Full Text of HB4672 103rd General Assembly
HB4672 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB4672 Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. Michelle Mussman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | | Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, provides that an applicant for a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language pathologist may satisfy the requirement of passing a test of content area knowledge by passing the national Praxis test in speech-language pathology administered by the Educational Testing Service. Provides that an applicant for a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language pathologist may complete a school internship, externship, or practicum prior to taking the Praxis test, but must pass the Praxis test in speech-language pathology prior to licensure. |
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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-30 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-30) | 7 | | Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. | 8 | | (a) (Blank). | 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 | 12 | | required prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These | 13 | | examinations and indicators must be based on national and | 14 | | State professional teaching standards, as determined by the | 15 | | State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | 16 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. The State Board of | 17 | | Education may adopt such rules as may be necessary to | 18 | | implement and administer this Section. | 19 | | (c) (Blank). | 20 | | (c-5) The State Board must adopt rules to implement a | 21 | | paraprofessional competency test. This test would allow an | 22 | | applicant seeking an Educator License with Stipulations with a | 23 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement to obtain the |
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| 1 | | endorsement if he or she passes the test and meets the other | 2 | | requirements of subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of Section | 3 | | 21B-20 other than the higher education requirements. | 4 | | (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be | 5 | | required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area | 6 | | of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. An | 7 | | applicant for a Professional Educator License with a school | 8 | | support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language | 9 | | pathologist may satisfy the requirement of passing a test of | 10 | | content area knowledge by passing the national Praxis test in | 11 | | speech-language pathology administered by the Educational | 12 | | Testing Service. There shall be no exception to this | 13 | | requirement. No candidate shall be allowed to student teach or | 14 | | serve as the teacher of record until he or she has passed the | 15 | | applicable content area test. An applicant for a Professional | 16 | | Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement | 17 | | for non-teaching speech-language pathologist may complete a | 18 | | school internship, externship, or practicum prior to taking | 19 | | the Praxis test but must pass the Praxis test in | 20 | | speech-language pathology prior to licensure. | 21 | | (d-5) The State Board shall consult with any applicable | 22 | | vendors within 90 days after July 28, 2023 ( the effective date | 23 | | of Public Act 103-402) this amendatory Act of the 103rd | 24 | | General Assembly to develop a plan to transition the test of | 25 | | content area knowledge in the endorsement area of elementary | 26 | | education, grades one through 6, by July 1, 2026 to a content |
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| 1 | | area test that contains testing elements that cover | 2 | | bilingualism, biliteracy, oral language development, | 3 | | foundational literacy skills, and developmentally appropriate | 4 | | higher-order comprehension and on which a valid and reliable | 5 | | language and literacy subscore can be determined. The State | 6 | | Board shall base its rules concerning the passing subscore on | 7 | | the language and literacy portion of the test on the | 8 | | recommended cut-score determined in the formal | 9 | | standard-setting process. Candidates need not achieve a | 10 | | particular subscore in the area of language and literacy. The | 11 | | State Board shall aggregate and publish the number of | 12 | | candidates in each preparation program who take the test and | 13 | | the number who pass the language and literacy portion. | 14 | | (e) (Blank). | 15 | | (f) Beginning on August 4, 2023 ( the effective date of | 16 | | Public Act 103-488) this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | 17 | | Assembly through August 31, 2025, no candidate completing a | 18 | | teacher preparation program in this State or candidate subject | 19 | | to Section 21B-35 of this Code is required to pass a teacher | 20 | | performance assessment. Except as otherwise provided in this | 21 | | Article, beginning on September 1, 2015 until August 4, 2023 | 22 | | ( the effective date of Public Act 103-488) this amendatory Act | 23 | | of the 103rd General Assembly and beginning again on September | 24 | | 1, 2025, all candidates completing teacher preparation | 25 | | programs in this State and all candidates subject to Section | 26 | | 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass a teacher performance |
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| 1 | | assessment approved by the State Board of Education, in | 2 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 3 | | Board. A candidate may not be required to submit test | 4 | | materials by video submission. Subject to appropriation, an | 5 | | individual who holds a Professional Educator License and is | 6 | | employed for a minimum of one school year by a school district | 7 | | designated as Tier 1 under Section 18-8.15 may, after | 8 | | application to the State Board, receive from the State Board a | 9 | | refund for any costs associated with completing the teacher | 10 | | performance assessment under this subsection. | 11 | | (f-5) The Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force is | 12 | | created to evaluate potential performance-based and objective | 13 | | teacher performance assessment systems for implementation | 14 | | across all educator preparation programs in this State, with | 15 | | the intention of ensuring consistency across programs and | 16 | | supporting a thoughtful and well-rounded licensure system. | 17 | | Members appointed to the Task Force must reflect the racial, | 18 | | ethnic, and geographic diversity of this State. The Task Force | 19 | | shall consist of all of the following members: | 20 | | (1) One member of the Senate, appointed by the | 21 | | President of the Senate. | 22 | | (2) One member of the Senate, appointed by the | 23 | | Minority Leader of the Senate. | 24 | | (3) One member of the House of Representatives, | 25 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. | 26 | | (4) One member of the House of Representatives, |
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| 1 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 2 | | Representatives. | 3 | | (5) One member who represents a statewide professional | 4 | | teachers' organization, appointed by the State | 5 | | Superintendent of Education. | 6 | | (6) One member who represents a different statewide | 7 | | professional teachers' organization, appointed by the | 8 | | State Superintendent of Education. | 9 | | (7) One member from a statewide organization | 10 | | representing school principals, appointed by the State | 11 | | Superintendent of Education. | 12 | | (8) One member from a statewide organization | 13 | | representing regional superintendents of schools, | 14 | | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | 15 | | (9) One member from a statewide organization | 16 | | representing school administrators, appointed by the State | 17 | | Superintendent of Education. | 18 | | (10) One member representing a school district | 19 | | organized under Article 34 of this Code, appointed by the | 20 | | State Superintendent of Education. | 21 | | (11) One member of an association representing rural | 22 | | and small schools, appointed by the State Superintendent | 23 | | of Education. | 24 | | (12) One member representing a suburban school | 25 | | district, appointed by the State Superintendent of | 26 | | Education. |
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| 1 | | (13) One member from a statewide organization | 2 | | representing school districts in the southern suburbs of | 3 | | the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent | 4 | | of Education. | 5 | | (14) One member from a statewide organization | 6 | | representing large unit school districts, appointed by the | 7 | | State Superintendent of Education. | 8 | | (15) One member from a statewide organization | 9 | | representing school districts in the collar counties of | 10 | | the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent | 11 | | of Education. | 12 | | (16) Three members, each representing a different | 13 | | public university in this State and each a current member | 14 | | of the faculty of an approved educator preparation | 15 | | program, appointed by the State Superintendent of | 16 | | Education. | 17 | | (17) Three members, each representing a different | 18 | | 4-year nonpublic university or college in this State and | 19 | | each a current member of the faculty of an approved | 20 | | educator preparation program, appointed by the State | 21 | | Superintendent of Education. | 22 | | (18) One member of the Board of Higher Education, | 23 | | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | 24 | | (19) One member representing a statewide policy | 25 | | organization advocating on behalf of multilingual students | 26 | | and families, appointed by the State Superintendent of |
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| 1 | | Education. | 2 | | (20) One member representing a statewide organization | 3 | | focused on research-based education policy to support a | 4 | | school system that prepares all students for college, a | 5 | | career, and democratic citizenship, appointed by the State | 6 | | Superintendent of Education. | 7 | | (21) Two members representing an early childhood | 8 | | advocacy organization, appointed by the State | 9 | | Superintendent of Education. | 10 | | (22) One member representing a statewide organization | 11 | | that partners with educator preparation programs and | 12 | | school districts to support the growth and development of | 13 | | preservice teachers, appointed by the State Superintendent | 14 | | of Education. | 15 | | (23) One member representing a statewide organization | 16 | | that advocates for educational equity and racial justice | 17 | | in schools, appointed by the State Superintendent of | 18 | | Education. | 19 | | (24) One member representing a statewide organization | 20 | | that represents school boards, appointed by the State | 21 | | Superintendent of Education. | 22 | | (25) One member who has, within the last 5 years, | 23 | | served as a cooperating teacher, appointed by the State | 24 | | Superintendent of Education. | 25 | | Members of the Task Force shall serve without | 26 | | compensation. The Task Force shall first meet at the call of |
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| 1 | | the State Superintendent of Education, and each subsequent | 2 | | meeting shall be called by the chairperson of the Task Force, | 3 | | who shall be designated by the State Superintendent of | 4 | | Education. The State Board of Education shall provide | 5 | | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | 6 | | On or before August 1, 2024, the Task Force shall report on | 7 | | its work, including recommendations on a teacher performance | 8 | | assessment system in this State, to the State Board of | 9 | | Education and the General Assembly. The Task Force is | 10 | | dissolved upon submission of this report. | 11 | | (g) The content area knowledge test and the teacher | 12 | | performance assessment shall be the tests that from time to | 13 | | time are designated by the State Board of Education, in | 14 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 15 | | Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing | 16 | | organization or tests designed by the State Board of | 17 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 18 | | and Licensure Board. The test of content area knowledge shall | 19 | | assess content knowledge in a specific subject field. The | 20 | | tests must be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no | 21 | | person taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis | 22 | | of race, color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to | 23 | | the person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The | 24 | | score required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State | 25 | | Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 26 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. The tests shall be |
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| 1 | | administered not fewer than 3 times a year at such time and | 2 | | place as may be designated by the State Board of Education, in | 3 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 4 | | Board. | 5 | | The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess | 6 | | the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of | 7 | | applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under | 8 | | subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this | 9 | | Code in the English language and in the language of the | 10 | | transitional bilingual education program requested by the | 11 | | applicant. | 12 | | (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the | 13 | | provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school | 14 | | district subject to Article 34 of this Code. | 15 | | (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the | 16 | | testing requirements under this Section shall include, without | 17 | | limitation, provisions governing test selection, test | 18 | | validation, and determination of a passing score, | 19 | | administration of the tests, frequency of administration, | 20 | | applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the | 21 | | years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special | 22 | | accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop | 23 | | such rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to | 24 | | year in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 102-301, eff. 8-26-21; 103-402, eff. 7-28-23; | 26 | | 103-488, eff. 8-4-23; revised 9-1-23.) |
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