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Amends the School Code. Creates the Professional Teacher
Standards Board consisting of 23 members appointed by the
Governor to administer the Article of the School Code
governing the certification of teachers and other
certificated school personnel and the approval of teacher and
administrator preparation programs. Gives the Professional
Teacher Standards Board all powers and duties currently
exercised by the State Board of Education and the State
Teacher Certification Board with respect to administration of
the certification and program approval process, and abolishes
the State Teacher Certification Board. Authorizes the
Professional Teacher Standards Board to employ an Executive
Director and such other staff members as are necessary to
exercise its powers and duties and carry out its functions.
Provides that a Standard Certificate may be renewed every 7
(instead of 5) years based on proof of professional
development (instead of on proof of continuing education or
professional development). Makes other changes. Effective
January 1, 1999.
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1 AN ACT relating to certification of school personnel.
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 Sections 2-3.11, 10-21.9, 10-22.20a, 10-22.24a, 10-22.34,
6 14-1.09.1, 14-8.05, 14C-2, 21-1, 21-1a, 21-1b, 21-1c, 21-2,
7 21-2.1, 21-2b, 21-3, 21-4, 21-5, 21-5a, 21-5b, 21-5c, 21-5d,
8 21-7.1, 21-9, 21-10, 21-11, 21-11.1, 21-11.2, 21-11.3,
9 21-11.4, 21-12, 21-14, 21-16, 21-17, 21-19, 21-21, 21-21.1,
10 21-23, 21-23b, 21-24, 21-25, 34-18.5, and 34-83 and adding
11 Section 21-0.05 as follows:
12 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11)
13 Sec. 2-3.11. Report to Governor and General Assembly.
14 To report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on or
15 before January 14 the condition of the schools of the State
16 for the preceding year, ending on June 30.
17 Such annual report shall contain reports of the State
18 Teacher Certification Board; the schools of the State
19 charitable institutions; reports on driver education, special
20 education, and transportation; and for such year the annual
21 statistical reports of the State Board of Education,
22 including the number and kinds of school districts; number of
23 school attendance centers; number of men and women teachers;
24 enrollment by grades; total enrollment; total days
25 attendance; total days absence; average daily attendance;
26 number of elementary and secondary school graduates; assessed
27 valuation; tax levies and tax rates for various purposes;
28 amount of teachers' orders, anticipation warrants, and bonds
29 outstanding; and number of men and women teachers and total
30 enrollment of private schools. The report shall give for all
31 school districts receipts from all sources and expenditures
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1 for all purposes for each fund; the total operating expense
2 and the per capita cost; federal and state aids and
3 reimbursements; new school buildings, and recognized schools;
4 together with such other information and suggestions as the
5 State Board of Education may deem important in relation to
6 the schools and school laws and the means of promoting
7 education throughout the state.
8 (Source: P.A. 84-1308; 84-1424.)
9 (105 ILCS 5/10-21.9) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9)
10 Sec. 10-21.9. Criminal background investigations.
11 (a) After August 1, 1985, certified and noncertified
12 applicants for employment with a school district, except
13 school bus driver applicants, are required as a condition of
14 employment to authorize an investigation to determine if such
15 applicants have been convicted of any of the enumerated
16 criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of this Section.
17 Authorization for the investigation shall be furnished by the
18 applicant to the school district, except that if the
19 applicant is a substitute teacher seeking employment in more
20 than one school district, a teacher seeking concurrent
21 part-time employment positions with more than one school
22 district (as a reading specialist, special education teacher
23 or otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee
24 seeking employment positions with more than one district, any
25 such district may require the applicant to furnish
26 authorization for the investigation to the regional
27 superintendent of the educational service region in which are
28 located the school districts in which the applicant is
29 seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time
30 teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee.
31 Upon receipt of this authorization, the school district or
32 the appropriate regional superintendent, as the case may be,
33 shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth
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1 and social security number to the Department of State Police
2 on forms prescribed by the Department. The regional
3 superintendent submitting the requisite information to the
4 Department of State Police shall promptly notify the school
5 districts in which the applicant is seeking employment as a
6 substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
7 educational support personnel employee that the investigation
8 of the applicant has been requested. The Department of State
9 Police shall conduct an investigation to ascertain if the
10 applicant being considered for employment has been convicted
11 of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in
12 subsection (c). The Department shall charge the school
13 district or the appropriate regional superintendent a fee for
14 conducting such investigation, which fee shall be deposited
15 in the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the
16 cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a
17 fee for such investigation by the school district or by the
18 regional superintendent. The regional superintendent may
19 seek reimbursement from the State Board of Education or the
20 appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
21 regional superintendent to the Department for the criminal
22 background investigations required by this Section.
23 (b) The Department shall furnish, pursuant to positive
24 identification, records of convictions, until expunged, to
25 the president of the school board for the school district
26 which requested the investigation, or to the regional
27 superintendent who requested the investigation. Any
28 information concerning the record of convictions obtained by
29 the president of the school board or the regional
30 superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
31 transmitted to the superintendent of the school district or
32 his designee, the appropriate regional superintendent if the
33 investigation was requested by the school district, the
34 presidents of the appropriate school boards if the
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1 investigation was requested from the Department of State
2 Police by the regional superintendent, the State
3 Superintendent of Education, the Professional Teacher
4 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board or any
5 other person necessary to the decision of hiring the
6 applicant for employment. A copy of the record of
7 convictions obtained from the Department of State Police
8 shall be provided to the applicant for employment. If an
9 investigation of an applicant for employment as a substitute
10 or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent educational
11 support personnel employee in more than one school district
12 was requested by the regional superintendent, and the
13 Department of State Police upon investigation ascertains that
14 the applicant has not been convicted of any of the enumerated
15 criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) and so notifies
16 the regional superintendent, then the regional superintendent
17 shall issue to the applicant a certificate evidencing that as
18 of the date specified by the Department of State Police the
19 applicant has not been convicted of any of the enumerated
20 criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c). The school
21 board of any school district located in the educational
22 service region served by the regional superintendent who
23 issues such a certificate to an applicant for employment as a
24 substitute teacher in more than one such district may rely on
25 the certificate issued by the regional superintendent to that
26 applicant, or may initiate its own investigation of the
27 applicant through the Department of State Police as provided
28 in subsection (a). Any person who releases any confidential
29 information concerning any criminal convictions of an
30 applicant for employment shall be guilty of a Class A
31 misdemeanor, unless the release of such information is
32 authorized by this Section.
33 (c) No school board shall knowingly employ a person who
34 has been convicted for committing attempted first degree
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1 murder or for committing or attempting to commit first degree
2 murder or a Class X felony or any one or more of the
3 following offenses: (i) those defined in Sections 11-6, 11-9,
4 11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-19.1,
5 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15
6 and 12-16 of the "Criminal Code of 1961"; (ii) those defined
7 in the "Cannabis Control Act" except those defined in
8 Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act; (iii) those defined
9 in the "Illinois Controlled Substances Act"; and (iv) any
10 offense committed or attempted in any other state or against
11 the laws of the United States, which if committed or
12 attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
13 more of the foregoing offenses. Further, no school board
14 shall knowingly employ a person who has been found to be the
15 perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor under 18
16 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the
17 Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
18 (d) No school board shall knowingly employ a person for
19 whom a criminal background investigation has not been
20 initiated.
21 (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a
22 finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate issued
23 pursuant to Article 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the
24 School Code, the appropriate regional superintendent of
25 schools or the State Superintendent of Education shall
26 initiate the certificate suspension and revocation
27 proceedings authorized by law.
28 (f) After January 1, 1990 the provisions of this Section
29 shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
30 contracts with any school district including, but not limited
31 to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
32 transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
33 the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
34 criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
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1 firms holding contracts with more than one school district
2 and assigned to more than one school district, the regional
3 superintendent of the educational service region in which the
4 contracting school districts are located may, at the request
5 of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
6 authorization for investigation prepared by each such
7 employee and submitting the same to the Department of State
8 Police. Any information concerning the record of conviction
9 of any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
10 shall be promptly reported to the president of the
11 appropriate school board or school boards.
12 (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96;
13 89-610, eff. 8-6-96; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a)
15 Sec. 10-22.20a. Advanced vocational training program,
16 and career education. To enter into joint agreements with
17 community college districts and other school districts for
18 the purpose of providing career education or advanced
19 vocational training of students in the 11th and higher grades
20 who desire preparation for a trade. Transportation for
21 students to any facility covered by a joint agreement as
22 described in this Section shall be provided by the
23 participating school district, or by the participating school
24 district in conjunction with other school districts. Joint
25 agreements entered into under this Section may include
26 provisions for joint authority to acquire and improve sites,
27 construct and equip facilities thereon and lease and equip
28 facilities deemed necessary by the parties to the joint
29 agreement, to maintain programs and to provide for financing
30 of the foregoing jointly by the respective parties, all in
31 accordance with the terms of the joint agreement.
32 Nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrict
33 or prohibit the rights of community college districts or
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1 school districts to enter into joint agreements under the
2 provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, as now
3 or hereinafter amended.
4 The duration of the career education or advanced
5 vocational training program shall be such period as the
6 school district may approve but it may not exceed 2 years for
7 any school district pupil. Participation in the program is
8 accorded the same credit toward a high school diploma as time
9 spent in other courses.
10 The participating community college shall bill each
11 participating student's school district for an amount equal
12 to the per capita cost of operating the community college
13 attended or a charge for participation may be made in
14 accordance with the joint agreement between the community
15 college district and the student's school district. Such
16 agreement shall not provide for payments in excess of the
17 actual cost of operating the course or courses in which the
18 student is enrolled. Participating high schools may use
19 State aid monies to pay the charges.
20 The community college instructors teaching in such
21 programs need not be certified by the Professional Teacher
22 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
23 (Source: P.A. 79-76.)
24 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
25 Sec. 10-22.24a. To employ school counselors certified as
26 such by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
27 Teacher Certification Board, and to supervise school
28 counselor interns enrolled in a school counseling program
29 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
30 Teacher Certification Board.
31 (Source: P.A. 82-998.)
32 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34)
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1 Sec. 10-22.34. Non-certificated personnel.
2 (a) School Boards may employ non-teaching personnel or
3 utilize volunteer personnel for: (1) non-teaching duties not
4 requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils; and
5 (2) supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception
6 areas used incident to instructional programs transmitted by
7 electronic media such as computers, video, and audio, and
8 detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
9 extracurricular activities.
10 (b) School boards may further utilize volunteer
11 non-certificated personnel or employ non-certificated
12 personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the
13 immediate supervision of a teacher, holding a valid
14 certificate, directly engaged in teaching subject matter or
15 conducting activities. The teacher shall be continuously
16 aware of the non-certificated persons' activities and shall
17 be able to control or modify them. The State Board of
18 Education, in consultation with the Professional Teacher
19 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board, shall
20 determine qualifications of such personnel and shall
21 prescribe rules for determining the duties and activities to
22 be assigned to such personnel. In the determination of
23 qualifications of such personnel, the State Board of
24 Education shall accept coursework earned in a recognized
25 institution or from an institution of higher learning
26 accredited by the North Central Association or other
27 comparable regional accrediting association.
28 (c) School boards may also employ students holding a
29 bachelor's degree from a recognized institution of higher
30 learning as part time teaching interns when such students are
31 enrolled in a college or university internship program, which
32 has prior approval by the Professional Teacher Standards
33 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
34 Teacher Certification Board, leading to a masters degree.
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1 (d) Nothing in this Section shall require constant
2 supervision of a student teacher enrolled in a student
3 teaching course at a college or university, provided such
4 activity has the prior approval of the representative of the
5 higher education institution and teaching plans have
6 previously been discussed with and approved by the
7 supervising teacher and further provided that such teaching
8 is within guidelines established by the Professional Teacher
9 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
10 the State Teacher Certification Board.
11 (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)
12 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1)
13 Sec. 14-1.09.1. School psychological services. In the
14 public schools, school psychological services provided by
15 qualified specialists who hold Type 73 School Service
16 Personnel Certificates endorsed for school psychology issued
17 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
18 Certification Board may include, but are not limited to: (i)
19 administration and interpretation of psychological and
20 educational evaluations; (ii) developing school-based
21 prevention programs, including violence prevention programs;
22 (iii) counseling with students, parents, and teachers on
23 educational and mental health issues; (iv) acting as liaisons
24 between public schools and community agencies; (v) evaluating
25 program effectiveness; (vi) providing crisis intervention
26 within the school setting; (vii) helping teachers, parents,
27 and others involved in the educational process to provide
28 optimum teaching and learning conditions for all students;
29 (viii) supervising school psychologist interns enrolled in
30 school psychology programs that meet the standards
31 established by the State Board of Education; and (ix)
32 screening of school enrollments to identify children who
33 should be referred for individual study. Nothing in this
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1 Section prohibits other qualified professionals from
2 providing those services listed for which they are
3 appropriately trained.
4 (Source: P.A. 89-339, eff. 8-17-95.)
5 (105 ILCS 5/14-8.05) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05)
6 Sec. 14-8.05. Behavioral intervention.
7 (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that
8 principals and teachers of students with disabilities require
9 training and guidance that provide ways for working
10 successfully with children who have difficulties conforming
11 to acceptable behavioral patterns in order to provide an
12 environment in which learning can occur. It is the intent of
13 the General Assembly:
14 (1) That when behavioral interventions are used,
15 they be used in consideration of the pupil's physical
16 freedom and social interaction, and be administered in a
17 manner that respects human dignity and personal privacy
18 and that ensures a pupil's right to placement in the
19 least restrictive educational environment.
20 (2) That behavioral management plans be developed
21 and used, to the extent possible, in a consistent manner
22 when a local educational agency has placed the pupil in a
23 day or residential setting for education purposes.
24 (3) That a statewide study be conducted of the use
25 of behavioral interventions with students with
26 disabilities receiving special education and related
27 services.
28 (4) That training programs be developed and
29 implemented in institutions of higher education that
30 train teachers, and that in-service training programs be
31 made available as necessary in school districts, in
32 educational service centers, and by regional
33 superintendents of schools to assure that adequately
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1 trained staff are available to work effectively with the
2 behavioral intervention needs of students with
3 disabilities.
4 (b) On or before September 30, 1993, the State
5 Superintendent of Education shall conduct a statewide study
6 of the use of behavioral interventions with students with
7 disabilities receiving special education and related
8 services. The study shall include, but not necessarily be
9 limited to identification of the frequency in the use of
10 behavioral interventions; the number of districts with
11 policies in place for working with children exhibiting
12 continuous serious behavioral problems; how policies, rules,
13 or regulations within districts differ between emergency and
14 routine behavioral interventions commonly practiced; the
15 nature and extent of costs for training provided to personnel
16 for implementing a program of nonaversive behavioral
17 interventions; and the nature and extent of costs for
18 training provided to parents of students with disabilities
19 who would be receiving behavioral interventions. The scope
20 of the study shall be developed by the State Board of
21 Education, in consultation with individuals and groups
22 representing parents, teachers, administrators, and
23 advocates. On or before June 30, 1994, the State Board of
24 Education shall issue guidelines based on the study's
25 findings. The guidelines shall address, but not be limited
26 to, the following: (i) appropriate behavioral interventions,
27 and (ii) how to properly document the need for and use of
28 behavioral interventions in the process of developing
29 individualized education plans for students with
30 disabilities. The guidelines shall be used as a reference to
31 assist school boards in developing local policies and
32 procedures in accordance with this Section. The State Board
33 of Education, with the advice of parents of students with
34 disabilities and other parents, teachers, administrators,
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1 advocates for persons with disabilities, and individuals with
2 knowledge or expertise in the development and implementation
3 of behavioral interventions for persons with disabilities,
4 shall review its behavioral intervention guidelines at least
5 once every 3 years to determine their continuing
6 appropriateness and effectiveness and shall make such
7 modifications in the guidelines as it deems necessary.
8 (c) Each school board must establish and maintain a
9 committee to develop policies and procedures on the use of
10 behavioral interventions for students with disabilities who
11 require behavioral intervention. The policies and procedures
12 shall be adopted and implemented by school boards by January
13 1, 1996 and shall: (i) be developed with the advice of
14 parents with students with disabilities and other parents,
15 teachers, administrators, advocates for persons with
16 disabilities, and individuals with knowledge or expertise in
17 the development and implementation of behavioral
18 interventions for persons with disabilities; (ii) emphasize
19 positive interventions that are designed to develop and
20 strengthen desirable behaviors; (iii) incorporate procedures
21 and methods consistent with generally accepted practice in
22 the field of behavioral intervention; (iv) include criteria
23 for determining when a student with disabilities may require
24 a behavioral intervention plan; (v) reflect that the
25 guidelines of the State Board of Education have been reviewed
26 and considered and provide the address of the State Board of
27 Education so that copies of the State Board of Education
28 behavioral guidelines may be requested; and (vi) include
29 procedures for monitoring the use of restrictive behavioral
30 interventions. Each school board shall (i) furnish a copy of
31 its local policies and procedures to parents and guardians of
32 all students with individualized education plans within 15
33 days after the policies and procedures have been adopted by
34 the school board, or within 15 days after the school board
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1 has amended its policies and procedures, or at the time an
2 individualized education plan is first implemented for the
3 student, and (ii) require that each school inform its
4 students of the existence of the policies and procedures
5 annually. Provided, at the annual individualized education
6 plan review, the school board shall (1) explain the local
7 policies and procedures, (2) furnish a copy of the local
8 policies to parents and guardians, and (3) make available,
9 upon request of any parents and guardians, a copy of local
10 procedures.
11 (d) The State Superintendent of Education shall consult
12 with representatives of institutions of higher education and
13 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
14 Certification Board in regard to the current training
15 requirements for teachers to ensure that sufficient training
16 is available in appropriate behavioral interventions
17 consistent with professionally accepted practices and
18 standards for people entering the field of education.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-191, eff. 7-21-95; 90-63, eff. 7-3-97.)
20 (105 ILCS 5/14C-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2)
21 Sec. 14C-2. Definitions. Unless the context indicates
22 otherwise, the terms used in this Article have the following
23 meanings:
24 (a) "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
25 (b) "Certification Board" means the Professional Teacher
26 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
27 (c) "School District" means any school district
28 established under this Code.
29 (d) "Children of limited English-speaking ability" means
30 (1) children who were not born in the United States whose
31 native tongue is a language other than English and who are
32 incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English; and
33 (2) children who were born in the United States of parents
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1 possessing no or limited English-speaking ability and who are
2 incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English.
3 (e) "Teacher of transitional bilingual education" means
4 a teacher with a speaking and reading ability in a language
5 other than English in which transitional bilingual education
6 is offered and with communicative skills in English.
7 (f) "Program in transitional bilingual education" means
8 a full-time program of instruction (1) in all those courses
9 or subjects which a child is required by law to receive and
10 which are required by the child's school district which shall
11 be given in the native language of the children of limited
12 English-speaking ability who are enrolled in the program and
13 also in English, (2) in the reading and writing of the native
14 language of the children of limited English-speaking ability
15 who are enrolled in the program and in the oral
16 comprehension, speaking, reading and writing of English, and
17 (3) in the history and culture of the country, territory or
18 geographic area which is the native land of the parents of
19 children of limited English-speaking ability who are enrolled
20 in the program and in the history and culture of the United
21 States; or a part-time program of instruction based on the
22 educational needs of those children of limited
23 English-speaking ability who do not need a full-time program
24 of instruction.
25 (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)
26 (105 ILCS 5/21-0.05 new)
27 Sec. 21-0.05. Professional Teacher Standards Board.
28 (a) The Professional Teacher Standards Board is hereby
29 created. The Professional Teacher Standards Board shall
30 consist of 23 members appointed by the Governor. Of the
31 members so appointed, 3 shall be administrative or faculty
32 members of public or private colleges or universities located
33 in the State, one shall be a regional superintendent of
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1 schools who has been nominated by a regional superintendent
2 organization, 3 shall be school administrators employed in
3 the public schools of the State who have each been nominated
4 by an administrator organization, 12 shall be classroom
5 teachers employed in the public schools of the State who have
6 each been nominated by a professional teachers' organization,
7 2 shall be parents of students attending public schools of
8 the State who have each been nominated by a statewide parent
9 organization, and 2 shall be representatives of the business
10 community of the State. At least one of the school
11 administrators and 4 of the classroom teachers so appointed
12 shall be employees of a school district that is subject to
13 the provisions of Article 34. One of the parents and one of
14 the representatives of the business community so appointed
15 shall be members of the Democratic party and the other parent
16 and representative of the business community shall be members
17 of the Republican party. Whenever a vacancy in a classroom
18 teacher position on the Professional Teacher Standards Board
19 is to be filled as provided in this Section, each
20 professional teachers' organization is entitled to nominate
21 for each such vacancy one candidate for each 20,000, or major
22 portion thereof, members of that organization who hold valid
23 teaching certificates. The nominations of the professional
24 teachers' organization shall be submitted by the organization
25 to the Governor not less than 60 days prior to the expiration
26 of the term of a person holding a classroom teacher position
27 on the Professional Teacher Standards Board or not more than
28 60 days after a vacancy in such a position occurs for any
29 other reason. The nominations shall be in writing and shall
30 be signed by the president and secretary of the organization
31 submitting the nominations. Of the members initially
32 appointed to the Professional Teacher Standards Board: 2 of
33 the 3 administrative or faculty members of public or private
34 colleges or universities shall be appointed to serve terms
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1 expiring on the third Monday of January, 2001 and the other
2 administrative or faculty member shall be appointed to serve
3 a term expiring on the third Monday of January, 2003; the
4 regional superintendent of schools shall be appointed to
5 serve a term expiring on the third Monday of January, 2001; 2
6 of the 3 school administrators shall be appointed to serve
7 terms expiring on the third Monday of January, 2001 and the
8 other school administrator shall be appointed to serve a term
9 expiring on the third Monday of January, 2003; 6 of the 12
10 classroom teachers shall be appointed to serve terms expiring
11 on the third Monday of January, 2001 with the remaining 6
12 classroom teachers being appointed to serve terms expiring on
13 the third Monday of January, 2003; one of the parents shall
14 be appointed to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of
15 January, 2001 and the other parent shall be appointed to
16 serve a term expiring on the third Monday of January, 2003;
17 and one of the representatives of the business community
18 shall be appointed to serve a term expiring on the third
19 Monday of January, 2001 and the other representative of the
20 business community shall be appointed to serve a term
21 expiring on the third Monday of January, 2003. The successors
22 in office of the members initially appointed under this
23 subsection shall each serve terms of 4 years, commencing on
24 the third Monday of January of the appropriate odd-numbered
25 year. All members shall serve until a successor is
26 appointed, and any vacancy shall be filled for the balance of
27 the unexpired term in the same manner as an appointment for a
28 full term is made. No member shall be eligible to serve as a
29 member of the Professional Teacher Standards Board for more
30 than 2 terms.
31 (b) The State Teacher Certification Board is abolished
32 and the terms of its members are terminated when 12 of the
33 initial members of the Professional Teacher Standards Board,
34 which shall constitute a quorum of that Board, are appointed
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1 as provided in subsection (a). The members of the
2 Professional Teacher Standards Board shall take office and
3 assume, exercise, and perform the powers, duties, and
4 responsibilities of that Board under this Article when a
5 quorum of the initial members of that Board is appointed.
6 Until the State Teacher Certification Board is abolished upon
7 the appointment of 12 persons to serve as initial members of
8 the Professional Teacher Standards Board, but not thereafter,
9 the State Teacher Certification Board shall exercise the
10 powers and duties that it was authorized or required to
11 exercise and perform under this Article prior to its
12 abolition.
13 (c) The chairperson of the Professional Teacher
14 Standards Board shall be elected by the members of the Board
15 from among their number to serve for a term of one year. A
16 person elected to serve as chairperson of the Board may be
17 reelected by the members of the Board to succeed himself or
18 herself in that office. The members of the Professional
19 Teacher Standards Board shall meet promptly upon the
20 appointment of a quorum of the members to organize
21 themselves, elect from their number a chairperson and such
22 other officers as they deem necessary, and establish the
23 dates of the regular meetings of the Board. The Board shall
24 hold special meetings upon the call of the chairperson or a
25 majority of its members. Members of the Professional Teacher
26 Standards Board shall be reimbursed for all ordinary and
27 necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties as
28 members of the Board.
29 (d) The Professional Teacher Standards Board, as a State
30 agency that is eligible for appropriations, shall comply with
31 the provisions of the Bureau of the Budget Act applicable to
32 State agencies.
33 (e) The Professional Teacher Standards Board, acting in
34 accordance with the provisions of this Article and exercising
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1 the exclusive powers granted to it under Section 21-1c, shall
2 have the power and authority to do all of the following:
3 (1) set standards for teaching, supervising, or
4 holding other certificated employment in the public
5 schools, and administer the certification process as
6 provided in this Article;
7 (2) approve and evaluate teacher and administrator
8 preparation programs;
9 (3) revoke and suspend certificates issued for
10 teaching, supervising, or holding other certificated
11 employment in the public schools;
12 (3.5) renew certificates of teachers employed by a
13 school district subject to Article 34;
14 (4) enter into agreements with other states
15 relative to reciprocal approval of teacher and
16 administrator preparation programs;
17 (5) establish standards for the issuance of new
18 types of certificates;
19 (6) employ and direct an Executive Director and
20 such other staff as the Board deems necessary to exercise
21 its powers and duties under this Article, subject to the
22 following conditions: all employees of the State Board of
23 Education who shall lose their employment with the State
24 Board of Education as the result of the establishment of
25 the Professional Teacher Standards Board and the
26 attendant transfer of power and duties to the
27 Professional Teacher Standards Board shall be afforded
28 the right to transfer their employment without
29 interruption from the State Board of Education to the
30 Professional Teacher Standards Board, retaining their
31 seniority status and salary as it then exists with the
32 State Board of Education;
33 (7) establish standards for induction, mentoring,
34 and professional development programs;
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1 (8) take such other action relating to the
2 improvement of instruction in the public schools through
3 teacher education and professional development and that
4 attracts qualified candidates into teacher training
5 programs as is appropriate and consistent with applicable
6 laws; and
7 (9) make and prescribe rules and regulations that
8 are necessary for the administration of this Article.
9 (f) The Professional Teacher Standards Board shall
10 establish a committee on administrative certification,
11 comprised solely of Board members. The Board may create
12 standing committees, comprised solely of Board members, when
13 deemed necessary by the Board to carry out its functions and
14 responsibilities under this Article. In addition the Board
15 may establish advisory committees if the Board determines
16 that such action may be necessary or appropriate.
17 (105 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1)
18 Sec. 21-1. Qualification of teachers. No one may be
19 certified to teach or supervise in the public schools of this
20 State who is not of good character, good health, a citizen of
21 the United States or legally present and authorized for
22 employment, and at least 19 years of age. If the holder of a
23 certificate under this Section is not a citizen of the United
24 States 6 years after the date of the issuance of the original
25 certificate, any certificate held by such person on that date
26 shall be cancelled by the board of education and no other
27 certificate to teach shall be issued to such person until
28 such person is a citizen of the United States.
29 Citizenship is not required for the issuance of a
30 temporary part-time certificate to participants in approved
31 training programs for exchange students as described in
32 Section 21-10.2. A certificate issued under this plan shall
33 expire on June 30 following the date of issue. One renewal
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1 for one year is authorized if the holder remains as an
2 official participant in an approved exchange program.
3 In determining good character under this Section, any
4 felony conviction of the applicant may be taken into
5 consideration, but such a conviction shall not operate as a
6 bar to registration.
7 No person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right
8 to be certified, to receive training for the purpose of
9 becoming a teacher or to engage in practice teaching in any
10 school because of a physical disability including but not
11 limited to visual and hearing disabilities; nor shall any
12 school district refuse to employ a teacher on such grounds,
13 provided that the person is able to carry out the duties of
14 the position for which he applies.
15 No person may be granted or continue to hold a teaching
16 certificate who has knowingly altered or misrepresented his
17 or her teaching qualifications in order to acquire the
18 certificate. Any other certificate held by such person may
19 be suspended or revoked by the Professional Teacher Standards
20 Board State Teacher Certification Board, depending upon the
21 severity of the alteration or misrepresentation.
22 No one may teach or supervise in the public schools nor
23 receive for teaching or supervising any part of any public
24 school fund, who does not hold a certificate of qualification
25 granted, on or after January 1, 1999 by the Professional
26 Teacher Standards Board, or granted prior to that date by the
27 State Board of Education or by the State Teacher
28 Certification Board and a regional superintendent of schools
29 as hereinafter provided, or by the board of education of a
30 city having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants,
31 except as provided in Section 34-6 and in Section 10-22.34 or
32 Section 10-22.34b. However, the provisions of this Article do
33 not apply to a member of the armed forces who is employed as
34 a teacher of subjects in the Reserve Officer's Training Corps
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1 of any school. Sections 21-2 through 21-24 do not apply to
2 cities having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants,
3 beginning until July 1, 1988.
4 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
5 board of education of any school district may grant to a
6 teacher of the district a leave of absence with full pay for
7 a period of not more than one year to permit such teacher to
8 teach in a foreign state under the provisions of the Exchange
9 Teacher Program established under Public Law 584, 79th
10 Congress, and Public Law 402, 80th Congress, as amended. The
11 school board granting such leave of absence may employ with
12 or without pay a national of the foreign state wherein the
13 teacher on leave of absence will teach, if the national is
14 qualified to teach in that foreign state, and if that
15 national will teach in a grade level similar to the one which
16 was taught in such foreign state. The Professional Teacher
17 Standards Board State Board of Education shall promulgate and
18 enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as may be
19 necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Article or may
20 adopt for such purposes any of the rules and regulations
21 promulgated prior to January 1, 1999 by the State Board of
22 Education or by the State Teacher Certification Board prior
23 to the abolition of that Board paragraph.
24 (Source: P.A. 88-189; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96; 89-397, eff.
25 8-20-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
26 (105 ILCS 5/21-1a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a)
27 Sec. 21-1a. Tests required for certification.
28 (a) After July 1, 1988, in addition to all other
29 requirements, early childhood, elementary, special, high
30 school, school service personnel, or, except as provided in
31 Section 34-6, administrative certificates shall be issued to
32 persons who have satisfactorily passed a test of basic skills
33 and subject matter knowledge. The tests of basic skills and
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1 subject matter knowledge shall be the tests which from time
2 to time are designated by the Professional Teacher Standards
3 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
4 Teacher Certification Board and may be tests prepared by an
5 educational testing organization or tests designed by the
6 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
7 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
8 The areas to be covered by the test of basic skills shall
9 include the basic skills of reading, writing, grammar, and
10 mathematics. The test of subject matter knowledge shall
11 assess content knowledge in the specific subject field. The
12 tests shall be designed to be racially neutral to assure that
13 no person in taking the tests is thereby discriminated
14 against on the basis of race, color, national origin or other
15 factors unrelated to the person's ability to perform as a
16 certificated employee. The score required to pass the tests
17 of basic skills and subject matter knowledge shall be fixed
18 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
19 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
20 Certification Board. The tests shall be held not fewer than
21 3 times a year at such time and place as may be designated by
22 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
23 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
24 Certification Board.
25 (b) Except as provided in Section 34-6, the provisions
26 of subsection (a) of this Section shall apply equally in any
27 school district subject to Article 34, provided that the
28 State Board of Education shall determine which certificates
29 issued under Sections 34-8.1 and 34-83 prior to July 1, 1988
30 are comparable to any early childhood certificate, elementary
31 school certificate, special certificate, high school
32 certificate, school service personnel certificate or
33 administrative certificate issued under this Article as of
34 July 1, 1988.
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1 (c) A person who holds an early childhood, elementary,
2 special, high school or school service personnel certificate
3 issued under this Article on or at any time before July 1,
4 1988, including a person who has been issued any such
5 certificate pursuant to Section 21-11.1 or in exchange for a
6 comparable certificate theretofore issued under Section
7 34-8.1 or Section 34-83, shall not be required to take or
8 pass the tests in order to thereafter have such certificate
9 renewed.
10 (d) (Blank). The State Board of Education in
11 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board shall
12 conduct a pilot administration of the tests by administering
13 the test to students completing teacher education programs in
14 the 1986-87 school year for the purpose of determining the
15 effect and impact of testing candidates for certification.
16 (e) The rules and regulations developed to implement the
17 required test of basic skills and subject matter knowledge
18 shall include the requirements of subsections (a), (b), and
19 (c) and shall include specific regulations to govern test
20 selection; test validation and determination of a passing
21 score; administration of the tests; frequency of
22 administration; applicant fees; frequency of applicants'
23 taking the tests; the years for which a score is valid; and,
24 waiving certain additional tests for additional certificates
25 to individuals who have satisfactorily passed the test of
26 basic skills and subject matter knowledge as required in
27 subsection (a). The Professional Teacher Standards Board
28 State Board of Education shall provide, by rule, specific
29 policies that assure uniformity in the difficulty level of
30 each form of the basic skills test and each subject matter
31 knowledge test from test-to-test and year-to-year. The
32 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
33 shall also set a passing score for the tests.
34 (f) (Blank). The State Teacher Certification Board may
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1 issue a nonrenewable temporary certificate between July 1,
2 1988 and August 31, 1988 to individuals who have taken the
3 tests of basic skills and subject matter knowledge prescribed
4 by this Section but have not received such test scores by
5 August 31, 1988. Such temporary certificates shall expire on
6 December 31, 1988.
7 (g) Beginning January 1, 1999, the Professional Teacher
8 Standards Board State Board of Education, in consultation
9 with the State Teacher Certification Board, shall implement
10 and administer a new system of certification for teachers in
11 the State of Illinois. The Professional Teacher Standards
12 Board State Board of Education, in consultation with the
13 State Teacher Certification Board, shall design and implement
14 a system of examinations and various other criteria which
15 shall be required prior to the issuance of Initial Teaching
16 Certificates and Standard Teaching Certificates. These
17 examinations and indicators shall be based on national
18 professional teaching standards, as determined by the
19 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
20 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
21 Certification Board. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
22 State Board of Education may adopt any and all regulations
23 necessary to implement and administer this Section.
24 (h) The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
25 of Education shall report to the Illinois General Assembly
26 and the Governor with recommendations for further changes and
27 improvements to the teacher certification system no later
28 than January 1, 2000 1999 and on an annual basis until
29 January 1, 2002 2001.
30 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
31 (105 ILCS 5/21-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b)
32 Sec. 21-1b. Subject endorsement on certificates. All
33 certificates initially issued under this Article after June
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1 30, 1986, shall be specifically endorsed by the State Board
2 of Education for each subject the holder of the certificate
3 is legally qualified to teach, such endorsements to be made
4 in accordance with standards promulgated by the Professional
5 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education in
6 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. All
7 certificates which are issued under this Article prior to
8 July 1, 1986 may, by application to the Professional Teacher
9 Standards Board State Board of Education, be specifically
10 endorsed for each subject the holder is legally qualified to
11 teach. All subject endorsements made on or after January 1,
12 1999 to new or existing certificates as provided in this
13 Section shall be made by the Professional Teacher Standards
14 Board. Each application for endorsement of an existing
15 teaching certificate shall be accompanied by a $20
16 nonrefundable fee.
17 Commencing January 1, 1994, an additional $10 shall be
18 charged for each application for endorsement. There is
19 hereby created a Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund as a
20 special fund within the State Treasury. The proceeds of the
21 additional $10 fee shall be paid into the Teacher Certificate
22 Fee Revolving Fund; and the moneys in that Fund shall be
23 appropriated to the Professional Teacher Standards Board and
24 used by that Board to provide the technology and other
25 resources necessary for the timely and efficient processing
26 of certification requests.
27 (Source: P.A. 88-224.)
28 (105 ILCS 5/21-1c) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c)
29 Sec. 21-1c. Exclusive certificate authority. Only the
30 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
31 and State Teacher Certification Board, acting in accordance
32 with the applicable provisions of this Act and the rules,
33 regulations and standards promulgated thereunder, shall have
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1 the authority to issue or endorse any certificate required
2 for teaching, supervising or holding certificated employment
3 in the public schools; and no other State agency shall have
4 any power or authority (i) to establish or prescribe any
5 qualifications or other requirements applicable to teacher or
6 administrator training and certification or to the issuance
7 or endorsement of any such certificate required for teaching,
8 supervising, or holding certified employment in the public
9 schools, or (ii) to establish or prescribe any licensure or
10 equivalent requirement which must be satisfied in order to
11 teach, supervise or hold certificated employment in the
12 public schools.
13 (Source: P.A. 86-1441.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
15 Sec. 21-2. Grades of certificates.
16 (a) Until January 1, 1999, all certificates issued under
17 this Article shall be State certificates valid, except as
18 limited in Section 21-1, in every school district coming
19 under the provisions of this Act and shall be limited in time
20 and designated as follows: Provisional vocational
21 certificate, temporary provisional vocational certificate,
22 early childhood certificate, elementary school certificate,
23 special certificate, high school certificate, school service
24 personnel certificate, administrative certificate,
25 provisional certificate, and substitute certificate. The
26 requirement of student teaching under close and competent
27 supervision for obtaining a teaching certificate may be
28 waived by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
29 Teacher Certification Board upon presentation to that the
30 Board by the teacher of evidence of 5 years successful
31 teaching experience on a valid certificate and graduation
32 from a recognized institution of higher learning with a
33 bachelor's degree with not less than 120 semester hours and a
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1 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education.
2 (b) Initial Teaching Certificate. Beginning January 1,
3 1999, persons who (1) have completed an approved teacher
4 preparation program, (2) are recommended by an approved
5 teacher preparation program, (3) have successfully completed
6 the Initial Teaching Certification examinations required by
7 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
8 Education, and (4) have met all other criteria established by
9 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
10 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
11 Certification Board, shall be issued an Initial Teaching
12 Certificate valid for 4 years. Initial Teaching Certificates
13 shall be issued for categories corresponding to Early
14 Childhood Education, Elementary Education, and Secondary
15 Education, with special certification designations for
16 Special Education, Bilingual Education, fundamental learning
17 areas (including Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics,
18 Science, Social Science, Physical Development and Health,
19 Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and other areas designated
20 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
21 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
22 Certification Board.
23 (c) Standard Certificate. Beginning January 1, 1999,
24 persons who (1) have completed 4 years of teaching with an
25 Initial Certificate, have successfully completed the Standard
26 Teaching Certificate examinations, and have met all other
27 criteria established by the Professional Teacher Standards
28 Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
29 Teacher Certification Board, or (2) were issued teaching
30 certificates prior to January 1, 1999 and are renewing those
31 certificates after January 1, 1999, shall be issued a
32 Standard Certificate valid for 5 years, which may be renewed
33 thereafter every 5 years by the Professional Teacher
34 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board based on
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1 proof of continuing education or professional development.
2 Standard Certificates shall be issued for categories
3 corresponding to Early Childhood Education, Elementary
4 Education, and Secondary Education, with special
5 certification designations for Special Education, Bilingual
6 Education, fundamental learning areas (including Language
7 Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Physical
8 Development and Health, Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and
9 other areas designated by the Professional Teacher Standards
10 Board State Board of Education, in consultation with the
11 State Teacher Certification Board.
12 (d) Master Certificate. Beginning January 1, 1999,
13 persons who have successfully achieved National Board
14 certification through the National Board for Professional
15 Teaching Standards shall be issued a Master Certificate,
16 valid for 7 years and renewable thereafter every 7 years
17 through compliance with requirements set forth by the
18 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
19 Education.
20 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
21 (105 ILCS 5/21-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1)
22 Sec. 21-2.1. Early childhood certificate.
23 (a) An early childhood certificate shall be valid for 4
24 years for teaching children up to 6 years of age, exclusive
25 of children enrolled in kindergarten, in facilities approved
26 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
27 Superintendent of Education. Beginning July 1, 1988, such
28 certificate shall be valid for 4 years for Teaching children
29 through grade 3 in facilities approved by the Professional
30 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education.
31 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall be
32 issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
33 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
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1 with not fewer than 120 semester hours including professional
2 education or human development or, until July 1, 1992, to
3 persons who have early childhood education instruction and
4 practical experience involving supervised work with children
5 under 6 years of age or with children through grade 3. Such
6 persons shall be recommended for the early childhood
7 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
8 an approved program of preparation which includes the
9 requisite hours and academic and professional courses and
10 practical experience approved by the Professional Teacher
11 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
12 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
13 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
14 Early Childhood Education Certificates shall be issued to
15 persons who meet the criteria established by the Professional
16 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
18 (105 ILCS 5/21-2b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2b)
19 Sec. 21-2b. Teacher education program entrance. In
20 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board The
21 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
22 shall develop procedures which ensure that all students
23 entering approved teacher education programs are proficient
24 in the areas of reading, mathematics and language arts. Each
25 institution of higher learning shall submit to the
26 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
27 Certification Board a plan which sets forth procedures for
28 implementation of this Section.
29 (Source: P.A. 84-126.)
30 (105 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-3)
31 Sec. 21-3. Elementary certificate.
32 (a) An elementary school certificate shall be valid for
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1 4 years for teaching in the kindergarten and lower 9 grades
2 of the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
3 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
4 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
5 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours and with a
6 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education,
7 including 5 semester hours in student teaching under
8 competent and close supervision. Such persons shall be
9 recommended for the elementary certificate by a recognized
10 institution as having completed an approved program of
11 preparation which includes intensive preservice training in
12 the humanities, natural sciences, mathematics, and the
13 academic and professional courses approved by the
14 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
15 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
16 Certification Board.
17 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
18 Elementary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
19 all of the criteria established by the Professional Teacher
20 Standards Board State Board of Education for elementary
21 education.
22 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
23 (105 ILCS 5/21-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-4)
24 Sec. 21-4. Special certificate.
25 (a) A special certificate shall be valid for 4 years for
26 teaching the special subjects named therein in all grades of
27 the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
28 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
29 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
30 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours including a
31 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education, 5 of
32 which shall be in student teaching under competent and close
33 supervision. When the holder of such certificate has earned a
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1 master's degree, including 8 eight semester hours of graduate
2 professional education from a recognized institution of
3 higher learning and with 2 two years' teaching experience, it
4 may be endorsed for supervision.
5 Such persons shall be recommended for the special
6 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
7 an approved program of preparation which includes academic
8 and professional courses approved by the Professional Teacher
9 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
10 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
11 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, special certification
12 designations shall be issued for Special Education, Bilingual
13 Education, fundamental learning areas (Language Arts,
14 Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Physical
15 Development and Health, Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and
16 other areas designated by the Professional Teacher Standards
17 Board State Board of Education, to persons who meet all of
18 the criteria established by the Professional Teacher
19 Standards Board State Board of Education, in consultation
20 with the State Teacher Certification Board.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
22 (105 ILCS 5/21-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5)
23 Sec. 21-5. High school certificate.
24 (a) A high school certificate shall be valid for 4 years
25 for teaching in grades 6 to 12 inclusive of the common
26 schools. Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall
27 be issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
28 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
29 with not fewer than 120 semester hours including 16 semester
30 hours in professional education, 5 of which shall be in
31 student teaching under competent and close supervision and
32 with one or more teaching fields. Such persons shall be
33 recommended for the high school certificate by a recognized
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1 institution as having completed an approved program of
2 preparation which includes the academic and professional
3 courses approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
4 State Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
5 State Teacher Certification Board.
6 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
7 Secondary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
8 all of the criteria established by the Professional Teacher
9 Standards Board State Board of Education for secondary
10 education.
11 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
12 (105 ILCS 5/21-5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a)
13 Sec. 21-5a. Alternative math-science certification. The
14 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
15 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
16 Certification Board, shall establish and implement and
17 administer an alternative certification program under which
18 persons who qualify for admission to, and who successfully
19 complete the program and meet the additional requirements
20 established by this Section shall be issued an initial
21 teaching certificate for teaching mathematics, science or
22 mathematics and science in grades 9 through 12 of the common
23 schools. In establishing an alternative certification
24 program under this Section, the Professional Teacher
25 Standards Board State Board of Education shall designate an
26 appropriate area within the State where the program shall be
27 offered and made available to persons qualified for admission
28 to the program. In addition, the Professional Teacher
29 Standards Board State Board of Education, in cooperation with
30 one or more recognized institutions of higher learning, shall
31 develop, evaluate, and revise as necessary a comprehensive
32 course of study that persons admitted to the program must
33 successfully complete in order to satisfy one criterion for
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1 issuance of an initial certificate under this Section. The
2 comprehensive course of study so developed shall include one
3 semester of practice teaching.
4 An initial teaching certificate, valid for 4 years for
5 teaching mathematics, science, or mathematics and science in
6 grades 9 through 12 of the common schools and renewable as
7 provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued under this Section
8 21-5a to persons who qualify for admission to the alternative
9 certification program and who at the time of applying for an
10 initial teaching certificate under this Section:
11 (1) have graduated with a master's degree in
12 mathematics or any science discipline from an institution
13 of higher learning whose scholarship standards are
14 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
15 State Board of Education for purposes of the alternative
16 certification program;
17 (2) have been employed for at least 10 years in an
18 area requiring knowledge and practical application of
19 their academic background in mathematics or a science
20 discipline;
21 (3) have successfully completed the alternative
22 certification program and the course of comprehensive
23 study, including one semester of practice teaching,
24 developed as part of the program as provided in this
25 Section and approved by the Professional Teacher
26 Standards Board State Board of Education; and
27 (4) have passed the examinations required by
28 Section 21-1a.
29 The alternative certification program shall be
30 implemented at the commencement of the 1992-1993 academic
31 year.
32 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
33 Education shall establish criteria for admission to the
34 alternative certification program and shall adopt rules and
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1 regulations that are consistent with this Section and that
2 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
3 Education deems necessary to establish and implement and
4 administer the program.
5 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-5b)
7 Sec. 21-5b. Alternative certification. The Professional
8 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education, in
9 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
10 shall establish and implement an alternative certification
11 program under which persons who meet the requirements of and
12 successfully complete the program established by this Section
13 shall be issued an alternative teaching certificate for
14 teaching in the schools situated in a school district that is
15 located in a city having a population in excess of 500,000
16 inhabitants. The program shall be limited to not more than
17 260 new participants during each year that the program is in
18 effect. In establishing an alternative certification program
19 under this Section, the Professional Teacher Standards Board
20 State Board of Education shall designate the City of Chicago
21 as the area in the State where the program shall be made
22 available. In addition, the Professional Teacher Standards
23 Board State Board of Education, in cooperation with a
24 partnership formed with a university that offers 4-year
25 baccalaureate and masters degree programs and that is a
26 recognized institution as defined in Section 21-21 and one or
27 more not-for-profit organizations in the State which support
28 excellence in teaching, shall within 30 days after submission
29 by the partnership approve a course of study developed by the
30 partnership that persons in the program must successfully
31 complete in order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of an
32 alternative certificate under this Section. The Alternative
33 Teacher Certification program course of study must include
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1 the current content and skills contained in the university's
2 current courses for State certification which have been
3 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
4 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
5 Certification Board, as the requirement for State teacher
6 certification.
7 The alternative certification program established under
8 this Section shall be known as the Alternative Teacher
9 Certification program. The Alternative Teacher Certification
10 Program shall be offered by the submitting partnership and
11 may be offered in conjunction with one or more not-for-profit
12 organizations in the State which support excellence in
13 teaching. The program shall be comprised of the following 3
14 phases: (a) the first phase is the course of study offered on
15 an intensive basis in education theory, instructional
16 methods, and practice teaching; (b) the second phase is the
17 person's assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
18 school year; and (c) the third phase is a comprehensive
19 assessment of the person's teaching performance by school
20 officials and the partnership participants and a
21 recommendation by the partner institution of higher education
22 to the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
23 Education that the person be issued a standard alternative
24 teaching certificate. Successful completion of the
25 Alternative Teacher Certification program shall be deemed to
26 satisfy any other practice or student teaching and subject
27 matter requirements established by law.
28 A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
29 one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
30 shall be issued under this Section 21-5b to persons who at
31 the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
32 certificate under this Section:
33 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
34 university with a bachelor's degree;
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1 (2) have successfully completed the first phase of
2 the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
3 in this Section; and
4 (3) have passed the tests of basic skills and
5 subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a.
6 A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
7 under this Section shall be treated as a regularly certified
8 teacher for purposes of compensation, benefits, and other
9 terms and conditions of employment afforded teachers in the
10 school who are members of a bargaining unit represented by an
11 exclusive bargaining representative, if any.
12 A standard alternative teaching certificate, valid for 4
13 years for teaching in the schools situated in a school
14 district that is located in a city having a population in
15 excess of 500,000 inhabitants and renewable as provided in
16 Section 21-14, shall be issued under this Section 21-5b to
17 persons who first complete the requirements for the
18 provisional alternative teaching certificate and who at the
19 time of applying for a standard alternative teaching
20 certificate under this Section have successfully completed
21 the second and third phases of the Alternative Teacher
22 Certification program as provided in this Section.
23 This alternative certification program shall be
24 implemented so that the first provisional alternative
25 teaching certificates issued under this Section are effective
26 upon the commencement of the 1997-1998 academic year and the
27 first standard alternative teaching certificates issued under
28 this Section are effective upon the commencement of the
29 1998-1999 academic year.
30 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
31 Education, in cooperation with the partnership establishing
32 the Alternative Teacher Certification program, shall adopt
33 rules and regulations that are consistent with this Section
34 and that the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
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1 of Education deems necessary to establish and implement the
2 program.
3 (Source: P.A. 89-708, eff. 2-14-97.)
4 (105 ILCS 5/21-5c)
5 Sec. 21-5c. Alternative route to teacher certification.
6 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
7 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
8 Certification Board, shall establish and implement an
9 alternative route to teacher certification program under
10 which persons who meet the requirements of and successfully
11 complete the program established by this Section shall be
12 issued an initial teaching certificate for teaching in
13 schools in this State. The Professional Teacher Standards
14 Board State Board of Education shall approve a course of
15 study that persons in the program must successfully complete
16 in order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of a
17 certificate under this Section. The Alternative Route to
18 Teacher Certification program course of study must include
19 the current content and skills contained in a university's
20 current courses for State certification which have been
21 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
22 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
23 Certification Board, as the requirement for State teacher
24 certification.
25 The program established under this Section shall be known
26 as the Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program.
27 The program may be offered in conjunction with one or more
28 not-for-profit organizations in the State. The program shall
29 be comprised of the following 3 phases: (a) a course of study
30 offered on an intensive basis in education theory,
31 instructional methods, and practice teaching; (b) the
32 person's assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
33 school year, including the designation of a mentor teacher to
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1 advise and assist the person with that teaching assignment;
2 and (c) a comprehensive assessment of the person's teaching
3 performance by school officials and program participants and
4 a recommendation by the institution of higher education to
5 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
6 Education that the person be issued an initial teaching
7 certificate. Successful completion of the Alternative Route
8 to Teacher Certification program shall be deemed to satisfy
9 any other practice or student teaching and subject matter
10 requirements established by law.
11 A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
12 one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
13 shall be issued under this Section 21-5c to persons who at
14 the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
15 certificate under this Section:
16 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
17 university with a bachelor's degree;
18 (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5
19 years in an area requiring application of the
20 individual's education;
21 (3) have successfully completed the first phase of
22 the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
23 in this Section; and
24 (4) have passed the tests of basic skills and
25 subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a.
26 An initial teaching certificate, valid for teaching in
27 the common schools, shall be issued under Section 21-3 or
28 21-5 to persons who first complete the requirements for the
29 provisional alternative teaching certificate and who at the
30 time of applying for an initial teaching certificate have
31 successfully completed the second and third phases of the
32 Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program as
33 provided in this Section.
34 A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
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1 or an initial teaching certificate earned under this Section
2 shall be treated as a regularly certified teacher for
3 purposes of compensation, benefits, and other terms and
4 conditions of employment afforded teachers in the school who
5 are members of a bargaining unit represented by an exclusive
6 bargaining representative, if any.
7 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
8 Education may adopt rules and regulations that are consistent
9 with this Section and that the Professional Teacher Standards
10 Board State Board deems necessary to establish and implement
11 the program.
12 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
13 (105 ILCS 5/21-5d)
14 Sec. 21-5d. Alternative route to administrative
15 certification. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
16 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
17 Teacher Certification Board and an advisory panel consisting
18 of no less than 7 administrators appointed by the State
19 Superintendent of Education, shall establish and implement an
20 alternative route to administrative certification program
21 under which persons who meet the requirements of and
22 successfully complete the program established by this Section
23 shall be issued a standard administrative certificate for
24 serving as an administrator in schools in this State. For
25 the purposes of this Section only, "administrator" means a
26 person holding any administrative position for which a
27 standard administrative certificate with a general
28 administrative endorsement, chief school business official
29 endorsement, or superintendent endorsement is required,
30 except a principal or an assistant principal. The
31 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
32 shall approve a course of study that persons in the program
33 must successfully complete in order to satisfy one criterion
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1 for issuance of a certificate under this Section. The
2 Alternative Route to Administrative Certification program
3 course of study must include the current content and skills
4 contained in a university's current courses for State
5 certification which have been approved by the Professional
6 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education, in
7 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board, as
8 the requirement for administrative certification.
9 The program established under this Section shall be known
10 as the Alternative Route to Administrative Certification
11 program. The program shall be comprised of the following 3
12 phases: (a) a course of study offered on an intensive basis
13 in education management, governance, organization, and
14 planning; (b) the person's assignment to a full-time position
15 for one school year as an administrator; and (c) a
16 comprehensive assessment of the person's performance by
17 school officials and a recommendation to the Professional
18 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education that the
19 person be issued a standard administrative certificate.
20 Successful completion of the Alternative Route to
21 Administrative Certification program shall be deemed to
22 satisfy any other supervisory, administrative, or management
23 experience requirements established by law.
24 A provisional alternative administrative certificate,
25 valid for one year of serving as an administrator in the
26 common schools and not renewable, shall be issued under this
27 Section 21-5d to persons who at the time of applying for the
28 provisional alternative administrative certificate under this
29 Section:
30 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
31 university with a master's degree in a management field
32 or with a bachelor's degree and the life experience
33 equivalent of a master's degree in a management field as
34 determined by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
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1 State Board of Education;
2 (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5
3 years in a management level position;
4 (3) have successfully completed the first phase of
5 the Alternative Route to Administrative Certification
6 program as provided in this Section; and
7 (4) have passed any examination required by the
8 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
9 Education.
10 A standard administrative certificate with a general
11 administrative endorsement, chief school business official
12 endorsement, or superintendent endorsement, renewable as
13 provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued under Section
14 21-7.1 to persons who first complete the requirements for the
15 provisional alternative administrative certificate and who at
16 the time of applying for a standard administrative
17 certificate have successfully completed the second and third
18 phases of the Alternative Route to Administrative
19 Certification program as provided in this Section.
20 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
21 Education may adopt rules and regulations that are consistent
22 with this Section and that the Professional Teacher Standards
23 Board State Board deems necessary to establish and implement
24 the program.
25 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
26 (105 ILCS 5/21-7.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1)
27 Sec. 21-7.1. Administrative certificate.
28 (a) After January 1, 1986, an administrative certificate
29 valid for 5 years of supervising and administering in the
30 public common schools may be issued to persons who have
31 graduated from a recognized institution of higher learning
32 with a master's degree and who have been certified by these
33 institutions of higher learning as having completed a program
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1 of preparation for one or more of these endorsements. Such
2 programs of academic and professional preparation required
3 for endorsement shall be administered by the institution in
4 accordance with standards set forth by the Professional
5 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
6 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
7 (b) No administrative certificate shall be issued for
8 the first time after June 30, 1987 and no endorsement
9 provided for by this Section shall be made or affixed to an
10 administrative certificate for the first time after June 30,
11 1987 unless the person to whom such administrative
12 certificate is to be issued or to whose administrative
13 certificate such endorsement is to be affixed has been
14 required to demonstrate as a part of a program of academic or
15 professional preparation for such certification or
16 endorsement: (i) an understanding of the knowledge called for
17 in establishing productive parent-school relationships and of
18 the procedures fostering the involvement which such
19 relationships demand; and (ii) an understanding of the
20 knowledge required for establishing a high quality school
21 climate and promoting good classroom organization and
22 management, including rules of conduct and instructional
23 procedures appropriate to accomplishing the tasks of
24 schooling; and (iii) a demonstration of the knowledge and
25 skills called for in providing instructional leadership. The
26 standards for demonstrating an understanding of such
27 knowledge shall be set forth by the Professional Teacher
28 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
29 the State Teacher Certification Board, and shall be
30 administered by the recognized institutions of higher
31 learning as part of the programs of academic and professional
32 preparation required for certification and endorsement under
33 this Section. As used in this subsection: "establishing
34 productive parent-school relationships" means the ability to
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1 maintain effective communication between parents and school
2 personnel, to encourage parental involvement in schooling,
3 and to motivate school personnel to engage parents in
4 encouraging student achievement, including the development of
5 programs and policies which serve to accomplish this purpose;
6 and "establishing a high quality school climate" means the
7 ability to promote academic achievement, to maintain
8 discipline, to recognize substance abuse problems among
9 students and utilize appropriate law enforcement and other
10 community resources to address these problems, to support
11 teachers and students in their education endeavors, to
12 establish learning objectives, and to provide instructional
13 leadership, including the development of policies and
14 programs which serve to accomplish this purpose; and
15 "providing instructional leadership" means the ability to
16 effectively evaluate school personnel, to possess general
17 communication and interpersonal skills, and to establish and
18 maintain appropriate classroom learning environments. The
19 provisions of this subsection shall not apply to or affect
20 the initial issuance or making on or before June 30, 1987 of
21 any administrative certificate or endorsement provided for
22 under this Section, nor shall such provisions apply to or
23 affect the renewal after June 30, 1987 of any such
24 certificate or endorsement initially issued or made on or
25 before June 30, 1987.
26 (c) Administrative certificates shall be renewed every 5
27 five years with the first renewal being 5 five years
28 following the initial receipt of an administrative
29 certificate. Renewal requirements for administrators whose
30 positions require certification shall be based upon evidence
31 of continuing professional education which promotes the
32 following goals: (1) Improving administrators' knowledge of
33 instructional practices and administrative procedures; (2)
34 Maintaining the basic level of competence required for
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1 initial certification; and (3) Improving the mastery of
2 skills and knowledge regarding the improvement of teaching
3 performance in clinical settings and assessment of the levels
4 of student performance in their schools. Evidence of
5 continuing professional education must include verification
6 of biennial attendance in a program developed by the Illinois
7 Administrators' Academy and verification of annual
8 participation in a school district approved activity which
9 contributes to continuing professional education. The
10 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
11 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
12 Certification Board, shall develop, evaluate, and revise as
13 necessary procedures for implementing this Section and shall
14 administer the renewal of administrative certificates.
15 Failure to submit satisfactory evidence of continuing
16 professional education which contributes to promoting the
17 goals of this Section shall result in a loss of
18 administrative certification.
19 (d) Any limited or life supervisory certificate issued
20 prior to July 1, 1968 shall continue to be valid for all
21 administrative and supervisory positions in the public
22 schools for which it is valid as of that date as long as its
23 holder meets the requirements for registration or renewal as
24 set forth in the statutes or until revoked according to law.
25 (e) The administrative or supervisory positions for
26 which the certificate shall be valid shall be determined by
27 one or more of 3 endorsements: general supervisory, general
28 administrative and superintendent.
29 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, endorsements
30 shall be made under conditions set forth in this Section.
31 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
32 Education shall, in consultation with the State Teacher
33 Certification Board, adopt rules pursuant to the Illinois
34 Administrative Procedure Act, establishing requirements for
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1 obtaining administrative certificates where the minimum
2 administrative or supervisory requirements surpass those set
3 forth in this Section.
4 If the Professional Teacher Standards Board establishes
5 State Teacher Certification Board shall file with the State
6 Board of Education a written recommendation when considering
7 additional administrative or supervisory requirements, those.
8 All additional requirements shall be based upon the requisite
9 knowledge necessary to perform the those tasks required by
10 the certificate. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
11 State Board of Education shall in consultation with the State
12 Teacher Certification Board, establish standards within its
13 rules which shall include the academic and professional
14 requirements necessary for certification. These standards
15 shall at a minimum contain, but not be limited to, those used
16 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
17 Education in determining whether additional knowledge will be
18 required. Additionally, the Professional Teacher Standards
19 Board State Board of Education shall in consultation with the
20 State Teacher Certification Board, establish provisions
21 within its rules whereby any member of the educational
22 community or the public may file a formal written
23 recommendation or inquiry regarding requirements.
24 (1) The general supervisory endorsement shall be
25 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
26 who has at least 16 semester hours of graduate credit in
27 professional education including 8 semester hours of
28 graduate credit in curriculum and research and who has at
29 least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school
30 service personnel experience in public schools, schools
31 under the supervision of the Department of Corrections,
32 schools under the administration of the Department of
33 Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
34 standards established by the State Superintendent of
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1 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition
2 standards approved by the State Superintendent of
3 Education.
4 Such endorsement shall be required for supervisors,
5 curriculum directors and for such similar and related
6 positions as determined by the Professional Teacher
7 Standards Board State Superintendent of Education in
8 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
9 (2) The general administrative endorsement shall be
10 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
11 who has at least 20 semester hours of graduate credit in
12 educational administration and supervision and who has at
13 least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school
14 service personnel experience in public schools, schools
15 under the supervision of the Department of Corrections,
16 schools under the administration of the Department of
17 Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
18 standards established by the State Superintendent of
19 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition
20 standards approved by the State Superintendent of
21 Education.
22 Such endorsement shall be required for principal,
23 assistant principal, assistant or associate
24 superintendent, junior college dean and for related or
25 similar positions as determined by the Professional
26 Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education
27 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification
28 Board.
29 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act,
30 after January 1, 1990 and until January 1, 1991, any
31 teacher employed by a district subject to Article 34
32 shall be entitled to receive an administrative
33 certificate with a general administrative endorsement
34 affixed thereto if he or she: (i) had at least 3 years of
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1 experience as a certified teacher for such district prior
2 to August 1, 1985; (ii) obtained a Master's degree prior
3 to August 1, 1985; (iii) completed at least 20 hours of
4 graduate credit in education courses (including at least
5 12 hours in educational administration and supervision)
6 prior to September 1, 1987; and (iv) has received a
7 rating of superior for at least each of the last 5 years.
8 Any person who obtains an administrative certificate with
9 a general administrative endorsement affixed thereto
10 under this paragraph shall not be qualified to serve in
11 any administrative position except assistant principal.
12 (3) The chief school business official endorsement
13 shall be affixed to the administrative certificate of any
14 holder who qualifies by having a Master's degree, 2 two
15 years of administrative experience in school business
16 management, and a minimum of 20 semester hours of
17 graduate credit in a program established by the
18 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent
19 of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
20 Certification Board for the preparation of school
21 business administrators. Such endorsement shall also be
22 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
23 who qualifies by having a Master's Degree in Business
24 Administration, Finance or Accounting from a regionally
25 accredited institution of higher education.
26 After June 30, 1977, such endorsement shall be
27 required for any individual first employed as a chief
28 school business official.
29 (4) The superintendent endorsement shall be affixed to
30 the administrative certificate of any holder who has
31 completed 30 semester hours of graduate credit beyond the
32 master's degree in a program for the preparation of
33 superintendents of schools including 16 semester hours of
34 graduate credit in professional education and who has at
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1 least 2 years experience as an administrator or supervisor in
2 the public schools or the State Board of Education or
3 education service regions or in nonpublic schools meeting the
4 standards established by the State Superintendent of
5 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition standards
6 approved by the State Superintendent of Education and holds
7 general supervisory or general administrative endorsement, or
8 who has had 2 years of experience as a supervisor or
9 administrator while holding an all-grade supervisory
10 certificate or a certificate comparable in validity and
11 educational and experience requirements.
12 After June 30, 1968, such endorsement shall be required
13 for a superintendent of schools, except as provided in the
14 second paragraph of this Section and in Section 34-6.
15 Any person appointed to the position of superintendent
16 between the effective date of this Act and June 30, 1993 in a
17 school district organized pursuant to Article 32 with an
18 enrollment of at least 20,000 pupils shall be exempt from the
19 provisions of this subsection (4) until June 30, 1996.
20 (f) All official interpretations or acts of issuing or
21 denying administrative certificates or endorsements by the
22 State Teacher's Certification Board, State Board of Education
23 or the State Superintendent of Education, from the passage of
24 P.A. 81-1208 on November 8, 1979 through September 24, 1981
25 are hereby declared valid and legal acts in all respects and
26 further that the purported repeal of the provisions of this
27 Section by P.A. 81-1208 and P.A. 81-1509 is declared null and
28 void.
29 (Source: P.A. 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
30 (105 ILCS 5/21-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-9)
31 Sec. 21-9. Substitute certificates.
32 (a) A substitute teacher's certificate may be issued by
33 the Professional Teacher Standards Board for teaching in all
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1 grades of the common schools. Such certificate may be issued
2 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board upon request of
3 the regional superintendent of schools of any region in
4 which the teacher is to teach. A substitute teacher's
5 certificate is valid for teaching in the public schools of
6 any county. Such certificate may be issued by the
7 Professional Teacher Standards Board to persons who either
8 (i) (a) hold a certificate valid for teaching in the common
9 schools as shown on the face of the certificate, (ii) (b)
10 hold a bachelor of arts degree from an institution of higher
11 learning accredited by the North Central Association or other
12 comparable regional accrediting association or have been
13 graduated from a recognized institution of higher learning
14 with a bachelor's degree, or (iii) (c) have had 2 years of
15 teaching experience and meet such other rules and regulations
16 as may be adopted by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
17 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
18 Teacher Certification Board. Such certificate shall expire
19 on June 30 in the fourth year from date of issue.
20 (b) A teacher holding a substitute teacher's certificate
21 may teach only in the place of a certified teacher who is
22 under contract with the employing board and may teach only
23 when no appropriate fully certified teacher is available to
24 teach in a substitute capacity. A teacher holding an early
25 childhood certificate, an elementary certificate, a high
26 school certificate, or a special certificate may also
27 substitute teach in grades K-12 but only in the place of a
28 certified teacher who is under contract with the employing
29 board. A substitute teacher may teach only for a period not
30 to exceed 90 paid school days or 450 paid school hours in any
31 one school district in any one school term. Where such
32 teaching is partly on a daily and partly on an hourly basis,
33 a school day shall be considered as 5 hours. The teaching
34 limitations imposed by this subsection upon teachers holding
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1 substitute certificates shall not apply in any school
2 district operating under Article 34.
3 (Source: P.A. 89-212, eff. 8-4-95.)
4 (105 ILCS 5/21-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-10)
5 Sec. 21-10. Provisional certificate.
6 (A) (Blank). Until July 1, 1972, the State Teacher
7 Certification Board may issue a provisional certificate valid
8 for teaching in elementary, high school or special subject
9 fields subject to the following conditions:
10 A provisional certificate may be issued to a person who
11 presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
12 degree from a recognized institution of higher learning. The
13 academic and professional courses offered as a basis of the
14 provisional certificate shall be courses approved by the
15 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
16 Teacher Certification Board.
17 A certificate earned under this plan may be renewed at
18 the end of each two-year period upon evidence filed with the
19 State Teacher Certification Board that the holder has earned
20 8 semester hours of credit within the period; provided the
21 requirements for the certificate of the same type issued for
22 the teaching position for which the teacher is employed shall
23 be met by the end of the second renewal period. A second
24 provisional certificate shall not be issued. The credits so
25 earned must be approved by the State Board of Education in
26 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board and
27 must meet the general pattern for a similar type of
28 certificate issued on the basis of credit. No more than 4
29 semester hours shall be chosen from elective subjects.
30 (B) After July 1, 1972 and until January 1, 1999, the
31 State Teacher Certification Board may issue, and on and after
32 January 1, 1999 the Professional Teacher Standards Board may
33 issue, a provisional certificate valid for teaching in early
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1 childhood, elementary, high school or special subject fields,
2 or for providing service as school service personnel or for
3 administering schools subject to the following conditions: A
4 provisional certificate may be issued to a person who meets
5 the requirements for a regular teaching, school service
6 personnel or administrative certificate in another State and
7 who presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
8 degree from a recognized institution of higher learning. The
9 academic and professional courses offered as a basis of the
10 provisional certificate shall be courses approved by the
11 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
12 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
13 A certificate earned under this plan is valid for a period of
14 2 years and shall not be renewed; however, the individual to
15 whom this certificate is issued shall have passed or shall
16 pass the examinations set forth by the Professional Teacher
17 Standards Board State Board of Education within 9 months of
18 the date of issuance of the provisional certificate. Failure
19 to pass the tests, required in Section 21-1a, shall result in
20 the cancellation of the provisional certificate.
21 (C) The Professional Teacher Standards Board State
22 Teacher Certification Board may also issue a provisional
23 vocational certificate and a temporary provisional vocational
24 certificate.
25 (1) The requirements for a provisional vocational
26 certificate shall be determined by the Professional
27 Teacher Standards Board, State Board of Education in
28 consultation with the State Teacher Board; provided that,
29 as a minimum requirement, the person to whom the
30 certificate is to be issued has earned, the following
31 minimum requirements are met: (a) after July 1, 1972, at
32 least 30 semester hours of credit from a recognized
33 institution of higher learning; and (b) after July 1,
34 1974, at least 60 semester hours of credit from a
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1 recognized institution of higher learning.
2 (2) The requirements for a temporary provisional
3 vocational certificate shall be determined by the
4 Professional Teacher Standards Board, State Board of
5 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
6 Certification Board; provided that, as a minimum
7 requirement, the person to whom the certificate is to be
8 issued has, the following minimum requirements are met:
9 (a) after July 1, 1973, at least 4,000 hours of work
10 experience in the skill to be certified for teaching; and
11 (b) after July 1, 1975, at least 8,000 hours of work
12 experience in the skill to be certified for teaching.
13 Any certificate issued under the provisions of this
14 paragraph shall expire on June 30 following the date of
15 issue. Renewals may be granted on a yearly basis, but
16 shall not be granted to any person who does not file with
17 the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
18 Certification Board a transcript showing at least 3
19 semester hours of credit earned during the previous year
20 in a recognized institution of learning. No such
21 certificate shall be issued except upon certification by
22 the employing board, subject to the approval of the
23 regional superintendent of schools, that no qualified
24 teacher holding a regular certificate or a provisional
25 vocational certificate is available and that actual
26 circumstances and need require such issuance.
27 The courses or work experience offered as a basis for the
28 issuance of the provisional vocational certificate or the
29 temporary provisional vocational certificate shall be
30 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
31 Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
32 Certification Board.
33 (D) Until July 1, 1972, the State Teacher Certification
34 Board may also issue a provisional foreign language
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1 certificate valid for 4 years for teaching the foreign
2 language named therein in all grades of the common schools
3 and shall be issued to persons who have graduated from a
4 recognized institution of higher learning with not fewer than
5 120 semester hours of credit and who have met other
6 requirements as determined by the State Board of Education in
7 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. If
8 the holder of a provisional foreign language certificate that
9 was issued under this subsection before July 1, 1972 has been
10 suspended because the holder of that provisional certificate
11 did not become is not a citizen of the United States within 6
12 years of the date of issuance of the original certificate,
13 such certificate shall remain be suspended by the regional
14 superintendent of schools of the region in which the holder
15 is engaged to teach and shall not be reinstated by the
16 Professional Teacher Standards Board until the holder is a
17 citizen of the United States.
18 (E) Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
19 contrary, the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
20 Teacher Certification Board shall issue part-time provisional
21 certificates to eligible individuals who are professionals
22 and craftsmen.
23 The requirements for a part-time provisional teachers
24 certificate shall be determined by the Professional Teacher
25 Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
26 the State Teacher Certification Board, provided the following
27 minimum requirements are met: 60 semester hours of credit
28 from a recognized institution of higher learning or 4000
29 hours of work experience in the skill to be certified for
30 teaching.
31 A part-time provisional certificate may be issued for
32 teaching no more than 2 courses of study for grades 6 through
33 12.
34 A part-time provisional teachers certificate shall be
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1 valid for 2 years and may be renewed at the end of each 2
2 year period.
3 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
4 (105 ILCS 5/21-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11)
5 Sec. 21-11. General Certificate. The Professional Teacher
6 Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board may issue a
7 general certificate for part-time teachers of adult education
8 subjects. Such certificates shall be for teaching in the
9 subject or subjects named on the certificate.
10 The requirement for this certificate is determined by the
11 Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
12 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
13 This certificate may be issued by the Professional
14 Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board
15 upon the request of the board employing such teacher and the
16 approval of the regional superintendent of schools of the
17 region in which the teaching is done.
18 Any teacher who holds any other valid certificate for
19 teaching in the public schools of Illinois may teach
20 noncredit courses assigned by the superintendent of schools
21 upon the authority of the board of education.
22 (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
23 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1)
24 Sec. 21-11.1. Certificates for equivalent
25 qualifications. An applicant who holds or is eligible to hold
26 a teacher's certificate or license under the laws of another
27 state or territory of the United States may be granted a
28 corresponding teacher's certificate in Illinois on the
29 written authorization of the Professional Teacher Standards
30 Board State Board of Education and the State Teacher
31 Certification Board upon the following conditions:
32 (1) That the applicant is at least 19 years of age,
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1 is of good character, good health and a citizen of the
2 United States; and
3 (2) That the requirements for a similar teacher's
4 certificate in the particular state or territory were, at
5 the date of issuance of the certificate, substantially
6 equal to the requirements in force at the time the
7 application is made for the certificate in this State.
8 After January 1, 1988, in addition to satisfying the
9 foregoing conditions and requirements, an applicant for a
10 corresponding teaching certificate in Illinois also shall be
11 required to pass the examinations required under the
12 provisions of Section 21-1a as directed by the Professional
13 Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education.
14 In determining good character under this Section, any
15 felony conviction of the applicant may be taken into
16 consideration, but the conviction shall not operate as a bar
17 to registration.
18 The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of
19 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
20 Certification Board shall prescribe rules and regulations
21 establishing the similarity of certificates in other states
22 and the standards for determining the equivalence of
23 requirements.
24 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
25 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2)
26 Sec. 21-11.