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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB6144
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
alternative teacher certification.
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A BILL FOR
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HB6144 |
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LRB093 14882 NHT 40448 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to teacher certification.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
Section |
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| 21-5c as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/21-5c)
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| Sec. 21-5c. Alternative route to teacher certification. |
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| The State Board
of Education, in consultation with the State |
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| Teacher Certification Board, shall
establish and implement an |
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| alternative route to teacher certification program
under which |
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| persons who meet the requirements of and successfully complete |
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| the
program established by this Section shall be issued an |
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| initial teaching
certificate for teaching in schools in this |
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| State.
The State Board of Education shall
approve a course of |
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| study
that persons in the program must successfully complete in |
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| order to
satisfy one criterion for issuance of a certificate |
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| under this Section. The
Alternative Route to Teacher |
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| Certification program course of study must include
the current |
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| content and skills contained in a university's current courses
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| for State certification which have been approved by the State |
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| Board of
Education, in consultation with the State Teacher |
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| Certification Board, as the
requirement for State teacher |
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| certification.
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| The program established under this Section shall be
known |
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| as the Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program. The |
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| program
may be offered in conjunction with one or more |
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| not-for-profit
organizations in this
the State. The program |
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| shall be comprised of the
following 3
phases: (a) a
course of |
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| study offered on an intensive basis in education theory,
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| instructional methods, and
practice teaching; (b) the person's |
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| assignment to a full-time
teaching position for one school |
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| year, including the designation of a
mentor teacher to advise |