Public Act 101-0094
 
HB2605 EnrolledLRB101 07284 AXK 52323 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
14-1.09b as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09b)


    Sec. 14-1.09b. Speech-language pathologist. 

    (a) For purposes of supervision of a speech-language 
pathology assistant,
"speech-language pathologist" means a 
person who has received a license
pursuant to the Illinois 
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act
to engage 
in the practice of speech-language pathology.

    (b) The School Service Personnel Certificate with a 
speech-language
endorsement shall be issued under Section 
21-25 of this Code to a
speech-language pathologist who meets 
all of the following requirements:


        (1) (A) Holds a regular license as a speech-language 
    pathologist
pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language 
    Pathology and Audiology Practice Act,
(B) holds a current 
    Certificate of Clinical Competence in
speech-language 
    pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing 
    Association
and a regular license in speech-language 
    pathology from another state or
territory or the District 
    of Columbia and has applied for a regular license as
a 
    speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois 
    Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, or 
    (C) holds or has applied for a temporary license pursuant 
    to
Section 8.1 of the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology 
    and Audiology Practice Act.


        (2) Holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major 
    emphasis in
speech-language pathology from an institution 
    whose course of study was
approved or program was 
    accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in

    Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American 
    Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor.


        (3) Either (i) has completed a program of study that
 
    meets the content area standards for
speech-language 
    pathologists approved by the State Board of Education, in

    consultation with the State Teachers Certification Board, 
    (ii) has completed a program in another state, territory, 
    or possession of the United States that is comparable to an 
    approved program of study described in item (i), or (iii) 
    holds a certificate issued by another state, territory, or 
    possession of the United States that is comparable to the 
    school service personnel certificate with a 
    speech-language endorsement.  If the requirements described 
    in items (i), (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph (3)  have not 
    been met, a person must provide evidence that he or she has 
    completed at least 150 clock hours of supervised experience 
    in speech-language pathology with students with 
    disabilities in a school setting, including experience 
    required by federal law or federal court order; however, a 
    person who lacks such experience may obtain interim 
    certification as established by the Illinois State Board of 
    Education, in consultation with the State Teacher 
    Certification Board, and shall participate in school-based 
    professional experience of at least 150 clock hours to meet 
    this requirement. 


        (4) Has successfully completed the required Illinois 
    certification tests.


        (5) Has paid the application fee required for 
    certification.

    The provisions of this subsection (b) do not preclude the 
issuance of a
teaching certificate to a speech-language 
pathologist who qualifies for such a
certificate.
    (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a Professional 
Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement 
for non-teaching speech-language pathologist shall be issued 
under Section 21B-25 to a speech-language pathologist who (i) 
holds a regular license as a speech-language pathologist 
pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and 
Audiology Practice Act and (ii) holds a current Certificate of 
Clinical Competence in
speech-language pathology from the 
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 

(Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02; 93-112, eff. 1-1-04; 
93-1060, eff. 12-23-04.)

  


Effective Date:  1/1/2020