Full Text of HB1868 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 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 Section | 5 | | 21B-20 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | 7 | | Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. Before July 1, 2013, the | 8 | | State Board of Education shall implement a system of educator | 9 | | licensure, whereby individuals employed in school districts | 10 | | who are required to be licensed must have one of the following | 11 | | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) a | 12 | | professional educator license with stipulations; or (iii) a | 13 | | substitute teaching license. References in law regarding | 14 | | individuals certified or certificated or required to be | 15 | | certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall | 16 | | also include individuals licensed or required to be licensed | 17 | | under this Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June | 18 | | 30 following one full year of the license being issued. | 19 | | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 20 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | 21 | | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | 22 | | licenses and endorsements under this Section. | 23 | | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) |
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| 1 | | have successfully completed an approved educator | 2 | | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | 3 | | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | 4 | | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | 5 | | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | 6 | | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | 7 | | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | 8 | | the exceptional child, including without limitation the | 9 | | learning disabled, (iv) have successfully completed | 10 | | coursework in methods of reading and reading in the content | 11 | | area, and (v) have met all other criteria established by | 12 | | rule of the State Board of Education shall be issued a | 13 | | Professional Educator License. All Professional Educator | 14 | | Licenses are valid until June 30 immediately following 5 | 15 | | years of the license being issued. The Professional | 16 | | Educator License shall be endorsed with specific areas and | 17 | | grade levels in which the individual is eligible to | 18 | | practice. | 19 | | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | 20 | | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | 21 | | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | 22 | | in the endorsement area, unless otherwise specified by | 23 | | rule, and passage of the applicable content area test. | 24 | | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | 25 | | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | 26 | | that (i) is non-renewable, (ii) limits the license holder |
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| 1 | | to one particular position , or (iii) does not require | 2 | | completion of an approved educator program or both any | 3 | | combination of items (i) through (iii) of this paragraph | 4 | | (2) . | 5 | | An individual with an Educator License with | 6 | | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | 7 | | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | 8 | | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | 9 | | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | 10 | | with the following endorsements: | 11 | | (A) Provisional educator. A provisional educator | 12 | | endorsement in a specific content area or areas on an | 13 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 14 | | applicant who holds an educator license with a minimum | 15 | | of 15 semester hours in content coursework from another | 16 | | state, U.S. territory, or foreign country and who, at | 17 | | the time of applying for an Illinois license, does not | 18 | | meet the minimum requirements under Section 21B-35 of | 19 | | this Code, but does, at a minimum, meet both of the | 20 | | following requirements: | 21 | | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | 22 | | bachelor's degree, unless a master's degree is | 23 | | required for the endorsement, from a regionally | 24 | | accredited college or university or, for | 25 | | individuals educated in a country other than the | 26 | | United States, the equivalent of a minimum of a |
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| 1 | | bachelor's degree issued in the United States, | 2 | | unless a master's degree is required for the | 3 | | endorsement. | 4 | | (ii) Has passed a test of basic skills and | 5 | | content area test, as required by Section 21B-30 of | 6 | | this Code. | 7 | | However, a provisional educator endorsement for | 8 | | principals may not be issued, nor may any person with a | 9 | | provisional educator endorsement serve as a principal | 10 | | in a public school in this State. In addition, | 11 | | out-of-state applicants shall not receive a | 12 | | provisional educator endorsement if the person | 13 | | completed an alternative licensure program in another | 14 | | state, unless the program has been determined to be | 15 | | equivalent to Illinois program requirements. | 16 | | Notwithstanding any other requirements of this | 17 | | Section, a service member or spouse of a service member | 18 | | may obtain a Professional Educator License with | 19 | | Stipulations, and a provisional educator endorsement | 20 | | in a specific content area or areas, if he or she holds | 21 | | a valid teaching certificate or license in good | 22 | | standing from another state, meets the qualifications | 23 | | of educators outlined in Section 21B-15 of this Code, | 24 | | and has not engaged in any misconduct that would | 25 | | prohibit an individual from obtaining a license | 26 | | pursuant to Illinois law, including without limitation |
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| 1 | | any administrative rules of the State Board of | 2 | | Education; however, the service member or spouse may | 3 | | not serve as a principal under the Professional | 4 | | Educator License with Stipulations or provisional | 5 | | educator endorsement. | 6 | | In this Section, "service member" means any person | 7 | | who, at the time of application under this Section, is | 8 | | an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces | 9 | | or any reserve component of the United States Armed | 10 | | Forces or the National Guard of any state, | 11 | | commonwealth, or territory of the United States or the | 12 | | District of Columbia. | 13 | | A provisional educator endorsement is valid until | 14 | | June 30 immediately following 2 years of the license | 15 | | being issued, during which time any remaining testing | 16 | | and coursework deficiencies must be met. Failure to | 17 | | satisfy all stated deficiencies shall mean the | 18 | | individual, including any service member or spouse who | 19 | | has obtained a Professional Educator License with | 20 | | Stipulations and a provisional educator endorsement in | 21 | | a specific content area or areas, is ineligible to | 22 | | receive a Professional Educator License at that time. A | 23 | | provisional educator endorsement on an Educator | 24 | | License with Stipulations shall not be renewed. | 25 | | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | 26 | | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an |
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| 1 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 2 | | applicant who, at the time of applying for the | 3 | | endorsement, has done all of the following: | 4 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 5 | | college or university with a minimum of a | 6 | | bachelor's degree. | 7 | | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | 8 | | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | 9 | | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | 10 | | Code. | 11 | | (iii) Passed a test of basic skills and content | 12 | | area test, as required under Section 21B-30 of this | 13 | | Code. | 14 | | The alternative provisional educator endorsement | 15 | | is valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for | 16 | | a third year by an individual meeting the requirements | 17 | | set forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | 18 | | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | 19 | | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | 20 | | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | 21 | | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | 22 | | superintendent in a school district's central office. | 23 | | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | 24 | | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | 25 | | done all of the following: | 26 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited |
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| 1 | | college or university with a minimum of a master's | 2 | | degree in a management field other than education. | 3 | | (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | 4 | | years in a management level position in a field | 5 | | other than education. | 6 | | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | 7 | | of an alternative route to superintendent | 8 | | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 | 9 | | of this Code. | 10 | | (iv) Passed a test of basic skills and content | 11 | | area tests required under Section 21B-30 of this | 12 | | Code. | 13 | | The endorsement may be registered for 2 fiscal | 14 | | years in order to complete one full year of serving as | 15 | | a superintendent or assistant superintendent. | 16 | | (D) Resident teacher endorsement. A resident | 17 | | teacher endorsement on an Educator License with | 18 | | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who, at the | 19 | | time of applying for the endorsement, has done all of | 20 | | the following: | 21 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 22 | | institution of higher education with a minimum of a | 23 | | bachelor's degree. | 24 | | (ii) Enrolled in an approved Illinois educator | 25 | | preparation program. | 26 | | (iii) Passed a test of basic skills and content |
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| 1 | | area test, as required under Section 21B-30 of this | 2 | | Code. | 3 | | The resident teacher endorsement on an Educator | 4 | | License with Stipulations is valid for 4 years of | 5 | | teaching and shall not be renewed. | 6 | | A resident teacher may teach only under the | 7 | | direction of a licensed teacher, who shall act as the | 8 | | resident mentor teacher, and may not teach in place of | 9 | | a licensed teacher.
A resident teacher endorsement on | 10 | | an Educator License with Stipulations shall no longer | 11 | | be valid after June 30, 2017. | 12 | | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | 13 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 14 | | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has | 15 | | a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | 16 | | regionally accredited institution of higher education, | 17 | | has passed a test of basic skills required under | 18 | | Section 21B-30 of this Code, and has a minimum of 2,000 | 19 | | hours of experience in the last 10 years outside of | 20 | | education in each area to be taught. | 21 | | The career and technical educator endorsement on | 22 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 23 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 24 | | endorsement being issued. | 25 | | (F) Part-time provisional career and technical | 26 | | educator or provisional Provisional career and |
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| 1 | | technical educator. A part-time provisional career and | 2 | | technical educator endorsement or a provisional | 3 | | Provisional career and technical educator endorsement | 4 | | on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | 5 | | to an applicant who has a minimum of 8,000 hours of | 6 | | work experience in the skill for which the applicant is | 7 | | seeking the endorsement. It is the responsibility of | 8 | | each employing school board and regional office of | 9 | | education to provide verification, in writing, to the | 10 | | State Superintendent of Education at the time the | 11 | | application is submitted that no qualified teacher | 12 | | holding a Professional Educator License or an Educator | 13 | | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | 14 | | educator endorsement is available and that actual | 15 | | circumstances require such issuance. | 16 | | The provisional career and technical educator | 17 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 18 | | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of | 19 | | the endorsement being issued and may be renewed only | 20 | | one time for 5 years if the individual passes a test of | 21 | | basic skills, as required under Section 21B-30 of this | 22 | | Code, and has completed a minimum of 20 semester hours | 23 | | from a regionally accredited institution. | 24 | | A part-time provisional career and technical | 25 | | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 26 | | Stipulations may be issued for teaching no more than 2 |
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| 1 | | courses of study for grades 6 through 12. The part-time | 2 | | provisional career and technical educator endorsement | 3 | | on an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 4 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 5 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed for 5 years | 6 | | if the individual makes application for renewal. | 7 | | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | 8 | | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | 9 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | 10 | | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | 11 | | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | 12 | | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all | 13 | | of the following requirements: | 14 | | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | 15 | | writing ability in the language other than English | 16 | | in which transitional bilingual education is | 17 | | offered. | 18 | | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | 19 | | communicate in English. | 20 | | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | 21 | | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | 22 | | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | 23 | | comparable teaching certificate or comparable | 24 | | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | 25 | | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | 26 | | a foreign country that the State Educator |
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| 1 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | 2 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 3 | | regionally accredited institution of higher | 4 | | learning in the United States. | 5 | | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | 6 | | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, is | 7 | | valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of | 8 | | the endorsement being issued, and shall not be renewed. | 9 | | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | 10 | | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | 11 | | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | 12 | | replaced for any reason. | 13 | | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | 14 | | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | 15 | | other than English in the public schools, an individual | 16 | | who holds an Educator License with Stipulations may | 17 | | also apply for a language endorsement, provided that | 18 | | the applicant provides satisfactory evidence that he | 19 | | or she meets all of the following requirements: | 20 | | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | 21 | | endorsement. | 22 | | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | 23 | | language for which the endorsement is to be issued | 24 | | by passing the applicable language content test | 25 | | required by the State Board of Education. | 26 | | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from |
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| 1 | | a regionally accredited institution of higher | 2 | | education or, for individuals educated in a | 3 | | country other than the United States, holds a | 4 | | degree from an institution of higher learning in a | 5 | | foreign country that the State Educator | 6 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | 7 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 8 | | regionally accredited institution of higher | 9 | | learning in the United States. | 10 | | (iv) Has passed a test of basic skills, as | 11 | | required under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 12 | | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | 13 | | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | 14 | | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | 15 | | individual's transitional bilingual educator | 16 | | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | 17 | | and shall not be renewed. | 18 | | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | 19 | | international educator endorsement on an Educator | 20 | | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 21 | | individual who is being recruited by a particular | 22 | | school district that conducts formal recruitment | 23 | | programs outside of the United States to secure the | 24 | | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of the | 25 | | following requirements: | 26 | | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a |
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| 1 | | bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | 2 | | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | 3 | | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | 4 | | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | 5 | | subject to be taught. | 6 | | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | 7 | | language. | 8 | | A holder of a visiting international educator | 9 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 10 | | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | 11 | | programs in the language that was the medium of | 12 | | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | 13 | | provided that he or she passes the English Language | 14 | | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | 15 | | skills in English identified by the State Board of | 16 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 17 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. | 18 | | A visiting international educator endorsement on | 19 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 3 | 20 | | years and shall not be renewed. | 21 | | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | 22 | | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 23 | | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | 24 | | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | 25 | | either holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | 26 | | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited |
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| 1 | | institution of higher education or has passed a test of | 2 | | basic skills required under Section 21B-30 of this | 3 | | Code. The paraprofessional educator endorsement is | 4 | | valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of | 5 | | the endorsement being issued and may be renewed through | 6 | | application and payment of the appropriate fee, as | 7 | | required under Section 21B-40 of this Code. An | 8 | | individual who holds only a paraprofessional educator | 9 | | endorsement is not subject to additional requirements | 10 | | in order to renew the endorsement. | 11 | | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | 12 | | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | 13 | | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | 14 | | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | 15 | | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | 16 | | a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's degree | 17 | | or higher from a regionally accredited institution of | 18 | | higher education. | 19 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years and | 20 | | may be renewed if the individual has passed a test of basic | 21 | | skills, as authorized under Section 21B-30 of this Code. An | 22 | | individual who has passed a test of basic skills for the | 23 | | first licensure renewal is not required to retake the test | 24 | | again for further renewals. | 25 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | 26 | | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual |
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| 1 | | has had his or her Professional Educator License or | 2 | | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked or | 3 | | has not met the renewal requirements for licensure, then | 4 | | that individual is not eligible to obtain a Substitute | 5 | | Teaching License. | 6 | | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | 7 | | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | 8 | | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | 9 | | contract because of an emergency situation, then a district | 10 | | may employ a substitute teacher for no longer than 30 | 11 | | calendar days per each vacant position in the district if | 12 | | the district notifies the appropriate regional office of | 13 | | education within 5 business days after the employment of | 14 | | the substitute teacher in the emergency situation. An | 15 | | emergency situation is one in which an unforeseen vacancy | 16 | | has occurred and (i) a teacher is unable to fulfill his or | 17 | | her contractual duties or (ii) teacher capacity needs of | 18 | | the district exceed previous indications, and the district | 19 | | is actively engaged in advertising to hire a fully licensed | 20 | | teacher for the vacant position. | 21 | | There is no limit on the number of days that a | 22 | | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | 23 | | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | 24 | | than 90 school days for any one licensed teacher under | 25 | | contract in the same school year. A substitute teacher who | 26 | | holds a Professional Educator License or Educator License |
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| 1 | | with Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school | 2 | | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | 3 | | same school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on | 4 | | the number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do | 5 | | not apply to any school district operating under Article 34 | 6 | | of this Code.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; 97-710, eff. 1-1-13.)
| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 9 | | 2013.
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