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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 924
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 924 as follows:
3 on page 21, by replacing lines 18 through 33 with the
4 following:
5 "(105 ILCS 5/21-1a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a)
6 Sec. 21-1a. Tests required for certification.
7 (a) After July 1, 1988, in addition to all other
8 requirements, early childhood, elementary, special, high
9 school, school service personnel, or, except as provided in
10 Section 34-6, administrative certificates shall be issued to
11 persons who have satisfactorily passed a test of basic skills
12 and subject matter knowledge. The tests of basic skills and
13 subject matter knowledge shall be the tests which from time
14 to time are designated by the Professional Teacher Standards
15 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
16 Teacher Certification Board and may be tests prepared by an
17 educational testing organization or tests designed by the
18 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
19 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
20 The areas to be covered by the test of basic skills shall
21 include the basic skills of reading, writing, grammar and
22 mathematics. The test of subject matter knowledge shall
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1 assess content knowledge in the specific subject field. The
2 tests shall be designed to be racially neutral to assure that
3 no person in taking the tests is thereby discriminated
4 against on the basis of race, color, national origin or other
5 factors unrelated to the person's ability to perform as a
6 certificated employee. The score required to pass the tests
7 of basic skills and subject matter knowledge shall be fixed
8 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
9 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
10 Certification Board. The tests shall be held not fewer than
11 3 times a year at such time and place as may be designated by
12 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
13 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
14 Certification Board.
15 (b) Except as provided in Section 34-6, the provisions
16 of subsection (a) of this Section shall apply equally in any
17 school district subject to Article 34, provided that the
18 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
19 shall determine which certificates issued under Sections
20 34-8.1 and 34-83 prior to July 1, 1988 are comparable to any
21 early childhood certificate, elementary school certificate,
22 special certificate, high school certificate, school service
23 personnel certificate or administrative certificate issued
24 under this Article as of July 1, 1988.
25 (c) A person who holds an early childhood, elementary,
26 special, high school or school service personnel certificate
27 issued under this Article on or at any time before July 1,
28 1988, including a person who has been issued any such
29 certificate pursuant to Section 21-11.1 or in exchange for a
30 comparable certificate theretofore issued under Section
31 34-8.1 or Section 34-83, shall not be required to take or
32 pass the tests in order to thereafter have such certificate
33 renewed.
34 (d) (Blank). The State Board of Education in
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1 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board shall
2 conduct a pilot administration of the tests by administering
3 the test to students completing teacher education programs in
4 the 1986-87 school year for the purpose of determining the
5 effect and impact of testing candidates for certification.
6 (e) The rules and regulations developed to implement the
7 required test of basic skills and subject matter knowledge
8 shall include the requirements of subsections (a), (b), and
9 (c) and shall include specific regulations to govern test
10 selection; test validation and determination of a passing
11 score; administration of the tests; frequency of
12 administration; applicant fees; frequency of applicants'
13 taking the tests; the years for which a score is valid; and,
14 waiving certain additional tests for additional certificates
15 to individuals who have satisfactorily passed the test of
16 basic skills and subject matter knowledge as required in
17 subsection (a). The Professional Teacher Standards Board
18 State Board of Education shall provide, by rule, specific
19 policies that assure uniformity in the difficulty level of
20 each form of the basic skills test and each subject matter
21 knowledge test from test-to-test and year-to-year. The
22 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
23 The State Teacher Certification Board may
25 issue a nonrenewable temporary certificate between July 1,
26 1988 and August 31, 1988 to individuals who have taken the
27 tests of basic skills and subject matter knowledge prescribed
28 by this Section but have not received such test scores by
29 August 31, 1988. Such temporary certificates shall expire on
30 December 31, 1988.
31 (g) Beginning January 1, 2000 July 1, 1999, the
32 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
33 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
34 Certification Board, shall implement and administer the a new
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1 State
3 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
4 Certification Board, shall design and implement a system of
5 examinations and various other criteria which shall be
6 required prior to the issuance of Initial Teaching
7 Certificates and Standard Teaching Certificates. These
8 examinations and indicators shall be based on national
9 professional teaching standards, as determined by the
10 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
11 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
12 Certification Board. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
13 State Board of Education may adopt any and all regulations
14 necessary to implement and administer this Section.
15 (h) The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
16 of Education shall report to the Illinois General Assembly
17 and the Governor with recommendations for further changes and
18 improvements to the teacher certification system no later
19 than January July 1, 2001 1999 and on an annual basis until
20 January July 1, 2003 2001.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-811, eff. 1-26-99.)";
22 and
23 by deleting pages 22 and 23; and
24 on page 24, by deleting lines 1 through 22; and
25 on page 26, by replacing lines 6 through 33 with the
26 following:
27 "(105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
28 Sec. 21-2. Grades of certificates.
29 (a) Until July 1, 1999, all certificates issued under
30 this Article shall be State certificates valid, except as
31 limited in Section 21-1, in every school district coming
32 under the provisions of this Act and shall be limited in time
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1 and designated as follows: Provisional vocational
2 certificate, temporary provisional vocational certificate,
3 early childhood certificate, elementary school certificate,
4 special certificate, high school certificate, school service
5 personnel certificate, administrative certificate,
6 provisional certificate, and substitute certificate. The
7 requirement of student teaching under close and competent
8 supervision for obtaining a teaching certificate may be
9 waived by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
10 Teacher Certification Board upon presentation to that the
11 Board by the teacher of evidence of 5 years successful
12 teaching experience on a valid certificate and graduation
13 from a recognized institution of higher learning with a
14 bachelor's degree with not less than 120 semester hours and a
15 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education.
16 (b) Initial Teaching Certificate. Beginning July 1,
17 1999, persons who (1) have completed an approved teacher
18 preparation program, (2) are recommended by an approved
19 teacher preparation program, (3) have successfully completed
20 the Initial Teaching Certification examinations required by
21 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
22 Education, and (4) have met all other criteria established by
23 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
24 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
25 Certification Board, shall be issued an Initial Teaching
26 Certificate valid for 4 years of teaching. Initial Teaching
27 Certificates shall be issued for categories corresponding to
28 Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, and Special K-12,
29 with special certification designations for Special
30 Education, Bilingual Education, fundamental learning areas
31 (including Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Science,
32 Social Science, Physical Development and Health, Fine Arts,
33 and Foreign Language), and other areas designated by the
34 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
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1 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
2 Certification Board.
3 (c) Standard Certificate. Beginning July 1, 1999,
4 persons who (1) have completed 4 years of teaching with an
5 Initial Certificate, have successfully completed the Standard
6 Teaching Certificate examinations, and have met all other
7 criteria established by the Professional Teacher Standards
8 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
9 Teacher Certification Board, or (2) were issued teaching
10 certificates prior to July 1, 1999 and are renewing those
11 certificates after July 1, 1999, shall be issued a Standard
12 Certificate valid for 5 years, which may be renewed
13 thereafter every 7 5 years by the Professional Teacher
14 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board based on
15 proof of continuing education or professional development.
16 Standard Certificates shall be issued for categories
17 corresponding to Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, and
18 Special K-12, with special certification designations for
19 Special Education, Bilingual Education, fundamental learning
20 areas (including Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics,
21 Science, Social Science, Physical Development and Health,
22 Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and other areas designated
23 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
24 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
25 Certification Board.
26 (d) Master Certificate. Beginning July 1, 1999, persons
27 who have successfully achieved National Board certification
28 through the National Board for Professional Teaching
29 Standards shall be issued a Master Certificate, valid for 7
30 years and renewable thereafter every 7 years through
31 compliance with requirements set forth by the Professional
32 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education.
33 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-653, eff. 7-29-98;
34 90-811, eff. 1-26-99.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1)
2 Sec. 21-2.1. Early childhood certificate.
3 (a) An early childhood certificate shall be valid for 4
4 years for teaching children up to 6 years of age, exclusive
5 of children enrolled in kindergarten, in facilities approved
6 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
7 Superintendent of Education. Beginning July 1, 1988, such
8 certificate shall be valid for 4 years for Teaching children
9 through grade 3 in facilities approved by the Professional
10 Teacher Standard Board State Superintendent of Education.
11 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall be
12 issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
13 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
14 with not fewer than 120 semester hours including professional
15 education or human development or, until July 1, 1992, to
16 persons who have early childhood education instruction and
17 practical experience involving supervised work with children
18 under 6 years of age or with children through grade 3. Such
19 persons shall be recommended for the early childhood
20 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
21 an approved program of preparation which includes the
22 requisite hours and academic and professional courses and
23 practical experience approved by the Professional Teacher
24 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
25 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
26 (b) Beginning July 1, 1999, Initial and Standard Early
27 Childhood Education Certificates shall be issued to persons
28 who meet the criteria established by the Professional Teacher
29 Standards Board State Board of Education.
30 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-811, eff. 1-26-99.)";
31 and
32 by deleting pages 27 and 28; and
33 on page 29, by deleting lines 1 through 9; and
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1 on page 29, by replacing lines 22 through 32 with the
2 following:
3 "(105 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-3)
4 Sec. 21-3. Elementary certificate.
5 (a) An elementary school certificate shall be valid for
6 4 years for teaching in the kindergarten and lower 9 grades
7 of the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
8 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
9 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
10 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours and with a
11 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education,
12 including 5 semester hours in student teaching under
13 competent and close supervision. Such persons shall be
14 recommended for the elementary certificate by a recognized
15 institution as having completed an approved program of
16 preparation which includes intensive preservice training in
17 the humanities, natural sciences, mathematics, and the
18 academic and professional courses approved by the
19 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
20 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
21 Certification Board.
22 (b) Beginning July 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
23 Elementary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
24 all of the criteria established by the Professional Teacher
25 Standards Board State Board of Education for elementary
26 education.
27 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-811, eff. 1-26-99.)
28 (105 ILCS 5/21-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-4)
29 Sec. 21-4. Special certificate.
30 (a) A special certificate shall be valid for 4 years for
31 teaching the special subjects named therein in all grades of
32 the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
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1 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
2 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
3 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours including a
4 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education, 5 of
5 which shall be in student teaching under competent and close
6 supervision. When the holder of such certificate has earned a
7 master's degree, including 8 eight semester hours of graduate
8 professional education from a recognized institution of
9 higher learning and with 2 two years' teaching experience, it
10 may be endorsed for supervision.
11 Such persons shall be recommended for the special
12 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
13 an approved program of preparation which includes academic
14 and professional courses approved by the Professional Teacher
15 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
16 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
17 (b) Those persons holding special certificates on July
18 1, 1999 shall be eligible for one of the following:
19 (1) The issuance of Standard Elementary and
20 Standard Secondary Certificates with appropriate special
21 certification designations as determined by the
22 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
23 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
24 Certification Board, and consistent with rules adopted by
25 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
26 Education. These certificates shall be renewed as
27 provided in subsection (c) of Section 21-2.
28 (2) The issuance of Standard Special K-12
29 Certificates with appropriate special certification
30 designations, which shall be renewed as provided in
31 subsection (c) of Section 21-2. These certificates shall
32 not be eligible for additional certification designations
33 except as approved by the Professional Teacher Standards
34 Board State Board of Education, in consultation with the
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1 State Teacher Certification Board.
2 (c) Those persons eligible to receive K-12 certification
3 after July 1, 1999 shall be issued Initial Elementary and
4 Initial Secondary Certificates with appropriate special
5 certification designations pursuant to this Section or
6 Initial Special K-12 Certificates with appropriate special
7 certification designations pursuant to this Section. These
8 Initial K-12 Special Certificates shall not be eligible for
9 additional certification designations except as approved by
10 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
11 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
12 Certification Board.
13 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-653, eff. 7-29-98;
14 90-811, eff. 1-26-99.)
15 (105 ILCS 5/21-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5)
16 Sec. 21-5. High school certificate.
17 (a) A high school certificate shall be valid for 4 years
18 for teaching in grades 6 to 12 inclusive of the common
19 schools. Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall
20 be issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
21 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
22 with not fewer than 120 semester hours including 16 semester
23 hours in professional education, 5 of which shall be in
24 student teaching under competent and close supervision and
25 with one or more teaching fields. Such persons shall be
26 recommended for the high school certificate by a recognized
27 institution as having completed an approved program of
28 preparation which includes the academic and professional
29 courses approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
30 State Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
31 State Teacher Certification Board.
32 (b) Beginning July 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
33 Secondary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
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1 all of the criteria established by the Professional Teacher
2 Standards Board State Board of Education for secondary
3 education.
4 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-811, eff. 1-26-99.)";
5 and
6 by deleting pages 30 and 31; and
7 on page 32, by deleting lines 1 through 23; and
8 on page 60, by replacing lines 32 and 33 with the following:
9 "(105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
10 Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
11 (a) A limited four-year certificate or a certificate
12 issued after July 1, 1955, shall be renewable at its
13 expiration or within 60 days thereafter by the county
14 superintendent of schools having supervision and control over
15 the school where the teacher is teaching upon certified
16 evidence of meeting the requirements for renewal as required
17 by this Act and prescribed by the Professional Teacher
18 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
19 the State Teacher Certification Board. An elementary
20 supervisory certificate shall not be renewed at the end of
21 the first four-year period covered by the certificate unless
22 the holder thereof has filed certified evidence with the
23 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
24 Certification Board that he has a master's degree or that he
25 has earned 8 semester hours of credit in the field of
26 educational administration and supervision in a recognized
27 institution of higher learning. The holder shall continue to
28 earn 8 semester hours of credit each four-year period until
29 such time as he has earned a master's degree.
30 All certificates not renewed or registered as herein
31 provided shall lapse after a period of 4 years from the
32 expiration of the last year of registration. Such
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1 certificates may be reinstated for a one year period upon
2 payment of all accumulated registration fees. Such
3 reinstated certificates shall only be renewed: (1) by earning
4 5 semester hours of credit in a recognized institution of
5 higher learning in the field of professional education or in
6 courses related to the holder's contractual teaching duties;
7 or (2) by presenting evidence of holding a valid regular
8 certificate of some other type. Any certificate may be
9 voluntarily surrendered by the certificate holder. A
10 voluntarily surrendered certificate shall be treated as a
11 revoked certificate.
12 (b) When those teaching certificates issued before July
13 1, 1999 are renewed for the first time after July 1, 1999,
14 all such teaching certificates shall be exchanged for
15 Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in subsection (c)
16 of Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard Teaching
17 Certificates, including those issued to persons who
18 previously held teaching certificates issued before July 1,
19 1999, shall be renewable under the conditions set forth in
20 this subsection (b).
21 Initial Teaching Certificates are nonrenewable and are
22 valid for 4 years of teaching. Standard Teaching
23 Certificates are renewable every 5 years as provided in
24 subsection (c) of Section 21-2.
25 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-653, eff. 7-29-98;
26 90-811, eff. 1-26-99.)"; and
27 by deleting page 61; and
28 on page 62, by deleting lines 1 through 13.