Section 25.520  Substitute Teaching License

a)         A substitute teaching license may be issued to an applicant who has met the requirements of Section 21B-20(3) of the Code. 

b)         A substitute teaching license is valid until June 30 immediately following five years after the license was issued and may be renewed upon application and payment of the fee required under Section 21B-40 of the Code to register the license.

c)         There is no limit on the number of days a substitute teacher may teach in a single school district or facility operating under 23 Ill. Adm. Code 401, provided that no substitute teacher without a PEL or educator license with stipulations may teach for longer than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a PEL or educator license with stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same school year. The limitations in this subsection (c) on the number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not apply to any school district organized under Article 34 of the School Code.  (Section 21B-20(3) of the Code)

(Source:  Amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 5954, effective April 11, 2023)