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92_SB0329

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning education.

 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    Section 10-22.34 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34)
 7        Sec. 10-22.34. Non-certificated personnel.
 8        (a)  School  Boards  may employ non-teaching personnel or
 9    utilize volunteer personnel for:  (1) non-teaching duties not
10    requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils; and
11    (2) supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception
12    areas used incident to instructional programs transmitted  by
13    electronic  media  such  as  computers, video, and audio, and
14    detention  and   discipline   areas,   and   school-sponsored
15    extracurricular activities.
16        (b)  School   boards   may   further   utilize  volunteer
17    non-certificated   personnel   or   employ   non-certificated
18    personnel to assist in the instruction of  pupils  under  the
19    immediate   supervision   of   a  teacher,  holding  a  valid
20    certificate, directly engaged in teaching subject  matter  or
21    conducting  activities.  The  teacher  shall  be continuously
22    aware of the non-certificated persons' activities  and  shall
23    be  able  to  control  or  modify  them.  The  State Board of
24    Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
25    Certification Board, shall determine qualifications  of  such
26    personnel  and  shall  prescribe  rules  for  determining the
27    duties and activities to be assigned to  such  personnel.  In
28    the  determination  of  qualifications of such personnel, the
29    State Board of Education shall accept coursework earned in  a
30    recognized  institution  or  from  an  institution  of higher
31    learning accredited by the North Central Association or other
 
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 1    comparable regional accrediting association.
 2        (c)  School boards may also  employ  students  holding  a
 3    bachelor's  degree  from  a  recognized institution of higher
 4    learning as part time teaching interns when such students are
 5    enrolled in a college or university internship program, which
 6    has prior approval by the Regional Office of Education or the
 7    State Board of Education,  in  consultation  with  the  State
 8    Teacher Certification Board, leading to a masters degree.
 9        (d)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  require  constant
10    supervision  of  a  student  teacher  enrolled  in  a student
11    teaching course at a college  or  university,  provided  such
12    activity  has the prior approval of the representative of the
13    higher  education  institution  and   teaching   plans   have
14    previously   been   discussed   with   and  approved  by  the
15    supervising teacher and further provided that  such  teaching
16    is  within  guidelines  established  by  the  State  Board of
17    Education   in   consultation   with   the   State    Teacher
18    Certification Board.
19    (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)

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