district. Such
16 agreement shall not provide for payments in excess of the
17 actual cost of operating the course or courses in which the
18 student is enrolled. Participating high schools may use
19 State aid monies to pay the charges.
20 The community college instructors teaching in such
21 programs need not be certified by the Professional Teacher
22 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
23 (Source: P.A. 79-76.)
24 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
25 Sec. 10-22.24a. To employ school counselors certified as
26 such by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
27 Teacher Certification Board, and to supervise school
28 counselor interns enrolled in a school counseling program
29 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
30 Teacher Certification Board.
31 (Source: P.A. 82-998.)
32 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34)
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1 Sec. 10-22.34. Non-certificated personnel.
2 (a) School Boards may employ non-teaching personnel or
3 utilize volunteer personnel for: (1) non-teaching duties not
4 requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils; and
5 (2) supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception
6 areas used incident to instructional programs transmitted by
7 electronic media such as computers, video, and audio, and
8 detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
9 extracurricular activities.
10 (b) School boards may further utilize volunteer
11 non-certificated personnel or employ non-certificated
12 personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the
13 immediate supervision of a teacher, holding a valid
14 certificate, directly engaged in teaching subject matter or
15 conducting activities. The teacher shall be continuously
16 aware of the non-certificated persons' activities and shall
17 be able to control or modify them. The State Board of
18 Education, in consultation with the Professional Teacher
19 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board, shall
20 determine qualifications of such personnel and shall
21 prescribe rules for determining the duties and activities to
22 be assigned to such personnel. In the determination of
23 qualifications of such personnel, the State Board of
24 Education shall accept coursework earned in a recognized
25 institution or from an institution of higher learning
26 accredited by the North Central Association or other
27 comparable regional accrediting association.
28 (c) School boards may also employ students holding a
29 bachelor's degree from a recognized institution of higher
30 learning as part time teaching interns when such students are
31 enrolled in a college or university internship program, which
32 has prior approval by the Professional Teacher Standards
33 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
34 Teacher Certification Board, leading to a masters degree.
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1 (d) Nothing in this Section shall require constant
2 supervision of a student teacher enrolled in a student
3 teaching course at a college or university, provided such
4 activity has the prior approval of the representative of the
5 higher education institution and teaching plans have
6 previously been discussed with and approved by the
7 supervising teacher and further provided that such teaching
8 is within guidelines established by the Professional Teacher
9 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
10 the State Teacher Certification Board.
11 (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)
12 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1)
13 Sec. 14-1.09.1. School psychological services. In the
14 public schools, school psychological services provided by
15 qualified specialists who hold Type 73 School Service
16 Personnel Certificates endorsed for school psychology issued
17 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
18 Certification Board may include, but are not limited to: (i)
19 administration and interpretation of psychological and
20 educational evaluations; (ii) developing school-based
21 prevention programs, including violence prevention programs;
22 (iii) counseling with students, parents, and teachers on
23 educational and mental health issues; (iv) acting as liaisons
24 between public schools and community agencies; (v) evaluating
25 program effectiveness; (vi) providing crisis intervention
26 within the school setting; (vii) helping teachers, parents,
27 and others involved in the educational process to provide
28 optimum teaching and learning conditions for all students;
29 (viii) supervising school psychologist interns enrolled in
30 school psychology programs that meet the standards
31 established by the State Board of Education; and (ix)
32 screening of school enrollments to identify children who
33 should be referred for individual study. Nothing in this
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1 Section prohibits other qualified professionals from
2 providing those services listed for which they are
3 appropriately trained.
4 (Source: P.A. 89-339, eff. 8-17-95.)
5 (105 ILCS 5/14-8.05) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05)
6 Sec. 14-8.05. Behavioral intervention.
7 (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that
8 principals and teachers of students with disabilities require
9 training and guidance that provide ways for working
10 successfully with children who have difficulties conforming
11 to acceptable behavioral patterns in order to provide an
12 environment in which learning can occur. It is the intent of
13 the General Assembly:
14 (1) That when behavioral interventions are used,
15 they be used in consideration of the pupil's physical
16 freedom and social interaction, and be administered in a
17 manner that respects human dignity and personal privacy
18 and that ensures a pupil's right to placement in the
19 least restrictive educational environment.
20 (2) That behavioral management plans be developed
21 and used, to the extent possible, in a consistent manner
22 when a local educational agency has placed the pupil in a
23 day or residential setting for education purposes.
24 (3) That a statewide study be conducted of the use
25 of behavioral interventions with students with
26 disabilities receiving special education and related
27 services.
28 (4) That training programs be developed and
29 implemented in institutions of higher education that
30 train teachers, and that in-service training programs be
31 made available as necessary in school districts, in
32 educational service centers, and by regional
33 superintendents of schools to assure that adequately
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1 trained staff are available to work effectively with the
2 behavioral intervention needs of students with
3 disabilities.
4 (b) On or before September 30, 1993, the State
5 Superintendent of Education shall conduct a statewide study
6 of the use of behavioral interventions with students with
7 disabilities receiving special education and related
8 services. The study shall include, but not necessarily be
9 limited to identification of the frequency in the use of
10 behavioral interventions; the number of districts with
11 policies in place for working with children exhibiting
12 continuous serious behavioral problems; how policies, rules,
13 or regulations within districts differ between emergency and
14 routine behavioral interventions commonly practiced; the
15 nature and extent of costs for training provided to personnel
16 for implementing a program of nonaversive behavioral
17 interventions; and the nature and extent of costs for
18 training provided to parents of students with disabilities
19 who would be receiving behavioral interventions. The scope
20 of the study shall be developed by the State Board of
21 Education, in consultation with individuals and groups
22 representing parents, teachers, administrators, and
23 advocates. On or before June 30, 1994, the State Board of
24 Education shall issue guidelines based on the study's
25 findings. The guidelines shall address, but not be limited
26 to, the following: (i) appropriate behavioral interventions,
27 and (ii) how to properly document the need for and use of
28 behavioral interventions in the process of developing
29 individualized education plans for students with
30 disabilities. The guidelines shall be used as a reference to
31 assist school boards in developing local policies and
32 procedures in accordance with this Section. The State Board
33 of Education, with the advice of parents of students with
34 disabilities and other parents, teachers, administrators,
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1 advocates for persons with disabilities, and individuals with
2 knowledge or expertise in the development and implementation
3 of behavioral interventions for persons with disabilities,
4 shall review its behavioral intervention guidelines at least
5 once every 3 years to determine their continuing
6 appropriateness and effectiveness and shall make such
7 modifications in the guidelines as it deems necessary.
8 (c) Each school board must establish and maintain a
9 committee to develop policies and procedures on the use of
10 behavioral interventions for students with disabilities who
11 require behavioral intervention. The policies and procedures
12 shall be adopted and implemented by school boards by January
13 1, 1996 and shall: (i) be developed with the advice of
14 parents with students with disabilities and other parents,
15 teachers, administrators, advocates for persons with
16 disabilities, and individuals with knowledge or expertise in
17 the development and implementation of behavioral
18 interventions for persons with disabilities; (ii) emphasize
19 positive interventions that are designed to develop and
20 strengthen desirable behaviors; (iii) incorporate procedures
21 and methods consistent with generally accepted practice in
22 the field of behavioral intervention; (iv) include criteria
23 for determining when a student with disabilities may require
24 a behavioral intervention plan; (v) reflect that the
25 guidelines of the State Board of Education have been reviewed
26 and considered and provide the address of the State Board of
27 Education so that copies of the State Board of Education
28 behavioral guidelines may be requested; and (vi) include
29 procedures for monitoring the use of restrictive behavioral
30 interventions. Each school board shall (i) furnish a copy of
31 its local policies and procedures to parents and guardians of
32 all students with individualized education plans within 15
33 days after the policies and procedures have been adopted by
34 the school board, or within 15 days after the school board
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1 has amended its policies and procedures, or at the time an
2 individualized education plan is first implemented for the
3 student, and (ii) require that each school inform its
4 students of the existence of the policies and procedures
5 annually. Provided, at the annual individualized education
6 plan review, the school board shall (1) explain the local
7 policies and procedures, (2) furnish a copy of the local
8 policies to parents and guardians, and (3) make available,
9 upon request of any parents and guardians, a copy of local
10 procedures.
11 (d) The State Superintendent of Education shall consult
12 with representatives of institutions of higher education and
13 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
14 Certification Board in regard to the current training
15 requirements for teachers to ensure that sufficient training
16 is available in appropriate behavioral interventions
17 consistent with professionally accepted practices and
18 standards for people entering the field of education.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-191, eff. 7-21-95; 90-63, eff. 7-3-97.)
20 (105 ILCS 5/14C-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2)
21 Sec. 14C-2. Definitions. Unless the context indicates
22 otherwise, the terms used in this Article have the following
23 meanings:
24 (a) "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
25 (b) "Certification Board" means the Professional Teacher
26 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
27 (c) "School District" means any school district
28 established under this Code.
29 (d) "Children of limited English-speaking ability" means
30 (1) children who were not born in the United States whose
31 native tongue is a language other than English and who are
32 incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English; and
33 (2) children who were born in the United States of parents
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1 possessing no or limited English-speaking ability and who are
2 incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English.
3 (e) "Teacher of transitional bilingual education" means
4 a teacher with a speaking and reading ability in a language
5 other than English in which transitional bilingual education
6 is offered and with communicative skills in English.
7 (f) "Program in transitional bilingual education" means
8 a full-time program of instruction (1) in all those courses
9 or subjects which a child is required by law to receive and
10 which are required by the child's school district which shall
11 be given in the native language of the children of limited
12 English-speaking ability who are enrolled in the program and
13 also in English, (2) in the reading and writing of the native
14 language of the children of limited English-speaking ability
15 who are enrolled in the program and in the oral
16 comprehension, speaking, reading and writing of English, and
17 (3) in the history and culture of the country, territory or
18 geographic area which is the native land of the parents of
19 children of limited English-speaking ability who are enrolled
20 in the program and in the history and culture of the United
21 States; or a part-time program of instruction based on the
22 educational needs of those children of limited
23 English-speaking ability who do not need a full-time program
24 of instruction.
25 (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)
26 (105 ILCS 5/21-0.05 new)
27 Sec. 21-0.05. Professional Teacher Standards Board.
28 (a) The Professional Teacher Standards Board is hereby
29 created. The Professional Teacher Standards Board shall
30 consist of 23 members appointed by the Governor. Of the
31 members so appointed, 3 shall be administrative or faculty
32 members of public or private colleges or universities located
33 in the State, one shall be a regional superintendent of
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1 schools who has been nominated by a regional superintendent
2 organization, 3 shall be school administrators employed in
3 the public schools of the State who have each been nominated
4 by an administrator organization, 12 shall be classroom
5 teachers employed in the public schools of the State who have
6 each been nominated by a professional teachers' organization,
7 2 shall be parents of students attending public schools of
8 the State who have each been nominated by a statewide parent
9 organization, and 2 shall be representatives of the business
10 community of the State. At least one of the school
11 administrators and 4 of the classroom teachers so appointed
12 shall be employees of a school district that is subject to
13 the provisions of Article 34. Whenever a vacancy in a
14 classroom teacher position on the Professional Teacher
15 Standards Board is to be filled as provided in this Section,
16 each professional teachers' organization is entitled to
17 nominate for each such vacancy one candidate for each 20,000,
18 or major portion thereof, members of that organization who
19 hold valid teaching certificates. The nominations of the
20 professional teachers' organization shall be submitted by the
21 organization to the Governor not less than 60 days prior to
22 the expiration of the term of a person holding a classroom
23 teacher position on the Professional Teacher Standards Board
24 or not more than 60 days after a vacancy in such a position
25 occurs for any other reason. The nominations shall be in
26 writing and shall be signed by the president and secretary of
27 the organization submitting the nominations. Of the members
28 initially appointed to the Professional Teacher Standards
29 Board: 2 of the 3 administrative or faculty members of public
30 or private colleges or universities shall be appointed to
31 serve terms expiring on the third Monday of January, 2001 and
32 the other administrative or faculty member shall be appointed
33 to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of January,
34 2003; the regional superintendent of schools shall be
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1 appointed to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of
2 January, 2001; 2 of the 3 school administrators shall be
3 appointed to serve terms expiring on the third Monday of
4 January, 2001 and the other school administrator shall be
5 appointed to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of
6 January, 2003; 6 of the 12 classroom teachers shall be
7 appointed to serve terms expiring on the third Monday of
8 January, 2001 with the remaining 6 classroom teachers being
9 appointed to serve terms expiring on the third Monday of
10 January, 2003; one of the parents shall be appointed to serve
11 a term expiring on the third Monday of January, 2001 and the
12 other parent shall be appointed to serve a term expiring on
13 the third Monday of January, 2003; and one of the
14 representatives of the business community shall be appointed
15 to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of January, 2001
16 and the other representative of the business community shall
17 be appointed to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of
18 January, 2003. The successors in office of the members
19 initially appointed under this subsection shall each serve
20 terms of 4 years, commencing on the third Monday of January
21 of the appropriate odd-numbered year. All members shall
22 serve until a successor is appointed, and any vacancy shall
23 be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same
24 manner as an appointment for a full term is made. No member
25 shall be eligible to serve as a member of the Professional
26 Teacher Standards Board for more than 2 terms.
27 (b) The State Teacher Certification Board is abolished
28 and the terms of its members are terminated when 12 of the
29 initial members of the Professional Teacher Standards Board,
30 which shall constitute a quorum of that Board, are appointed
31 as provided in subsection (a). The members of the
32 Professional Teacher Standards Board shall take office and
33 assume, exercise, and perform the powers, duties, and
34 responsibilities of that Board under this Article when a
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1 quorum of the initial members of that Board is appointed.
2 Until the State Teacher Certification Board is abolished upon
3 the appointment of 12 persons to serve as initial members of
4 the Professional Teacher Standards Board, but not thereafter,
5 the State Teacher Certification Board shall exercise the
6 powers and duties that it was authorized or required to
7 exercise and perform under this Article prior to its
8 abolition.
9 (c) The chairperson of the Professional Teacher
10 Standards Board shall be elected by the members of the Board
11 from among their number to serve for a term of one year. A
12 person elected to serve as chairperson of the Board may be
13 reelected by the members of the Board to succeed himself or
14 herself in that office. The members of the Professional
15 Teacher Standards Board shall meet promptly upon the
16 appointment of a quorum of the members to organize
17 themselves, elect from their number a chairperson and such
18 other officers as they deem necessary, and establish the
19 dates of the regular meetings of the Board. The Board shall
20 hold special meetings upon the call of the chairperson or a
21 majority of its members. Members of the Professional Teacher
22 Standards Board shall be reimbursed for all ordinary and
23 necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties as
24 members of the Board.
25 (d) The Professional Teacher Standards Board, as a State
26 agency that is eligible for appropriations, shall comply with
27 the provisions of the Bureau of the Budget Act applicable to
28 State agencies.
29 (e) The Professional Teacher Standards Board, acting in
30 accordance with the provisions of this Article and exercising
31 the exclusive powers granted to it under Section 21-1c, shall
32 have the power and authority to do all of the following:
33 (1) set standards for teaching, supervising, or
34 holding other certificated employment in the public
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1 schools, and administer the certification process as
2 provided in this Article;
3 (2) approve and evaluate teacher and administrator
4 preparation programs;
5 (3) revoke and suspend certificates issued for
6 teaching, supervising, or holding other certificated
7 employment in the public schools;
8 (4) enter into agreements with other states
9 relative to reciprocal approval of teacher and
10 administrator preparation programs;
11 (5) establish standards for the issuance of new
12 types of certificates;
13 (6) employ and direct an Executive Director and
14 such other staff as the Board deems necessary to exercise
15 its powers and duties under this Article, subject to the
16 following conditions: all employees of the State Board of
17 Education who shall lose their employment with the State
18 Board of Education as the result of the establishment of
19 the Professional Teacher Standards Board and the
20 attendant transfer of power and duties to the
21 Professional Teacher Standards Board shall be afforded
22 the right to transfer their employment without
23 interruption from the State Board of Education to the
24 Professional Teacher Standards Board, retaining their
25 seniority status and salary as it then exists with the
26 State Board of Education;
27 (7) establish standards for induction, mentoring,
28 and professional development programs;
29 (8) take such other action relating to the
30 improvement of instruction in the public schools through
31 teacher education and professional development and that
32 attracts qualified candidates into teacher training
33 programs as is appropriate and consistent with applicable
34 laws; and
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1 (9) make and prescribe rules and regulations that
2 are necessary for the administration of this Article.
3 (f) The Professional Teacher Standards Board shall
4 establish a committee on administrative certification,
5 comprised solely of Board members. The Board may create
6 standing committees, comprised solely of Board members, when
7 deemed necessary by the Board to carry out its functions and
8 responsibilities under this Article. In addition the Board
9 may establish advisory committees if the Board determines
10 that such action may be necessary or appropriate.
11 (105 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1)
12 Sec. 21-1. Qualification of teachers. No one may be
13 certified to teach or supervise in the public schools of this
14 State who is not of good character, good health, a citizen of
15 the United States or legally present and authorized for
16 employment, and at least 19 years of age. If the holder of a
17 certificate under this Section is not a citizen of the United
18 States 6 years after the date of the issuance of the original
19 certificate, any certificate held by such person on that date
20 shall be cancelled by the board of education and no other
21 certificate to teach shall be issued to such person until
22 such person is a citizen of the United States.
23 Citizenship is not required for the issuance of a
24 temporary part-time certificate to participants in approved
25 training programs for exchange students as described in
26 Section 21-10.2. A certificate issued under this plan shall
27 expire on June 30 following the date of issue. One renewal
28 for one year is authorized if the holder remains as an
29 official participant in an approved exchange program.
30 In determining good character under this Section, any
31 felony conviction of the applicant may be taken into
32 consideration, but such a conviction shall not operate as a
33 bar to registration.
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1 No person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right
2 to be certified, to receive training for the purpose of
3 becoming a teacher or to engage in practice teaching in any
4 school because of a physical disability including but not
5 limited to visual and hearing disabilities; nor shall any
6 school district refuse to employ a teacher on such grounds,
7 provided that the person is able to carry out the duties of
8 the position for which he applies.
9 No person may be granted or continue to hold a teaching
10 certificate who has knowingly altered or misrepresented his
11 or her teaching qualifications in order to acquire the
12 certificate. Any other certificate held by such person may
13 be suspended or revoked by the Professional Teacher Standards
14 Board State Teacher Certification Board, depending upon the
15 severity of the alteration or misrepresentation.
16 No one may teach or supervise in the public schools nor
17 receive for teaching or supervising any part of any public
18 school fund, who does not hold a certificate of qualification
19 granted, on or after January 1, 1999 by the Professional
20 Teacher Standards Board, or granted prior to that date by the
21 State Board of Education or by the State Teacher
22 Certification Board and a regional superintendent of schools
23 as hereinafter provided, or by the board of education of a
24 city having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants,
25 except as provided in Section 34-6 and in Section 10-22.34 or
26 Section 10-22.34b. However, the provisions of this Article do
27 not apply to a member of the armed forces who is employed as
28 a teacher of subjects in the Reserve Officer's Training Corps
29 of any school. Sections 21-2 through 21-24 do not apply to
30 cities having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants,
31 beginning until July 1, 1988.
32 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
33 board of education of any school district may grant to a
34 teacher of the district a leave of absence with full pay for
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1 a period of not more than one year to permit such teacher to
2 teach in a foreign state under the provisions of the Exchange
3 Teacher Program established under Public Law 584, 79th
4 Congress, and Public Law 402, 80th Congress, as amended. The
5 school board granting such leave of absence may employ with
6 or without pay a national of the foreign state wherein the
7 teacher on leave of absence will teach, if the national is
8 qualified to teach in that foreign state, and if that
9 national will teach in a grade level similar to the one which
10 was taught in such foreign state. The Professional Teacher
11 Standards Board State Board of Education shall promulgate and
12 enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as may be
13 necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Article or may
14 adopt for such purposes any of the rules and regulations
15 promulgated prior to January 1, 1999 by the State Board of
16 Education or by the State Teacher Certification Board prior
17 to the abolition of that Board paragraph.
18 (Source: P.A. 88-189; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96; 89-397, eff.
19 8-20-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
20 (105 ILCS 5/21-1a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a)
21 Sec. 21-1a. Tests required for certification.
22 (a) After July 1, 1988, in addition to all other
23 requirements, early childhood, elementary, special, high
24 school, school service personnel, or, except as provided in
25 Section 34-6, administrative certificates shall be issued to
26 persons who have satisfactorily passed a test of basic skills
27 and subject matter knowledge. The tests of basic skills and
28 subject matter knowledge shall be the tests which from time
29 to time are designated by the Professional Teacher Standards
30 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
31 Teacher Certification Board and may be tests prepared by an
32 educational testing organization or tests designed by the
33 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
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1 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
2 The areas to be covered by the test of basic skills shall
3 include the basic skills of reading, writing, grammar, and
4 mathematics. The test of subject matter knowledge shall
5 assess content knowledge in the specific subject field. The
6 tests shall be designed to be racially neutral to assure that
7 no person in taking the tests is thereby discriminated
8 against on the basis of race, color, national origin or other
9 factors unrelated to the person's ability to perform as a
10 certificated employee. The score required to pass the tests
11 of basic skills and subject matter knowledge shall be fixed
12 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
13 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
14 Certification Board. The tests shall be held not fewer than
15 3 times a year at such time and place as may be designated by
16 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
17 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
18 Certification Board.
19 (b) Except as provided in Section 34-6, the provisions
20 of subsection (a) of this Section shall apply equally in any
21 school district subject to Article 34, provided that the
22 State Board of Education shall determine which certificates
23 issued under Sections 34-8.1 and 34-83 prior to July 1, 1988
24 are comparable to any early childhood certificate, elementary
25 school certificate, special certificate, high school
26 certificate, school service personnel certificate or
27 administrative certificate issued under this Article as of
28 July 1, 1988.
29 (c) A person who holds an early childhood, elementary,
30 special, high school or school service personnel certificate
31 issued under this Article on or at any time before July 1,
32 1988, including a person who has been issued any such
33 certificate pursuant to Section 21-11.1 or in exchange for a
34 comparable certificate theretofore issued under Section
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1 34-8.1 or Section 34-83, shall not be required to take or
2 pass the tests in order to thereafter have such certificate
3 renewed.
4 (d) (Blank). The State Board of Education in
5 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board shall
6 conduct a pilot administration of the tests by administering
7 the test to students completing teacher education programs in
8 the 1986-87 school year for the purpose of determining the
9 effect and impact of testing candidates for certification.
10 (e) The rules and regulations developed to implement the
11 required test of basic skills and subject matter knowledge
12 shall include the requirements of subsections (a), (b), and
13 (c) and shall include specific regulations to govern test
14 selection; test validation and determination of a passing
15 score; administration of the tests; frequency of
16 administration; applicant fees; frequency of applicants'
17 taking the tests; the years for which a score is valid; and,
18 waiving certain additional tests for additional certificates
19 to individuals who have satisfactorily passed the test of
20 basic skills and subject matter knowledge as required in
21 subsection (a). The Professional Teacher Standards Board
22 State Board of Education shall provide, by rule, specific
23 policies that assure uniformity in the difficulty level of
24 each form of the basic skills test and each subject matter
25 knowledge test from test-to-test and year-to-year. The
26 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
27 shall also set a passing score for the tests.
28 (f) (Blank). The State Teacher Certification Board may
29 issue a nonrenewable temporary certificate between July 1,
30 1988 and August 31, 1988 to individuals who have taken the
31 tests of basic skills and subject matter knowledge prescribed
32 by this Section but have not received such test scores by
33 August 31, 1988. Such temporary certificates shall expire on
34 December 31, 1988.
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1 (g) Beginning January 1, 1999, the Professional Teacher
2 Standards Board State Board of Education, in consultation
3 with the State Teacher Certification Board, shall implement
4 and administer a new system of certification for teachers in
5 the State of Illinois. The Professional Teacher Standards
6 Board State Board of Education, in consultation with the
7 State Teacher Certification Board, shall design and implement
8 a system of examinations and various other criteria which
9 shall be required prior to the issuance of Initial Teaching
10 Certificates and Standard Teaching Certificates. These
11 examinations and indicators shall be based on national
12 professional teaching standards, as determined by the
13 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
14 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
15 Certification Board. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
16 State Board of Education may adopt any and all regulations
17 necessary to implement and administer this Section.
18 (h) The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
19 of Education shall report to the Illinois General Assembly
20 and the Governor with recommendations for further changes and
21 improvements to the teacher certification system no later
22 than January 1, 1999 and on an annual basis until January 1,
23 2001.
24 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
25 (105 ILCS 5/21-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b)
26 Sec. 21-1b. Subject endorsement on certificates. All
27 certificates initially issued under this Article after June
28 30, 1986, shall be specifically endorsed by the State Board
29 of Education for each subject the holder of the certificate
30 is legally qualified to teach, such endorsements to be made
31 in accordance with standards promulgated by the Professional
32 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education in
33 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. All
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1 certificates which are issued under this Article prior to
2 July 1, 1986 may, by application to the Professional Teacher
3 Standards Board State Board of Education, be specifically
4 endorsed for each subject the holder is legally qualified to
5 teach. All subject endorsements made on or after January 1,
6 1999 to new or existing certificates as provided in this
7 Section shall be made by the Professional Teacher Standards
8 Board. Each application for endorsement of an existing
9 teaching certificate shall be accompanied by a $20
10 nonrefundable fee.
11 Commencing January 1, 1994, an additional $10 shall be
12 charged for each application for endorsement. There is
13 hereby created a Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund as a
14 special fund within the State Treasury. The proceeds of the
15 additional $10 fee shall be paid into the Teacher Certificate
16 Fee Revolving Fund; and the moneys in that Fund shall be
17 appropriated to the Professional Teacher Standards Board and
18 used by that Board to provide the technology and other
19 resources necessary for the timely and efficient processing
20 of certification requests.
21 (Source: P.A. 88-224.)
22 (105 ILCS 5/21-1c) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c)
23 Sec. 21-1c. Exclusive certificate authority. Only the
24 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
25 and State Teacher Certification Board, acting in accordance
26 with the applicable provisions of this Act and the rules,
27 regulations and standards promulgated thereunder, shall have
28 the authority to issue or endorse any certificate required
29 for teaching, supervising or holding certificated employment
30 in the public schools; and no other State agency shall have
31 any power or authority (i) to establish or prescribe any
32 qualifications or other requirements applicable to teacher or
33 administrator training and certification or to the issuance
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1 or endorsement of any such certificate required for teaching,
2 supervising, or holding certified employment in the public
3 schools, or (ii) to establish or prescribe any licensure or
4 equivalent requirement which must be satisfied in order to
5 teach, supervise or hold certificated employment in the
6 public schools.
7 (Source: P.A. 86-1441.)
8 (105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
9 Sec. 21-2. Grades of certificates.
10 (a) Until January 1, 1999, all certificates issued under
11 this Article shall be State certificates valid, except as
12 limited in Section 21-1, in every school district coming
13 under the provisions of this Act and shall be limited in time
14 and designated as follows: Provisional vocational
15 certificate, temporary provisional vocational certificate,
16 early childhood certificate, elementary school certificate,
17 special certificate, high school certificate, school service
18 personnel certificate, administrative certificate,
19 provisional certificate, and substitute certificate. The
20 requirement of student teaching under close and competent
21 supervision for obtaining a teaching certificate may be
22 waived by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
23 Teacher Certification Board upon presentation to that the
24 Board by the teacher of evidence of 5 years successful
25 teaching experience on a valid certificate and graduation
26 from a recognized institution of higher learning with a
27 bachelor's degree with not less than 120 semester hours and a
28 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education.
29 (b) Initial Teaching Certificate. Beginning January 1,
30 1999, persons who (1) have completed an approved teacher
31 preparation program, (2) are recommended by an approved
32 teacher preparation program, (3) have successfully completed
33 the Initial Teaching Certification examinations required by
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1 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
2 Education, and (4) have met all other criteria established by
3 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
4 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
5 Certification Board, shall be issued an Initial Teaching
6 Certificate valid for 4 years. Initial Teaching Certificates
7 shall be issued for categories corresponding to Early
8 Childhood Education, Elementary Education, and Secondary
9 Education, with special certification designations for
10 Special Education, Bilingual Education, fundamental learning
11 areas (including Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics,
12 Science, Social Science, Physical Development and Health,
13 Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and other areas designated
14 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
15 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
16 Certification Board.
17 (c) Standard Certificate. Beginning January 1, 1999,
18 persons who (1) have completed 4 years of teaching with an
19 Initial Certificate, have successfully completed the Standard
20 Teaching Certificate examinations, and have met all other
21 criteria established by the Professional Teacher Standards
22 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
23 Teacher Certification Board, or (2) were issued teaching
24 certificates prior to January 1, 1999 and are renewing those
25 certificates after January 1, 1999, shall be issued a
26 Standard Certificate valid for 5 years, which may be renewed
27 thereafter every 7 5 years by the Professional Teacher
28 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board based on
29 proof of continuing education or professional development.
30 Standard Certificates shall be issued for categories
31 corresponding to Early Childhood Education, Elementary
32 Education, and Secondary Education, with special
33 certification designations for Special Education, Bilingual
34 Education, fundamental learning areas (including Language
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1 Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Physical
2 Development and Health, Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and
3 other areas designated by the Professional Teacher Standards
4 Board State Board of Education, in consultation with the
5 State Teacher Certification Board.
6 (d) Master Certificate. Beginning January 1, 1999,
7 persons who have successfully achieved National Board
8 certification through the National Board for Professional
9 Teaching Standards shall be issued a Master Certificate,
10 valid for 7 years and renewable thereafter every 7 years
11 through compliance with requirements set forth by the
12 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
13 Education.
14 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
15 (105 ILCS 5/21-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1)
16 Sec. 21-2.1. Early childhood certificate.
17 (a) An early childhood certificate shall be valid for 4
18 years for teaching children up to 6 years of age, exclusive
19 of children enrolled in kindergarten, in facilities approved
20 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
21 Superintendent of Education. Beginning July 1, 1988, such
22 certificate shall be valid for 4 years for Teaching children
23 through grade 3 in facilities approved by the Professional
24 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education.
25 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall be
26 issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
27 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
28 with not fewer than 120 semester hours including professional
29 education or human development or, until July 1, 1992, to
30 persons who have early childhood education instruction and
31 practical experience involving supervised work with children
32 under 6 years of age or with children through grade 3. Such
33 persons shall be recommended for the early childhood
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1 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
2 an approved program of preparation which includes the
3 requisite hours and academic and professional courses and
4 practical experience approved by the Professional Teacher
5 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
6 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
7 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
8 Early Childhood Education Certificates shall be issued to
9 persons who meet the criteria established by the Professional
10 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education.
11 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
12 (105 ILCS 5/21-2b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2b)
13 Sec. 21-2b. Teacher education program entrance. In
14 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board The
15 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
16 shall develop procedures which ensure that all students
17 entering approved teacher education programs are proficient
18 in the areas of reading, mathematics and language arts. Each
19 institution of higher learning shall submit to the
20 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
21 Certification Board a plan which sets forth procedures for
22 implementation of this Section.
23 (Source: P.A. 84-126.)
24 (105 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-3)
25 Sec. 21-3. Elementary certificate.
26 (a) An elementary school certificate shall be valid for
27 4 years for teaching in the kindergarten and lower 9 grades
28 of the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
29 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
30 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
31 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours and with a
32 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education,
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1 including 5 semester hours in student teaching under
2 competent and close supervision. Such persons shall be
3 recommended for the elementary certificate by a recognized
4 institution as having completed an approved program of
5 preparation which includes intensive preservice training in
6 the humanities, natural sciences, mathematics, and the
7 academic and professional courses approved by the
8 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
9 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
10 Certification Board.
11 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
12 Elementary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
13 all of the criteria established by the Professional Teacher
14 Standards Board State Board of Education for elementary
15 education.
16 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
17 (105 ILCS 5/21-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-4)
18 Sec. 21-4. Special certificate.
19 (a) A special certificate shall be valid for 4 years for
20 teaching the special subjects named therein in all grades of
21 the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
22 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
23 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
24 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours including a
25 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education, 5 of
26 which shall be in student teaching under competent and close
27 supervision. When the holder of such certificate has earned a
28 master's degree, including 8 eight semester hours of graduate
29 professional education from a recognized institution of
30 higher learning and with 2 two years' teaching experience, it
31 may be endorsed for supervision.
32 Such persons shall be recommended for the special
33 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
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1 an approved program of preparation which includes academic
2 and professional courses approved by the Professional Teacher
3 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
4 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
5 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, special certification
6 designations shall be issued for Special Education, Bilingual
7 Education, fundamental learning areas (Language Arts,
8 Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Physical
9 Development and Health, Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and
10 other areas designated by the Professional Teacher Standards
11 Board State Board of Education, to persons who meet all of
12 the criteria established by the Professional Teacher
13 Standards Board State Board of Education, in consultation
14 with the State Teacher Certification Board.
15 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
16 (105 ILCS 5/21-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5)
17 Sec. 21-5. High school certificate.
18 (a) A high school certificate shall be valid for 4 years
19 for teaching in grades 6 to 12 inclusive of the common
20 schools. Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall
21 be issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
22 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
23 with not fewer than 120 semester hours including 16 semester
24 hours in professional education, 5 of which shall be in
25 student teaching under competent and close supervision and
26 with one or more teaching fields. Such persons shall be
27 recommended for the high school certificate by a recognized
28 institution as having completed an approved program of
29 preparation which includes the academic and professional
30 courses approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
31 State Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
32 State Teacher Certification Board.
33 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
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1 Secondary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
2 all of the criteria established by the Professional Teacher
3 Standards Board State Board of Education for secondary
4 education.
5 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a)
7 Sec. 21-5a. Alternative math-science certification. The
8 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
9 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
10 Certification Board, shall establish and implement and
11 administer an alternative certification program under which
12 persons who qualify for admission to, and who successfully
13 complete the program and meet the additional requirements
14 established by this Section shall be issued an initial
15 teaching certificate for teaching mathematics, science or
16 mathematics and science in grades 9 through 12 of the common
17 schools. In establishing an alternative certification
18 program under this Section, the Professional Teacher
19 Standards Board State Board of Education shall designate an
20 appropriate area within the State where the program shall be
21 offered and made available to persons qualified for admission
22 to the program. In addition, the Professional Teacher
23 Standards Board State Board of Education, in cooperation with
24 one or more recognized institutions of higher learning, shall
25 develop, evaluate, and revise as necessary a comprehensive
26 course of study that persons admitted to the program must
27 successfully complete in order to satisfy one criterion for
28 issuance of an initial certificate under this Section. The
29 comprehensive course of study so developed shall include one
30 semester of practice teaching.
31 An initial teaching certificate, valid for 4 years for
32 teaching mathematics, science, or mathematics and science in
33 grades 9 through 12 of the common schools and renewable as
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1 provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued under this Section
2 21-5a to persons who qualify for admission to the alternative
3 certification program and who at the time of applying for an
4 initial teaching certificate under this Section:
5 (1) have graduated with a master's degree in
6 mathematics or any science discipline from an institution
7 of higher learning whose scholarship standards are
8 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
9 State Board of Education for purposes of the alternative
10 certification program;
11 (2) have been employed for at least 10 years in an
12 area requiring knowledge and practical application of
13 their academic background in mathematics or a science
14 discipline;
15 (3) have successfully completed the alternative
16 certification program and the course of comprehensive
17 study, including one semester of practice teaching,
18 developed as part of the program as provided in this
19 Section and approved by the Professional Teacher
20 Standards Board State Board of Education; and
21 (4) have passed the examinations required by
22 Section 21-1a.
23 The alternative certification program shall be
24 implemented at the commencement of the 1992-1993 academic
25 year.
26 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
27 Education shall establish criteria for admission to the
28 alternative certification program and shall adopt rules and
29 regulations that are consistent with this Section and that
30 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
31 Education deems necessary to establish and implement and
32 administer the program.
33 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-5b)
2 Sec. 21-5b. Alternative certification. The Professional
3 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education, in
4 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
5 shall establish and implement an alternative certification
6 program under which persons who meet the requirements of and
7 successfully complete the program established by this Section
8 shall be issued an alternative teaching certificate for
9 teaching in the schools situated in a school district that is
10 located in a city having a population in excess of 500,000
11 inhabitants. The program shall be limited to not more than
12 260 new participants during each year that the program is in
13 effect. In establishing an alternative certification program
14 under this Section, the Professional Teacher Standards Board
15 State Board of Education shall designate the City of Chicago
16 as the area in the State where the program shall be made
17 available. In addition, the Professional Teacher Standards
18 Board State Board of Education, in cooperation with a
19 partnership formed with a university that offers 4-year
20 baccalaureate and masters degree programs and that is a
21 recognized institution as defined in Section 21-21 and one or
22 more not-for-profit organizations in the State which support
23 excellence in teaching, shall within 30 days after submission
24 by the partnership approve a course of study developed by the
25 partnership that persons in the program must successfully
26 complete in order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of an
27 alternative certificate under this Section. The Alternative
28 Teacher Certification program course of study must include
29 the current content and skills contained in the university's
30 current courses for State certification which have been
31 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
32 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
33 Certification Board, as the requirement for State teacher
34 certification.
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1 The alternative certification program established under
2 this Section shall be known as the Alternative Teacher
3 Certification program. The Alternative Teacher Certification
4 Program shall be offered by the submitting partnership and
5 may be offered in conjunction with one or more not-for-profit
6 organizations in the State which support excellence in
7 teaching. The program shall be comprised of the following 3
8 phases: (a) the first phase is the course of study offered on
9 an intensive basis in education theory, instructional
10 methods, and practice teaching; (b) the second phase is the
11 person's assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
12 school year; and (c) the third phase is a comprehensive
13 assessment of the person's teaching performance by school
14 officials and the partnership participants and a
15 recommendation by the partner institution of higher education
16 to the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
17 Education that the person be issued a standard alternative
18 teaching certificate. Successful completion of the
19 Alternative Teacher Certification program shall be deemed to
20 satisfy any other practice or student teaching and subject
21 matter requirements established by law.
22 A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
23 one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
24 shall be issued under this Section 21-5b to persons who at
25 the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
26 certificate under this Section:
27 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
28 university with a bachelor's degree;
29 (2) have successfully completed the first phase of
30 the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
31 in this Section; and
32 (3) have passed the tests of basic skills and
33 subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a.
34 A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
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1 under this Section shall be treated as a regularly certified
2 teacher for purposes of compensation, benefits, and other
3 terms and conditions of employment afforded teachers in the
4 school who are members of a bargaining unit represented by an
5 exclusive bargaining representative, if any.
6 A standard alternative teaching certificate, valid for 4
7 years for teaching in the schools situated in a school
8 district that is located in a city having a population in
9 excess of 500,000 inhabitants and renewable as provided in
10 Section 21-14, shall be issued under this Section 21-5b to
11 persons who first complete the requirements for the
12 provisional alternative teaching certificate and who at the
13 time of applying for a standard alternative teaching
14 certificate under this Section have successfully completed
15 the second and third phases of the Alternative Teacher
16 Certification program as provided in this Section.
17 This alternative certification program shall be
18 implemented so that the first provisional alternative
19 teaching certificates issued under this Section are effective
20 upon the commencement of the 1997-1998 academic year and the
21 first standard alternative teaching certificates issued under
22 this Section are effective upon the commencement of the
23 1998-1999 academic year.
24 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
25 Education, in cooperation with the partnership establishing
26 the Alternative Teacher Certification program, shall adopt
27 rules and regulations that are consistent with this Section
28 and that the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
29 of Education deems necessary to establish and implement the
30 program.
31 (Source: P.A. 89-708, eff. 2-14-97.)
32 (105 ILCS 5/21-5c)
33 Sec. 21-5c. Alternative route to teacher certification.
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1 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
2 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
3 Certification Board, shall establish and implement an
4 alternative route to teacher certification program under
5 which persons who meet the requirements of and successfully
6 complete the program established by this Section shall be
7 issued an initial teaching certificate for teaching in
8 schools in this State. The Professional Teacher Standards
9 Board State Board of Education shall approve a course of
10 study that persons in the program must successfully complete
11 in order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of a
12 certificate under this Section. The Alternative Route to
13 Teacher Certification program course of study must include
14 the current content and skills contained in a university's
15 current courses for State certification which have been
16 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
17 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
18 Certification Board, as the requirement for State teacher
19 certification.
20 The program established under this Section shall be known
21 as the Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program.
22 The program may be offered in conjunction with one or more
23 not-for-profit organizations in the State. The program shall
24 be comprised of the following 3 phases: (a) a course of study
25 offered on an intensive basis in education theory,
26 instructional methods, and practice teaching; (b) the
27 person's assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
28 school year, including the designation of a mentor teacher to
29 advise and assist the person with that teaching assignment;
30 and (c) a comprehensive assessment of the person's teaching
31 performance by school officials and program participants and
32 a recommendation by the institution of higher education to
33 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
34 Education that the person be issued an initial teaching
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1 certificate. Successful completion of the Alternative Route
2 to Teacher Certification program shall be deemed to satisfy
3 any other practice or student teaching and subject matter
4 requirements established by law.
5 A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
6 one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
7 shall be issued under this Section 21-5c to persons who at
8 the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
9 certificate under this Section:
10 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
11 university with a bachelor's degree;
12 (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5
13 years in an area requiring application of the
14 individual's education;
15 (3) have successfully completed the first phase of
16 the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
17 in this Section; and
18 (4) have passed the tests of basic skills and
19 subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a.
20 An initial teaching certificate, valid for teaching in
21 the common schools, shall be issued under Section 21-3 or
22 21-5 to persons who first complete the requirements for the
23 provisional alternative teaching certificate and who at the
24 time of applying for an initial teaching certificate have
25 successfully completed the second and third phases of the
26 Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program as
27 provided in this Section.
28 A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
29 or an initial teaching certificate earned under this Section
30 shall be treated as a regularly certified teacher for
31 purposes of compensation, benefits, and other terms and
32 conditions of employment afforded teachers in the school who
33 are members of a bargaining unit represented by an exclusive
34 bargaining representative, if any.
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1 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
2 Education may adopt rules and regulations that are consistent
3 with this Section and that the Professional Teacher Standards
4 Board State Board deems necessary to establish and implement
5 the program.
6 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
7 (105 ILCS 5/21-5d)
8 Sec. 21-5d. Alternative route to administrative
9 certification. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
10 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
11 Teacher Certification Board and an advisory panel consisting
12 of no less than 7 administrators appointed by the State
13 Superintendent of Education, shall establish and implement an
14 alternative route to administrative certification program
15 under which persons who meet the requirements of and
16 successfully complete the program established by this Section
17 shall be issued a standard administrative certificate for
18 serving as an administrator in schools in this State. For
19 the purposes of this Section only, "administrator" means a
20 person holding any administrative position for which a
21 standard administrative certificate with a general
22 administrative endorsement, chief school business official
23 endorsement, or superintendent endorsement is required,
24 except a principal or an assistant principal. The
25 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
26 shall approve a course of study that persons in the program
27 must successfully complete in order to satisfy one criterion
28 for issuance of a certificate under this Section. The
29 Alternative Route to Administrative Certification program
30 course of study must include the current content and skills
31 contained in a university's current courses for State
32 certification which have been approved by the Professional
33 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education, in
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1 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board, as
2 the requirement for administrative certification.
3 The program established under this Section shall be known
4 as the Alternative Route to Administrative Certification
5 program. The program shall be comprised of the following 3
6 phases: (a) a course of study offered on an intensive basis
7 in education management, governance, organization, and
8 planning; (b) the person's assignment to a full-time position
9 for one school year as an administrator; and (c) a
10 comprehensive assessment of the person's performance by
11 school officials and a recommendation to the Professional
12 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education that the
13 person be issued a standard administrative certificate.
14 Successful completion of the Alternative Route to
15 Administrative Certification program shall be deemed to
16 satisfy any other supervisory, administrative, or management
17 experience requirements established by law.
18 A provisional alternative administrative certificate,
19 valid for one year of serving as an administrator in the
20 common schools and not renewable, shall be issued under this
21 Section 21-5d to persons who at the time of applying for the
22 provisional alternative administrative certificate under this
23 Section:
24 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
25 university with a master's degree in a management field
26 or with a bachelor's degree and the life experience
27 equivalent of a master's degree in a management field as
28 determined by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
29 State Board of Education;
30 (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5
31 years in a management level position;
32 (3) have successfully completed the first phase of
33 the Alternative Route to Administrative Certification
34 program as provided in this Section; and
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1 (4) have passed any examination required by the
2 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
3 Education.
4 A standard administrative certificate with a general
5 administrative endorsement, chief school business official
6 endorsement, or superintendent endorsement, renewable as
7 provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued under Section
8 21-7.1 to persons who first complete the requirements for the
9 provisional alternative administrative certificate and who at
10 the time of applying for a standard administrative
11 certificate have successfully completed the second and third
12 phases of the Alternative Route to Administrative
13 Certification program as provided in this Section.
14 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
15 Education may adopt rules and regulations that are consistent
16 with this Section and that the Professional Teacher Standards
17 Board State Board deems necessary to establish and implement
18 the program.
19 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
20 (105 ILCS 5/21-7.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1)
21 Sec. 21-7.1. Administrative certificate.
22 (a) After January 1, 1986, an administrative certificate
23 valid for 5 years of supervising and administering in the
24 public common schools may be issued to persons who have
25 graduated from a recognized institution of higher learning
26 with a master's degree and who have been certified by these
27 institutions of higher learning as having completed a program
28 of preparation for one or more of these endorsements. Such
29 programs of academic and professional preparation required
30 for endorsement shall be administered by the institution in
31 accordance with standards set forth by the Professional
32 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
33 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
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1 (b) No administrative certificate shall be issued for
2 the first time after June 30, 1987 and no endorsement
3 provided for by this Section shall be made or affixed to an
4 administrative certificate for the first time after June 30,
5 1987 unless the person to whom such administrative
6 certificate is to be issued or to whose administrative
7 certificate such endorsement is to be affixed has been
8 required to demonstrate as a part of a program of academic or
9 professional preparation for such certification or
10 endorsement: (i) an understanding of the knowledge called for
11 in establishing productive parent-school relationships and of
12 the procedures fostering the involvement which such
13 relationships demand; and (ii) an understanding of the
14 knowledge required for establishing a high quality school
15 climate and promoting good classroom organization and
16 management, including rules of conduct and instructional
17 procedures appropriate to accomplishing the tasks of
18 schooling; and (iii) a demonstration of the knowledge and
19 skills called for in providing instructional leadership. The
20 standards for demonstrating an understanding of such
21 knowledge shall be set forth by the Professional Teacher
22 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
23 the State Teacher Certification Board, and shall be
24 administered by the recognized institutions of higher
25 learning as part of the programs of academic and professional
26 preparation required for certification and endorsement under
27 this Section. As used in this subsection: "establishing
28 productive parent-school relationships" means the ability to
29 maintain effective communication between parents and school
30 personnel, to encourage parental involvement in schooling,
31 and to motivate school personnel to engage parents in
32 encouraging student achievement, including the development of
33 programs and policies which serve to accomplish this purpose;
34 and "establishing a high quality school climate" means the
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1 ability to promote academic achievement, to maintain
2 discipline, to recognize substance abuse problems among
3 students and utilize appropriate law enforcement and other
4 community resources to address these problems, to support
5 teachers and students in their education endeavors, to
6 establish learning objectives, and to provide instructional
7 leadership, including the development of policies and
8 programs which serve to accomplish this purpose; and
9 "providing instructional leadership" means the ability to
10 effectively evaluate school personnel, to possess general
11 communication and interpersonal skills, and to establish and
12 maintain appropriate classroom learning environments. The
13 provisions of this subsection shall not apply to or affect
14 the initial issuance or making on or before June 30, 1987 of
15 any administrative certificate or endorsement provided for
16 under this Section, nor shall such provisions apply to or
17 affect the renewal after June 30, 1987 of any such
18 certificate or endorsement initially issued or made on or
19 before June 30, 1987.
20 (c) Administrative certificates shall be renewed every 5
21 five years with the first renewal being 5 five years
22 following the initial receipt of an administrative
23 certificate. Renewal requirements for administrators whose
24 positions require certification shall be based upon evidence
25 of continuing professional education which promotes the
26 following goals: (1) Improving administrators' knowledge of
27 instructional practices and administrative procedures; (2)
28 Maintaining the basic level of competence required for
29 initial certification; and (3) Improving the mastery of
30 skills and knowledge regarding the improvement of teaching
31 performance in clinical settings and assessment of the levels
32 of student performance in their schools. Evidence of
33 continuing professional education must include verification
34 of biennial attendance in a program developed by the Illinois
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1 Administrators' Academy and verification of annual
2 participation in a school district approved activity which
3 contributes to continuing professional education. The
4 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
5 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
6 Certification Board, shall develop, evaluate, and revise as
7 necessary procedures for implementing this Section and shall
8 administer the renewal of administrative certificates.
9 Failure to submit satisfactory evidence of continuing
10 professional education which contributes to promoting the
11 goals of this Section shall result in a loss of
12 administrative certification.
13 (d) Any limited or life supervisory certificate issued
14 prior to July 1, 1968 shall continue to be valid for all
15 administrative and supervisory positions in the public
16 schools for which it is valid as of that date as long as its
17 holder meets the requirements for registration or renewal as
18 set forth in the statutes or until revoked according to law.
19 (e) The administrative or supervisory positions for
20 which the certificate shall be valid shall be determined by
21 one or more of 3 endorsements: general supervisory, general
22 administrative and superintendent.
23 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, endorsements
24 shall be made under conditions set forth in this Section.
25 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
26 Education shall, in consultation with the State Teacher
27 Certification Board, adopt rules pursuant to the Illinois
28 Administrative Procedure Act, establishing requirements for
29 obtaining administrative certificates where the minimum
30 administrative or supervisory requirements surpass those set
31 forth in this Section.
32 If the Professional Teacher Standards Board establishes
33 State Teacher Certification Board shall file with the State
34 Board of Education a written recommendation when considering
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1 additional administrative or supervisory requirements, those.
2 All additional requirements shall be based upon the requisite
3 knowledge necessary to perform the those tasks required by
4 the certificate. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
5 State Board of Education shall in consultation with the State
6 Teacher Certification Board, establish standards within its
7 rules which shall include the academic and professional
8 requirements necessary for certification. These standards
9 shall at a minimum contain, but not be limited to, those used
10 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
11 Education in determining whether additional knowledge will be
12 required. Additionally, the Professional Teacher Standards
13 Board State Board of Education shall in consultation with the
14 State Teacher Certification Board, establish provisions
15 within its rules whereby any member of the educational
16 community or the public may file a formal written
17 recommendation or inquiry regarding requirements.
18 (1) The general supervisory endorsement shall be
19 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
20 who has at least 16 semester hours of graduate credit in
21 professional education including 8 semester hours of
22 graduate credit in curriculum and research and who has at
23 least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school
24 service personnel experience in public schools, schools
25 under the supervision of the Department of Corrections,
26 schools under the administration of the Department of
27 Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
28 standards established by the State Superintendent of
29 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition
30 standards approved by the State Superintendent of
31 Education.
32 Such endorsement shall be required for supervisors,
33 curriculum directors and for such similar and related
34 positions as determined by the Professional Teacher
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1 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
2 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
3 (2) The general administrative endorsement shall be
4 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
5 who has at least 20 semester hours of graduate credit in
6 educational administration and supervision and who has at
7 least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school
8 service personnel experience in public schools, schools
9 under the supervision of the Department of Corrections,
10 schools under the administration of the Department of
11 Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
12 standards established by the State Superintendent of
13 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition
14 standards approved by the State Superintendent of
15 Education.
16 Such endorsement shall be required for principal,
17 assistant principal, assistant or associate
18 superintendent, junior college dean and for related or
19 similar positions as determined by the Professional
20 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education
21 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification
22 Board.
23 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act,
24 after January 1, 1990 and until January 1, 1991, any
25 teacher employed by a district subject to Article 34
26 shall be entitled to receive an administrative
27 certificate with a general administrative endorsement
28 affixed thereto if he or she: (i) had at least 3 years of
29 experience as a certified teacher for such district prior
30 to August 1, 1985; (ii) obtained a Master's degree prior
31 to August 1, 1985; (iii) completed at least 20 hours of
32 graduate credit in education courses (including at least
33 12 hours in educational administration and supervision)
34 prior to September 1, 1987; and (iv) has received a
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1 rating of superior for at least each of the last 5 years.
2 Any person who obtains an administrative certificate with
3 a general administrative endorsement affixed thereto
4 under this paragraph shall not be qualified to serve in
5 any administrative position except assistant principal.
6 (3) The chief school business official endorsement
7 shall be affixed to the administrative certificate of any
8 holder who qualifies by having a Master's degree, 2 two
9 years of administrative experience in school business
10 management, and a minimum of 20 semester hours of
11 graduate credit in a program established by the
12 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent
13 of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
14 Certification Board for the preparation of school
15 business administrators. Such endorsement shall also be
16 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
17 who qualifies by having a Master's Degree in Business
18 Administration, Finance or Accounting from a regionally
19 accredited institution of higher education.
20 After June 30, 1977, such endorsement shall be
21 required for any individual first employed as a chief
22 school business official.
23 (4) The superintendent endorsement shall be affixed to
24 the administrative certificate of any holder who has
25 completed 30 semester hours of graduate credit beyond the
26 master's degree in a program for the preparation of
27 superintendents of schools including 16 semester hours of
28 graduate credit in professional education and who has at
29 least 2 years experience as an administrator or supervisor in
30 the public schools or the State Board of Education or
31 education service regions or in nonpublic schools meeting the
32 standards established by the State Superintendent of
33 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition standards
34 approved by the State Superintendent of Education and holds
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1 general supervisory or general administrative endorsement, or
2 who has had 2 years of experience as a supervisor or
3 administrator while holding an all-grade supervisory
4 certificate or a certificate comparable in validity and
5 educational and experience requirements.
6 After June 30, 1968, such endorsement shall be required
7 for a superintendent of schools, except as provided in the
8 second paragraph of this Section and in Section 34-6.
9 Any person appointed to the position of superintendent
10 between the effective date of this Act and June 30, 1993 in a
11 school district organized pursuant to Article 32 with an
12 enrollment of at least 20,000 pupils shall be exempt from the
13 provisions of this subsection (4) until June 30, 1996.
14 (f) All official interpretations or acts of issuing or
15 denying administrative certificates or endorsements by the
16 State Teacher's Certification Board, State Board of Education
17 or the State Superintendent of Education, from the passage of
18 P.A. 81-1208 on November 8, 1979 through September 24, 1981
19 are hereby declared valid and legal acts in all respects and
20 further that the purported repeal of the provisions of this
21 Section by P.A. 81-1208 and P.A. 81-1509 is declared null and
22 void.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
24 (105 ILCS 5/21-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-9)
25 Sec. 21-9. Substitute certificates.
26 (a) A substitute teacher's certificate may be issued by
27 the Professional Teacher Standards Board for teaching in all
28 grades of the common schools. Such certificate may be issued
29 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board upon request of
30 the regional superintendent of schools of any region in
31 which the teacher is to teach. A substitute teacher's
32 certificate is valid for teaching in the public schools of
33 any county. Such certificate may be issued by the
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1 Professional Teacher Standards Board to persons who either
2 (i) (a) hold a certificate valid for teaching in the common
3 schools as shown on the face of the certificate, (ii) (b)
4 hold a bachelor of arts degree from an institution of higher
5 learning accredited by the North Central Association or other
6 comparable regional accrediting association or have been
7 graduated from a recognized institution of higher learning
8 with a bachelor's degree, or (iii) (c) have had 2 years of
9 teaching experience and meet such other rules and regulations
10 as may be adopted by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
11 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
12 Teacher Certification Board. Such certificate shall expire
13 on June 30 in the fourth year from date of issue.
14 (b) A teacher holding a substitute teacher's certificate
15 may teach only in the place of a certified teacher who is
16 under contract with the employing board and may teach only
17 when no appropriate fully certified teacher is available to
18 teach in a substitute capacity. A teacher holding an early
19 childhood certificate, an elementary certificate, a high
20 school certificate, or a special certificate may also
21 substitute teach in grades K-12 but only in the place of a
22 certified teacher who is under contract with the employing
23 board. A substitute teacher may teach only for a period not
24 to exceed 90 paid school days or 450 paid school hours in any
25 one school district in any one school term. Where such
26 teaching is partly on a daily and partly on an hourly basis,
27 a school day shall be considered as 5 hours. The teaching
28 limitations imposed by this subsection upon teachers holding
29 substitute certificates shall not apply in any school
30 district operating under Article 34.
31 (Source: P.A. 89-212, eff. 8-4-95.)
32 (105 ILCS 5/21-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-10)
33 Sec. 21-10. Provisional certificate.
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1 (A) (Blank). Until July 1, 1972, the State Teacher
2 Certification Board may issue a provisional certificate valid
3 for teaching in elementary, high school or special subject
4 fields subject to the following conditions:
5 A provisional certificate may be issued to a person who
6 presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
7 degree from a recognized institution of higher learning. The
8 academic and professional courses offered as a basis of the
9 provisional certificate shall be courses approved by the
10 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
11 Teacher Certification Board.
12 A certificate earned under this plan may be renewed at
13 the end of each two-year period upon evidence filed with the
14 State Teacher Certification Board that the holder has earned
15 8 semester hours of credit within the period; provided the
16 requirements for the certificate of the same type issued for
17 the teaching position for which the teacher is employed shall
18 be met by the end of the second renewal period. A second
19 provisional certificate shall not be issued. The credits so
20 earned must be approved by the State Board of Education in
21 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board and
22 must meet the general pattern for a similar type of
23 certificate issued on the basis of credit. No more than 4
24 semester hours shall be chosen from elective subjects.
25 (B) After July 1, 1972 and until January 1, 1999, the
26 State Teacher Certification Board may issue, and on and after
27 January 1, 1999 the Professional Teacher Standards Board may
28 issue, a provisional certificate valid for teaching in early
29 childhood, elementary, high school or special subject fields,
30 or for providing service as school service personnel or for
31 administering schools subject to the following conditions: A
32 provisional certificate may be issued to a person who meets
33 the requirements for a regular teaching, school service
34 personnel or administrative certificate in another State and
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1 who presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
2 degree from a recognized institution of higher learning. The
3 academic and professional courses offered as a basis of the
4 provisional certificate shall be courses approved by the
5 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
6 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
7 A certificate earned under this plan is valid for a period of
8 2 years and shall not be renewed; however, the individual to
9 whom this certificate is issued shall have passed or shall
10 pass the examinations set forth by the Professional Teacher
11 Standards Board State Board of Education within 9 months of
12 the date of issuance of the provisional certificate. Failure
13 to pass the tests, required in Section 21-1a, shall result in
14 the cancellation of the provisional certificate.
15 (C) The Professional Teacher Standards Board State
16 Teacher Certification Board may also issue a provisional
17 vocational certificate and a temporary provisional vocational
18 certificate.
19 (1) The requirements for a provisional vocational
20 certificate shall be determined by the Professional
21 Teacher Standards Board, State Board of Education in
22 consultation with the State Teacher Board; provided that,
23 as a minimum requirement, the person to whom the
24 certificate is to be issued has earned, the following
25 minimum requirements are met: (a) after July 1, 1972, at
26 least 30 semester hours of credit from a recognized
27 institution of higher learning; and (b) after July 1,
28 1974, at least 60 semester hours of credit from a
29 recognized institution of higher learning.
30 (2) The requirements for a temporary provisional
31 vocational certificate shall be determined by the
32 Professional Teacher Standards Board, State Board of
33 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
34 Certification Board; provided that, as a minimum
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1 requirement, the person to whom the certificate is to be
2 issued has, the following minimum requirements are met:
3 (a) after July 1, 1973, at least 4,000 hours of work
4 experience in the skill to be certified for teaching; and
5 (b) after July 1, 1975, at least 8,000 hours of work
6 experience in the skill to be certified for teaching.
7 Any certificate issued under the provisions of this
8 paragraph shall expire on June 30 following the date of
9 issue. Renewals may be granted on a yearly basis, but
10 shall not be granted to any person who does not file with
11 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
12 Certification Board a transcript showing at least 3
13 semester hours of credit earned during the previous year
14 in a recognized institution of learning. No such
15 certificate shall be issued except upon certification by
16 the employing board, subject to the approval of the
17 regional superintendent of schools, that no qualified
18 teacher holding a regular certificate or a provisional
19 vocational certificate is available and that actual
20 circumstances and need require such issuance.
21 The courses or work experience offered as a basis for the
22 issuance of the provisional vocational certificate or the
23 temporary provisional vocational certificate shall be
24 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
25 Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
26 Certification Board.
27 (D) Until July 1, 1972, the State Teacher Certification
28 Board may also issue a provisional foreign language
29 certificate valid for 4 years for teaching the foreign
30 language named therein in all grades of the common schools
31 and shall be issued to persons who have graduated from a
32 recognized institution of higher learning with not fewer than
33 120 semester hours of credit and who have met other
34 requirements as determined by the State Board of Education in
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1 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. If
2 the holder of a provisional foreign language certificate that
3 was issued under this subsection before July 1, 1972 has been
4 suspended because the holder of that provisional certificate
5 did not become is not a citizen of the United States within 6
6 years of the date of issuance of the original certificate,
7 such certificate shall remain be suspended by the regional
8 superintendent of schools of the region in which the holder
9 is engaged to teach and shall not be reinstated by the
10 Professional Teacher Standards Board until the holder is a
11 citizen of the United States.
12 (E) Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
13 contrary, the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
14 Teacher Certification Board shall issue part-time provisional
15 certificates to eligible individuals who are professionals
16 and craftsmen.
17 The requirements for a part-time provisional teachers
18 certificate shall be determined by the Professional Teacher
19 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
20 the State Teacher Certification Board, provided the following
21 minimum requirements are met: 60 semester hours of credit
22 from a recognized institution of higher learning or 4000
23 hours of work experience in the skill to be certified for
24 teaching.
25 A part-time provisional certificate may be issued for
26 teaching no more than 2 courses of study for grades 6 through
27 12.
28 A part-time provisional teachers certificate shall be
29 valid for 2 years and may be renewed at the end of each 2
30 year period.
31 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
32 (105 ILCS 5/21-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11)
33 Sec. 21-11. General Certificate. The Professional Teacher
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1 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board may issue a
2 general certificate for part-time teachers of adult education
3 subjects. Such certificates shall be for teaching in the
4 subject or subjects named on the certificate.
5 The requirement for this certificate is determined by the
6 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
7 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
8 This certificate may be issued by the Professional
9 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board
10 upon the request of the board employing such teacher and the
11 approval of the regional superintendent of schools of the
12 region in which the teaching is done.
13 Any teacher who holds any other valid certificate for
14 teaching in the public schools of Illinois may teach
15 noncredit courses assigned by the superintendent of schools
16 upon the authority of the board of education.
17 (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
18 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1)
19 Sec. 21-11.1. Certificates for equivalent
20 qualifications. An applicant who holds or is eligible to hold
21 a teacher's certificate or license under the laws of another
22 state or territory of the United States may be granted a
23 corresponding teacher's certificate in Illinois on the
24 written authorization of the Professional Teacher Standards
25 Board State Board of Education and the State Teacher
26 Certification Board upon the following conditions:
27 (1) That the applicant is at least 19 years of age,
28 is of good character, good health and a citizen of the
29 United States; and
30 (2) That the requirements for a similar teacher's
31 certificate in the particular state or territory were, at
32 the date of issuance of the certificate, substantially
33 equal to the requirements in force at the time the
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1 application is made for the certificate in this State.
2 After January 1, 1988, in addition to satisfying the
3 foregoing conditions and requirements, an applicant for a
4 corresponding teaching certificate in Illinois also shall be
5 required to pass the examinations required under the
6 provisions of Section 21-1a as directed by the Professional
7 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education.
8 In determining good character under this Section, any
9 felony conviction of the applicant may be taken into
10 consideration, but the conviction shall not operate as a bar
11 to registration.
12 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
13 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
14 Certification Board shall prescribe rules and regulations
15 establishing the similarity of certificates in other states
16 and the standards for determining the equivalence of
17 requirements.
18 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
19 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2)
20 Sec. 21-11.2. Additional certificates; experienced
21 employed teachers. Experienced certified teachers employed
22 in Illinois public or private elementary and secondary
23 schools seeking additional teaching certificates as provided
24 in Sections 21-2.1, 21-3, 21-4, and 21-5 may submit an
25 application for evaluation of credentials to the Professional
26 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
27 Individuals obtaining a certificate by transcript evaluation
28 shall meet the minimum requirements for the certificate as
29 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
30 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the State
31 Teacher Certification Board.
32 (Source: P.A. 82-911.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3)
2 Sec. 21-11.3. Resident teacher certificate. A resident
3 teacher certificate shall be valid for 2 years for employment
4 as a resident teacher in a public school. It shall be issued
5 only to persons who have graduated from a recognized
6 institution of higher education with a bachelor's degree, who
7 are enrolled in a program of preparation approved by the
8 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
9 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
10 Certification Board, and who have passed the appropriate
11 tests as required in Section 21-1a and as determined by the
12 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
13 Education. A resident teacher certificate may be issued for
14 teaching children through grade 3 or for grades K-9, 6-12, or
15 K-12 in a special subject area and may not be renewed. A
16 resident teacher may teach only in conjunction with and under
17 the direction of a certified teacher and shall not teach in
18 place of a certified teacher.
19 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
20 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.4)
21 Sec. 21-11.4. Illinois Teacher Corps.
22 (a) The General Assembly finds and determines that (i)
23 it is important to encourage the entry of qualified
24 professionals into elementary and secondary teaching as a
25 second career; and (ii) there are a number of individuals who
26 have bachelors' degrees, experience in the work force, and an
27 interest in serving youth that creates a special talent pool
28 with great potential for enriching the lives of Illinois
29 children as teachers. To provide this talent pool with the
30 opportunity to serve children as teachers, school districts,
31 colleges, and universities are encouraged, as part of the
32 public policy of this State, to enter into collaborative
33 programs to educate and induct these non-traditional
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1 candidates into the teaching profession. To facilitate the
2 certification of such candidates, the Professional Teacher
3 Standards Board State Board of Education, in consultation
4 with the State Teacher Certification Board, shall assist
5 institutions of higher education and school districts with
6 the implementation of the Illinois Teacher Corps.
7 (b) Individuals who wish to become candidates for the
8 Illinois Teacher Corps program must earn a resident teacher
9 certificate as defined in Section 21-11.3, including:
10 (1) graduation from a recognized institution of
11 higher education with a bachelor's degree and at least a
12 3.00 out of a 4.00 grade point average;
13 (2) a minimum of 5 years of professional experience
14 in the area the candidate wishes to teach;
15 (3) passing the examinations required by the
16 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
17 Education;
18 (4) enrollment in a Masters of Education Degree
19 program approved by the Professional Teacher Standards
20 Board State Superintendent of Education in consultation
21 with the State Teacher Certification Board; and
22 (5) completion of a 6 week summer intensive teacher
23 preparation course which is the first component of the
24 Masters Degree program.
25 (c) School districts may hire an Illinois Teacher Corps
26 candidate after the candidate has received his or her
27 resident teacher certificate. The school district has the
28 responsibility of ensuring that the candidates receive the
29 supports necessary to become qualified, competent and
30 productive teachers. To be eligible to participate in the
31 Illinois Teacher Corps program, school districts must provide
32 a minimum of the following supports to the candidates:
33 (1) a salary and benefits package as negotiated
34 through the teacher contracts;
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1 (2) a mentor certified teacher who will provide
2 guidance to one or more candidates under a program
3 developed collaboratively by the school district and
4 university;
5 (3) at least quarterly evaluations performed of
6 each candidate jointly by the mentor teacher and the
7 principal of the school or the principal's designee; and
8 (4) a written and signed document from the school
9 district outlining the support the district intends to
10 provide to the candidates, for approval by the
11 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
12 Certification Board.
13 (d) Illinois institutions of higher education shall work
14 collaboratively with school districts and the Professional
15 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board to
16 academically prepare the candidates for the teaching
17 profession. To be eligible to participate, the College or
18 School of Education of a participating Illinois institution
19 of higher education must develop a curriculum that provides,
20 upon completion, a Masters Degree in Education for the
21 candidates. The Masters Degree program must:
22 (1) receive approval from the Professional Teacher
23 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board; and
24 (2) take no longer than 3 summers and 2 academic
25 years to complete, and balance the needs and time
26 constraints of the candidates.
27 (e) Upon successful completion of the Masters Degree
28 program, the candidate receives an Initial Teaching
29 Certificate in the State of Illinois.
30 (f) If an individual wishes to become a candidate in the
31 Illinois Teacher Corps program, but does not possess 5 years
32 of professional experience, the individual may qualify for
33 the program by participating in a one year internship
34 teacher preparation program with a school district. The one
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1 year internship shall be developed collaboratively by the
2 school district and the Illinois institution of higher
3 education, and shall be approved by the Professional Teacher
4 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
5 (g) The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
6 of Education is authorized to award grants to school
7 districts that seek to prepare candidates for the teaching
8 profession who have bachelors' degrees and professional work
9 experience in subjects relevant to teaching fields, but who
10 do not have formal preparation for teaching. Grants may be
11 made to school districts for up to $3,000 per candidate when
12 the school district, in cooperation with a public or private
13 university and the school district's teacher bargaining unit,
14 develop a program designed to prepare teachers pursuant to
15 the Illinois Teacher Corps program under this Section.
16 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
17 (105 ILCS 5/21-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-12)
18 Sec. 21-12. Printing of; Seal; Signature; Credentials.
19 All certificates shall be printed by and bear the seal of the
20 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
21 Certification Board and the signatures of the chairperson
22 chairman and of the secretary of that the Board. All college
23 credentials offered as the basis of a certificate shall be
24 presented to the secretary of the Professional Teacher
25 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board for
26 inspection and approval. After January 1, 1964, each
27 application for a certificate or evaluation of credentials
28 shall be accompanied by an evaluation fee of $20 which is not
29 refundable.
30 Commencing January 1, 1994, an additional $10 shall be
31 charged for each application for a certificate or evaluation
32 of credentials which is not refundable. There is hereby
33 created a Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund as a special
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1 fund within the State Treasury. The proceeds of the
2 additional $10 fee shall be paid into the Teacher Certificate
3 Fee Revolving Fund; and the moneys in that Fund shall be
4 appropriated to the Professional Teacher Standards Board and
5 used by that Board to provide the technology and other
6 resources necessary for the timely and efficient processing
7 of certification requests.
8 When evaluation verifies the requirements for a valid
9 certificate, the applicant shall be issued an entitlement
10 card that may be presented to a regional superintendent of
11 schools together with a fee of one dollar for issuance of a
12 certificate.
13 The applicant shall be notified of any deficiencies.
14 (Source: P.A. 88-224.)
15 (105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
16 Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
17 (a) A limited four-year certificate or a certificate
18 issued after July 1, 1955, shall be renewable at its
19 expiration or within 60 days thereafter by the county
20 superintendent of schools having supervision and control over
21 the school where the teacher is teaching upon certified
22 evidence of meeting the requirements for renewal as required
23 by this Act and prescribed by the Professional Teacher
24 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
25 the State Teacher Certification Board. An elementary
26 supervisory certificate shall not be renewed at the end of
27 the first four-year period covered by the certificate unless
28 the holder thereof has filed certified evidence with the
29 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
30 Certification Board that he has a master's degree or that he
31 has earned 8 semester hours of credit in the field of
32 educational administration and supervision in a recognized
33 institution of higher learning. The holder shall continue to
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1 earn 8 semester hours of credit each four-year period until
2 such time as he has earned a master's degree.
3 All certificates not renewed or registered as herein
4 provided shall lapse after a period of 4 years from the
5 expiration of the last year of registration. Such
6 certificates may be reinstated for a one year period upon
7 payment of all accumulated registration fees. Such
8 reinstated certificates shall only be renewed: (1) by earning
9 5 semester hours of credit in a recognized institution of
10 higher learning in the field of professional education or in
11 courses related to the holder's contractual teaching duties;
12 or (2) by presenting evidence of holding a valid regular
13 certificate of some other type. Any certificate may be
14 voluntarily surrendered by the certificate holder. A
15 voluntarily surrendered certificate shall be treated as a
16 revoked certificate.
17 (b) When those teaching certificates issued before
18 January 1, 1999 are renewed for the first time after January
19 1, 1999, all such teaching certificates shall be exchanged
20 for Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in subsection
21 (c) of Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard Teaching
22 Certificates, including those issued to persons who
23 previously held teaching certificates issued before January
24 1, 1999, shall be renewable under the conditions set forth in
25 this subsection (b).
26 Initial Teaching Certificates are valid for 4 years and
27 are nonrenewable. Standard Teaching Certificates are
28 renewable every 5 years as provided in subsection (c) of
29 Section 21-2.
30 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
31 (105 ILCS 5/21-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-16)
32 Sec. 21-16. Fees; Requirement for registration. Every
33 applicant when issued a certificate shall pay to the regional
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1 superintendent of schools a fee of $1, which shall be paid
2 into the institute fund. Every certificate issued under the
3 provisions of this Act shall be registered annually or, at
4 the option of the holder of the certificate, once every 3
5 years. The regional superintendent of schools having
6 supervision and control over the school where the teaching is
7 done shall register the certificate before the holder begins
8 to teach, otherwise it shall be registered in any county in
9 the State of Illinois; and one fee of $4 per year for
10 registration or renewal of one or more certificates which
11 have been issued to the same holder shall be paid into the
12 institute fund.
13 Requirements for registration of any certificate limited
14 in time shall include evidence of professional growth defined
15 as successful teaching experience since last registration of
16 certificate, attendance at professional meetings, membership
17 in professional organizations, additional credits earned in
18 recognized teacher-training institutions, travel specifically
19 for educational experience, reading of professional books and
20 periodicals, filing all reports as required by the regional
21 superintendent of schools and the State Superintendent of
22 Education or such other professional experience or
23 combination of experiences as are presented by the teacher
24 and are approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
25 State Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
26 State Teacher Certification Board. A duplicate certificate
27 may be issued to the holder of a valid life certificate or
28 valid certificate limited in time by the Professional Teacher
29 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education; however,
30 it shall only be issued upon request of a regional
31 superintendent of schools and upon payment to the regional
32 superintendent of schools who requests such duplicate a fee
33 of $4.
34 (Source: P.A. 87-745.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-17)
2 Sec. 21-17. Fee for original and duplicate certificate.
3 A duplicate certificate shall be issued by the Professional
4 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education
5 when requested by the regional superintendent of schools as
6 provided in Section 21-16. The request for a duplicate
7 certificate shall be accompanied by a fee of $4.
8 (Source: P.A. 81-940.)
9 (105 ILCS 5/21-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-19)
10 Sec. 21-19. Annual report by certificate holder. The
11 holder of any certificate, shall annually within 30 days
12 after assuming the duties of any teaching position report to
13 the regional superintendent having supervision and control
14 over the school where the teacher is employed information
15 relative to training, experience, salary and other data
16 required by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
17 Board of Education. The reports shall be collected in the
18 office of the regional superintendent and filed with the
19 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
20 Education.
21 (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
22 (105 ILCS 5/21-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-21)
23 Sec. 21-21. Definitions; Granting of recognition).
24 "Recognized", as used in this Article in connection with the
25 word "school" or "institution", means such school, college,
26 university, private junior college, public community college
27 or special or technical school as maintains an equipment,
28 course of study, a standard of scholarship and other
29 requirements set by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
30 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
31 Teacher Certification Board. Application for recognition of
32 such school or institution as a teacher training institution
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1 shall be made to the Professional Teacher Standards Board
2 State Board of Education. The Professional Teacher Standards
3 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
4 Teacher Certification Board shall set the criteria by which
5 the school or institution shall be judged and through the
6 secretary of that the Board shall arrange for an official
7 inspection and shall grant recognition of such school or
8 institution as may meet the required standards. If such
9 standards include requirements with regard to education in
10 acquiring skills in working with culturally distinctive
11 students, as defined by the Professional Teacher Standards
12 Board State Board of Education, then the rules of the
13 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
14 shall include the criteria used to evaluate compliance with
15 this requirement. No school or institution shall make
16 assignments of student teachers or teachers for practice
17 teaching so as to promote segregation on the basis of race,
18 creed, color, religion, sex or national origin.
19 All courses listed or credentials required as the basis
20 of any certificate or for its renewal shall be the equivalent
21 of courses offered by a recognized teacher training
22 institution. The Professional Teacher Standards Board State
23 Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
24 Certification Board shall have the power to define a major or
25 minor when used as a basis for recognition and certification
26 purposes.
27 (Source: P.A. 84-793.)
28 (105 ILCS 5/21-21.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-21.1)
29 Sec. 21-21.1. Denial of recommendation for
30 certification. Each college or university providing a
31 teacher education program approved and recognized pursuant to
32 the provisions of this Article shall establish procedures and
33 standards to assure that no student is denied the opportunity
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1 to receive the institutional recommendation for certification
2 for reasons which are not directly related to the candidate's
3 anticipated performance as a certificated employee. Such
4 standards and procedures shall include the specific criteria
5 used by the institution for admission, retention, and
6 recommendation for certification, periodic evaluations of the
7 candidate's progress toward an institutional recommendation,
8 counseling and other supportive services to correct any
9 deficiencies which are considered remedial, and provisions to
10 assure that no person is discriminated against on the basis
11 of race, color, national origin or a disability unrelated to
12 the person's ability to perform as a certificated employee.
13 Each institution shall also establish a grievance procedure
14 for those candidates who are denied the institutional
15 recommendation for certification. Within 10 days of
16 notification of such denial, the college or university shall
17 notify the candidate, in writing, of the reasons for the
18 denial of recommendation for certification. Within 30 days
19 of notification of the denial, the candidate may request the
20 college or university to review the denial. If, after an
21 additional 30 days to complete such review, the candidate is
22 denied recommendation for certification, the candidate may
23 appeal to the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
24 Teacher Certification Board within 10 days of notification
25 for a review of the institution's decision. The candidate
26 shall have the right to be present at any such review, to
27 present evidence, and to be represented by counsel. Upon
28 such review the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
29 Teacher Certification Board shall take recommend appropriate
30 action to the State Superintendent of Education. Each
31 institution's standards and procedures, including the
32 criteria for admission, retention, and the institutional
33 recommendation for certification, and the institution's
34 grievance procedures, shall be subject to approval by the
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1 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
2 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
3 Certification Board. Each applicant to the institution's
4 teacher education program shall be provided with a copy of
5 the procedures established pursuant to this Section.
6 (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
7 (105 ILCS 5/21-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23)
8 Sec. 21-23. Suspension or revocation of certificate.
9 (a) Any certificate issued pursuant to this Article,
10 including but not limited to any administrative certificate
11 or endorsement, may be suspended for a period not to exceed
12 one calendar year by the regional superintendent or for a
13 period not to exceed 5 calendar years by the State
14 Superintendent of Education upon evidence of immorality, a
15 condition of health detrimental to the welfare of pupils,
16 incompetency, unprofessional conduct, the neglect of any
17 professional duty, willful failure to report an instance of
18 suspected child abuse or neglect as required by the Abused
19 and Neglected Child Reporting Act, failure to establish
20 satisfactory repayment on an educational loan guaranteed by
21 the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, or other just
22 cause. Unprofessional conduct shall include refusal to
23 attend or participate in, institutes, teachers' meetings,
24 professional readings, or to meet other reasonable
25 requirements of the regional superintendent or State
26 Superintendent of Education. Unprofessional conduct also
27 includes conduct that violates the standards, ethics, or
28 rules applicable to the security, administration, monitoring,
29 or scoring of, or the reporting of scores from, any
30 assessment test or the Prairie State Achievement Examination
31 administered under Section 2-3.64 or that is known or
32 intended to produce or report manipulated or artificial,
33 rather than actual, assessment or achievement results or
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1 gains from the administration of those tests or examinations.
2 It shall also include neglect or unnecessary delay in making
3 of statistical and other reports required by school officers.
4 The regional superintendent or State Superintendent of
5 Education shall upon receipt of evidence of immorality, a
6 condition of health detrimental to the welfare of pupils,
7 incompetency, unprofessional conduct, the neglect of any
8 professional duty or other just cause serve written notice to
9 the individual and afford the individual opportunity for a
10 hearing prior to suspension. If a hearing is requested
11 within 10 days of notice of opportunity for hearing it shall
12 act as a stay of proceedings not to exceed 30 days. No
13 certificate shall be suspended until the teacher has an
14 opportunity for a hearing at the educational service region.
15 When a certificate is suspended, the right of appeal shall
16 lie to the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
17 Certification Board. When an appeal is taken within 10 days
18 after notice of suspension it shall act as a stay of
19 proceedings not to exceed 60 days. If a certificate is
20 suspended for a period greater than one year, the State
21 Superintendent of Education shall review the suspension prior
22 to the expiration of that period to determine whether the
23 cause for the suspension has been remedied or continues to
24 exist. Upon determining that the cause for suspension has
25 not abated, the State Superintendent of Education may order
26 that the suspension be continued for an appropriate period.
27 Nothing in this Section prohibits the continuance of such a
28 suspension for an indefinite period if the State
29 Superintendent determines that the cause for the suspension
30 remains unabated. Any certificate may be revoked for the
31 same reasons as for suspension by the State Superintendent of
32 Education. No certificate shall be revoked until the teacher
33 has an opportunity for a hearing before the Professional
34 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board,
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1 which hearing must be held within 60 days from the date the
2 appeal is taken.
3 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board may
4 refuse to issue or may suspend the certificate of any person
5 who fails to file a return, or to pay the tax, penalty or
6 interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any final
7 assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as required by any
8 tax Act administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue,
9 until such time as the requirements of any such tax Act are
10 satisfied.
11 (b) Any certificate issued pursuant to this Article may
12 be suspended for an appropriate length of time as determined
13 by either the regional superintendent or State Superintendent
14 of Education upon evidence that the holder of the certificate
15 has been named as a perpetrator in an indicated report filed
16 pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act,
17 approved June 26, 1975, as amended, and upon proof by clear
18 and convincing evidence that the licensee has caused a child
19 to be an abused child or neglected child as defined in that
20 the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
21 The regional superintendent or State Superintendent of
22 Education shall, upon receipt of evidence that the
23 certificate holder has been named a perpetrator in any
24 indicated report, serve written notice to the individual and
25 afford the individual opportunity for a hearing prior to
26 suspension. If a hearing is requested within 10 days of
27 notice of opportunity for hearing, it shall act as a stay of
28 proceedings not to exceed 30 days. No certificate shall be
29 suspended until the teacher has an opportunity for a hearing
30 at the educational service region. When a certificate is
31 suspended, the right of appeal shall lie to the Professional
32 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
33 When an appeal is taken within 10 days after notice of
34 suspension it shall act as a stay of proceedings not to
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1 exceed 60 days. The State Superintendent may revoke any
2 certificate upon proof at hearing by clear and convincing
3 evidence that the certificate holder has caused a child to be
4 an abused child or neglected child as defined in the Abused
5 and Neglected Child Reporting Act. No certificate shall be
6 revoked until the teacher has an opportunity for a hearing
7 before the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
8 Certification Board, which hearing must be held within 60
9 days from the date the appeal is taken.
10 (c) The State Superintendent of Education or a person
11 designated by him shall have the power to administer oaths to
12 witnesses at any hearing conducted before the Professional
13 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board
14 pursuant to this Section. The State Superintendent of
15 Education or a person designated by him is authorized to
16 subpoena and bring before the Professional Teacher Standards
17 Board State Teacher Certification Board any person in this
18 State and to take testimony either orally or by deposition or
19 by exhibit, with the same fees and mileage and in the same
20 manner as prescribed by law in judicial proceedings in the
21 civil cases in circuit courts of this State.
22 Any circuit court, upon the application of the State
23 Superintendent of Education, may, by order duly entered,
24 require the attendance of witnesses and the production of
25 relevant books and papers at any hearing the State
26 Superintendent of Education is authorized to conduct pursuant
27 to this Section, and the court may compel obedience to its
28 orders by proceedings for contempt.
29 (d) As used in this Section, "teacher" means any school
30 district employee regularly required to be certified, as
31 provided in this Article, in order to teach or supervise in
32 the public schools.
33 (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-23b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23b)
2 Sec. 21-23b. Conviction of felony.
3 (a) Whenever the holder of any certificate issued under
4 this Article is employed by the school board of any school
5 district, including a special charter district or school
6 district organized under Article 34, and is convicted, either
7 after a bench trial, trial by jury, or plea of guilty, of any
8 offense for which a sentence to death or a term of
9 imprisonment in a penitentiary for one year or more is
10 provided, the school board shall promptly notify the
11 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
12 in writing of the name of the certificate holder, the fact of
13 the conviction, and the name and location of the court in
14 which the conviction occurred.
15 (b) Whenever the Professional Teacher Standards Board
16 State Board of Education receives notice of a conviction
17 under subsection (a) or otherwise learns that any person who
18 is a "teacher" as that term is defined in Section 16-106 of
19 the Illinois Pension Code has been convicted, either after a
20 bench trial, trial by jury, or plea of guilty, of any offense
21 for which a sentence to death or a term of imprisonment in a
22 penitentiary for one year or more is provided, the
23 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
24 shall promptly notify in writing the board of trustees of the
25 Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, and the
26 board of trustees of the Public School Teachers' Pension and
27 Retirement Fund of the City of Chicago, and the State Board
28 of Education of the name of the certificate holder or
29 teacher, the fact of the conviction, the name and location of
30 the court in which the conviction occurred, and the number
31 assigned in that court to the case in which the conviction
32 occurred.
33 (Source: P.A. 87-1001.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-24) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-24)
2 Sec. 21-24. Administrative Review Law. The provisions of
3 the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and
4 modifications thereof and the rules adopted pursuant thereto,
5 shall apply to and govern all proceedings instituted for the
6 judicial review of final administrative decisions of the
7 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
8 Education, the State Teacher Certification Board, and the
9 regional superintendent of schools under this Article. The
10 term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101
11 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The commencement of any
12 action for review shall operate as a stay of enforcement and
13 no action based on any decision of the Professional Teacher
14 Standards Board State Board of Education, State Teacher
15 Certification Board or the regional superintendent of schools
16 shall be taken pending final disposition of such review.
17 (Source: P.A. 84-551.)
18 (105 ILCS 5/21-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-25)
19 Sec. 21-25. School service personnel certificate.
20 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, a school service
21 personnel certificate shall be issued to those applicants of
22 good character, good health, a citizen of the United States
23 and at least 19 years of age who have a bachelor's degree
24 with not fewer than 120 semester hours from a recognized
25 institution of higher learning and who meets the requirements
26 established by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
27 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the State
28 Teacher Certification Board. A school service personnel
29 certificate with a school nurse endorsement may be issued to
30 a person who holds a bachelor of science degree from an
31 institution of higher learning accredited by the North
32 Central Association or other comparable regional accrediting
33 association.
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1 Such certificate shall be endorsed with the area of
2 service as determined by the Professional Teacher Standards
3 Board State Superintendent of Education in consultation with
4 the State Teacher Certification Board.
5 The holder of such certificate shall be entitled to all
6 of the rights and privileges granted holders of a valid
7 teaching certificate, including teacher benefits,
8 compensation and working conditions.
9 When the holder of such certificate has earned a master's
10 degree, including 8 semester hours of graduate professional
11 education from a recognized institution of higher learning,
12 and has at least 2 years of successful school experience
13 while holding such certificate, the certificate may be
14 endorsed for supervision.
15 (Source: P.A. 88-386.)
16 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5)
17 Sec. 34-18.5. Criminal background investigations.
18 (a) After August 1, 1985, certified and noncertified
19 applicants for employment with the school district are
20 required as a condition of employment to authorize an
21 investigation to determine if such applicants have been
22 convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses
23 in subsection (c) of this Section. Authorization for the
24 investigation shall be furnished by the applicant to the
25 school district, except that if the applicant is a substitute
26 teacher seeking employment in more than one school district,
27 or a teacher seeking concurrent part-time employment
28 positions with more than one school district (as a reading
29 specialist, special education teacher or otherwise), or an
30 educational support personnel employee seeking employment
31 positions with more than one district, any such district may
32 require the applicant to furnish authorization for the
33 investigation to the regional superintendent of the
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1 educational service region in which are located the school
2 districts in which the applicant is seeking employment as a
3 substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
4 educational support personnel employee. Upon receipt of this
5 authorization, the school district or the appropriate
6 regional superintendent, as the case may be, shall submit the
7 applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth and social
8 security number to the Department of State Police on forms
9 prescribed by the Department. The regional superintendent
10 submitting the requisite information to the Department of
11 State Police shall promptly notify the school districts in
12 which the applicant is seeking employment as a substitute or
13 concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent educational
14 support personnel employee that the investigation of the
15 applicant has been requested. The Department of State Police
16 shall conduct an investigation to ascertain if the applicant
17 being considered for employment has been convicted of any of
18 the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c).
19 The Department shall charge the school district or the
20 appropriate regional superintendent a fee for conducting such
21 investigation, which fee shall be deposited in the State
22 Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the cost of the
23 inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a fee for
24 such investigation by the school district or by the regional
25 superintendent. The regional superintendent may seek
26 reimbursement from the State Board of Education or the
27 appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
28 regional superintendent to the Department for the criminal
29 background investigations required by this Section.
30 (b) The Department shall furnish, pursuant to positive
31 identification, records of convictions, until expunged, to
32 the president of the board of education for the school
33 district which requested the investigation, or to the
34 regional superintendent who requested the investigation. Any
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1 information concerning the record of convictions obtained by
2 the president of the board of education or the regional
3 superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
4 transmitted to the general superintendent of the school
5 district or his designee, the appropriate regional
6 superintendent if the investigation was requested by the
7 board of education for the school district, the presidents of
8 the appropriate board of education or school boards if the
9 investigation was requested from the Department of State
10 Police by the regional superintendent, the State
11 Superintendent of Education, the Professional Teacher
12 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board or any
13 other person necessary to the decision of hiring the
14 applicant for employment. A copy of the record of convictions
15 obtained from the Department of State Police shall be
16 provided to the applicant for employment. If an investigation
17 of an applicant for employment as a substitute or concurrent
18 part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel
19 employee in more than one school district was requested by
20 the regional superintendent, and the Department of State
21 Police upon investigation ascertains that the applicant has
22 not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
23 offenses in subsection (c) and so notifies the regional
24 superintendent, then the regional superintendent shall issue
25 to the applicant a certificate evidencing that as of the date
26 specified by the Department of State Police the applicant has
27 not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
28 offenses in subsection (c). The school board of any school
29 district located in the educational service region served by
30 the regional superintendent who issues such a certificate to
31 an applicant for employment as a substitute or concurrent
32 part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel
33 employee in more than one such district may rely on the
34 certificate issued by the regional superintendent to that
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1 applicant, or may initiate its own investigation of the
2 applicant through the Department of State Police as provided
3 in subsection (a). Any person who releases any confidential
4 information concerning any criminal convictions of an
5 applicant for employment shall be guilty of a Class A
6 misdemeanor, unless the release of such information is
7 authorized by this Section.
8 (c) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
9 person who has been convicted for committing attempted first
10 degree murder or for committing or attempting to commit first
11 degree murder or a Class X felony or any one or more of the
12 following offenses: (i) those defined in Sections 11-6,
13 11-9, 11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19,
14 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-13, 12-14,
15 12-14.1, 12-15 and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961; (ii)
16 those defined in the Cannabis Control Act, except those
17 defined in Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act; (iii)
18 those defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act; and
19 (iv) any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
20 against the laws of the United States, which if committed or
21 attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
22 more of the foregoing offenses. Further, the board of
23 education shall not knowingly employ a person who has been
24 found to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of
25 any minor under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under
26 Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
27 (d) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
28 person for whom a criminal background investigation has not
29 been initiated.
30 (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a
31 finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate issued
32 pursuant to Article 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the
33 School Code, the board of education or the State
34 Superintendent of Education shall initiate the certificate
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1 suspension and revocation proceedings authorized by law.
2 (f) After March 19, 1990, the provisions of this Section
3 shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
4 contracts with any school district including, but not limited
5 to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
6 transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
7 the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
8 criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
9 firms holding contracts with more than one school district
10 and assigned to more than one school district, the regional
11 superintendent of the educational service region in which the
12 contracting school districts are located may, at the request
13 of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
14 authorization for investigation prepared by each such
15 employee and submitting the same to the Department of State
16 Police. Any information concerning the record of conviction
17 of any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
18 shall be promptly reported to the president of the
19 appropriate school board or school boards.
20 (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96;
21 89-610, eff. 8-6-96; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
22 (105 ILCS 5/34-83) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-83)
23 Sec. 34-83. Board of examiners - Certificates -
24 Examinations. A board of 3 examiners shall examine all
25 applicants required to hold certificates to teach and the
26 board of education shall issue gratuitously to those who pass
27 a required test of character, scholarship and general
28 fitness, such certificates to teach as they are found
29 entitled to receive. No person may be granted or continue to
30 hold a teaching certificate who has knowingly altered or
31 misrepresented his or her teaching qualifications in order to
32 acquire the certificate. Any other certificate held by such
33 person may be suspended or revoked by the board of examiners,
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1 depending upon the severity of the alteration or
2 misrepresentation. The board of examiners shall consist of
3 the general superintendent of schools and 2 persons approved
4 and appointed by the board of education upon the nomination
5 of the general superintendent of schools. The board of
6 examiners shall hold such examinations as the board of
7 education may prescribe, upon the recommendation of the
8 general superintendent of schools and shall prepare all
9 necessary eligible lists, which shall be kept in the office
10 of the general superintendent of schools and be open to
11 public inspection. Members of the board of examiners shall
12 hold office for a term of 2 years.
13 The board of examiners created herein is abolished
14 effective July 1, 1988. Commencing July 1, 1988, all new
15 teachers employed by the board shall hold teaching
16 certificates issued by the State Teacher Certification Board
17 under Article 21. The State Board of Education in
18 consultation with the board of examiners and the State
19 Teacher Certification Board shall develop procedures whereby
20 Teachers currently holding valid certificates issued by the
21 board of examiners prior to its abolition, and all teachers
22 employed by the board after August 1, 1985 and prior to July
23 1, 1988, shall no later than July 1, 1988 exchange
24 certificates issued by the board of examiners for comparable
25 certificates issued under Article 21 by the State Teacher
26 Certification Board. On the exchange of a certificate on or
27 before July 1, 1988, the State Teacher Certification Board
28 shall not require any additional qualifications for the
29 issuance of the comparable certificate are not required. If
30 prior to July 1, 1988 the board of examiners has issued types
31 of teaching certificates which are not comparable to the
32 types of certificates issued under Article 21 by the State
33 Teacher Certification Board, such certificates shall continue
34 to be valid for and shall be renewable by the holders
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1 thereof, and no additional qualifications shall be required
2 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
3 Certification Board for any such renewal.
4 The State Board of Education shall report by July 1,
5 1986, to the Illinois General Assembly on the procedures for
6 exchange it has developed in consultation with the board of
7 examiners and the State Teacher Certification Board as
8 required in this Section.
9 (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
10 Section 10. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
11 is amended by changing Section 65.20 as follows:
12 (110 ILCS 947/65.20)
13 Sec. 65.20. Science-mathematics teacher scholarships.
14 (a) The Commission may annually award a number of
15 scholarships, not to exceed 200, to persons holding valid
16 teaching certificates issued under Article 21 of the School
17 Code. Such scholarships shall be issued to teachers who make
18 application to the Commission and who agree to take courses
19 at qualified institutions of higher learning that will
20 prepare them to teach science or mathematics at the secondary
21 school level.
22 (b) Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be
23 issued pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commission;
24 provided that no rule or regulation promulgated by the State
25 Board of Education prior to the effective date of this
26 amendatory Act of 1993 pursuant to the exercise of any right,
27 power, duty, responsibility or matter of pending business
28 transferred from the State Board of Education to the
29 Commission under this Section shall be affected thereby, and
30 all such rules and regulations shall become the rules and
31 regulations of the Commission until modified or changed by
32 the Commission in accordance with law. In awarding
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1 scholarships, the Commission shall give priority to those
2 teachers with the greatest amount of seniority within school
3 districts.
4 (c) Each scholarship shall be utilized by its holder for
5 the payment of tuition at any qualified institution of higher
6 learning. Such tuition shall be available only for courses
7 that will enable the teacher to be certified to teach science
8 or mathematics at the secondary school level. The Commission,
9 in consultation with the Professional Teacher Standards Board
10 State Teacher Certification Board, shall determine which
11 courses are eligible for tuition payments under this Section.
12 (d) The Commission shall make tuition payments directly
13 to the qualified institution of higher learning which the
14 teacher attends for the courses prescribed or may make
15 payments to the teacher. Any teacher who receives payments
16 and who fails to enroll in the courses prescribed shall
17 refund the payments to the Commission.
18 (e) Following the completion of the program of study,
19 the teacher must accept employment within 2 years in a
20 secondary school in Illinois within 60 miles of the teacher's
21 residence to teach science or mathematics; provided, however,
22 that the teacher instead may elect to accept employment
23 within such 2 year period to teach science or mathematics in
24 a secondary school in Illinois which is more than 60 miles
25 from the teacher's residence. Teachers who fail to comply
26 with this provision shall refund all of the scholarship
27 awarded to the Commission, whether payments were made
28 directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the
29 teachers, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by
30 all scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is
31 awarded. No teacher shall be required to refund tuition
32 payments if his or her failure to obtain employment as a
33 mathematics or science teacher in a secondary school is the
34 result of financial conditions within school districts. The
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1 rules and regulations promulgated as provided in this Section
2 shall include provisions regarding the waiving and deferral
3 of such payments.
4 (f) The Commission, with the cooperation of the State
5 Board of Education, shall assist teachers who have
6 participated in the scholarship program established by this
7 Section in finding employment to teach science or
8 mathematics at the secondary level.
9 (g) This Section is substantially the same as Section
10 30-4b of the School Code, which Section is repealed by this
11 amendatory Act of 1993, and shall be construed as a
12 continuation of the science-mathematics teacher scholarship
13 program established by that prior law, and not as a new or
14 different science-mathematics teacher scholarship program.
15 The State Board of Education shall transfer to the
16 Commission, as the successor to the State Board of Education
17 for all purposes of administering and implementing the
18 provisions of this Section, all books, accounts, records,
19 papers, documents, contracts, agreements, and pending
20 business in any way relating to the science-mathematics
21 teacher scholarship program continued under this Section; and
22 all scholarships at any time awarded under that program by,
23 and all applications for any such scholarships at any time
24 made to, the State Board of Education shall be unaffected by
25 the transfer to the Commission of all responsibility for the
26 administration and implementation of the science-mathematics
27 teacher scholarship program continued under this Section.
28 The State Board of Education shall furnish to the Commission
29 such other information as the Commission may request to
30 assist it in administering this Section.
31 (h) Appropriations for the scholarships outlined in this
32 Section shall be made to the Commission from funds
33 appropriated by the General Assembly.
34 (i) For the purposes of this Section:
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1 "Qualified institution of higher learning" means the
2 University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago
3 State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors
4 State University, Illinois State University, Northeastern
5 Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Western
6 Illinois University, and the public community colleges
7 subject to the Public Community College Act.
8 "Secondary school level" means grades 9 through 12 or a
9 portion of such grades.
10 (Source: P.A. 88-228; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-4, eff.
11 1-1-96.)
12 Section 15. The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act is
13 amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
14 (225 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 5354)
15 Sec. 4. Application of Act.
16 (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
17 activities of and services of a student, intern or resident
18 in psychology seeking to fulfill educational requirements or
19 the experience requirements in order to qualify for a license
20 under this Act, or an individual seeking to fulfill the
21 postdoctoral experience requirements in order to qualify for
22 licensure under this Act provided that such activities and
23 services are under the direct supervision, order, control and
24 full professional responsibility of a licensed clinical
25 psychologist and provided that such student, intern, or
26 resident be designated by a title "intern" or "resident" or
27 other designation of trainee status. Supervised experience
28 in which the supervisor receives monetary payment or other
29 considerations from the supervisee or in which the supervisor
30 is hired by or otherwise employed by the supervisee shall not
31 be accepted by the Department as fulfilling the practicum,
32 internship or 2 years of satisfactory supervised experience
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1 requirements for licensure. Nothing contained in this Section
2 shall be construed as permitting such students, interns, or
3 residents to offer their services as clinical psychologists
4 to any other person or persons and to accept remuneration for
5 such clinical psychological services other than as
6 specifically excepted herein, unless they have been licensed
7 under the provisions of this Act.
8 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting
9 persons licensed as clinical psychologists to engage in any
10 manner in the practice of medicine as defined in the laws of
11 this State. Persons licensed as clinical psychologists who
12 render services to persons in need of mental treatment or who
13 are mentally ill shall as appropriate initiate genuine
14 collaboration with a physician licensed in Illinois to
15 practice medicine in all its branches.
16 (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as
17 restricting an individual certified as a school psychologist
18 by the State Board of Education, who is at least 21 years of
19 age and has had at least 3 years of full-time experience as a
20 certified school psychologist, from using the title school
21 psychologist and offering school psychological services
22 limited to those services set forth in the rules and
23 regulations that govern the administration and operation of
24 special education pertaining to children and youth ages 0-21
25 prepared by the State Board of Education. Anyone offering
26 such services under the provisions of this paragraph shall
27 use the term school psychologist and describe such services
28 as "School Psychological Services". This exemption shall be
29 limited to the practice of school psychology only as
30 manifested through psychoeducational problems, and shall not
31 be construed to allow a school psychologist to function as a
32 general practitioner of clinical psychology, unless otherwise
33 licensed under this Act. However, nothing in this paragraph
34 prohibits a school psychologist from making evaluations,
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1 recommendations or interventions regarding the placement of
2 children in educational programs or special education
3 classes, nor shall it prohibit school psychologists from
4 providing clinical psychological services under the
5 supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist. This
6 paragraph shall not be construed to mandate insurance
7 companies to reimburse school psychologists directly for the
8 services of school psychologists. Nothing in this paragraph
9 shall be construed to exclude anyone duly licensed under this
10 Act from offering psychological services in the school
11 setting. School psychologists providing services under the
12 provisions of this paragraph shall not provide such services
13 outside their employment to any child who is a student in the
14 district or districts which employ such school psychologist.
15 School psychologists, as described in this paragraph, shall
16 be under the regulatory authority of the State Board of
17 Education and the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
18 Teacher Certification Board.
19 (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
20 activities and use of the official title of "psychologist" on
21 the part of a person not licensed under this Act who
22 possesses a doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated
23 primarily on the study of psychology and is an academic
24 employee of a duly chartered institution of higher education
25 insofar as such person engages in public speaking with or
26 without remuneration, provided that such person is not in any
27 manner held out to the public as practicing clinical
28 psychology as defined in paragraph 5 of Section 2 of this
29 Act, unless he or she has been licensed under the provisions
30 of this Act.
31 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to regulate,
32 control, or restrict the clinical practice of any person
33 licensed, registered, or certified in this State under any
34 other Act, provided that such person is not in any manner
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1 held out to the public as rendering clinical psychological
2 services as defined in paragraph 7 of Section 2 of this Act.
3 (f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
4 activities and use of the title "psychologist" on the part of
5 a person who practices psychology and (i) who possesses a
6 doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated primarily on
7 the study of psychology; and (ii) whose services involve the
8 development and application of psychological theory and
9 methodology to problems of organizations and problems of
10 individuals and groups in organizational settings; and
11 provided further that such person is not in any manner held
12 out to the public as practicing clinical psychology and is
13 not held out to the public by any title, description or
14 designation stating or implying that he or she is a clinical
15 psychologist unless he or she has been licensed under the
16 provisions of this Act.
17 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
18 Section 20. The Professional Counselor and Clinical
19 Professional Counselor Licensing Act is amended by changing
20 Section 15 as follows:
21 (225 ILCS 107/15)
22 Sec. 15. Exemptions.
23 (a) This Act does not prohibit any persons legally
24 regulated in this State by any other Act from engaging in the
25 practice for which they are authorized as long as they do not
26 represent themselves by the title of "professional
27 counselor", "licensed professional counselor", "clinical
28 professional counselor", or "licensed clinical professional
29 counselor". This Act does not prohibit the practice of
30 nonregulated professions whose practitioners are engaged in
31 the delivery of human services as long as these practitioners
32 do not represent themselves as or use the title of
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1 "professional counselor", "licensed professional counselor",
2 "clinical professional counselor", or "licensed clinical
3 professional counselor".
4 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
5 activities and services of a student, intern, or resident in
6 professional counseling or clinical professional counseling
7 seeking to fulfill educational requirements in order to
8 qualify for a license under this Act, or an individual
9 seeking to fulfill the post-degree experience requirements in
10 order to qualify for licensing under this Act, if the
11 activities and services are supervised as specified in this
12 Act, and that the student, intern, or resident is designated
13 by a title "intern" or "resident" or other designation of
14 trainee status. Nothing contained in this Section shall be
15 construed to permit students, interns, or residents to offer
16 their services as professional counselors or clinical
17 professional counselors to any other person and to accept
18 remuneration for such professional counseling or clinical
19 professional counseling services other than as specifically
20 excepted in this Section, unless they have been licensed
21 under this Act.
22 (c) Corporations, partnerships, and associations may
23 employ practicum students, interns, or post-degree candidates
24 seeking to fulfill educational requirements or the
25 professional experience requirements needed to qualify for a
26 license under this Act if their activities and services
27 constitute a part of the student's supervised course of study
28 or post-degree professional experience requirements. Nothing
29 in this paragraph shall prohibit a corporation, partnership,
30 or association from contracting with a licensed health care
31 professional to provide services.
32 (d) Nothing in this Act shall prevent the employment, by
33 a professional counselor or clinical professional counselor,
34 person, association, partnership, or a corporation furnishing
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1 professional counseling or clinical professional counseling
2 services for remuneration, of persons not licensed as
3 professional counselors or clinical professional counselors
4 under this Act to perform services in various capacities as
5 needed if these persons are not in any manner held out to the
6 public or do not hold themselves out to the public by any
7 title or designation stating or implying that they are
8 professional counselors or clinical professional counselors.
9 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
10 services of a person, not licensed under the provisions of
11 this Act, in the employ of a federal, State, county, or
12 municipal agency or other political subdivision or
13 not-for-profit corporation providing human services if (1)
14 the services are a part of the duties in his or her salaried
15 position, (2) the services are performed solely on behalf of
16 his or her employer, and (3) that person does not in any
17 manner represent himself or herself as or use the title of
18 "professional counselor", "licensed professional counselor",
19 "clinical professional counselor", or "licensed clinical
20 professional counselor".
21 (f) Duly recognized members of any religious
22 organization shall not be restricted from functioning in
23 their ministerial capacity provided they do not represent
24 themselves as being professional counselors or clinical
25 professional counselors, or as providing "professional
26 counseling" or "clinical professional counseling". This Act
27 shall not apply or be construed so as to apply to the
28 employees or agents of a church or religious organization or
29 an organization owned, controlled, or affiliated with a
30 church or religious organization, unless the church,
31 religious organization, or owned, controlled, or affiliated
32 organization designates or holds these employees or agents
33 out to the public as professional counselors or clinical
34 professional counselors or holds out their services as being
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1 "professional counseling" or "clinical professional
2 counseling".
3 (g) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit individuals not
4 licensed under the provisions of this Act who work in
5 self-help groups or programs or not-for-profit organizations
6 from providing services in those groups, programs, or
7 organizations, as long as those persons are not in any manner
8 held out to the public as practicing professional counseling
9 or clinical professional counseling, or do not hold
10 themselves out to the public by any title or designation
11 stating or implying that they are professional counselors or
12 clinical professional counselors.
13 (h) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
14 activities and use of the official title of "professional
15 counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" on the part
16 of a person not licensed under this Act who is an academic
17 employee of a duly chartered institution of higher education
18 and who holds educational and professional qualifications
19 equivalent to those required for licensing under this Act,
20 insofar as such activities are performed in the person's role
21 as an academic employee, or insofar as such person engages in
22 public speaking with or without remuneration.
23 (i) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
24 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a school
25 counselor certified by the Professional Teacher Standards
26 Board State Teacher Certification Board and employed as
27 authorized by Section 10-22-24a or any other provision of
28 the School Code as long as that person is not in any manner
29 held out to the public as a "professional counselor" or
30 "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his or
31 her services as being "professional counseling" or "clinical
32 professional counseling".
33 (j) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
34 any hospital, clinic, home health agency, hospice, or other
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1 entity that provides health care to employ or to contract
2 with a person licensed under this Act to provide professional
3 counseling or clinical professional counseling services.
4 These persons may not hold themselves out or represent
5 themselves to the public as being licensed under this Act.
6 (k) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
7 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a person
8 employed by a private elementary or secondary school who
9 provides counseling within the scope of his or her employment
10 as long as that person is not in any manner held out to the
11 public as a "professional counselor" or "clinical
12 professional counselor" or does not hold out his or her
13 services as being "professional counseling" or "clinical
14 professional counseling".
15 (l) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
16 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a rape
17 crisis counselor who is an employee or volunteer of a rape
18 crisis organization as defined in Section 8-802.1 of the Code
19 of Civil Procedure as long as that person is not in any
20 manner held out to the public as a "professional counselor"
21 or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
22 or her services as being "professional counseling" or
23 "clinical professional counseling".
24 (m) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent
25 any licensed social worker, licensed clinical social worker,
26 or licensed clinical psychologist from practicing
27 professional counseling as long as that person is not in any
28 manner held out to the public as a "professional counselor"
29 or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
30 or her services as being "professional counseling" or
31 "clinical professional counseling".
32 (n) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
33 activities and use of the official title of "professional
34 counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" on the part
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1 of a person not licensed under this Act who is a physician
2 licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches under
3 the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
4 (o) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
5 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a domestic
6 violence counselor who is an employee or volunteer of a
7 domestic violence program as defined in Section 227 of the
8 Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
9 (Source: P.A. 87-1011; 87-1212; 87-1269; 88-45; 88-424;
10 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
11 (105 ILCS 5/21-0.01 rep.)
12 (105 ILCS 5/21-13 rep.)
13 (105 ILCS 5/21-26 rep.)
14 Section 25. The School Code is amended by repealing
15 Sections 21-0.01, 21-13, and 21-26.
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
17 January 1, 1999.
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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 5/21-0.05 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 5/21-5b
24 105 ILCS 5/21-5c
25 105 ILCS 5/21-5d
26 105 ILCS 5/21-7.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1
27 105 ILCS 5/21-9 from Ch. 122, par. 21-9
28 105 ILCS 5/21-10 from Ch. 122, par. 21-10
29 105 ILCS 5/21-11 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11
30 105 ILCS 5/21-11.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1
31 105 ILCS 5/21-11.2 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2
32 105 ILCS 5/21-11.3 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3
33 105 ILCS 5/21-11.4
34 105 ILCS 5/21-12 from Ch. 122, par. 21-12
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1 105 ILCS 5/21-14 from Ch. 122, par. 21-14
2 105 ILCS 5/21-16 from Ch. 122, par. 21-16
3 105 ILCS 5/21-17 from Ch. 122, par. 21-17
4 105 ILCS 5/21-19 from Ch. 122, par. 21-19
5 105 ILCS 5/21-21 from Ch. 122, par. 21-21
6 105 ILCS 5/21-21.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-21.1
7 105 ILCS 5/21-23 from Ch. 122, par. 21-23
8 105 ILCS 5/21-23b from Ch. 122, par. 21-23b
9 105 ILCS 5/21-24 from Ch. 122, par. 21-24
10 105 ILCS 5/21-25 from Ch. 122, par. 21-25
11 105 ILCS 5/34-18.5 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5
12 105 ILCS 5/34-83 from Ch. 122, par. 34-83
13 110 ILCS 947/65.20
14 225 ILCS 15/4 from Ch. 111, par. 5354
15 225 ILCS 107/15
16 105 ILCS 5/21-0.01 rep.
17 105 ILCS 5/21-13 rep.
18 105 ILCS 5/21-26 rep.