Full Text of SB1123 100th General Assembly
SB1123sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Dale A. Righter Filed: 4/6/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1123
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1123 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 21B-30 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-30)
| 7 | | Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. | 8 | | (a) This Section applies beginning on July 1, 2012. | 9 | | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 10 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design | 11 | | and implement a system of examinations, which shall be required | 12 | | prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These examinations | 13 | | and indicators must be based on national and State professional | 14 | | teaching standards, as determined by the State Board of | 15 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 16 | | and Licensure Board. The State Board of Education may adopt |
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| 1 | | such rules as may be necessary to implement and administer this | 2 | | Section. | 3 | | (c) Applicants seeking a Professional Educator License or | 4 | | an Educator License with Stipulations shall be required to pass | 5 | | a test of basic skills before the license is issued, unless the | 6 | | endorsement the individual is seeking does not require passage | 7 | | of the test. All applicants completing Illinois-approved, | 8 | | teacher education or school service personnel preparation | 9 | | programs shall be required to pass the State Board of | 10 | | Education's recognized test of basic skills prior to starting | 11 | | their student teaching or starting the final semester of their | 12 | | internship, unless required earlier at the discretion of the | 13 | | recognized, Illinois institution in which they are completing | 14 | | their approved program. An individual who passes a test of | 15 | | basic skills does not need to do so again for subsequent | 16 | | endorsements or other educator licenses. Applicants shall not | 17 | | be required to pass the test of basic skills before issuance of | 18 | | the license or prior to starting student teaching or the final | 19 | | semester of their internship if the applicant has a grade point | 20 | | average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale in core educator | 21 | | preparation classes at the time the Illinois institution in | 22 | | which the applicant is completing his or her approved program | 23 | | requires the test of basic skills to be taken. | 24 | | (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be | 25 | | required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area | 26 | | of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There |
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| 1 | | shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall | 2 | | be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record | 3 | | until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. | 4 | | (e) (Blank). and completing their student teaching | 5 | | experience no later than August 31, 2015 Prior to September 1, | 6 | | 2015, passage The APT shall be available through August 31, | 7 | | 2020. | 8 | | (f) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, beginning | 9 | | on September 1, 2015, all candidates completing teacher | 10 | | preparation programs in this State and all candidates subject | 11 | | to Section 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass an | 12 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness approved by | 13 | | the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | 14 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. All recognized | 15 | | institutions offering approved teacher preparation programs | 16 | | must begin phasing in the approved teacher performance | 17 | | assessment no later than July 1, 2013. | 18 | | (g) Tests of basic skills and content area knowledge and | 19 | | the assessment of professional teaching shall be the tests that | 20 | | from time to time are designated by the State Board of | 21 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 22 | | and Licensure Board, and may be tests prepared by an | 23 | | educational testing organization or tests designed by the State | 24 | | Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 25 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. The areas to be covered by a | 26 | | test of basic skills shall include reading, language arts, and |
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| 1 | | mathematics. The test of content area knowledge shall assess | 2 | | content knowledge in a specific subject field. The tests must | 3 | | be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no person | 4 | | taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis of race, | 5 | | color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to the | 6 | | person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The score | 7 | | required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State Board of | 8 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 9 | | and Licensure Board. The tests shall be administered not fewer | 10 | | than 3 times a year at such time and place as may be designated | 11 | | by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | 12 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. | 13 | | The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess | 14 | | the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of | 15 | | applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under | 16 | | subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this Code | 17 | | in the English language and in the language of the transitional | 18 | | bilingual education program requested by the applicant. | 19 | | (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the | 20 | | provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school | 21 | | district subject to Article 34 of this Code. | 22 | | (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the | 23 | | testing requirements under this Section shall include without | 24 | | limitation provisions governing test selection, test | 25 | | validation and determination of a passing score, | 26 | | administration of the tests, frequency of administration, |
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| 1 | | applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the | 2 | | years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special | 3 | | accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop such | 4 | | rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to year | 5 | | in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 98-361, eff. 1-1-14; 98-581, eff. 8-27-13; | 7 | | 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-58, eff. 7-16-15; 99-657, eff. | 8 | | 7-28-16; 99-920, eff. 1-6-17; revised 1-23-17.)
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law.".
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