Section 25.360  Superintendent (2004)

This endorsement is required of school district superintendents.  (See also 23 Ill. Adm. Code 29.130.)

a)         Each candidate for the superintendent's endorsement shall hold a master's degree awarded by a regionally accredited institution of higher education.

b)         Each candidate shall have completed an Illinois program approved for the preparation of superintendents pursuant to Subpart C of this Part or a comparable approved program in another state or country or hold a comparable certificate issued by another state or country (see Section 25.425 of this Part).

c)         Each candidate shall have at least two years' administrative or supervisory experience in schools, on at least a half-time basis, on a general supervisory, general administrative, or all-grade supervisory endorsement on an administrative certificate, or a comparable out-of-state credential.  (See Section 21-7.1(e)(4) of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/21-7.1(e)(4)]; the superintendent's endorsement shall not be issued as an individual's first endorsement on the administrative certificate unless issued on the basis of a comparable out-of-state credential.)

d)         Each candidate shall be required to pass the applicable content-area test (see Section 25.710 of this Part), as well as the test of basic skills if its passage would be required for receipt of a standard certificate pursuant to Section 25.720(a) of this Part.

e)         Nothing in this Section is intended to preclude the issuance of a provisional certificate under Section 21-10 of the School Code.

(Source:  Added at 28 Ill. Reg. 8556, effective June 1, 2004)