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Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2018-2019 school year and until the 2023-2024 school year, an individual may teach preschool children in an early childhood program that receives grants under the Code if he or she holds a Professional Educator License with an early childhood education endorsement or with short-term approval for early childhood education or he or she pursues a Professional Educator License and holds (i) an ECE Credential Level of 5 awarded by the Department of Human Services under the Gateways to Opportunity Program developed under the Department of Human Services Act or (ii) an Educator License with Stipulations with a transitional bilingual educator endorsement and he or she has either passed an early childhood education content test or completed no less than 9 semester hours of college coursework in the area of early childhood education. Effective July 1, 2018.
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