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91_SB0554
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Sections
2 21-3, 21-4, and 21-5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 21-3, 21-4, and 21-5 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-3)
8 Sec. 21-3. Elementary certificate.
9 (a) An elementary school certificate shall be valid for
10 4 years for teaching in the kindergarten and lower 9 grades
11 of the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
12 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
13 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
14 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours and with a
15 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education,
16 including 5 semester hours in student teaching under
17 competent and close supervision. Such persons shall be
18 recommended for the elementary certificate by a recognized
19 institution as having completed an approved program of
20 preparation which includes intensive preservice training in
21 the humanities, natural sciences, mathematics and the
22 academic and professional courses approved by the State
23 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the State
24 Teacher Certification Board.
25 (b) Beginning July 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
26 Elementary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
27 all of the criteria established by the State Board of
28 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
29 Certification Board, for elementary education.
30 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-811, eff. 1-26-99.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-4)
2 Sec. 21-4. Special certificate.
3 (a) A special certificate shall be valid for 4 years for
4 teaching the special subjects named therein in all grades of
5 the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
6 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
7 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
8 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours including a
9 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education, 5 of
10 which shall be in student teaching under competent and close
11 supervision. When the holder of such certificate has earned a
12 master's degree, including eight semester hours of graduate
13 professional education from a recognized institution of
14 higher learning and with two years' teaching experience, it
15 may be endorsed for supervision.
16 Such persons shall be recommended for the special
17 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
18 an approved program of preparation which includes academic
19 and professional courses approved by the State Superintendent
20 of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
21 Certification Board.
22 (b) Those persons holding special certificates on July
23 1, 1999 shall be eligible for one of the following:
24 (1) The issuance of Standard Elementary and
25 Standard Secondary Certificates with appropriate special
26 certification designations as determined by the State
27 Board of Education, in consultation with the State
28 Teacher Certification Board, and consistent with rules
29 adopted by the State Board of Education, in consultation
30 with the State Teacher Certification Board. These
31 certificates shall be renewed as provided in subsection
32 (c) of Section 21-2.
33 (2) The issuance of Standard Special K-12
34 Certificates with appropriate special certification
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1 designations, which shall be renewed as provided in
2 subsection (c) of Section 21-2. These certificates shall
3 not be eligible for additional certification designations
4 except as approved by the State Board of Education, in
5 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
6 (c) Those persons eligible to receive K-12 certification
7 after July 1, 1999 shall be issued Initial Elementary and
8 Initial Secondary Certificates with appropriate special
9 certification designations pursuant to this Section or
10 Initial Special K-12 Certificates with appropriate special
11 certification designations pursuant to this Section. These
12 Initial K-12 Special Certificates shall not be eligible for
13 additional certification designations except as approved by
14 the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
15 Teacher Certification Board.
16 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-653, eff. 7-29-98;
17 90-811, eff. 1-26-99.)
18 (105 ILCS 5/21-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5)
19 Sec. 21-5. High school certificate.
20 (a) A high school certificate shall be valid for 4 years
21 for teaching in grades 6 to 12 inclusive of the common
22 schools. Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall
23 be issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
24 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
25 with not fewer than 120 semester hours including 16 semester
26 hours in professional education, 5 of which shall be in
27 student teaching under competent and close supervision and
28 with one or more teaching fields. Such persons shall be
29 recommended for the high school certificate by a recognized
30 institution as having completed an approved program of
31 preparation which includes the academic and professional
32 courses approved by the State Superintendent of Education in
33 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
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1 (b) Beginning July 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
2 Secondary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
3 all of the criteria established by the State Board of
4 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
5 Certification Board, for secondary education.
6 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-811, eff. 1-26-99.)
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.