Full Text of SB1272 101st General Assembly
SB1272 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB1272 Introduced 2/6/2019, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that if a speech-language pathologist holds a regular State license as a speech-language pathologist, he or she does not need to meet other requirements to be issued a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language pathologist. Also changes outdated references regarding certification rather than licensure. Effective immediately.
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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 | | 14-1.09b as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09b)
| 7 | | Sec. 14-1.09b. Speech-language pathologist.
| 8 | | (a) For purposes of supervision of a speech-language | 9 | | pathology assistant,
"speech-language pathologist" means a | 10 | | person who has received a license
pursuant to the Illinois | 11 | | Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act
to engage | 12 | | in the practice of speech-language pathology.
| 13 | | (b) A Professional Educator License with a school support | 14 | | personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language | 15 | | pathologist The School Service Personnel Certificate with a | 16 | | speech-language
endorsement shall be issued under Section | 17 | | 21B-25 21-25 of this Code to a
speech-language pathologist who | 18 | | holds a regular license as a speech-language pathologist | 19 | | pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and | 20 | | Audiology Practice Act and has paid the application fee | 21 | | required for licensure under Article 21B or who meets all of | 22 | | the following requirements:
| 23 | | (1) (A) (Blank), Holds a regular license as a |
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| 1 | | speech-language pathologist
pursuant to the Illinois | 2 | | Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act,
(B) | 3 | | holds a current Certificate of Clinical Competence in
| 4 | | speech-language pathology from the American | 5 | | Speech-Language-Hearing Association
and a regular license | 6 | | in speech-language pathology from another state or
| 7 | | territory or the District of Columbia and has applied for a | 8 | | regular license as
a speech-language pathologist pursuant | 9 | | to the Illinois Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology | 10 | | Practice Act, or (C) holds or has applied for a temporary | 11 | | license pursuant to
Section 8.1 of the Illinois | 12 | | Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act.
| 13 | | (2) Holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major | 14 | | emphasis in
speech-language pathology from an institution | 15 | | whose course of study was
approved or program was | 16 | | accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
| 17 | | Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American | 18 | | Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor.
| 19 | | (3) Either (i) has completed a program of study that
| 20 | | meets the content area standards for
speech-language | 21 | | pathologists approved by the State Board of Education, in
| 22 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and | 23 | | Licensure Teachers Certification Board, (ii) has completed | 24 | | a program in another state, territory, or possession of the | 25 | | United States that is comparable to an approved program of | 26 | | study described in item (i), or (iii) holds a certificate |
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| 1 | | issued by another state, territory, or possession of the | 2 | | United States that is comparable to a Professional Educator | 3 | | License with a school support personnel endorsement for | 4 | | non-teaching speech-language pathologist the school | 5 | | service personnel certificate with a speech-language | 6 | | endorsement . If the requirements described in items (i), | 7 | | (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph (3) have not been met, a | 8 | | person must provide evidence that he or she has completed | 9 | | at least 150 clock hours of supervised experience in | 10 | | speech-language pathology with students with disabilities | 11 | | in a school setting, including experience required by | 12 | | federal law or federal court order; however, a person who | 13 | | lacks such experience may obtain interim licensure | 14 | | certification as established by the Illinois State Board of | 15 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 16 | | Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board, and | 17 | | shall participate in school-based professional experience | 18 | | of at least 150 clock hours to meet this requirement.
| 19 | | (4) Has successfully completed the required Illinois | 20 | | licensure certification tests under Article 21B .
| 21 | | (5) Has paid the application fee required for licensure | 22 | | under Article 21B certification .
| 23 | | The provisions of this subsection (b) do not preclude the | 24 | | issuance of an educator license a
teaching certificate to a | 25 | | speech-language pathologist who qualifies for such a license
| 26 | | certificate .
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02; 93-112, eff. 1-1-04; | 2 | | 93-1060, eff. 12-23-04.)
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law.
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