Full Text of SB3900 102nd General Assembly
SB3900sam001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford Filed: 2/7/2022
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3900
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3900 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Right | 5 | | to Read Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Legislative findings. | 7 | | (a) The General Assembly makes all of he following | 8 | | findings: | 9 | | (1) The 2019 Illinois Assessment of Readiness found | 10 | | that, among 3rd grade students, just 37% met or exceeded | 11 | | learning standards in English language arts. | 12 | | (2) The 2019 National Assessment of Educational | 13 | | Progress similarly showed that just 35% of fourth grade | 14 | | students in Illinois are proficient or advanced in English | 15 | | language arts. | 16 | | (3) Research from the Annie E. Casey Institute found |
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| 1 | | that students who are not proficient readers in 3rd grade | 2 | | are 4 times more likely not to finish high school, while | 3 | | students from low-income families who are non-proficient | 4 | | readers in 3rd grade are more than 6 times more likely not | 5 | | to finish high school. | 6 | | (4) The Literacy Project Foundation estimates that 60% | 7 | | of all prison inmates are illiterate and 85% of juvenile | 8 | | offenders struggle with reading. | 9 | | (5) Twenty-one states require elementary teacher | 10 | | candidates to pass a licensure test that is well-grounded | 11 | | in the science of reading and fully measures knowledge in | 12 | | reading foundations for all elementary candidates yet | 13 | | Illinois does not measure the competencies of the science | 14 | | of reading in the current licensure exam. | 15 | | (6) Reading comprehension is the ability to extract | 16 | | and construct literal and inferred meaning from linguistic | 17 | | discourse represented in printed text; the "Simple View of | 18 | | Reading" states that reading comprehension is the product | 19 | | of language comprehension (the ability to extract and | 20 | | construct literal and inferred meaning from linguistic | 21 | | discourse represented in speech) and word recognition (the | 22 | | ability to decode words through a foundation of | 23 | | phonological, orthographic, and morphological awareness). | 24 | | (7) A structured literacy instructional approach | 25 | | supports all learners, including those with linguistic | 26 | | differences, such as English learners and speakers of |
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| 1 | | English language variations, for whom both English | 2 | | literacy and English oral language proficiency are | 3 | | critical priorities. | 4 | | (8) Teachers must be knowledgeable about the cultural | 5 | | practices and language system of the children they serve, | 6 | | including those children who speak language variations of | 7 | | English, such as African-American English (AAE), which has | 8 | | a linguistic structure that is a systematic and | 9 | | rule-governed variation of General American English (GAE). | 10 | | Differences among common language variations must be | 11 | | understood by those teaching bidialectal children to read, | 12 | | write, and spell in order to provide them with culturally | 13 | | relevant and effective instruction. In particular, | 14 | | teachers need to understand the differences between GAE | 15 | | and English language variations in phonology, syntax, and | 16 | | morphology and how they impact the acquisition of literacy | 17 | | skills. Furthermore, language variations of English must | 18 | | be recognized and respected in order to support students | 19 | | in bridging the 2 variations for development of strong | 20 | | literacy skills. | 21 | | (9) English learners benefit from a structured | 22 | | literacy approach that recognizes the value of | 23 | | multilingualism by explicitly focusing on English phonemes | 24 | | that are not found in the student's home language; | 25 | | integrating explicit instruction in vocabulary, grammar, | 26 | | syntax, and pragmatics into phonics and phonemic awareness |
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| 1 | | instruction; and encouraging students to make connections | 2 | | between English and their home language. | 3 | | (10) Reading and writing have a reciprocal | 4 | | relationship; each strengthens the other, and students | 5 | | benefit when their instruction is closely intertwined. | 6 | | (11) Research shows that direct, systematic, | 7 | | cumulative, sequential, and explicit reading instruction | 8 | | that is focused on the foundational reading skills of | 9 | | phonemic awareness, phonics (decoding), spelling | 10 | | (encoding), vocabulary development, including morphology, | 11 | | oral language development, reading fluency, and reading | 12 | | comprehension, including syntax and building background | 13 | | (content) knowledge, is highly effective in teaching young | 14 | | children to read. | 15 | | (12) Ensuring that every child has access to | 16 | | high-quality, evidence-based reading instruction | 17 | | implemented using a structured literacy approach is a | 18 | | foundational component of Illinois' public education | 19 | | system and a responsibility shared among federal, State, | 20 | | and local education agencies. | 21 | | (13) Strengthening early literacy instruction and
| 22 | | supports for students in Illinois will pay dividends in
| 23 | | the future, empowering students by providing the skills
| 24 | | they will need to graduate, find fulfilling careers, and
| 25 | | be productive members of their communities and of our
| 26 | | democracy. |
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| 1 | | Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | 2 | | "Board" means the State Board of Education. | 3 | | "Cueing" means an instructional strategy in which students | 4 | | are encouraged to infer what words say by looking at picture | 5 | | clues or guessing or predicting words from repeated text | 6 | | patterns or context, rather than encouraging them to decode | 7 | | text as the primary method for recognizing a word while | 8 | | reading. | 9 | | "Evidence-based practice" refers to methodologies that | 10 | | have been shown, through externally-validated research, to | 11 | | effectuate positive educational results in a predictable | 12 | | manner on a particular population. Evidence-based practices | 13 | | meet a higher standard of evidence than research-based | 14 | | practices. | 15 | | "Explicit" refers to a specific, direct, intentional, and | 16 | | highly-structured manner of presentation in which topics are | 17 | | broken down into small parts and taught individually, | 18 | | involving direct demonstration, guidance, and practice. | 19 | | "MTSS" means a multi-tiered system of support, which is an | 20 | | educational intervention system, focused on | 21 | | continuous-improvement using data-based problem solving and | 22 | | decision-making at all levels of the educational system. | 23 | | "Phonemic awareness" means the ability to identify and | 24 | | manipulate individual sounds in spoken words. | 25 | | "Phonics" means a method that demonstrates relationships |
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| 1 | | between letters or groups of letters of the alphabet | 2 | | (graphemes) and sounds of spoken language (phonemes). | 3 | | "Phonological awareness" means the ability to identify and | 4 | | manipulate the spoken word parts, including syllables and | 5 | | individual sounds. | 6 | | "Reading comprehension" means the ability to decode words | 7 | | in printed text and accurately understand and interpret their | 8 | | meaning, making connections and drawing conclusions from what | 9 | | they read. | 10 | | "Reading fluency" means the ability to read with | 11 | | appropriate speed, automaticity, accuracy, and expression. | 12 | | "Research-based practice" refers to methodologies | 13 | | suspected to affect a desired change. "Research-based | 14 | | practices" represent a lower standard of evidence when | 15 | | compared to evidence-based practices. | 16 | | "Structured literacy" is an approach to reading | 17 | | instruction where teachers carefully structure important | 18 | | literacy skills, concepts, and the sequence of instruction, to | 19 | | facilitate children's literacy learning and progress. | 20 | | "Structured literacy" is characterized by the provision of | 21 | | systematic, explicit instruction that integrates listening, | 22 | | speaking, reading, and writing and emphasizes the structure of | 23 | | language across the speech sound system (phonology), the | 24 | | writing system (orthography), the structure of sentences | 25 | | (syntax), the meaningful parts of words (morphology), the | 26 | | relationships among words (semantics), and the organization of |
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| 1 | | spoken and written discourse. | 2 | | "Systematic" means an approach to content delivery that | 3 | | builds sequentially upon prior learning in a strategic manner, | 4 | | that is, building from simple to complex. | 5 | | Section 15. Local education provider procedures, plan, and | 6 | | training. | 7 | | (a) The Board shall offer support to each public school | 8 | | district to select evidence-based core reading instruction | 9 | | programs and implement them using structured literacy | 10 | | instruction. The curricula shall include phonemic awareness, a | 11 | | systematic approach to phonics, explicit spelling instruction, | 12 | | vocabulary development, including morphology, oral language | 13 | | development, reading fluency, and reading comprehension, | 14 | | including syntax and building background (content) knowledge. | 15 | | Word recognition strategies shall rely on orthographic and | 16 | | phonological processes rather than cueing. The core reading | 17 | | instruction must include connected text, such as texts | 18 | | intended to reinforce words with the phonetic patterns | 19 | | previously taught in sequence. This support shall include: | 20 | | (1) creation of a specific set of criteria that core | 21 | | curricula must meet, as well as a list of evidence-based | 22 | | literacy core curricula based on the given criteria, with | 23 | | dissemination of the list to school districts by February | 24 | | 1, 2023; and | 25 | | (2) establishment of a pilot program to award Early |
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| 1 | | Literacy Grants to districts that commit to comprehensive | 2 | | reform of core literacy curriculum and support for | 3 | | teachers implementing instruction of the new material by | 4 | | September 1, 2025. At a minimum, grantees of the program | 5 | | must commit to: | 6 | | (A) comprehensive professional development or | 7 | | training ensuring that each teacher employed to teach | 8 | | kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 3 and each | 9 | | administrator in an elementary school successfully | 10 | | completes or has successfully completed evidence-based | 11 | | training in teaching reading; and | 12 | | (B) adoption and implementation of core and | 13 | | supplemental reading curricula at each grade level from | 14 | | kindergarten through grade 2 that is designed around | 15 | | teaching the foundational reading skills. | 16 | | (b) The Board shall offer support to each early childhood, | 17 | | elementary, and special education teacher, reading specialist, | 18 | | literacy coach, higher education faculty member, and | 19 | | administrator to complete evidence-based training in teaching | 20 | | reading. Such training shall focus on systematic and explicit | 21 | | instruction in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, | 22 | | orthography, vocabulary development, including morphology, | 23 | | oral language development, reading fluency, and reading | 24 | | comprehension, including syntax and building background | 25 | | (content) knowledge, and include rigorous evaluations of | 26 | | learning throughout and at the end of the course. This support |
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| 1 | | may include: | 2 | | (1) development of a microcredential in the Science of | 3 | | Reading to be affixed to professional educator licenses | 4 | | upon completion of the required coursework, assessment, or | 5 | | both; | 6 | | (2) creation of a tool that school districts and the | 7 | | public may use to evaluate professional development and | 8 | | training programs related to structured literacy and | 9 | | dissemination of the tool to school districts and regional | 10 | | offices of education; | 11 | | (3) evaluation of current, pending, and future | 12 | | professional development and training providers approved | 13 | | as learning partners with IL-EMPOWER to ensure that | 14 | | training aligns with evidence-based literacy instruction | 15 | | practices; | 16 | | (4) completion of a review of current professional | 17 | | development and training mandates required by federal or | 18 | | state law or administrative rules and recommendations of | 19 | | requirements that could be streamlined, eliminated, or | 20 | | modified to accommodate more time for professional | 21 | | development and training in literacy; and | 22 | | (5) in partnership with one or more high-quality | 23 | | providers of evidence-based professional development or | 24 | | training in the content and principles of effective | 25 | | language and literacy instruction, development of online | 26 | | training modules on evidence-based literacy instruction |
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| 1 | | available statewide to districts and educators free of | 2 | | charge through December 31, 2026 and accepted for | 3 | | continuing professional development units. | 4 | | (c) The Board shall annually compile and post on its | 5 | | website information on the steps it has undertaken to support | 6 | | school districts to deliver high-quality, evidence-based | 7 | | literacy instruction, including a list of any Early Literacy | 8 | | Grant recipients, documentation of how the recipient allocated | 9 | | the funding to support improved literacy, and what | 10 | | evidence-based literacy curricula the recipient is utilizing. | 11 | | Section 20. The School Code is amended by changing | 12 | | Sections 21B-20, 21B-30, and 21B-35 as follows: | 13 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | 14 | | Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of | 15 | | Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, | 16 | | whereby individuals employed in school districts who are | 17 | | required to be licensed must have one of the following | 18 | | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an | 19 | | educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute | 20 | | teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2023, a short-term | 21 | | substitute teaching license. References in law regarding | 22 | | individuals certified or certificated or required to be | 23 | | certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall | 24 | | also include individuals licensed or required to be licensed |
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| 1 | | under this Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June | 2 | | 30 following one full year of the license being issued. | 3 | | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 4 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | 5 | | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | 6 | | licenses and endorsements under this Section. | 7 | | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) | 8 | | have successfully completed an approved educator | 9 | | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | 10 | | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | 11 | | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | 12 | | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | 13 | | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | 14 | | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | 15 | | the exceptional child, including without limitation | 16 | | children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | 17 | | successfully completed coursework in evidence-based | 18 | | methods of reading that include explicit and repeated | 19 | | focus on phonemic awareness, a systematic approach to | 20 | | phonics (decoding), spelling instruction (encoding), | 21 | | vocabulary development, including morphology, reading | 22 | | fluency, oral language development, and reading | 23 | | comprehension, including syntax and background (content) | 24 | | knowledge, and reading in the content area, and (v) have | 25 | | met all other criteria established by rule of the State | 26 | | Board of Education shall be issued a Professional Educator |
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| 1 | | License. All Professional Educator Licenses are valid | 2 | | until June 30 immediately following 5 years of the license | 3 | | being issued. The Professional Educator License shall be | 4 | | endorsed with specific areas and grade levels in which the | 5 | | individual is eligible to practice. For an early childhood | 6 | | education endorsement, an individual may satisfy the | 7 | | student teaching requirement of his or her early childhood | 8 | | teacher preparation program through placement in a setting | 9 | | with children from birth through grade 2, and the | 10 | | individual may be paid and receive credit while student | 11 | | teaching. The student teaching experience must meet the | 12 | | requirements of and be approved by the individual's early | 13 | | childhood teacher preparation program. | 14 | | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | 15 | | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | 16 | | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | 17 | | in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable | 18 | | content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | 19 | | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | 20 | | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | 21 | | that limits the license holder to one particular position | 22 | | or does not require completion of an approved educator | 23 | | program or both. | 24 | | An individual with an Educator License with | 25 | | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | 26 | | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher |
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| 1 | | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | 2 | | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | 3 | | with the following endorsements: | 4 | | (A) (Blank). | 5 | | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | 6 | | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | 7 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 8 | | applicant who, at the time of applying for the | 9 | | endorsement, has done all of the following: | 10 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 11 | | college or university with a minimum of a | 12 | | bachelor's degree. | 13 | | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | 14 | | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | 15 | | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | 16 | | Code. | 17 | | (iii) Passed a content area test, as required | 18 | | under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 19 | | The alternative provisional educator endorsement is | 20 | | valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a | 21 | | third year by an individual meeting the requirements set | 22 | | forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | 23 | | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | 24 | | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | 25 | | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | 26 | | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant |
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| 1 | | superintendent in a school district's central office. | 2 | | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | 3 | | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | 4 | | done all of the following: | 5 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 6 | | college or university with a minimum of a master's | 7 | | degree in a management field other than education. | 8 | | (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | 9 | | years in a management level position in a field | 10 | | other than education. | 11 | | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | 12 | | of an alternative route to superintendent | 13 | | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 | 14 | | of this Code. | 15 | | (iv) Passed a content area test required under | 16 | | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 17 | | The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | 18 | | order to complete one full year of serving as a | 19 | | superintendent or assistant superintendent. | 20 | | (D) (Blank). | 21 | | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | 22 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 23 | | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | 24 | | has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | 25 | | regionally accredited institution of higher education | 26 | | or an accredited trade and technical institution and |
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| 1 | | has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | 2 | | education in each area to be taught. | 3 | | The career and technical educator endorsement on | 4 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 5 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 6 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed. | 7 | | An individual who holds a valid career and | 8 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 9 | | with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's | 10 | | degree may substitute teach in career and technical | 11 | | education classrooms. | 12 | | (F) Part-time provisional career and technical | 13 | | educator or provisional career and technical educator. | 14 | | A part-time provisional career and technical educator | 15 | | endorsement or a provisional career and technical | 16 | | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 17 | | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has a | 18 | | minimum of 8,000 hours of work experience in the skill | 19 | | for which the applicant is seeking the endorsement. It | 20 | | is the responsibility of each employing school board | 21 | | and regional office of education to provide | 22 | | verification, in writing, to the State Superintendent | 23 | | of Education at the time the application is submitted | 24 | | that no qualified teacher holding a Professional | 25 | | Educator License or an Educator License with | 26 | | Stipulations with a career and technical educator |
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| 1 | | endorsement is available and that actual circumstances | 2 | | require such issuance. | 3 | | The provisional career and technical educator | 4 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 5 | | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | 6 | | of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed for | 7 | | 5 years. | 8 | | A part-time provisional career and technical | 9 | | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 10 | | Stipulations may be issued for teaching no more than 2 | 11 | | courses of study for grades 6 through 12. The | 12 | | part-time provisional career and technical educator | 13 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 14 | | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | 15 | | of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed for | 16 | | 5 years if the individual makes application for | 17 | | renewal. | 18 | | An individual who holds a provisional or part-time | 19 | | provisional career and technical educator endorsement | 20 | | on an Educator License with Stipulations but does not | 21 | | hold a bachelor's degree may substitute teach in | 22 | | career and technical education classrooms. | 23 | | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | 24 | | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | 25 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | 26 | | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance |
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| 1 | | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | 2 | | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets | 3 | | all of the following requirements: | 4 | | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | 5 | | writing ability in the language other than English | 6 | | in which transitional bilingual education is | 7 | | offered. | 8 | | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | 9 | | communicate in English. | 10 | | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | 11 | | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | 12 | | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | 13 | | comparable teaching certificate or comparable | 14 | | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | 15 | | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | 16 | | a foreign country that the State Educator | 17 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | 18 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 19 | | regionally accredited institution of higher | 20 | | learning in the United States. | 21 | | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | 22 | | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, | 23 | | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | 24 | | of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be | 25 | | renewed. | 26 | | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator |
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| 1 | | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | 2 | | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | 3 | | replaced for any reason. | 4 | | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | 5 | | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | 6 | | other than English in the public schools, an | 7 | | individual who holds an Educator License with | 8 | | Stipulations may also apply for a language | 9 | | endorsement, provided that the applicant provides | 10 | | satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the | 11 | | following requirements: | 12 | | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | 13 | | endorsement. | 14 | | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | 15 | | language for which the endorsement is to be issued | 16 | | by passing the applicable language content test | 17 | | required by the State Board of Education. | 18 | | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | 19 | | a regionally accredited institution of higher | 20 | | education or, for individuals educated in a | 21 | | country other than the United States, holds a | 22 | | degree from an institution of higher learning in a | 23 | | foreign country that the State Educator | 24 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | 25 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 26 | | regionally accredited institution of higher |
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| 1 | | learning in the United States. | 2 | | (iv) (Blank). | 3 | | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | 4 | | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | 5 | | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | 6 | | individual's transitional bilingual educator | 7 | | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | 8 | | and shall not be renewed. | 9 | | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | 10 | | international educator endorsement on an Educator | 11 | | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 12 | | individual who is being recruited by a particular | 13 | | school district that conducts formal recruitment | 14 | | programs outside of the United States to secure the | 15 | | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of | 16 | | the following requirements: | 17 | | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | 18 | | bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | 19 | | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | 20 | | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | 21 | | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | 22 | | subject to be taught. | 23 | | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | 24 | | language. | 25 | | A holder of a visiting international educator | 26 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations |
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| 1 | | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | 2 | | programs in the language that was the medium of | 3 | | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | 4 | | provided that he or she passes the English Language | 5 | | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | 6 | | skills in English identified by the State Board of | 7 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 8 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. | 9 | | A visiting international educator endorsement on | 10 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5 | 11 | | years and shall not be renewed. | 12 | | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | 13 | | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 14 | | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | 15 | | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | 16 | | either holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | 17 | | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | 18 | | institution of higher education or has passed a | 19 | | paraprofessional competency test under subsection | 20 | | (c-5) of Section 21B-30. The paraprofessional educator | 21 | | endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | 22 | | following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and | 23 | | may be renewed through application and payment of the | 24 | | appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of | 25 | | this Code. An individual who holds only a | 26 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject |
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| 1 | | to additional requirements in order to renew the | 2 | | endorsement. | 3 | | (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | 4 | | business official endorsement on an Educator License | 5 | | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | 6 | | qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | 7 | | years of full-time administrative experience in school | 8 | | business management or 2 years of university-approved | 9 | | practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | 10 | | hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | 11 | | State Board of Education for the preparation of school | 12 | | business administrators and by passage of the | 13 | | applicable State tests, including an applicable | 14 | | content area test. | 15 | | The chief school business official endorsement may | 16 | | also be affixed to the Educator License with | 17 | | Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a | 18 | | master's degree in business administration, finance, | 19 | | accounting, or public administration and who completes | 20 | | an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | 21 | | business management from a regionally accredited | 22 | | institution of higher education and passes the | 23 | | applicable State tests, including an applicable | 24 | | content area test. This endorsement shall be required | 25 | | for any individual employed as a chief school business | 26 | | official. |
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| 1 | | The chief school business official endorsement on | 2 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 3 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 4 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the | 5 | | license holder completes renewal requirements as | 6 | | required for individuals who hold a Professional | 7 | | Educator License endorsed for chief school business | 8 | | official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | 9 | | rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | 10 | | Education. | 11 | | The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules | 12 | | necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | 13 | | (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | 14 | | in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | 15 | | with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | 16 | | completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation | 17 | | program at an Illinois institution of higher education | 18 | | and who has not successfully completed an | 19 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | 20 | | who meets all of the following requirements: | 21 | | (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | 22 | | (ii) Has completed an approved educator | 23 | | preparation program at an Illinois institution. | 24 | | (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | 25 | | test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 26 | | (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based |
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| 1 | | assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | 2 | | minimum score on that assessment, as established | 3 | | by the State Board of Education in consultation | 4 | | with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 5 | | Board. | 6 | | A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | 7 | | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | 8 | | full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | 9 | | be renewed. | 10 | | (M) (Blank). | 11 | | (N) Specialized services. A specialized services | 12 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 13 | | may be issued as defined and specified by rule. | 14 | | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | 15 | | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | 16 | | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | 17 | | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | 18 | | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | 19 | | a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's | 20 | | degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution | 21 | | of higher education. | 22 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | 23 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | 24 | | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | 25 | | has had his or her Professional Educator License or | 26 | | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, |
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| 1 | | then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | 2 | | Substitute Teaching License. | 3 | | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | 4 | | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | 5 | | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | 6 | | contract because of an emergency situation, then a | 7 | | district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer | 8 | | than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the | 9 | | district if the district notifies the appropriate regional | 10 | | office of education within 5 business days after the | 11 | | employment of the substitute teacher in the emergency | 12 | | situation. An emergency situation is one in which an | 13 | | unforeseen vacancy has occurred and (i) a teacher is | 14 | | unable to fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) | 15 | | teacher capacity needs of the district exceed previous | 16 | | indications, and the district is actively engaged in | 17 | | advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the | 18 | | vacant position. | 19 | | There is no limit on the number of days that a | 20 | | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | 21 | | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | 22 | | than 90 school days for any one licensed teacher under | 23 | | contract in the same school year. A substitute teacher who | 24 | | holds a Professional Educator License or Educator License | 25 | | with Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school | 26 | | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the |
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| 1 | | same school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on | 2 | | the number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do | 3 | | not apply to any school district operating under Article | 4 | | 34 of this Code. | 5 | | A school district may not require an individual who | 6 | | holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator | 7 | | License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | 8 | | Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | 9 | | (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | 10 | | on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2023, the State Board of | 11 | | Education may issue a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 12 | | License. A Short-Term Substitute Teaching License may be | 13 | | issued to a qualified applicant for substitute teaching in | 14 | | all grades of the public schools, prekindergarten through | 15 | | grade 12. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not | 16 | | eligible for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term | 17 | | Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate's | 18 | | degree or have completed at least 60 credit hours from a | 19 | | regionally accredited institution of higher education. | 20 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for | 21 | | substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an | 22 | | individual has had his or her Professional Educator | 23 | | License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or | 24 | | revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | 25 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | 26 | | The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this |
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| 1 | | Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. | 2 | | An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 3 | | License may teach no more than 5 consecutive days per | 4 | | licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | 5 | | absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who | 6 | | is under contract, a school district may not hire an | 7 | | individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 8 | | License. An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute | 9 | | Teaching License must complete the training program under | 10 | | Section 10-20.67 or 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible | 11 | | to teach at a public school. This paragraph (4) is | 12 | | inoperative on and after July 1, 2023.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 100-8, eff. 7-1-17; 100-13, eff. 7-1-17; | 14 | | 100-288, eff. 8-24-17; 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-821, eff. | 15 | | 9-3-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, | 16 | | eff. 8-7-19; 101-594, eff. 12-5-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
| 17 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-30)
| 18 | | Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. | 19 | | (a) (Blank). | 20 | | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 21 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design | 22 | | and implement a system of examinations, which shall be | 23 | | required prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These | 24 | | examinations and indicators must be based on national and | 25 | | State professional teaching standards, as determined by the |
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| 1 | | State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | 2 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. Before October 1, | 3 | | 2023, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 4 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall review | 5 | | and, as needed, amend its professional licensure standards to | 6 | | align with the principles of evidence-based literacy | 7 | | instruction, as measured on the reading foundations | 8 | | assessment. The State Board of Education may adopt such rules | 9 | | as may be necessary to implement and administer this Section. | 10 | | (c) (Blank). | 11 | | (c-5) The State Board must adopt rules to implement a | 12 | | paraprofessional competency test. This test would allow an | 13 | | applicant seeking an Educator License with Stipulations with a | 14 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement to obtain the | 15 | | endorsement if he or she passes the test and meets the other | 16 | | requirements of subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of Section | 17 | | 21B-20 other than the higher education requirements. | 18 | | (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be | 19 | | required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area | 20 | | of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There | 21 | | shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall | 22 | | be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record | 23 | | until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. | 24 | | (d-5) All applicants seeking a State license after October | 25 | | 1, 2025, in the areas of early childhood education, early | 26 | | childhood special education, elementary education, English |
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| 1 | | language arts, middle grades language arts, reading | 2 | | specialist, reading teacher, special education, speech | 3 | | language pathologist, and English language learner teacher | 4 | | shall be required to pass a test in reading foundations, which | 5 | | shall include assessment of the applicant's understanding of | 6 | | phonological and phonemic awareness, concepts of print and the | 7 | | alphabetic principle, the role of phonics in promoting reading | 8 | | development, word analysis skills and strategies, vocabulary | 9 | | development, linguistics, morphology, application of reading | 10 | | comprehension skills and strategies, and methods for assessing | 11 | | reading development. The reading foundations test must also | 12 | | assess applicants' knowledge of assessment, differentiation, | 13 | | and intervention with respect to each component of reading for | 14 | | English learners, students with disabilities, and students | 15 | | with advanced skills in some areas of reading. | 16 | | (e) (Blank). | 17 | | (f) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, | 18 | | beginning on September 1, 2015, all candidates completing | 19 | | teacher preparation programs in this State and all candidates | 20 | | subject to Section 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass a | 21 | | teacher performance assessment approved by the State Board of | 22 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 23 | | and Licensure Board. A candidate may not be required to submit | 24 | | test materials by video submission. Subject to appropriation, | 25 | | an individual who holds a Professional Educator License and is | 26 | | employed for a minimum of one school year by a school district |
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| 1 | | designated as Tier 1 under Section 18-8.15 may, after | 2 | | application to the State Board, receive from the State Board a | 3 | | refund for any costs associated with completing the teacher | 4 | | performance assessment under this subsection. | 5 | | (g) The content area knowledge test and the teacher | 6 | | performance assessment shall be the tests that from time to | 7 | | time are designated by the State Board of Education, in | 8 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 9 | | Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing | 10 | | organization or tests designed by the State Board of | 11 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 12 | | and Licensure Board. The test of content area knowledge shall | 13 | | assess content knowledge in a specific subject field. The | 14 | | tests must be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no | 15 | | person taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis | 16 | | of race, color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to | 17 | | the person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The | 18 | | score required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State | 19 | | Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 20 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. The tests shall be | 21 | | administered not fewer than 3 times a year at such time and | 22 | | place as may be designated by the State Board of Education, in | 23 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 24 | | Board. | 25 | | The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess | 26 | | the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of |
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| 1 | | applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under | 2 | | subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this | 3 | | Code in the English language and in the language of the | 4 | | transitional bilingual education program requested by the | 5 | | applicant. | 6 | | (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the | 7 | | provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school | 8 | | district subject to Article 34 of this Code. | 9 | | (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the | 10 | | testing requirements under this Section shall include without | 11 | | limitation provisions governing test selection, test | 12 | | validation and determination of a passing score for all tests | 13 | | except the reading foundations test , administration of the | 14 | | tests, frequency of administration, applicant fees, frequency | 15 | | of applicants taking the tests, the years for which a score is | 16 | | valid, and appropriate special accommodations. The State Board | 17 | | of Education shall develop such rules as may be needed to | 18 | | ensure uniformity from year to year in the level of difficulty | 19 | | for each form of an assessment. The State Board shall base its | 20 | | rules concerning the passing score of the reading foundations | 21 | | test upon the recommended cut-score determined in the formal | 22 | | standard-setting process.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; | 24 | | 101-594, eff. 12-5-19; 102-301, eff. 8-26-21.) | 25 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-35) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 21B-35. Minimum requirements for educators trained in | 2 | | other states or countries. | 3 | | (a) Any applicant who has not been entitled by an | 4 | | Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois | 5 | | institution of higher education applying for a Professional | 6 | | Educator License endorsed in a teaching field or school | 7 | | support personnel area must meet the following requirements: | 8 | | (1) the applicant must: | 9 | | (A) hold a comparable and valid educator license | 10 | | or certificate, as defined by rule, with similar grade | 11 | | level , reading foundations, and content area | 12 | | credentials from another state, with the State Board | 13 | | of Education having the authority to determine what | 14 | | constitutes similar grade level and content area | 15 | | credentials from another state; | 16 | | (B) have a bachelor's degree from a regionally | 17 | | accredited institution of higher education; and | 18 | | (C) (blank); or | 19 | | (2) the applicant must: | 20 | | (A) have completed a state-approved program for | 21 | | the licensure area sought, including coursework | 22 | | concerning (i) methods of instruction of the | 23 | | exceptional child, (ii) evidence-based methods of | 24 | | reading that include explicit and repeated focus on | 25 | | phonemic awareness, a systematic approach to phonics | 26 | | (decoding), spelling instruction (encoding), |
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| 1 | | vocabulary development, including morphology, reading | 2 | | fluency, oral language development, and reading | 3 | | comprehension, including syntax and background | 4 | | (content) knowledge, and reading in the content area, | 5 | | and (iii) instructional strategies for English | 6 | | learners; | 7 | | (B) have a bachelor's degree from a regionally | 8 | | accredited institution of higher education; | 9 | | (C) have successfully met all Illinois examination | 10 | | requirements, except that: | 11 | | (i) (blank); | 12 | | (ii) an applicant who has successfully | 13 | | completed a test of content, as defined by rules, | 14 | | at the time of initial licensure in another state | 15 | | is not required to complete a test of content; and | 16 | | (iii) an applicant for a teaching endorsement | 17 | | who has successfully completed an evidence-based | 18 | | assessment of teacher effectiveness, as defined by | 19 | | rules, at the time of initial licensure in another | 20 | | state is not required to complete an | 21 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher | 22 | | effectiveness; and | 23 | | (iv) after October 1, 2025, an applicant who | 24 | | has successfully completed a reading foundations | 25 | | test of at least comparable rigor to the Illinois | 26 | | reading foundations test is not required to |
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| 1 | | complete a reading foundations test; and | 2 | | (D) for an applicant for a teaching endorsement, | 3 | | have completed student teaching or an equivalent | 4 | | experience or, for an applicant for a school service | 5 | | personnel endorsement, have completed an internship or | 6 | | an equivalent experience. | 7 | | (b) In order to receive a Professional Educator License | 8 | | endorsed in a teaching field or school support personnel area, | 9 | | applicants trained in another country must meet all of the | 10 | | following requirements: | 11 | | (1) Have completed a comparable education program in | 12 | | another country. | 13 | | (2) Have had transcripts evaluated by an evaluation | 14 | | service approved by the State Superintendent of Education. | 15 | | (3) Have a degree comparable to a degree from a | 16 | | regionally accredited institution of higher education. | 17 | | (4) Have completed coursework aligned to standards | 18 | | concerning (i) methods of instruction of the exceptional | 19 | | child, (ii) evidence-based methods of reading that include | 20 | | explicit and repeated focus on phonemic awareness, a | 21 | | systematic approach to phonics (decoding), spelling | 22 | | instruction (encoding), vocabulary development. including | 23 | | morphology, reading fluency, oral language development, | 24 | | and reading comprehension. including syntax and background | 25 | | (content) knowledge. and reading in the content area, and | 26 | | (iii) instructional strategies for English learners. |
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| 1 | | (5) (Blank). | 2 | | (6) (Blank). | 3 | | (7) Have successfully met all State licensure | 4 | | examination requirements. Applicants who have successfully | 5 | | completed a test of content, as defined by rules, at the | 6 | | time of initial licensure in another country shall not be | 7 | | required to complete a test of content. Applicants for a | 8 | | teaching endorsement who have successfully completed an | 9 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness, as | 10 | | defined by rules, at the time of initial licensure in | 11 | | another country shall not be required to complete an | 12 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness. After | 13 | | October 1, 2025, applicants who have successfully | 14 | | completed a reading foundations test of at least | 15 | | comparable rigor to the Illinois reading foundations test | 16 | | shall not be required to complete a reading foundations | 17 | | test. | 18 | | (8) Have completed student teaching or an equivalent | 19 | | experience. | 20 | | (9) (Blank). | 21 | | (b-5) All applicants who have not been entitled by an | 22 | | Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois | 23 | | institution of higher education and applicants trained in | 24 | | another country applying for a Professional Educator License | 25 | | endorsed for principal or superintendent must hold a master's | 26 | | degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher |
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| 1 | | education and hold a comparable and valid educator license or | 2 | | certificate with similar grade level and subject matter | 3 | | credentials, with the State Board of Education having the | 4 | | authority to determine what constitutes similar grade level | 5 | | and subject matter credentials from another state, or must | 6 | | meet all of the following requirements: | 7 | | (1) Have completed an educator preparation program | 8 | | approved by another state or comparable educator program | 9 | | in another country leading to the receipt of a license or | 10 | | certificate for the Illinois endorsement sought. | 11 | | (2) Have successfully met all State licensure | 12 | | examination requirements, as required by Section 21B-30 of | 13 | | this Code. Applicants who have successfully completed a | 14 | | test of content, as defined by rules, at the time of | 15 | | initial licensure in another state or country shall not be | 16 | | required to complete a test of content. | 17 | | (2.5) Have completed an internship, as defined by | 18 | | rule. | 19 | | (3) (Blank). | 20 | | (4) Have completed coursework aligned to standards | 21 | | concerning (i) methods of instruction of the exceptional | 22 | | child, (ii) evidence-based methods of reading that include | 23 | | explicit and repeated focus on phonemic awareness, a | 24 | | systematic approach to phonics (decoding), spelling | 25 | | instruction (encoding), vocabulary development, including | 26 | | morphology, reading fluency, oral language development, |
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| 1 | | and reading comprehension, including syntax and background | 2 | | (content) knowledge, and reading in the content area, and | 3 | | (iii) instructional strategies for English learners. | 4 | | (4.5) (Blank). | 5 | | (5) Have completed a master's degree. | 6 | | (6) Have successfully completed teaching, school | 7 | | support, or administrative experience as defined by rule. | 8 | | (b-7) All applicants who have not been entitled by an | 9 | | Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois | 10 | | institution of higher education applying for a Professional | 11 | | Educator License endorsed for Director of Special Education | 12 | | must hold a master's degree from a regionally accredited | 13 | | institution of higher education and must hold a comparable and | 14 | | valid educator license or certificate with similar grade level | 15 | | and subject matter credentials, with the State Board of | 16 | | Education having the authority to determine what constitutes | 17 | | similar grade level and subject matter credentials from | 18 | | another state, or must meet all of the following requirements: | 19 | | (1) Have completed a master's degree. | 20 | | (2) Have 2 years of full-time experience providing | 21 | | special education services. | 22 | | (3) Have successfully completed all examination | 23 | | requirements, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 24 | | Applicants who have successfully completed a test of | 25 | | content, as identified by rules, at the time of initial | 26 | | licensure in another state or country shall not be |
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| 1 | | required to complete a test of content. | 2 | | (4) Have completed coursework aligned to standards | 3 | | concerning (i) methods of instruction of the exceptional | 4 | | child, (ii) evidence-based methods of reading that include | 5 | | explicit and repeated focus on phonemic awareness, a | 6 | | systematic approach to phonics (decoding), spelling | 7 | | instruction (encoding), vocabulary development, including | 8 | | morphology, reading fluency, oral language development, | 9 | | and reading comprehension, including syntax and background | 10 | | (content) knowledge, and reading in the content area, and | 11 | | (iii) instructional strategies for English learners. | 12 | | (b-10) All applicants who have not been entitled by an | 13 | | Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois | 14 | | institution of higher education applying for a Professional | 15 | | Educator License endorsed for chief school business official | 16 | | must hold a master's degree from a regionally accredited | 17 | | institution of higher education and must hold a comparable and | 18 | | valid educator license or certificate with similar grade level | 19 | | and subject matter credentials, with the State Board of | 20 | | Education having the authority to determine what constitutes | 21 | | similar grade level and subject matter credentials from | 22 | | another state, or must meet all of the following requirements: | 23 | | (1) Have completed a master's degree in school | 24 | | business management, finance, or accounting. | 25 | | (2) Have successfully completed an internship in | 26 | | school business management or have 2 years of experience |
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| 1 | | as a school business administrator. | 2 | | (3) Have successfully met all State examination | 3 | | requirements, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 4 | | Applicants who have successfully completed a test of | 5 | | content, as identified by rules, at the time of initial | 6 | | licensure in another state or country shall not be | 7 | | required to complete a test of content. | 8 | | (4) Have completed modules aligned to standards | 9 | | concerning methods of instruction of the exceptional | 10 | | child, methods of reading and reading in the content area, | 11 | | and instructional strategies for English learners. | 12 | | (c) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 13 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | 14 | | rules as may be necessary to implement this Section.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; | 16 | | 102-539, eff. 8-20-21.)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.".
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