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90_HB3432
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Amends the School Code to create the Professional Teacher
Standards Board, a 7 member board appointed by the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the Senate. Abolishes the
State Teacher Certification Board and transfers its
functions, duties, and powers to the Professional Teacher
Standards Board. Amends the School Code, the Higher
Education Student Assistance Act, the Clinical Psychologist
Licensing Act, and the Professional Counselor and Clinical
Professional Counselor Licensing Act to change references
from the State Teacher Certification Board to the
Professional Teacher Standards Board.
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1 AN ACT concerning teacher certification, amending named
2 Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 2-3.11, 2-3.52, 10-21.9, 10-22.20a, 10-22.24a,
7 10-22.34, 14-1.09.1, 14-8.05, 14C-2, 14C-8, 21-0.01, 21-1,
8 21-1a, 21-1b, 21-1c, 21-2, 21-2.1, 21-2b, 21-3, 21-4, 21-5,
9 21-5a, 21-5b, 21-5c, 21-5d, 21-7.1, 21-9, 21-10, 21-11,
10 21-11.1, 21-11.2, 21-11.3, 21-11.4, 21-12, 21-13, 21-14,
11 21-16, 21-21, 21-21.1, 21-23, 21-24, 21-25, 34-18.5, and
12 34-83 and adding Section 21-13.5 as follows:
13 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11)
14 Sec. 2-3.11. Report to Governor and General Assembly.
15 To report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on or
16 before January 14 the condition of the schools of the State
17 for the preceding year, ending on June 30.
18 Such annual report shall contain reports of the
19 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board; the
20 schools of the State charitable institutions; reports on
21 driver education, special education, and transportation; and
22 for such year the annual statistical reports of the State
23 Board of Education, including the number and kinds of school
24 districts; number of school attendance centers; number of men
25 and women teachers; enrollment by grades; total enrollment;
26 total days attendance; total days absence; average daily
27 attendance; number of elementary and secondary school
28 graduates; assessed valuation; tax levies and tax rates for
29 various purposes; amount of teachers' orders, anticipation
30 warrants, and bonds outstanding; and number of men and women
31 teachers and total enrollment of private schools. The report
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1 shall give for all school districts receipts from all sources
2 and expenditures for all purposes for each fund; the total
3 operating expense and the per capita cost; federal and state
4 aids and reimbursements; new school buildings, and recognized
5 schools; together with such other information and suggestions
6 as the State Board of Education may deem important in
7 relation to the schools and school laws and the means of
8 promoting education throughout the state.
9 (Source: P.A. 84-1308; 84-1424.)
10 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.52) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.52)
11 Sec. 2-3.52. Review and study of initial year of
12 teaching. The State Board of Education shall conduct a
13 review and study of the initial year of teaching for the
14 purpose of designing a program to provide support and assist
15 in the orientation of individuals in their initial year of
16 teaching.
17 The study shall be completed with the assistance of an
18 advisory committee which includes but is not limited to
19 representatives of the Illinois Board of Higher Education;
20 the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board;
21 various statewide education organizations representing
22 teachers, administrators, and school board members; and
23 representatives of colleges of education in institutions of
24 higher education.
25 The study shall cover observation of programs in other
26 states, use of released time for initial year teachers,
27 clinical supervision and instruction by university
28 coordinators, the use and assignment of mentor teacher
29 trainers, inservice training and professional development.
30 Study results shall be submitted to the Governor and the
31 General Assembly on or before April 1, 1986.
32 (Source: P.A. 84-126.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/10-21.9) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9)
2 Sec. 10-21.9. Criminal background investigations.
3 (a) After August 1, 1985, certified and noncertified
4 applicants for employment with a school district, except
5 school bus driver applicants, are required as a condition of
6 employment to authorize an investigation to determine if such
7 applicants have been convicted of any of the enumerated
8 criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of this Section.
9 Authorization for the investigation shall be furnished by the
10 applicant to the school district, except that if the
11 applicant is a substitute teacher seeking employment in more
12 than one school district, a teacher seeking concurrent
13 part-time employment positions with more than one school
14 district (as a reading specialist, special education teacher
15 or otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee
16 seeking employment positions with more than one district, any
17 such district may require the applicant to furnish
18 authorization for the investigation to the regional
19 superintendent of the educational service region in which are
20 located the school districts in which the applicant is
21 seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time
22 teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee.
23 Upon receipt of this authorization, the school district or
24 the appropriate regional superintendent, as the case may be,
25 shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth
26 and social security number to the Department of State Police
27 on forms prescribed by the Department. The regional
28 superintendent submitting the requisite information to the
29 Department of State Police shall promptly notify the school
30 districts in which the applicant is seeking employment as a
31 substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
32 educational support personnel employee that the investigation
33 of the applicant has been requested. The Department of State
34 Police shall conduct an investigation to ascertain if the
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1 applicant being considered for employment has been convicted
2 of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in
3 subsection (c). The Department shall charge the school
4 district or the appropriate regional superintendent a fee for
5 conducting such investigation, which fee shall be deposited
6 in the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the
7 cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a
8 fee for such investigation by the school district or by the
9 regional superintendent. The regional superintendent may
10 seek reimbursement from the State Board of Education or the
11 appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
12 regional superintendent to the Department for the criminal
13 background investigations required by this Section.
14 (b) The Department shall furnish, pursuant to positive
15 identification, records of convictions, until expunged, to
16 the president of the school board for the school district
17 which requested the investigation, or to the regional
18 superintendent who requested the investigation. Any
19 information concerning the record of convictions obtained by
20 the president of the school board or the regional
21 superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
22 transmitted to the superintendent of the school district or
23 his designee, the appropriate regional superintendent if the
24 investigation was requested by the school district, the
25 presidents of the appropriate school boards if the
26 investigation was requested from the Department of State
27 Police by the regional superintendent, the State
28 Superintendent of Education, the Professional State Teacher
29 Standards Certification Board or any other person necessary
30 to the decision of hiring the applicant for employment. A
31 copy of the record of convictions obtained from the
32 Department of State Police shall be provided to the applicant
33 for employment. If an investigation of an applicant for
34 employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or
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1 concurrent educational support personnel employee in more
2 than one school district was requested by the regional
3 superintendent, and the Department of State Police upon
4 investigation ascertains that the applicant has not been
5 convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses
6 in subsection (c) and so notifies the regional
7 superintendent, then the regional superintendent shall issue
8 to the applicant a certificate evidencing that as of the date
9 specified by the Department of State Police the applicant has
10 not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
11 offenses in subsection (c). The school board of any school
12 district located in the educational service region served by
13 the regional superintendent who issues such a certificate to
14 an applicant for employment as a substitute teacher in more
15 than one such district may rely on the certificate issued by
16 the regional superintendent to that applicant, or may
17 initiate its own investigation of the applicant through the
18 Department of State Police as provided in subsection (a). Any
19 person who releases any confidential information concerning
20 any criminal convictions of an applicant for employment shall
21 be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless the release of
22 such information is authorized by this Section.
23 (c) No school board shall knowingly employ a person who
24 has been convicted for committing attempted first degree
25 murder or for committing or attempting to commit first degree
26 murder or a Class X felony or any one or more of the
27 following offenses: (i) those defined in Sections 11-6, 11-9,
28 11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-19.1,
29 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15
30 and 12-16 of the "Criminal Code of 1961"; (ii) those defined
31 in the "Cannabis Control Act" except those defined in
32 Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act; (iii) those defined
33 in the "Illinois Controlled Substances Act"; and (iv) any
34 offense committed or attempted in any other state or against
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1 the laws of the United States, which if committed or
2 attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
3 more of the foregoing offenses. Further, no school board
4 shall knowingly employ a person who has been found to be the
5 perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor under 18
6 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the
7 Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
8 (d) No school board shall knowingly employ a person for
9 whom a criminal background investigation has not been
10 initiated.
11 (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a
12 finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate issued
13 pursuant to Article 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the
14 School Code, the appropriate regional superintendent of
15 schools or the State Superintendent of Education shall
16 initiate the certificate suspension and revocation
17 proceedings authorized by law.
18 (f) After January 1, 1990 the provisions of this Section
19 shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
20 contracts with any school district including, but not limited
21 to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
22 transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
23 the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
24 criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
25 firms holding contracts with more than one school district
26 and assigned to more than one school district, the regional
27 superintendent of the educational service region in which the
28 contracting school districts are located may, at the request
29 of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
30 authorization for investigation prepared by each such
31 employee and submitting the same to the Department of State
32 Police. Any information concerning the record of conviction
33 of any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
34 shall be promptly reported to the president of the
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1 appropriate school board or school boards.
2 (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96;
3 89-610, eff. 8-6-96; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
4 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a)
5 Sec. 10-22.20a. Advanced vocational training program,
6 and career education. To enter into joint agreements with
7 community college districts and other school districts for
8 the purpose of providing career education or advanced
9 vocational training of students in the 11th and higher grades
10 who desire preparation for a trade. Transportation for
11 students to any facility covered by a joint agreement as
12 described in this Section shall be provided by the
13 participating school district, or by the participating school
14 district in conjunction with other school districts. Joint
15 agreements entered into under this Section may include
16 provisions for joint authority to acquire and improve sites,
17 construct and equip facilities thereon and lease and equip
18 facilities deemed necessary by the parties to the joint
19 agreement, to maintain programs and to provide for financing
20 of the foregoing jointly by the respective parties, all in
21 accordance with the terms of the joint agreement.
22 Nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrict
23 or prohibit the rights of community college districts or
24 school districts to enter into joint agreements under the
25 provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, as now
26 or hereinafter amended.
27 The duration of the career education or advanced
28 vocational training program shall be such period as the
29 school district may approve but it may not exceed 2 years for
30 any school district pupil. Participation in the program is
31 accorded the same credit toward a high school diploma as time
32 spent in other courses.
33 The participating community college shall bill each
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1 participating student's school district for an amount equal
2 to the per capita cost of operating the community college
3 attended or a charge for participation may be made in
4 accordance with the joint agreement between the community
5 college district and the student's school district. Such
6 agreement shall not provide for payments in excess of the
7 actual cost of operating the course or courses in which the
8 student is enrolled. Participating high schools may use
9 State aid monies to pay the charges.
10 The community college instructors teaching in such
11 programs need not be certified by the Professional State
12 Teacher Standards Certification Board.
13 (Source: P.A. 79-76.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
15 Sec. 10-22.24a. To employ school counselors certified as
16 such by the Professional State Teacher Standards
17 Certification Board, and to supervise school counselor
18 interns enrolled in a school counseling program approved by
19 the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
20 (Source: P.A. 82-998.)
21 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34)
22 Sec. 10-22.34. Non-certificated personnel.
23 (a) School Boards may employ non-teaching personnel or
24 utilize volunteer personnel for: (1) non-teaching duties not
25 requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils; and
26 (2) supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception
27 areas used incident to instructional programs transmitted by
28 electronic media such as computers, video, and audio, and
29 detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
30 extracurricular activities.
31 (b) School boards may further utilize volunteer
32 non-certificated personnel or employ non-certificated
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1 personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the
2 immediate supervision of a teacher, holding a valid
3 certificate, directly engaged in teaching subject matter or
4 conducting activities. The teacher shall be continuously
5 aware of the non-certificated persons' activities and shall
6 be able to control or modify them. The State Board of
7 Education, in consultation with the Professional State
8 Teacher Standards Certification Board, shall determine
9 qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules
10 for determining the duties and activities to be assigned to
11 such personnel. In the determination of qualifications of
12 such personnel, the State Board of Education shall accept
13 coursework earned in a recognized institution or from an
14 institution of higher learning accredited by the North
15 Central Association or other comparable regional accrediting
16 association.
17 (c) School boards may also employ students holding a
18 bachelor's degree from a recognized institution of higher
19 learning as part time teaching interns when such students are
20 enrolled in a college or university internship program, which
21 has prior approval by the State Board of Education in
22 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
23 Certification Board, leading to a masters degree.
24 (d) Nothing in this Section shall require constant
25 supervision of a student teacher enrolled in a student
26 teaching course at a college or university, provided such
27 activity has the prior approval of the representative of the
28 higher education institution and teaching plans have
29 previously been discussed with and approved by the
30 supervising teacher and further provided that such teaching
31 is within guidelines established by the State Board of
32 Education in consultation with the Professional State Teacher
33 Standards Certification Board.
34 (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1)
2 Sec. 14-1.09.1. School psychological services. In the
3 public schools, school psychological services provided by
4 qualified specialists who hold Type 73 School Service
5 Personnel Certificates endorsed for school psychology issued
6 by the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification
7 Board may include, but are not limited to: (i) administration
8 and interpretation of psychological and educational
9 evaluations; (ii) developing school-based prevention
10 programs, including violence prevention programs; (iii)
11 counseling with students, parents, and teachers on
12 educational and mental health issues; (iv) acting as liaisons
13 between public schools and community agencies; (v) evaluating
14 program effectiveness; (vi) providing crisis intervention
15 within the school setting; (vii) helping teachers, parents,
16 and others involved in the educational process to provide
17 optimum teaching and learning conditions for all students;
18 (viii) supervising school psychologist interns enrolled in
19 school psychology programs that meet the standards
20 established by the State Board of Education; and (ix)
21 screening of school enrollments to identify children who
22 should be referred for individual study. Nothing in this
23 Section prohibits other qualified professionals from
24 providing those services listed for which they are
25 appropriately trained.
26 (Source: P.A. 89-339, eff. 8-17-95.)
27 (105 ILCS 5/14-8.05) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05)
28 Sec. 14-8.05. Behavioral intervention.
29 (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that
30 principals and teachers of students with disabilities require
31 training and guidance that provide ways for working
32 successfully with children who have difficulties conforming
33 to acceptable behavioral patterns in order to provide an
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1 environment in which learning can occur. It is the intent of
2 the General Assembly:
3 (1) That when behavioral interventions are used,
4 they be used in consideration of the pupil's physical
5 freedom and social interaction, and be administered in a
6 manner that respects human dignity and personal privacy
7 and that ensures a pupil's right to placement in the
8 least restrictive educational environment.
9 (2) That behavioral management plans be developed
10 and used, to the extent possible, in a consistent manner
11 when a local educational agency has placed the pupil in a
12 day or residential setting for education purposes.
13 (3) That a statewide study be conducted of the use
14 of behavioral interventions with students with
15 disabilities receiving special education and related
16 services.
17 (4) That training programs be developed and
18 implemented in institutions of higher education that
19 train teachers, and that in-service training programs be
20 made available as necessary in school districts, in
21 educational service centers, and by regional
22 superintendents of schools to assure that adequately
23 trained staff are available to work effectively with the
24 behavioral intervention needs of students with
25 disabilities.
26 (b) On or before September 30, 1993, the State
27 Superintendent of Education shall conduct a statewide study
28 of the use of behavioral interventions with students with
29 disabilities receiving special education and related
30 services. The study shall include, but not necessarily be
31 limited to identification of the frequency in the use of
32 behavioral interventions; the number of districts with
33 policies in place for working with children exhibiting
34 continuous serious behavioral problems; how policies, rules,
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1 or regulations within districts differ between emergency and
2 routine behavioral interventions commonly practiced; the
3 nature and extent of costs for training provided to personnel
4 for implementing a program of nonaversive behavioral
5 interventions; and the nature and extent of costs for
6 training provided to parents of students with disabilities
7 who would be receiving behavioral interventions. The scope
8 of the study shall be developed by the State Board of
9 Education, in consultation with individuals and groups
10 representing parents, teachers, administrators, and
11 advocates. On or before June 30, 1994, the State Board of
12 Education shall issue guidelines based on the study's
13 findings. The guidelines shall address, but not be limited
14 to, the following: (i) appropriate behavioral interventions,
15 and (ii) how to properly document the need for and use of
16 behavioral interventions in the process of developing
17 individualized education plans for students with
18 disabilities. The guidelines shall be used as a reference to
19 assist school boards in developing local policies and
20 procedures in accordance with this Section. The State Board
21 of Education, with the advice of parents of students with
22 disabilities and other parents, teachers, administrators,
23 advocates for persons with disabilities, and individuals with
24 knowledge or expertise in the development and implementation
25 of behavioral interventions for persons with disabilities,
26 shall review its behavioral intervention guidelines at least
27 once every 3 years to determine their continuing
28 appropriateness and effectiveness and shall make such
29 modifications in the guidelines as it deems necessary.
30 (c) Each school board must establish and maintain a
31 committee to develop policies and procedures on the use of
32 behavioral interventions for students with disabilities who
33 require behavioral intervention. The policies and procedures
34 shall be adopted and implemented by school boards by January
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1 1, 1996 and shall: (i) be developed with the advice of
2 parents with students with disabilities and other parents,
3 teachers, administrators, advocates for persons with
4 disabilities, and individuals with knowledge or expertise in
5 the development and implementation of behavioral
6 interventions for persons with disabilities; (ii) emphasize
7 positive interventions that are designed to develop and
8 strengthen desirable behaviors; (iii) incorporate procedures
9 and methods consistent with generally accepted practice in
10 the field of behavioral intervention; (iv) include criteria
11 for determining when a student with disabilities may require
12 a behavioral intervention plan; (v) reflect that the
13 guidelines of the State Board of Education have been reviewed
14 and considered and provide the address of the State Board of
15 Education so that copies of the State Board of Education
16 behavioral guidelines may be requested; and (vi) include
17 procedures for monitoring the use of restrictive behavioral
18 interventions. Each school board shall (i) furnish a copy of
19 its local policies and procedures to parents and guardians of
20 all students with individualized education plans within 15
21 days after the policies and procedures have been adopted by
22 the school board, or within 15 days after the school board
23 has amended its policies and procedures, or at the time an
24 individualized education plan is first implemented for the
25 student, and (ii) require that each school inform its
26 students of the existence of the policies and procedures
27 annually. Provided, at the annual individualized education
28 plan review, the school board shall (1) explain the local
29 policies and procedures, (2) furnish a copy of the local
30 policies to parents and guardians, and (3) make available,
31 upon request of any parents and guardians, a copy of local
32 procedures.
33 (d) The State Superintendent of Education shall consult
34 with representatives of institutions of higher education and
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1 the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board
2 in regard to the current training requirements for teachers
3 to ensure that sufficient training is available in
4 appropriate behavioral interventions consistent with
5 professionally accepted practices and standards for people
6 entering the field of education.
7 (Source: P.A. 89-191, eff. 7-21-95; 90-63, eff. 7-3-97.)
8 (105 ILCS 5/14C-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2)
9 Sec. 14C-2. Definitions. Unless the context indicates
10 otherwise, the terms used in this Article have the following
11 meanings:
12 (a) "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
13 (b) "Standards Certification Board" means the
14 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
15 (c) "School District" means any school district
16 established under this Code.
17 (d) "Children of limited English-speaking ability" means
18 (1) children who were not born in the United States whose
19 native tongue is a language other than English and who are
20 incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English; and
21 (2) children who were born in the United States of parents
22 possessing no or limited English-speaking ability and who are
23 incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English.
24 (e) "Teacher of transitional bilingual education" means
25 a teacher with a speaking and reading ability in a language
26 other than English in which transitional bilingual education
27 is offered and with communicative skills in English.
28 (f) "Program in transitional bilingual education" means
29 a full-time program of instruction (1) in all those courses
30 or subjects which a child is required by law to receive and
31 which are required by the child's school district which shall
32 be given in the native language of the children of limited
33 English-speaking ability who are enrolled in the program and
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1 also in English, (2) in the reading and writing of the native
2 language of the children of limited English-speaking ability
3 who are enrolled in the program and in the oral
4 comprehension, speaking, reading and writing of English, and
5 (3) in the history and culture of the country, territory or
6 geographic area which is the native land of the parents of
7 children of limited English-speaking ability who are enrolled
8 in the program and in the history and culture of the United
9 States; or a part-time program of instruction based on the
10 educational needs of those children of limited
11 English-speaking ability who do not need a full-time program
12 of instruction.
13 (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/14C-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-8)
15 Sec. 14C-8. Teacher certification - Qualifications -
16 Issuance of certificates. No person shall be eligible for
17 employment by a school district as a teacher of transitional
18 bilingual education without either (a) holding a valid
19 teaching certificate issued pursuant to Article 21 of this
20 Code and meeting such additional language and course
21 requirements as prescribed by the State Board of Education or
22 (b) meeting the requirements set forth in this Section. The
23 Standards Certification Board shall issue certificates valid
24 for teaching in all grades of the common school in
25 transitional bilingual education programs to any person who
26 presents it with satisfactory evidence that he possesses an
27 adequate speaking and reading ability in a language other
28 than English in which transitional bilingual education is
29 offered and communicative skills in English, and possessed
30 within 5 five years previous to his applying for a
31 certificate under this Section a valid teaching certificate
32 issued by a foreign country, or by a State or possession or
33 territory of the United States, or other evidence of teaching
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1 preparation as may be determined to be sufficient by the
2 Standards Certification Board, or holds a degree from an
3 institution of higher learning in a foreign country which the
4 Standards Certification Board determines to be the equivalent
5 of a bachelor's degree from a recognized institution of
6 higher learning in the United States; provided that any
7 person seeking a certificate under this Section must meet the
8 following additional requirements:
9 (1) Such persons must be in good health;
10 (2) Such persons must be of sound moral character;
11 (3) Such persons must be legally present in the United
12 States and possess legal authorization for employment;
13 (4) Such persons must not be employed to replace any
14 presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be
15 replaced for any reason.
16 Certificates issuable pursuant to this Section shall be
17 issuable only during the 5 years immediately following the
18 effective date of this Act and thereafter for additional
19 periods of one year only upon a determination by the State
20 Board of Education that a school district lacks the number of
21 teachers necessary to comply with the mandatory requirements
22 of Sections 14C-2.1 and 14C-3 of this Article for the
23 establishment and maintenance of programs of transitional
24 bilingual education and said certificates issued by the
25 Standards Certification Board shall be valid for a period of
26 6 years following their date of issuance and shall not be
27 renewed, except that one renewal for a period of 2 two years
28 may be granted if necessary to permit the holder of a
29 certificate issued under this Section to acquire a teaching
30 certificate pursuant to Article 21 of this Code. Such
31 certificates and the persons to whom they are issued shall be
32 exempt from the provisions of Article 21 of this Code except
33 that Sections 21-12, 21-13, 21-16, 21-17, 21-19, 21-21,
34 21-22, 21-23 and 21-24 shall continue to be applicable to all
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1 such certificates.
2 After the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1984,
3 an additional renewal for a period to expire August 31, 1985,
4 may be granted. The State Board of Education shall report to
5 the General Assembly on or before January 31, 1985 its
6 recommendations for the qualification of teachers of
7 bilingual education and for the qualification of teachers of
8 English as a second language. Said qualification program
9 shall take effect no later than August 31, 1985.
10 If the qualifications of an applicant for a certificate
11 valid for teaching in transitional bilingual education
12 programs in all grades of the common schools do not meet the
13 requirements established for the issuance of that
14 certificate, the Standards Certification Board nevertheless
15 shall issue the applicant a substitute teacher's certificate
16 under Section 21-9 whenever it appears from the face of the
17 application submitted for certification as a teacher of
18 transitional bilingual education and the evidence presented
19 in support thereof that the applicant's qualifications meet
20 the requirements established for the issuance of a
21 certificate under Section 21-9; provided, that if it does not
22 appear from the face of such application and supporting
23 evidence that the applicant is qualified for issuance of a
24 certificate under Section 21-9 the Standards Certification
25 Board shall evaluate the application with reference to the
26 requirements for issuance of certificates under Section 21-9
27 and shall inform the applicant, at the time it denies the
28 application submitted for certification as a teacher of
29 transitional bilingual education, of the additional
30 qualifications which the applicant must possess in order to
31 meet the requirements established for issuance of (i) a
32 certificate valid for teaching in transitional bilingual
33 education programs in all grades of the common schools and
34 (ii) a substitute teacher's certificate under Section 21-9.
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1 (Source: P.A. 86-1002.)
2 (105 ILCS 5/21-0.01)
3 Sec. 21-0.01. Powers after January 1, 1998. Beginning on
4 January 1, 1998 and thereafter, the State Board of Education,
5 in consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
6 Certification Board, shall have the power and authority to do
7 all of the following:
8 (1) set standards for teaching, supervising, or
9 holding other certificated employment in the public
10 schools, and administer the certification process as
11 provided in this Article; provided, however, that the
12 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board
13 shall be solely responsible for the renewal of Standard
14 Teaching Certificates as provided in Section 21-2;
15 (2) approve and evaluate teacher and administrator
16 preparation programs;
17 (3) enter into agreements with other states
18 relative to reciprocal approval of teacher and
19 administrator preparation programs;
20 (4) establish standards for the issuance of new
21 types of certificates; and
22 (5) take such other action relating to the
23 improvement of instruction in the public schools through
24 teacher education and professional development and that
25 attracts qualified candidates into teacher training
26 programs as is appropriate and consistent with applicable
27 laws.
28 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
29 (105 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1)
30 Sec. 21-1. Qualification of teachers. No one may be
31 certified to teach or supervise in the public schools of this
32 State who is not of good character, good health, a citizen of
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1 the United States or legally present and authorized for
2 employment, and at least 19 years of age. If the holder of a
3 certificate under this Section is not a citizen of the United
4 States 6 years after the date of the issuance of the original
5 certificate, any certificate held by such person on that date
6 shall be cancelled by the board of education and no other
7 certificate to teach shall be issued to such person until
8 such person is a citizen of the United States.
9 Citizenship is not required for the issuance of a
10 temporary part-time certificate to participants in approved
11 training programs for exchange students as described in
12 Section 21-10.2. A certificate issued under this plan shall
13 expire on June 30 following the date of issue. One renewal
14 for one year is authorized if the holder remains as an
15 official participant in an approved exchange program.
16 In determining good character under this Section, any
17 felony conviction of the applicant may be taken into
18 consideration, but such a conviction shall not operate as a
19 bar to registration.
20 No person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right
21 to be certified, to receive training for the purpose of
22 becoming a teacher or to engage in practice teaching in any
23 school because of a physical disability including but not
24 limited to visual and hearing disabilities; nor shall any
25 school district refuse to employ a teacher on such grounds,
26 provided that the person is able to carry out the duties of
27 the position for which he applies.
28 No person may be granted or continue to hold a teaching
29 certificate who has knowingly altered or misrepresented his
30 or her teaching qualifications in order to acquire the
31 certificate. Any other certificate held by such person may
32 be suspended or revoked by the Professional State Teacher
33 Standards Certification Board, depending upon the severity of
34 the alteration or misrepresentation.
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1 No one may teach or supervise in the public schools nor
2 receive for teaching or supervising any part of any public
3 school fund, who does not hold a certificate of qualification
4 granted by the State Board of Education or by the
5 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board and
6 a regional superintendent of schools as hereinafter provided,
7 or by the board of education of a city having a population
8 exceeding 500,000 inhabitants except as provided in Section
9 34-6 and in Section 10-22.34 or Section 10-22.34b. However,
10 the provisions of this Article do not apply to a member of
11 the armed forces who is employed as a teacher of subjects in
12 the Reserve Officer's Training Corps of any school. Sections
13 21-2 through 21-24 do not apply to cities having a population
14 exceeding 500,000 inhabitants, until July 1, 1988.
15 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
16 board of education of any school district may grant to a
17 teacher of the district a leave of absence with full pay for
18 a period of not more than one year to permit such teacher to
19 teach in a foreign state under the provisions of the Exchange
20 Teacher Program established under Public Law 584, 79th
21 Congress, and Public Law 402, 80th Congress, as amended. The
22 school board granting such leave of absence may employ with
23 or without pay a national of the foreign state wherein the
24 teacher on leave of absence will teach, if the national is
25 qualified to teach in that foreign state, and if that
26 national will teach in a grade level similar to the one which
27 was taught in such foreign state. The State Board of
28 Education shall promulgate and enforce such reasonable rules
29 as may be necessary to effectuate this paragraph.
30 (Source: P.A. 88-189; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96; 89-397, eff.
31 8-20-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
32 (105 ILCS 5/21-1a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a)
33 Sec. 21-1a. Tests required for certification.
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1 (a) After July 1, 1988, in addition to all other
2 requirements, early childhood, elementary, special, high
3 school, school service personnel, or, except as provided in
4 Section 34-6, administrative certificates shall be issued to
5 persons who have satisfactorily passed a test of basic skills
6 and subject matter knowledge. The tests of basic skills and
7 subject matter knowledge shall be the tests which from time
8 to time are designated by the State Board of Education in
9 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
10 Certification Board and may be tests prepared by an
11 educational testing organization or tests designed by the
12 State Board of Education in consultation with the
13 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
14 The areas to be covered by the test of basic skills shall
15 include the basic skills of reading, writing, grammar and
16 mathematics. The test of subject matter knowledge shall
17 assess content knowledge in the specific subject field. The
18 tests shall be designed to be racially neutral to assure that
19 no person in taking the tests is thereby discriminated
20 against on the basis of race, color, national origin or other
21 factors unrelated to the person's ability to perform as a
22 certificated employee. The score required to pass the tests
23 of basic skills and subject matter knowledge shall be fixed
24 by the State Board of Education in consultation with the
25 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
26 The tests shall be held not fewer than 3 times a year at such
27 time and place as may be designated by the State Board of
28 Education in consultation with the Professional State Teacher
29 Standards Certification Board.
30 (b) Except as provided in Section 34-6, the provisions
31 of subsection (a) of this Section shall apply equally in any
32 school district subject to Article 34, provided that the
33 State Board of Education shall determine which certificates
34 issued under Sections 34-8.1 and 34-83 prior to July 1, 1988
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1 are comparable to any early childhood certificate, elementary
2 school certificate, special certificate, high school
3 certificate, school service personnel certificate or
4 administrative certificate issued under this Article as of
5 July 1, 1988.
6 (c) A person who holds an early childhood, elementary,
7 special, high school or school service personnel certificate
8 issued under this Article on or at any time before July 1,
9 1988, including a person who has been issued any such
10 certificate pursuant to Section 21-11.1 or in exchange for a
11 comparable certificate theretofore issued under Section
12 34-8.1 or Section 34-83, shall not be required to take or
13 pass the tests in order to thereafter have such certificate
14 renewed.
15 (d) The State Board of Education in consultation with
16 the State Teacher Certification Board shall conduct a pilot
17 administration of the tests by administering the test to
18 students completing teacher education programs in the 1986-87
19 school year for the purpose of determining the effect and
20 impact of testing candidates for certification.
21 (e) The rules and regulations developed to implement the
22 required test of basic skills and subject matter knowledge
23 shall include the requirements of subsections (a), (b), and
24 (c) and shall include specific regulations to govern test
25 selection; test validation and determination of a passing
26 score; administration of the tests; frequency of
27 administration; applicant fees; frequency of applicants'
28 taking the tests; the years for which a score is valid; and,
29 waiving certain additional tests for additional certificates
30 to individuals who have satisfactorily passed the test of
31 basic skills and subject matter knowledge as required in
32 subsection (a). The State Board of Education shall provide,
33 by rule, specific policies that assure uniformity in the
34 difficulty level of each form of the basic skills test and
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1 each subject matter knowledge test from test-to-test and
2 year-to-year. The State Board of Education shall also set a
3 passing score for the tests.
4 (f) The State Teacher Certification Board may issue a
5 nonrenewable temporary certificate between July 1, 1988 and
6 August 31, 1988 to individuals who have taken the tests of
7 basic skills and subject matter knowledge prescribed by this
8 Section but have not received such test scores by August 31,
9 1988. Such temporary certificates shall expire on December
10 31, 1988.
11 (g) Beginning January 1, 1999, the State Board of
12 Education, in consultation with the Professional State
13 Teacher Standards Certification Board, shall implement and
14 administer a new system of certification for teachers in the
15 State of Illinois. The State Board of Education, in
16 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
17 Certification Board, shall design and implement a system of
18 examinations and various other criteria which shall be
19 required prior to the issuance of Initial Teaching
20 Certificates and Standard Teaching Certificates. These
21 examinations and indicators shall be based on national
22 professional teaching standards, as determined by the State
23 Board of Education, in consultation with the Professional
24 State Teacher Standards Certification Board. The State Board
25 of Education may adopt any and all regulations necessary to
26 implement and administer this Section.
27 (h) The State Board of Education shall report to the
28 Illinois General Assembly and the Governor with
29 recommendations for further changes and improvements to the
30 teacher certification system no later than January 1, 1999
31 and on an annual basis until January 1, 2001.
32 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
33 (105 ILCS 5/21-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b)
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1 Sec. 21-1b. Subject endorsement on certificates. All
2 certificates initially issued under this Article after June
3 30, 1986, shall be specifically endorsed by the State Board
4 of Education for each subject the holder of the certificate
5 is legally qualified to teach, such endorsements to be made
6 in accordance with standards promulgated by the State Board
7 of Education in consultation with the Professional State
8 Teacher Standards Certification Board. All certificates
9 which are issued under this Article prior to July 1, 1986
10 may, by application to the State Board of Education, be
11 specifically endorsed for each subject the holder is legally
12 qualified to teach. Each application for endorsement of an
13 existing teaching certificate shall be accompanied by a $20
14 nonrefundable fee.
15 Commencing January 1, 1994, an additional $10 shall be
16 charged for each application for endorsement. There is
17 hereby created a Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund as a
18 special fund within the State Treasury. The proceeds of the
19 additional $10 fee shall be paid into the Teacher Certificate
20 Fee Revolving Fund; and the moneys in that Fund shall be
21 appropriated and used to provide the technology and other
22 resources necessary for the timely and efficient processing
23 of certification requests.
24 (Source: P.A. 88-224.)
25 (105 ILCS 5/21-1c) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c)
26 Sec. 21-1c. Exclusive certificate authority. Only the
27 State Board of Education and Professional State Teacher
28 Standards Certification Board, acting in accordance with the
29 applicable provisions of this Act and the rules, regulations
30 and standards promulgated thereunder, shall have the
31 authority to issue or endorse any certificate required for
32 teaching, supervising or holding certificated employment in
33 the public schools; and no other State agency shall have any
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1 power or authority (i) to establish or prescribe any
2 qualifications or other requirements applicable to the
3 issuance or endorsement of any such certificate, or (ii) to
4 establish or prescribe any licensure or equivalent
5 requirement which must be satisfied in order to teach,
6 supervise or hold certificated employment in the public
7 schools.
8 (Source: P.A. 86-1441.)
9 (105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
10 Sec. 21-2. Grades of certificates.
11 (a) Until January 1, 1999, all certificates issued under
12 this Article shall be State certificates valid, except as
13 limited in Section 21-1, in every school district coming
14 under the provisions of this Act and shall be limited in time
15 and designated as follows: Provisional vocational
16 certificate, temporary provisional vocational certificate,
17 early childhood certificate, elementary school certificate,
18 special certificate, high school certificate, school service
19 personnel certificate, administrative certificate,
20 provisional certificate, and substitute certificate. The
21 requirement of student teaching under close and competent
22 supervision for obtaining a teaching certificate may be
23 waived by the State Teacher Certification Board upon
24 presentation to the Board by the teacher of evidence of 5
25 years successful teaching experience on a valid certificate
26 and graduation from a recognized institution of higher
27 learning with a bachelor's degree with not less than 120
28 semester hours and a minimum of 16 semester hours in
29 professional education.
30 (b) Initial Teaching Certificate. Beginning January 1,
31 1999, persons who (1) have completed an approved teacher
32 preparation program, (2) are recommended by an approved
33 teacher preparation program, (3) have successfully completed
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1 the Initial Teaching Certification examinations required by
2 the State Board of Education, and (4) have met all other
3 criteria established by the State Board of Education in
4 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
5 Certification Board, shall be issued an Initial Teaching
6 Certificate valid for 4 years. Initial Teaching Certificates
7 shall be issued for categories corresponding to Early
8 Childhood Education, Elementary Education, and Secondary
9 Education, with special certification designations for
10 Special Education, Bilingual Education, fundamental learning
11 areas (including Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics,
12 Science, Social Science, Physical Development and Health,
13 Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and other areas designated
14 by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the
15 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
16 (c) Standard Certificate. Beginning January 1, 1999,
17 persons who (1) have completed 4 years of teaching with an
18 Initial Certificate, have successfully completed the Standard
19 Teaching Certificate examinations, and have met all other
20 criteria established by the State Board of Education in
21 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
22 Certification Board, or (2) were issued teaching certificates
23 prior to January 1, 1999 and are renewing those certificates
24 after January 1, 1999, shall be issued a Standard Certificate
25 valid for 5 years, which may be renewed thereafter every 5
26 years by the Professional State Teacher Standards
27 Certification Board based on proof of continuing education or
28 professional development. Standard Certificates shall be
29 issued for categories corresponding to Early Childhood
30 Education, Elementary Education, and Secondary Education,
31 with special certification designations for Special
32 Education, Bilingual Education, fundamental learning areas
33 (including Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Science,
34 Social Science, Physical Development and Health, Fine Arts,
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1 and Foreign Language), and other areas designated by the
2 State Board of Education, in consultation with the
3 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
4 (d) Master Certificate. Beginning January 1, 1999,
5 persons who have successfully achieved National Board
6 certification through the National Board for Professional
7 Teaching Standards shall be issued a Master Certificate,
8 valid for 7 years and renewable thereafter every 7 years
9 through compliance with requirements set forth by the State
10 Board of Education.
11 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
12 (105 ILCS 5/21-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1)
13 Sec. 21-2.1. Early childhood certificate.
14 (a) An early childhood certificate shall be valid for 4
15 years for teaching children up to 6 years of age, exclusive
16 of children enrolled in kindergarten, in facilities approved
17 by the State Superintendent of Education. Beginning July 1,
18 1988, such certificate shall be valid for 4 years for
19 Teaching children through grade 3 in facilities approved by
20 the State Superintendent of Education. Subject to the
21 provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons
22 who have graduated from a recognized institution of higher
23 learning with a bachelor's degree and with not fewer than 120
24 semester hours including professional education or human
25 development or, until July 1, 1992, to persons who have early
26 childhood education instruction and practical experience
27 involving supervised work with children under 6 years of age
28 or with children through grade 3. Such persons shall be
29 recommended for the early childhood certificate by a
30 recognized institution as having completed an approved
31 program of preparation which includes the requisite hours and
32 academic and professional courses and practical experience
33 approved by the State Superintendent of Education in
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1 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
2 Certification Board.
3 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
4 Early Childhood Education Certificates shall be issued to
5 persons who meet the criteria established by the State Board
6 of Education.
7 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
8 (105 ILCS 5/21-2b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2b)
9 Sec. 21-2b. Teacher education program entrance. In
10 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
11 Certification Board the State Board of Education shall
12 develop procedures which ensure that all students entering
13 approved teacher education programs are proficient in the
14 areas of reading, mathematics and language arts. Each
15 institution of higher learning shall submit to the
16 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board a
17 plan which sets forth procedures for implementation of this
18 Section.
19 (Source: P.A. 84-126.)
20 (105 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-3)
21 Sec. 21-3. Elementary certificate.
22 (a) An elementary school certificate shall be valid for
23 4 years for teaching in the kindergarten and lower 9 grades
24 of the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
25 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
26 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
27 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours and with a
28 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education,
29 including 5 semester hours in student teaching under
30 competent and close supervision. Such persons shall be
31 recommended for the elementary certificate by a recognized
32 institution as having completed an approved program of
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1 preparation which includes intensive preservice training in
2 the humanities, natural sciences, mathematics and the
3 academic and professional courses approved by the State
4 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
5 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
6 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
7 Elementary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
8 all of the criteria established by the State Board of
9 Education for elementary education.
10 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
11 (105 ILCS 5/21-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-4)
12 Sec. 21-4. Special certificate.
13 (a) A special certificate shall be valid for 4 years for
14 teaching the special subjects named therein in all grades of
15 the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
16 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
17 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
18 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours including a
19 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education, 5 of
20 which shall be in student teaching under competent and close
21 supervision. When the holder of such certificate has earned a
22 master's degree, including eight semester hours of graduate
23 professional education from a recognized institution of
24 higher learning and with two years' teaching experience, it
25 may be endorsed for supervision.
26 Such persons shall be recommended for the special
27 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
28 an approved program of preparation which includes academic
29 and professional courses approved by the State Superintendent
30 of Education in consultation with the Professional State
31 Teacher Standards Certification Board.
32 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, special certification
33 designations shall be issued for Special Education, Bilingual
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1 Education, fundamental learning areas (Language Arts,
2 Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Physical
3 Development and Health, Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and
4 other areas designated by the State Board of Education, to
5 persons who meet all of the criteria established by the State
6 Board of Education, in consultation with the Professional
7 State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
8 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
9 (105 ILCS 5/21-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5)
10 Sec. 21-5. High school certificate.
11 (a) A high school certificate shall be valid for 4 years
12 for teaching in grades 6 to 12 inclusive of the common
13 schools. Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall
14 be issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
15 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
16 with not fewer than 120 semester hours including 16 semester
17 hours in professional education, 5 of which shall be in
18 student teaching under competent and close supervision and
19 with one or more teaching fields. Such persons shall be
20 recommended for the high school certificate by a recognized
21 institution as having completed an approved program of
22 preparation which includes the academic and professional
23 courses approved by the State Superintendent of Education in
24 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
25 Certification Board.
26 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, Initial and Standard
27 Secondary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
28 all of the criteria established by the State Board of
29 Education for secondary education.
30 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
31 (105 ILCS 5/21-5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a)
32 Sec. 21-5a. Alternative math-science certification. The
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1 State Board of Education, in consultation with the
2 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board,
3 shall establish and implement an alternative certification
4 program under which persons who qualify for admission to, and
5 who successfully complete the program and meet the additional
6 requirements established by this Section shall be issued an
7 initial teaching certificate for teaching mathematics,
8 science or mathematics and science in grades 9 through 12 of
9 the common schools. In establishing an alternative
10 certification program under this Section, the State Board of
11 Education shall designate an appropriate area within the
12 State where the program shall be offered and made available
13 to persons qualified for admission to the program. In
14 addition, the State Board of Education, in cooperation with
15 one or more recognized institutions of higher learning, shall
16 develop a comprehensive course of study that persons admitted
17 to the program must successfully complete in order to satisfy
18 one criterion for issuance of an initial certificate under
19 this Section. The comprehensive course of study so developed
20 shall include one semester of practice teaching.
21 An initial teaching certificate, valid for 4 years for
22 teaching mathematics, science or mathematics and science in
23 grades 9 through 12 of the common schools and renewable as
24 provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued under this Section
25 21-5a to persons who qualify for admission to the alternative
26 certification program and who at the time of applying for an
27 initial teaching certificate under this Section:
28 (1) have graduated with a master's degree in
29 mathematics or any science discipline from an institution
30 of higher learning whose scholarship standards are
31 approved by the State Board of Education for purposes of
32 the alternative certification program;
33 (2) have been employed for at least 10 years in an
34 area requiring knowledge and practical application of
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1 their academic background in mathematics or a science
2 discipline;
3 (3) have successfully completed the alternative
4 certification program and the course of comprehensive
5 study, including one semester of practice teaching,
6 developed as part of the program as provided in this
7 Section and approved by the State Board of Education; and
8 (4) have passed the examinations required by
9 Section 21-1a.
10 The alternative certification program shall be
11 implemented at the commencement of the 1992-1993 academic
12 year.
13 The State Board of Education shall establish criteria for
14 admission to the alternative certification program and shall
15 adopt rules and regulations that are consistent with this
16 Section and that the State Board of Education deems necessary
17 to establish and implement the program.
18 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
19 (105 ILCS 5/21-5b)
20 Sec. 21-5b. Alternative certification. The State Board
21 of Education, in consultation with the Professional State
22 Teacher Standards Certification Board, shall establish and
23 implement an alternative certification program under which
24 persons who meet the requirements of and successfully
25 complete the program established by this Section shall be
26 issued an alternative teaching certificate for teaching in
27 the schools situated in a school district that is located in
28 a city having a population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants.
29 The program shall be limited to not more than 260 new
30 participants during each year that the program is in effect.
31 In establishing an alternative certification program under
32 this Section, the State Board of Education shall designate
33 the City of Chicago as the area in the State where the
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1 program shall be made available. In addition, the State Board
2 of Education, in cooperation with a partnership formed with a
3 university that offers 4-year baccalaureate and masters
4 degree programs and that is a recognized institution as
5 defined in Section 21-21 and one or more not-for-profit
6 organizations in the State which support excellence in
7 teaching, shall within 30 days after submission by the
8 partnership approve a course of study developed by the
9 partnership that persons in the program must successfully
10 complete in order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of an
11 alternative certificate under this Section. The Alternative
12 Teacher Certification program course of study must include
13 the current content and skills contained in the university's
14 current courses for State certification which have been
15 approved by the State Board of Education, in consultation
16 with the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification
17 Board, as the requirement for State teacher certification.
18 The alternative certification program established under
19 this Section shall be known as the Alternative Teacher
20 Certification program. The Alternative Teacher Certification
21 Program shall be offered by the submitting partnership and
22 may be offered in conjunction with one or more not-for-profit
23 organizations in the State which support excellence in
24 teaching. The program shall be comprised of the following 3
25 phases: (a) the first phase is the course of study offered on
26 an intensive basis in education theory, instructional
27 methods, and practice teaching; (b) the second phase is the
28 person's assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
29 school year; and (c) the third phase is a comprehensive
30 assessment of the person's teaching performance by school
31 officials and the partnership participants and a
32 recommendation by the partner institution of higher education
33 to the State Board of Education that the person be issued a
34 standard alternative teaching certificate. Successful
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1 completion of the Alternative Teacher Certification program
2 shall be deemed to satisfy any other practice or student
3 teaching and subject matter requirements established by law.
4 A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
5 one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
6 shall be issued under this Section 21-5b to persons who at
7 the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
8 certificate under this Section:
9 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
10 university with a bachelor's degree;
11 (2) have successfully completed the first phase of
12 the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
13 in this Section; and
14 (3) have passed the tests of basic skills and
15 subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a.
16 A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
17 under this Section shall be treated as a regularly certified
18 teacher for purposes of compensation, benefits, and other
19 terms and conditions of employment afforded teachers in the
20 school who are members of a bargaining unit represented by an
21 exclusive bargaining representative, if any.
22 A standard alternative teaching certificate, valid for 4
23 years for teaching in the schools situated in a school
24 district that is located in a city having a population in
25 excess of 500,000 inhabitants and renewable as provided in
26 Section 21-14, shall be issued under this Section 21-5b to
27 persons who first complete the requirements for the
28 provisional alternative teaching certificate and who at the
29 time of applying for a standard alternative teaching
30 certificate under this Section have successfully completed
31 the second and third phases of the Alternative Teacher
32 Certification program as provided in this Section.
33 This alternative certification program shall be
34 implemented so that the first provisional alternative
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1 teaching certificates issued under this Section are effective
2 upon the commencement of the 1997-1998 academic year and the
3 first standard alternative teaching certificates issued under
4 this Section are effective upon the commencement of the
5 1998-1999 academic year.
6 The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the
7 partnership establishing the Alternative Teacher
8 Certification program, shall adopt rules and regulations that
9 are consistent with this Section and that the State Board of
10 Education deems necessary to establish and implement the
11 program.
12 (Source: P.A. 89-708, eff. 2-14-97.)
13 (105 ILCS 5/21-5c)
14 Sec. 21-5c. Alternative route to teacher certification.
15 The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
16 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board,
17 shall establish and implement an alternative route to teacher
18 certification program under which persons who meet the
19 requirements of and successfully complete the program
20 established by this Section shall be issued an initial
21 teaching certificate for teaching in schools in this State.
22 The State Board of Education shall approve a course of study
23 that persons in the program must successfully complete in
24 order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of a certificate
25 under this Section. The Alternative Route to Teacher
26 Certification program course of study must include the
27 current content and skills contained in a university's
28 current courses for State certification which have been
29 approved by the State Board of Education, in consultation
30 with the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification
31 Board, as the requirement for State teacher certification.
32 The program established under this Section shall be known
33 as the Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program.
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1 The program may be offered in conjunction with one or more
2 not-for-profit organizations in the State. The program shall
3 be comprised of the following 3 phases: (a) a course of study
4 offered on an intensive basis in education theory,
5 instructional methods, and practice teaching; (b) the
6 person's assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
7 school year, including the designation of a mentor teacher to
8 advise and assist the person with that teaching assignment;
9 and (c) a comprehensive assessment of the person's teaching
10 performance by school officials and program participants and
11 a recommendation by the institution of higher education to
12 the State Board of Education that the person be issued an
13 initial teaching certificate. Successful completion of the
14 Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program shall be
15 deemed to satisfy any other practice or student teaching and
16 subject matter requirements established by law.
17 A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
18 one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
19 shall be issued under this Section 21-5c to persons who at
20 the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
21 certificate under this Section:
22 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
23 university with a bachelor's degree;
24 (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5
25 years in an area requiring application of the
26 individual's education;
27 (3) have successfully completed the first phase of
28 the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
29 in this Section; and
30 (4) have passed the tests of basic skills and
31 subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a.
32 An initial teaching certificate, valid for teaching in
33 the common schools, shall be issued under Section 21-3 or
34 21-5 to persons who first complete the requirements for the
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1 provisional alternative teaching certificate and who at the
2 time of applying for an initial teaching certificate have
3 successfully completed the second and third phases of the
4 Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program as
5 provided in this Section.
6 A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
7 or an initial teaching certificate earned under this Section
8 shall be treated as a regularly certified teacher for
9 purposes of compensation, benefits, and other terms and
10 conditions of employment afforded teachers in the school who
11 are members of a bargaining unit represented by an exclusive
12 bargaining representative, if any.
13 The State Board of Education may adopt rules and
14 regulations that are consistent with this Section and that
15 the State Board deems necessary to establish and implement
16 the program.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
18 (105 ILCS 5/21-5d)
19 Sec. 21-5d. Alternative route to administrative
20 certification. The State Board of Education, in consultation
21 with the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification
22 Board and an advisory panel consisting of no less than 7
23 administrators appointed by the State Superintendent of
24 Education, shall establish and implement an alternative route
25 to administrative certification program under which persons
26 who meet the requirements of and successfully complete the
27 program established by this Section shall be issued a
28 standard administrative certificate for serving as an
29 administrator in schools in this State. For the purposes of
30 this Section only, "administrator" means a person holding any
31 administrative position for which a standard administrative
32 certificate with a general administrative endorsement, chief
33 school business official endorsement, or superintendent
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1 endorsement is required, except a principal or an assistant
2 principal. The State Board of Education shall approve a
3 course of study that persons in the program must successfully
4 complete in order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of a
5 certificate under this Section. The Alternative Route to
6 Administrative Certification program course of study must
7 include the current content and skills contained in a
8 university's current courses for State certification which
9 have been approved by the State Board of Education, in
10 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
11 Certification Board, as the requirement for administrative
12 certification.
13 The program established under this Section shall be known
14 as the Alternative Route to Administrative Certification
15 program. The program shall be comprised of the following 3
16 phases: (a) a course of study offered on an intensive basis
17 in education management, governance, organization, and
18 planning; (b) the person's assignment to a full-time position
19 for one school year as an administrator; and (c) a
20 comprehensive assessment of the person's performance by
21 school officials and a recommendation to the State Board of
22 Education that the person be issued a standard administrative
23 certificate. Successful completion of the Alternative Route
24 to Administrative Certification program shall be deemed to
25 satisfy any other supervisory, administrative, or management
26 experience requirements established by law.
27 A provisional alternative administrative certificate,
28 valid for one year of serving as an administrator in the
29 common schools and not renewable, shall be issued under this
30 Section 21-5d to persons who at the time of applying for the
31 provisional alternative administrative certificate under this
32 Section:
33 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
34 university with a master's degree in a management field
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1 or with a bachelor's degree and the life experience
2 equivalent of a master's degree in a management field as
3 determined by the State Board of Education;
4 (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5
5 years in a management level position;
6 (3) have successfully completed the first phase of
7 the Alternative Route to Administrative Certification
8 program as provided in this Section; and
9 (4) have passed any examination required by the
10 State Board of Education.
11 A standard administrative certificate with a general
12 administrative endorsement, chief school business official
13 endorsement, or superintendent endorsement, renewable as
14 provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued under Section
15 21-7.1 to persons who first complete the requirements for the
16 provisional alternative administrative certificate and who at
17 the time of applying for a standard administrative
18 certificate have successfully completed the second and third
19 phases of the Alternative Route to Administrative
20 Certification program as provided in this Section.
21 The State Board of Education may adopt rules and
22 regulations that are consistent with this Section and that
23 the State Board deems necessary to establish and implement
24 the program.
25 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
26 (105 ILCS 5/21-7.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1)
27 Sec. 21-7.1. Administrative certificate.
28 (a) After January 1, 1986, an administrative certificate
29 valid for 5 years of supervising and administering in the
30 public common schools may be issued to persons who have
31 graduated from a recognized institution of higher learning
32 with a master's degree and who have been certified by these
33 institutions of higher learning as having completed a program
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1 of preparation for one or more of these endorsements. Such
2 programs of academic and professional preparation required
3 for endorsement shall be administered by the institution in
4 accordance with standards set forth by the State
5 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
6 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
7 (b) No administrative certificate shall be issued for
8 the first time after June 30, 1987 and no endorsement
9 provided for by this Section shall be made or affixed to an
10 administrative certificate for the first time after June 30,
11 1987 unless the person to whom such administrative
12 certificate is to be issued or to whose administrative
13 certificate such endorsement is to be affixed has been
14 required to demonstrate as a part of a program of academic or
15 professional preparation for such certification or
16 endorsement: (i) an understanding of the knowledge called for
17 in establishing productive parent-school relationships and of
18 the procedures fostering the involvement which such
19 relationships demand; and (ii) an understanding of the
20 knowledge required for establishing a high quality school
21 climate and promoting good classroom organization and
22 management, including rules of conduct and instructional
23 procedures appropriate to accomplishing the tasks of
24 schooling; and (iii) a demonstration of the knowledge and
25 skills called for in providing instructional leadership. The
26 standards for demonstrating an understanding of such
27 knowledge shall be set forth by the State Board of Education
28 in consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
29 Certification Board, and shall be administered by the
30 recognized institutions of higher learning as part of the
31 programs of academic and professional preparation required
32 for certification and endorsement under this Section. As
33 used in this subsection: "establishing productive
34 parent-school relationships" means the ability to maintain
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1 effective communication between parents and school personnel,
2 to encourage parental involvement in schooling, and to
3 motivate school personnel to engage parents in encouraging
4 student achievement, including the development of programs
5 and policies which serve to accomplish this purpose; and
6 "establishing a high quality school climate" means the
7 ability to promote academic achievement, to maintain
8 discipline, to recognize substance abuse problems among
9 students and utilize appropriate law enforcement and other
10 community resources to address these problems, to support
11 teachers and students in their education endeavors, to
12 establish learning objectives and to provide instructional
13 leadership, including the development of policies and
14 programs which serve to accomplish this purpose; and
15 "providing instructional leadership" means the ability to
16 effectively evaluate school personnel, to possess general
17 communication and interpersonal skills, and to establish and
18 maintain appropriate classroom learning environments. The
19 provisions of this subsection shall not apply to or affect
20 the initial issuance or making on or before June 30, 1987 of
21 any administrative certificate or endorsement provided for
22 under this Section, nor shall such provisions apply to or
23 affect the renewal after June 30, 1987 of any such
24 certificate or endorsement initially issued or made on or
25 before June 30, 1987.
26 (c) Administrative certificates shall be renewed every
27 five years with the first renewal being five years following
28 the initial receipt of an administrative certificate. Renewal
29 requirements for administrators whose positions require
30 certification shall be based upon evidence of continuing
31 professional education which promotes the following goals:
32 (1) Improving administrators' knowledge of instructional
33 practices and administrative procedures; (2) Maintaining the
34 basic level of competence required for initial certification;
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1 and (3) Improving the mastery of skills and knowledge
2 regarding the improvement of teaching performance in clinical
3 settings and assessment of the levels of student performance
4 in their schools. Evidence of continuing professional
5 education must include verification of biennial attendance in
6 a program developed by the Illinois Administrators' Academy
7 and verification of annual participation in a school district
8 approved activity which contributes to continuing
9 professional education. The State Board of Education, in
10 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
11 Certification Board, shall develop procedures for
12 implementing this Section and shall administer the renewal of
13 administrative certificates. Failure to submit satisfactory
14 evidence of continuing professional education which
15 contributes to promoting the goals of this Section shall
16 result in a loss of administrative certification.
17 (d) Any limited or life supervisory certificate issued
18 prior to July 1, 1968 shall continue to be valid for all
19 administrative and supervisory positions in the public
20 schools for which it is valid as of that date as long as its
21 holder meets the requirements for registration or renewal as
22 set forth in the statutes or until revoked according to law.
23 (e) The administrative or supervisory positions for
24 which the certificate shall be valid shall be determined by
25 one or more of 3 endorsements: general supervisory, general
26 administrative and superintendent.
27 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, endorsements
28 shall be made under conditions set forth in this Section.
29 The State Board of Education shall, in consultation with the
30 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board,
31 adopt rules pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure
32 Act, establishing requirements for obtaining administrative
33 certificates where the minimum administrative or supervisory
34 requirements surpass those set forth in this Section.
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1 The Professional State Teacher Standards Certification
2 Board shall file with the State Board of Education a written
3 recommendation when considering additional administrative or
4 supervisory requirements. All additional requirements shall
5 be based upon the requisite knowledge necessary to perform
6 those tasks required by the certificate. The State Board of
7 Education shall in consultation with the Professional State
8 Teacher Standards Certification Board, establish standards
9 within its rules which shall include the academic and
10 professional requirements necessary for certification. These
11 standards shall at a minimum contain, but not be limited to,
12 those used by the State Board of Education in determining
13 whether additional knowledge will be required. Additionally,
14 the State Board of Education shall in consultation with the
15 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board,
16 establish provisions within its rules whereby any member of
17 the educational community or the public may file a formal
18 written recommendation or inquiry regarding requirements.
19 (1) The general supervisory endorsement shall be
20 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
21 who has at least 16 semester hours of graduate credit in
22 professional education including 8 semester hours of
23 graduate credit in curriculum and research and who has at
24 least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school
25 service personnel experience in public schools, schools
26 under the supervision of the Department of Corrections,
27 schools under the administration of the Department of
28 Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
29 standards established by the State Superintendent of
30 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition
31 standards approved by the State Superintendent of
32 Education.
33 Such endorsement shall be required for supervisors,
34 curriculum directors and for such similar and related
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1 positions as determined by the State Superintendent of
2 Education in consultation with the Professional State
3 Teacher Standards Certification Board.
4 (2) The general administrative endorsement shall be
5 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
6 who has at least 20 semester hours of graduate credit in
7 educational administration and supervision and who has at
8 least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school
9 service personnel experience in public schools, schools
10 under the supervision of the Department of Corrections,
11 schools under the administration of the Department of
12 Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
13 standards established by the State Superintendent of
14 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition
15 standards approved by the State Superintendent of
16 Education.
17 Such endorsement shall be required for principal,
18 assistant principal, assistant or associate
19 superintendent, junior college dean and for related or
20 similar positions as determined by the State
21 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
22 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
23 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act,
24 after January 1, 1990 and until January 1, 1991, any
25 teacher employed by a district subject to Article 34
26 shall be entitled to receive an administrative
27 certificate with a general administrative endorsement
28 affixed thereto if he or she: (i) had at least 3 years of
29 experience as a certified teacher for such district prior
30 to August 1, 1985; (ii) obtained a Master's degree prior
31 to August 1, 1985; (iii) completed at least 20 hours of
32 graduate credit in education courses (including at least
33 12 hours in educational administration and supervision)
34 prior to September 1, 1987; and (iv) has received a
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1 rating of superior for at least each of the last 5 years.
2 Any person who obtains an administrative certificate with
3 a general administrative endorsement affixed thereto
4 under this paragraph shall not be qualified to serve in
5 any administrative position except assistant principal.
6 (3) The chief school business official endorsement
7 shall be affixed to the administrative certificate of any
8 holder who qualifies by having a Master's degree, two
9 years of administrative experience in school business
10 management, and a minimum of 20 semester hours of
11 graduate credit in a program established by the State
12 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
13 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board
14 for the preparation of school business administrators.
15 Such endorsement shall also be affixed to the
16 administrative certificate of any holder who qualifies by
17 having a Master's Degree in Business Administration,
18 Finance or Accounting from a regionally accredited
19 institution of higher education.
20 After June 30, 1977, such endorsement shall be
21 required for any individual first employed as a chief
22 school business official.
23 (4) The superintendent endorsement shall be affixed to
24 the administrative certificate of any holder who has
25 completed 30 semester hours of graduate credit beyond the
26 master's degree in a program for the preparation of
27 superintendents of schools including 16 semester hours of
28 graduate credit in professional education and who has at
29 least 2 years experience as an administrator or supervisor in
30 the public schools or the State Board of Education or
31 education service regions or in nonpublic schools meeting the
32 standards established by the State Superintendent of
33 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition standards
34 approved by the State Superintendent of Education and holds
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1 general supervisory or general administrative endorsement, or
2 who has had 2 years of experience as a supervisor or
3 administrator while holding an all-grade supervisory
4 certificate or a certificate comparable in validity and
5 educational and experience requirements.
6 After June 30, 1968, such endorsement shall be required
7 for a superintendent of schools, except as provided in the
8 second paragraph of this Section and in Section 34-6.
9 Any person appointed to the position of superintendent
10 between the effective date of this Act and June 30, 1993 in a
11 school district organized pursuant to Article 32 with an
12 enrollment of at least 20,000 pupils shall be exempt from the
13 provisions of this Subsection (4) until June 30, 1996.
14 (f) All official interpretations or acts of issuing or
15 denying administrative certificates or endorsements by the
16 State Teacher's Certification Board, State Board of Education
17 or the State Superintendent of Education, from the passage of
18 P.A. 81-1208 on November 8, 1979 through September 24, 1981
19 are hereby declared valid and legal acts in all respects and
20 further that the purported repeal of the provisions of this
21 Section by P.A. 81-1208 and P.A. 81-1509 is declared null and
22 void.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
24 (105 ILCS 5/21-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-9)
25 Sec. 21-9. Substitute certificates. (a) A substitute
26 teacher's certificate may be issued for teaching in all
27 grades of the common schools. Such certificate may be issued
28 upon request of the regional superintendent of schools of
29 any region in which the teacher is to teach. A substitute
30 teacher's certificate is valid for teaching in the public
31 schools of any county. Such certificate may be issued to
32 persons who either (a) hold a certificate valid for teaching
33 in the common schools as shown on the face of the
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1 certificate, (b) hold a bachelor of arts degree from an
2 institution of higher learning accredited by the North
3 Central Association or other comparable regional accrediting
4 association or have been graduated from a recognized
5 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree, or
6 (c) have had 2 years of teaching experience and meet such
7 other rules and regulations as may be adopted by the State
8 Board of Education in consultation with the Professional
9 State Teacher Standards Certification Board. Such
10 certificate shall expire on June 30 in the fourth year from
11 date of issue.
12 (b) A teacher holding a substitute teacher's certificate
13 may teach only in the place of a certified teacher who is
14 under contract with the employing board and may teach only
15 when no appropriate fully certified teacher is available to
16 teach in a substitute capacity. A teacher holding an early
17 childhood certificate, an elementary certificate, a high
18 school certificate, or a special certificate may also
19 substitute teach in grades K-12 but only in the place of a
20 certified teacher who is under contract with the employing
21 board. A substitute teacher may teach only for a period not
22 to exceed 90 paid school days or 450 paid school hours in any
23 one school district in any one school term. Where such
24 teaching is partly on a daily and partly on an hourly basis,
25 a school day shall be considered as 5 hours. The teaching
26 limitations imposed by this subsection upon teachers holding
27 substitute certificates shall not apply in any school
28 district operating under Article 34.
29 (Source: P.A. 89-212, eff. 8-4-95.)
30 (105 ILCS 5/21-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-10)
31 Sec. 21-10. Provisional certificate.
32 (A) Until July 1, 1972, the State Teacher Certification
33 Board may issue a provisional certificate valid for teaching
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1 in elementary, high school or special subject fields subject
2 to the following conditions:
3 A provisional certificate may be issued to a person who
4 presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
5 degree from a recognized institution of higher learning. The
6 academic and professional courses offered as a basis of the
7 provisional certificate shall be courses approved by the
8 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
9 Teacher Certification Board.
10 A certificate earned under this plan may be renewed at
11 the end of each two-year period upon evidence filed with the
12 State Teacher Certification Board that the holder has earned
13 8 semester hours of credit within the period; provided the
14 requirements for the certificate of the same type issued for
15 the teaching position for which the teacher is employed shall
16 be met by the end of the second renewal period. A second
17 provisional certificate shall not be issued. The credits so
18 earned must be approved by the State Board of Education in
19 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board and
20 must meet the general pattern for a similar type of
21 certificate issued on the basis of credit. No more than 4
22 semester hours shall be chosen from elective subjects.
23 (B) After July 1, 1972, the Professional State Teacher
24 Standards Certification Board may issue a provisional
25 certificate valid for teaching in early childhood,
26 elementary, high school or special subject fields, or for
27 providing service as school service personnel or for
28 administering schools subject to the following conditions: A
29 provisional certificate may be issued to a person who meets
30 the requirements for a regular teaching, school service
31 personnel or administrative certificate in another State and
32 who presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
33 degree from a recognized institution of higher learning. The
34 academic and professional courses offered as a basis of the
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1 provisional certificate shall be courses approved by the
2 State Board of Education in consultation with the
3 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board. A
4 certificate earned under this plan is valid for a period of 2
5 years and shall not be renewed; however, the individual to
6 whom this certificate is issued shall have passed or shall
7 pass the examinations set forth by the State Board of
8 Education within 9 months of the date of issuance of the
9 provisional certificate. Failure to pass the tests, required
10 in Section 21-1a, shall result in the cancellation of the
11 provisional certificate.
12 (C) The Professional State Teacher Standards
13 Certification Board may also issue a provisional vocational
14 certificate and a temporary provisional vocational
15 certificate.
16 (1) The requirements for a provisional vocational
17 certificate shall be determined by the State Board of
18 Education in consultation with the State Teacher Board;
19 provided, the following minimum requirements are met: (a)
20 after July 1, 1972, at least 30 semester hours of credit
21 from a recognized institution of higher learning; and (b)
22 after July 1, 1974, at least 60 semester hours of credit
23 from a recognized institution of higher learning.
24 (2) The requirements for a temporary provisional
25 vocational certificate shall be determined by the State
26 Board of Education in consultation with the Professional
27 State Teacher Standards Certification Board; provided,
28 the following minimum requirements are met: (a) after
29 July 1, 1973, at least 4,000 hours of work experience in
30 the skill to be certified for teaching; and (b) after
31 July 1, 1975, at least 8,000 hours of work experience in
32 the skill to be certified for teaching. Any certificate
33 issued under the provisions of this paragraph shall
34 expire on June 30 following the date of issue. Renewals
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1 may be granted on a yearly basis, but shall not be
2 granted to any person who does not file with the
3 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board
4 a transcript showing at least 3 semester hours of credit
5 earned during the previous year in a recognized
6 institution of learning. No such certificate shall be
7 issued except upon certification by the employing board,
8 subject to the approval of the regional superintendent of
9 schools, that no qualified teacher holding a regular
10 certificate or a provisional vocational certificate is
11 available and that actual circumstances and need require
12 such issuance.
13 The courses or work experience offered as a basis for the
14 issuance of the provisional vocational certificate or the
15 temporary provisional vocational certificate shall be
16 approved by the State Board of Education in consultation with
17 the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
18 (D) Until July 1, 1972, the State Teacher Certification
19 Board may also issue a provisional foreign language
20 certificate valid for 4 years for teaching the foreign
21 language named therein in all grades of the common schools
22 and shall be issued to persons who have graduated from a
23 recognized institution of higher learning with not fewer than
24 120 semester hours of credit and who have met other
25 requirements as determined by the State Board of Education in
26 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
27 Certification Board. If the holder of a provisional foreign
28 language certificate is not a citizen of the United States
29 within 6 years of the date of issuance of the original
30 certificate, such certificate shall be suspended by the
31 regional superintendent of schools of the region in which the
32 holder is engaged to teach and shall not be reinstated until
33 the holder is a citizen of the United States.
34 (E) Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
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1 contrary, the Professional State Teacher Standards
2 Certification Board shall issue part-time provisional
3 certificates to eligible individuals who are professionals
4 and craftsmen.
5 The requirements for a part-time provisional teachers
6 certificate shall be determined by the State Board of
7 Education in consultation with the Professional State Teacher
8 Standards Certification Board, provided the following minimum
9 requirements are met: 60 semester hours of credit from a
10 recognized institution of higher learning or 4000 hours of
11 work experience in the skill to be certified for teaching.
12 A part-time provisional certificate may be issued for
13 teaching no more than 2 courses of study for grades 6 through
14 12.
15 A part-time provisional teachers certificate shall be
16 valid for 2 years and may be renewed at the end of each 2
17 year period.
18 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
19 (105 ILCS 5/21-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11)
20 Sec. 21-11. General Certificate. The Professional State
21 Teacher Standards Certification Board may issue a general
22 certificate for part-time teachers of adult education
23 subjects. Such certificates shall be for teaching in the
24 subject or subjects named on the certificate.
25 The requirement for this certificate is determined by the
26 State Board of Education in consultation with the
27 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
28 This certificate may be issued by the Professional State
29 Teacher Standards Certification Board upon the request of the
30 board employing such teacher and the approval of the regional
31 superintendent of schools of the region in which the teaching
32 is done.
33 Any teacher who holds any other valid certificate for
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1 teaching in the public schools of Illinois may teach
2 noncredit courses assigned by the superintendent of schools
3 upon the authority of the board of education.
4 (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
5 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1)
6 Sec. 21-11.1. Certificates for equivalent
7 qualifications. An applicant who holds or is eligible to hold
8 a teacher's certificate or license under the laws of another
9 state or territory of the United States may be granted a
10 corresponding teacher's certificate in Illinois on the
11 written authorization of the State Board of Education and the
12 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board upon
13 the following conditions:
14 (1) That the applicant is at least 19 years of age,
15 is of good character, good health and a citizen of the
16 United States; and
17 (2) That the requirements for a similar teacher's
18 certificate in the particular state or territory were, at
19 the date of issuance of the certificate, substantially
20 equal to the requirements in force at the time the
21 application is made for the certificate in this State.
22 After January 1, 1988, in addition to satisfying the
23 foregoing conditions and requirements, an applicant for a
24 corresponding teaching certificate in Illinois also shall be
25 required to pass the examinations required under the
26 provisions of Section 21-1a as directed by the State Board of
27 Education.
28 In determining good character under this Section, any
29 felony conviction of the applicant may be taken into
30 consideration, but the conviction shall not operate as a bar
31 to registration.
32 The State Board of Education in consultation with the
33 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board
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1 shall prescribe rules and regulations establishing the
2 similarity of certificates in other states and the standards
3 for determining the equivalence of requirements.
4 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
5 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2)
6 Sec. 21-11.2. Additional certificates - Experienced
7 Employed Teachers. Experienced certified teachers employed
8 in Illinois public or private elementary and secondary
9 schools seeking additional teaching certificates as provided
10 in Sections 21-2.1, 21-3, 21-4 and 21-5 may submit an
11 application for evaluation of credentials to the Professional
12 State Teacher Standards Certification Board. Individuals
13 obtaining a certificate by transcript evaluation shall meet
14 the minimum requirements for the certificate as approved by
15 the State Superintendent of Education in consultation with
16 the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
17 (Source: P.A. 82-911.)
18 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3)
19 Sec. 21-11.3. Resident teacher certificate. A resident
20 teacher certificate shall be valid for 2 years for employment
21 as a resident teacher in a public school. It shall be issued
22 only to persons who have graduated from a recognized
23 institution of higher education with a bachelor's degree, who
24 are enrolled in a program of preparation approved by the
25 State Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
26 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board, and
27 who have passed the appropriate tests as required in Section
28 21-1a and as determined by the State Board of Education. A
29 resident teacher certificate may be issued for teaching
30 children through grade 3 or for grades K-9, 6-12, or K-12 in
31 a special subject area and may not be renewed. A resident
32 teacher may teach only in conjunction with and under the
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1 direction of a certified teacher and shall not teach in place
2 of a certified teacher.
3 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
4 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.4)
5 Sec. 21-11.4. Illinois Teacher Corps.
6 (a) The General Assembly finds and determines that (i)
7 it is important to encourage the entry of qualified
8 professionals into elementary and secondary teaching as a
9 second career; and (ii) there are a number of individuals who
10 have bachelors' degrees, experience in the work force, and an
11 interest in serving youth that creates a special talent pool
12 with great potential for enriching the lives of Illinois
13 children as teachers. To provide this talent pool with the
14 opportunity to serve children as teachers, school districts,
15 colleges, and universities are encouraged, as part of the
16 public policy of this State, to enter into collaborative
17 programs to educate and induct these non-traditional
18 candidates into the teaching profession. To facilitate the
19 certification of such candidates, the State Board of
20 Education, in consultation with the Professional State
21 Teacher Standards Certification Board, shall assist
22 institutions of higher education and school districts with
23 the implementation of the Illinois Teacher Corps.
24 (b) Individuals who wish to become candidates for the
25 Illinois Teacher Corps program must earn a resident teacher
26 certificate as defined in Section 21-11.3, including:
27 (1) graduation from a recognized institution of
28 higher education with a bachelor's degree and at least a
29 3.00 out of a 4.00 grade point average;
30 (2) a minimum of 5 years of professional experience
31 in the area the candidate wishes to teach;
32 (3) passing the examinations required by the State
33 Board of Education;
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1 (4) enrollment in a Masters of Education Degree
2 program approved by the State Superintendent of Education
3 in consultation with the Professional State Teacher
4 Standards Certification Board; and
5 (5) completion of a 6 week summer intensive teacher
6 preparation course which is the first component of the
7 Masters Degree program.
8 (c) School districts may hire an Illinois Teacher Corps
9 candidate after the candidate has received his or her
10 resident teacher certificate. The school district has the
11 responsibility of ensuring that the candidates receive the
12 supports necessary to become qualified, competent and
13 productive teachers. To be eligible to participate in the
14 Illinois Teacher Corps program, school districts must provide
15 a minimum of the following supports to the candidates:
16 (1) a salary and benefits package as negotiated
17 through the teacher contracts;
18 (2) a mentor certified teacher who will provide
19 guidance to one or more candidates under a program
20 developed collaboratively by the school district and
21 university;
22 (3) at least quarterly evaluations performed of
23 each candidate jointly by the mentor teacher and the
24 principal of the school or the principal's designee; and
25 (4) a written and signed document from the school
26 district outlining the support the district intends to
27 provide to the candidates, for approval by the
28 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board.
29 (d) Illinois institutions of higher education shall work
30 collaboratively with school districts and the Professional
31 State Teacher Standards Certification Board to academically
32 prepare the candidates for the teaching profession. To be
33 eligible to participate, the College or School of Education
34 of a participating Illinois institution of higher education
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1 must develop a curriculum that provides, upon completion, a
2 Masters Degree in Education for the candidates. The Masters
3 Degree program must:
4 (1) receive approval from the Professional State
5 Teacher Standards Certification Board; and
6 (2) take no longer than 3 summers and 2 academic
7 years to complete, and balance the needs and time
8 constraints of the candidates.
9 (e) Upon successful completion of the Masters Degree
10 program, the candidate receives an Initial Teaching
11 Certificate in the State of Illinois.
12 (f) If an individual wishes to become a candidate in the
13 Illinois Teacher Corps program, but does not possess 5 years
14 of professional experience, the individual may qualify for
15 the program by participating in a one year internship
16 teacher preparation program with a school district. The one
17 year internship shall be developed collaboratively by the
18 school district and the Illinois institution of higher
19 education, and shall be approved by the Professional State
20 Teacher Standards Certification Board.
21 (g) The State Board of Education is authorized to award
22 grants to school districts that seek to prepare candidates
23 for the teaching profession who have bachelors' degrees and
24 professional work experience in subjects relevant to teaching
25 fields, but who do not have formal preparation for teaching.
26 Grants may be made to school districts for up to $3,000 per
27 candidate when the school district, in cooperation with a
28 public or private university and the school district's
29 teacher bargaining unit, develop a program designed to
30 prepare teachers pursuant to the Illinois Teacher Corps
31 program under this Section.
32 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
33 (105 ILCS 5/21-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-12)
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1 Sec. 21-12. Printing of - Seal - Signature - Credentials.
2 All certificates shall be printed by and bear the seal of the
3 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board and
4 the signatures of the chairman and of the secretary of the
5 board. All college credentials offered as the basis of a
6 certificate shall be presented to the secretary of the
7 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board for
8 inspection and approval. After January 1, 1964, each
9 application for a certificate or evaluation of credentials
10 shall be accompanied by an evaluation fee of $20 which is not
11 refundable.
12 Commencing January 1, 1994, an additional $10 shall be
13 charged for each application for a certificate or evaluation
14 of credentials which is not refundable. There is hereby
15 created a Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund as a special
16 fund within the State Treasury. The proceeds of the
17 additional $10 fee shall be paid into the Teacher Certificate
18 Fee Revolving Fund; and the moneys in that Fund shall be
19 appropriated and used to provide the technology and other
20 resources necessary for the timely and efficient processing
21 of certification requests.
22 When evaluation verifies the requirements for a valid
23 certificate, the applicant shall be issued an entitlement
24 card that may be presented to a regional superintendent of
25 schools together with a fee of one dollar for issuance of a
26 certificate.
27 The applicant shall be notified of any deficiencies.
28 (Source: P.A. 88-224.)
29 (105 ILCS 5/21-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-13)
30 Sec. 21-13. State Teacher Certification Board -
31 Examinations - Issuance of certificates.)
32 (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
33 this Article with regard to certificates and until abolished
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1 under subsection (b) of this Section, there is hereby created
2 a State Teacher Certification Board to consist of the State
3 Superintendent of Education, or a representative appointed by
4 him, who shall be ex-officio chairman, 5 administrative or
5 faculty members of public or private colleges or universities
6 located in Illinois, 3 administrators and 8 classroom
7 teachers (increased to 10 classroom teachers beginning July
8 1, 1992) in the public schools and one regional
9 superintendent of schools, each to be appointed by the State
10 Board of Education; provided, that at least one of the
11 administrators and at least 2 of the classroom teachers
12 (increased to at least 3 classroom teachers beginning July 1,
13 1992) so appointed shall be employees of a school district
14 which is subject to the provisions of Article 34. A candidate
15 may be nominated for a vacant teacher's position on the State
16 Teacher Certification Board by filing with the State Board of
17 Education a petition signed by 250 persons holding valid
18 teaching certificates. Any professional teachers'
19 organization may submit one candidate for nomination for each
20 vacancy for each 20,000, or major portion thereof, members of
21 that organization who hold valid teaching certificates. The
22 nominations submitted to the State Board of Education under
23 this Section to fill a vacancy or an expiring term shall be
24 advisory. Nomination for Board members must be submitted to
25 the State Board of Education within 90 days after the vacancy
26 or vacancies occur. If no nominations are received by the
27 State Board of Education for a vacancy within such 90 day
28 period, the State Board of Education may appoint any
29 qualified person to fill the vacancy. Nominations to fill an
30 expiring term in a teacher's position must be submitted to
31 the State Board of Education at least 30 days before the
32 expiration of such term. The regular term of each member is 3
33 years. The 2 additional classroom teacher members added by
34 this amendatory Act of 1991 shall be appointed by the State
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1 Board of Education within 90 days after the effective date of
2 that Act, each to terms commencing on July 1, 1992; provided
3 that the additional classroom teacher members so appointed
4 shall determine staggered terms of 1 and 3 years by lot, and
5 their successors shall then serve regular terms of 3 years.
6 The term of an appointed member of the State Teacher
7 Certification Board shall expire on June 30 of its final
8 year.
9 The State Board of Education shall appoint a secretary of
10 the Board.
11 Until abolished under subsection (b) of this Section, the
12 Board shall hold regular meetings at least quarterly, and
13 such other special meetings as may be necessary.
14 The necessary expenses of the State Teacher Certification
15 Board shall be provided through the State Board of Education.
16 Until the Board is abolished under subsection (b) of this
17 Section, the State Board of Education in consultation with
18 the Board may make and prescribe rules necessary for the
19 administration of this Article.
20 (b) Until all of the initial members of the Professional
21 Teacher Standards Board have been confirmed by the Senate
22 under Section 21-13.5 of this Code, (i) the State Teacher
23 Certification Board shall continue to perform and exercise
24 the functions, duties, and powers that by law the
25 Professional Teacher Standards Board is to perform and
26 exercise, and (ii) any references in this Code, except in
27 Section 21-13.5, or any other law of this State to the
28 Professional Teacher Standards Board shall mean the State
29 Teacher Certification Board. Once all of the initial members
30 of the Professional Teacher Standards Board have been
31 confirmed by the Senate, all of the functions, duties, and
32 powers of the State Teacher Certification Board shall be
33 transferred to the Professional Teacher Standards Board, and
34 the State Teacher Certification Board shall be abolished.
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1 (Source: P.A. 87-694.)
2 (105 ILCS 5/21-13.5 new)
3 Sec. 21-13.5. Professional Teacher Standards Board.
4 (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
5 this Article with regard to certificates, there is hereby
6 created a Professional Teacher Standards Board to consist of
7 2 members of any educational employee labor organization, 2
8 school administrators, 2 members of the business community,
9 and 1 administrative or faculty member of an Illinois
10 institution of higher learning. Each member shall be
11 appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the
12 Senate. The terms of the initial members shall be staggered
13 as follows: 2 members shall serve for one year, 2 members
14 shall serve for 2 years, and 3 members shall serve for 3
15 years, as determined by lot. Successors to initial members
16 shall serve for 3 year terms. One of the members of the
17 Professional Teacher Standards Board shall be elected
18 chairperson by the members. All of the members shall serve
19 without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their
20 reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated for
21 that purpose.
22 (b) Once all of the initial members of the Professional
23 Teacher Standards Board have been confirmed by the Senate,
24 all of the functions, duties, and powers of the State Teacher
25 Certification Board shall be performed and exercised by the
26 Professional Teacher Standards Board, as provided under
27 Section 21-13 of this Code, and any references in the School
28 Code, except Section 21-13, or any other law of this State to
29 the State Teacher Certification Board shall mean, for all
30 purposes, the Professional Teacher Standards Board.
31 (c) The Professional Teacher Standards Board shall hold
32 regular meetings at least quarterly and such other special
33 meetings as may be necessary.
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1 (d) The necessary expenses of the Professional Teacher
2 Standards Board shall be provided through the State Board of
3 Education. The State Board of Education, in consultation
4 with the Professional Teacher Standards Board, may make and
5 prescribe rules necessary for the administration of this
6 Article.
7 (105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
8 Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
9 (a) A limited four-year certificate or a certificate
10 issued after July 1, 1955, shall be renewable at its
11 expiration or within 60 days thereafter by the county
12 superintendent of schools having supervision and control over
13 the school where the teacher is teaching upon certified
14 evidence of meeting the requirements for renewal as required
15 by this Act and prescribed by the State Board of Education in
16 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
17 Certification Board. An elementary supervisory certificate
18 shall not be renewed at the end of the first four-year period
19 covered by the certificate unless the holder thereof has
20 filed certified evidence with the Professional State Teacher
21 Standards Certification Board that he has a master's degree
22 or that he has earned 8 semester hours of credit in the field
23 of educational administration and supervision in a recognized
24 institution of higher learning. The holder shall continue to
25 earn 8 semester hours of credit each four-year period until
26 such time as he has earned a master's degree.
27 All certificates not renewed or registered as herein
28 provided shall lapse after a period of 4 years from the
29 expiration of the last year of registration. Such
30 certificates may be reinstated for a one year period upon
31 payment of all accumulated registration fees. Such
32 reinstated certificates shall only be renewed: (1) by earning
33 5 semester hours of credit in a recognized institution of
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1 higher learning in the field of professional education or in
2 courses related to the holder's contractual teaching duties;
3 or (2) by presenting evidence of holding a valid regular
4 certificate of some other type. Any certificate may be
5 voluntarily surrendered by the certificate holder. A
6 voluntarily surrendered certificate shall be treated as a
7 revoked certificate.
8 (b) When those teaching certificates issued before
9 January 1, 1999 are renewed for the first time after January
10 1, 1999, all such teaching certificates shall be exchanged
11 for Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in subsection
12 (c) of Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard Teaching
13 Certificates, including those issued to persons who
14 previously held teaching certificates issued before January
15 1, 1999, shall be renewable under the conditions set forth in
16 this subsection (b).
17 Initial Teaching Certificates are valid for 4 years and
18 are nonrenewable. Standard Teaching Certificates are
19 renewable every 5 years as provided in subsection (c) of
20 Section 21-2.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
22 (105 ILCS 5/21-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-16)
23 Sec. 21-16. Fees - Requirement for registration. Every
24 applicant when issued a certificate shall pay to the regional
25 superintendent of schools a fee of $1, which shall be paid
26 into the institute fund. Every certificate issued under the
27 provisions of this Act shall be registered annually or, at
28 the option of the holder of the certificate, once every 3
29 years. The regional superintendent of schools having
30 supervision and control over the school where the teaching is
31 done shall register the certificate before the holder begins
32 to teach, otherwise it shall be registered in any county in
33 the State of Illinois; and one fee of $4 per year for
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1 registration or renewal of one or more certificates which
2 have been issued to the same holder shall be paid into the
3 institute fund.
4 Requirements for registration of any certificate limited
5 in time shall include evidence of professional growth defined
6 as successful teaching experience since last registration of
7 certificate, attendance at professional meetings, membership
8 in professional organizations, additional credits earned in
9 recognized teacher-training institutions, travel specifically
10 for educational experience, reading of professional books and
11 periodicals, filing all reports as required by the regional
12 superintendent of schools and the State Superintendent of
13 Education or such other professional experience or
14 combination of experiences as are presented by the teacher
15 and are approved by the State Superintendent of Education in
16 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
17 Certification Board. A duplicate certificate may be issued to
18 the holder of a valid life certificate or valid certificate
19 limited in time by the State Superintendent of Education;
20 however, it shall only be issued upon request of a regional
21 superintendent of schools and upon payment to the regional
22 superintendent of schools who requests such duplicate a fee
23 of $4.
24 (Source: P.A. 87-745.)
25 (105 ILCS 5/21-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-21)
26 Sec. 21-21. Definitions - Granting of recognition).
27 "Recognized", as used in this Article in connection with the
28 word "school" or "institution", means such school, college,
29 university, private junior college, public community college
30 or special or technical school as maintains an equipment,
31 course of study, a standard of scholarship and other
32 requirements set by the State Board of Education in
33 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
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1 Certification Board. Application for recognition of such
2 school or institution as a teacher training institution shall
3 be made to the State Board of Education. The State Board of
4 Education in consultation with the Professional State Teacher
5 Standards Certification Board shall set the criteria by which
6 the school or institution shall be judged and through the
7 Secretary of the Board shall arrange for an official
8 inspection and shall grant recognition of such school or
9 institution as may meet the required standards. If such
10 standards include requirements with regard to education in
11 acquiring skills in working with culturally distinctive
12 students, as defined by the State Board of Education, then
13 the rules of the State Board of Education shall include the
14 criteria used to evaluate compliance with this requirement.
15 No school or institution shall make assignments of student
16 teachers or teachers for practice teaching so as to promote
17 segregation on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex
18 or national origin.
19 All courses listed or credentials required as the basis
20 of any certificate or for its renewal shall be the equivalent
21 of courses offered by a recognized teacher training
22 institution. The State Board of Education in consultation
23 with the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification
24 Board shall have the power to define a major or minor when
25 used as a basis for recognition and certification purposes.
26 (Source: P.A. 84-793.)
27 (105 ILCS 5/21-21.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-21.1)
28 Sec. 21-21.1. Denial of recommendation for
29 certification. Each college or university providing a
30 teacher education program approved and recognized pursuant to
31 the provisions of this Article shall establish procedures and
32 standards to assure that no student is denied the opportunity
33 to receive the institutional recommendation for certification
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1 for reasons which are not directly related to the candidate's
2 anticipated performance as a certificated employee. Such
3 standards and procedures shall include the specific criteria
4 used by the institution for admission, retention, and
5 recommendation for certification, periodic evaluations of the
6 candidate's progress toward an institutional recommendation,
7 counseling and other supportive services to correct any
8 deficiencies which are considered remedial, and provisions to
9 assure that no person is discriminated against on the basis
10 of race, color, national origin or a disability unrelated to
11 the person's ability to perform as a certificated employee.
12 Each institution shall also establish a grievance procedure
13 for those candidates who are denied the institutional
14 recommendation for certification. Within 10 days of
15 notification of such denial, the college or university shall
16 notify the candidate, in writing, of the reasons for the
17 denial of recommendation for certification. Within 30 days
18 of notification of the denial, the candidate may request the
19 college or university to review the denial. If, after an
20 additional 30 days to complete such review, the candidate is
21 denied recommendation for certification, the candidate may
22 appeal to the Professional State Teacher Standards
23 Certification Board within 10 days of notification for a
24 review of the institution's decision. The candidate shall
25 have the right to be present at any such review, to present
26 evidence, and to be represented by counsel. Upon such review
27 the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board
28 shall recommend appropriate action to the State
29 Superintendent of Education. Each institution's standards
30 and procedures, including the criteria for admission,
31 retention, and the institutional recommendation for
32 certification, and the institution's grievance procedures,
33 shall be subject to approval by the State Superintendent of
34 Education in consultation with the Professional State Teacher
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1 Standards Certification Board. Each applicant to the
2 institution's teacher education program shall be provided
3 with a copy of the procedures established pursuant to this
4 Section.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23)
7 Sec. 21-23. Suspension or revocation of certificate.
8 (a) Any certificate issued pursuant to this Article,
9 including but not limited to any administrative certificate
10 or endorsement, may be suspended for a period not to exceed
11 one calendar year by the regional superintendent or for a
12 period not to exceed 5 calendar years by the State
13 Superintendent of Education upon evidence of immorality, a
14 condition of health detrimental to the welfare of pupils,
15 incompetency, unprofessional conduct, the neglect of any
16 professional duty, willful failure to report an instance of
17 suspected child abuse or neglect as required by the Abused
18 and Neglected Child Reporting Act, failure to establish
19 satisfactory repayment on an educational loan guaranteed by
20 the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, or other just
21 cause. Unprofessional conduct shall include refusal to
22 attend or participate in, institutes, teachers' meetings,
23 professional readings, or to meet other reasonable
24 requirements of the regional superintendent or State
25 Superintendent of Education. Unprofessional conduct also
26 includes conduct that violates the standards, ethics, or
27 rules applicable to the security, administration, monitoring,
28 or scoring of, or the reporting of scores from, any
29 assessment test or the Prairie State Achievement Examination
30 administered under Section 2-3.64 or that is known or
31 intended to produce or report manipulated or artificial,
32 rather than actual, assessment or achievement results or
33 gains from the administration of those tests or examinations.
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1 It shall also include neglect or unnecessary delay in making
2 of statistical and other reports required by school officers.
3 The regional superintendent or State Superintendent of
4 Education shall upon receipt of evidence of immorality, a
5 condition of health detrimental to the welfare of pupils,
6 incompetency, unprofessional conduct, the neglect of any
7 professional duty or other just cause serve written notice to
8 the individual and afford the individual opportunity for a
9 hearing prior to suspension. If a hearing is requested
10 within 10 days of notice of opportunity for hearing it shall
11 act as a stay of proceedings not to exceed 30 days. No
12 certificate shall be suspended until the teacher has an
13 opportunity for a hearing at the educational service region.
14 When a certificate is suspended, the right of appeal shall
15 lie to the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification
16 Board. When an appeal is taken within 10 days after notice
17 of suspension it shall act as a stay of proceedings not to
18 exceed 60 days. If a certificate is suspended for a period
19 greater than one year, the State Superintendent of Education
20 shall review the suspension prior to the expiration of that
21 period to determine whether the cause for the suspension has
22 been remedied or continues to exist. Upon determining that
23 the cause for suspension has not abated, the State
24 Superintendent of Education may order that the suspension be
25 continued for an appropriate period. Nothing in this Section
26 prohibits the continuance of such a suspension for an
27 indefinite period if the State Superintendent determines that
28 the cause for the suspension remains unabated. Any
29 certificate may be revoked for the same reasons as for
30 suspension by the State Superintendent of Education. No
31 certificate shall be revoked until the teacher has an
32 opportunity for a hearing before the Professional State
33 Teacher Standards Certification Board, which hearing must be
34 held within 60 days from the date the appeal is taken.
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1 The State Board may refuse to issue or may suspend the
2 certificate of any person who fails to file a return, or to
3 pay the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or
4 to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as
5 required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois
6 Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of
7 any such tax Act are satisfied.
8 (b) Any certificate issued pursuant to this Article may
9 be suspended for an appropriate length of time as determined
10 by either the regional superintendent or State Superintendent
11 of Education upon evidence that the holder of the certificate
12 has been named as a perpetrator in an indicated report filed
13 pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act,
14 approved June 26, 1975, as amended, and upon proof by clear
15 and convincing evidence that the licensee has caused a child
16 to be an abused child or neglected child as defined in the
17 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
18 The regional superintendent or State Superintendent of
19 Education shall, upon receipt of evidence that the
20 certificate holder has been named a perpetrator in any
21 indicated report, serve written notice to the individual and
22 afford the individual opportunity for a hearing prior to
23 suspension. If a hearing is requested within 10 days of
24 notice of opportunity for hearing, it shall act as a stay of
25 proceedings not to exceed 30 days. No certificate shall be
26 suspended until the teacher has an opportunity for a hearing
27 at the educational service region. When a certificate is
28 suspended, the right of appeal shall lie to the Professional
29 State Teacher Standards Certification Board. When an appeal
30 is taken within 10 days after notice of suspension it shall
31 act as a stay of proceedings not to exceed 60 days. The
32 State Superintendent may revoke any certificate upon proof at
33 hearing by clear and convincing evidence that the certificate
34 holder has caused a child to be an abused child or neglected
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1 child as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
2 Act. No certificate shall be revoked until the teacher has
3 an opportunity for a hearing before the Professional State
4 Teacher Standards Certification Board, which hearing must be
5 held within 60 days from the date the appeal is taken.
6 (c) The State Superintendent of Education or a person
7 designated by him shall have the power to administer oaths to
8 witnesses at any hearing conducted before the Professional
9 State Teacher Standards Certification Board pursuant to this
10 Section. The State Superintendent of Education or a person
11 designated by him is authorized to subpoena and bring before
12 the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board
13 any person in this State and to take testimony either orally
14 or by deposition or by exhibit, with the same fees and
15 mileage and in the same manner as prescribed by law in
16 judicial proceedings in the civil cases in circuit courts of
17 this State.
18 Any circuit court, upon the application of the State
19 Superintendent of Education, may, by order duly entered,
20 require the attendance of witnesses and the production of
21 relevant books and papers at any hearing the State
22 Superintendent of Education is authorized to conduct pursuant
23 to this Section, and the court may compel obedience to its
24 orders by proceedings for contempt.
25 (d) As used in this Section, "teacher" means any school
26 district employee regularly required to be certified, as
27 provided in this Article, in order to teach or supervise in
28 the public schools.
29 (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
30 (105 ILCS 5/21-24) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-24)
31 Sec. 21-24. Administrative Review Law. The provisions of
32 the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and
33 modifications thereof and the rules adopted pursuant thereto,
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1 shall apply to and govern all proceedings instituted for the
2 judicial review of final administrative decisions of the
3 State Board of Education, the Professional State Teacher
4 Standards Certification Board, and the regional
5 superintendent of schools under this Article. The term
6 "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101 of
7 the Code of Civil Procedure. The commencement of any action
8 for review shall operate as a stay of enforcement and no
9 action based on any decision of the State Board of Education,
10 Professional State Teacher Standards Certification Board or
11 the regional superintendent of schools shall be taken pending
12 final disposition of such review.
13 (Source: P.A. 84-551.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/21-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-25)
15 Sec. 21-25. School service personnel certificate.
16 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, a school service
17 personnel certificate shall be issued to those applicants of
18 good character, good health, a citizen of the United States
19 and at least 19 years of age who have a Bachelor's degree
20 with not fewer than 120 semester hours from a recognized
21 institution of higher learning and who meets the requirements
22 established by the State Superintendent of Education in
23 consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
24 Certification Board. A school service personnel certificate
25 with a school nurse endorsement may be issued to a person who
26 holds a bachelor of science degree from an institution of
27 higher learning accredited by the North Central Association
28 or other comparable regional accrediting association.
29 Such certificate shall be endorsed with the area of
30 Service as determined by the State Superintendent of
31 Education in consultation with the Professional State Teacher
32 Standards Certification Board.
33 The holder of such certificate shall be entitled to all
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1 of the rights and privileges granted holders of a valid
2 teaching certificate, including teacher benefits,
3 compensation and working conditions.
4 When the holder of such certificate has earned a master's
5 degree, including 8 semester hours of graduate professional
6 education from a recognized institution of higher learning,
7 and has at least 2 years of successful school experience
8 while holding such certificate, the certificate may be
9 endorsed for supervision.
10 (Source: P.A. 88-386.)
11 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5)
12 Sec. 34-18.5. Criminal background investigations.
13 (a) After August 1, 1985, certified and noncertified
14 applicants for employment with the school district are
15 required as a condition of employment to authorize an
16 investigation to determine if such applicants have been
17 convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses
18 in subsection (c) of this Section. Authorization for the
19 investigation shall be furnished by the applicant to the
20 school district, except that if the applicant is a substitute
21 teacher seeking employment in more than one school district,
22 or a teacher seeking concurrent part-time employment
23 positions with more than one school district (as a reading
24 specialist, special education teacher or otherwise), or an
25 educational support personnel employee seeking employment
26 positions with more than one district, any such district may
27 require the applicant to furnish authorization for the
28 investigation to the regional superintendent of the
29 educational service region in which are located the school
30 districts in which the applicant is seeking employment as a
31 substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
32 educational support personnel employee. Upon receipt of this
33 authorization, the school district or the appropriate
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1 regional superintendent, as the case may be, shall submit the
2 applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth and social
3 security number to the Department of State Police on forms
4 prescribed by the Department. The regional superintendent
5 submitting the requisite information to the Department of
6 State Police shall promptly notify the school districts in
7 which the applicant is seeking employment as a substitute or
8 concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent educational
9 support personnel employee that the investigation of the
10 applicant has been requested. The Department of State Police
11 shall conduct an investigation to ascertain if the applicant
12 being considered for employment has been convicted of any of
13 the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c).
14 The Department shall charge the school district or the
15 appropriate regional superintendent a fee for conducting such
16 investigation, which fee shall be deposited in the State
17 Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the cost of the
18 inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a fee for
19 such investigation by the school district or by the regional
20 superintendent. The regional superintendent may seek
21 reimbursement from the State Board of Education or the
22 appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
23 regional superintendent to the Department for the criminal
24 background investigations required by this Section.
25 (b) The Department shall furnish, pursuant to positive
26 identification, records of convictions, until expunged, to
27 the president of the board of education for the school
28 district which requested the investigation, or to the
29 regional superintendent who requested the investigation. Any
30 information concerning the record of convictions obtained by
31 the president of the board of education or the regional
32 superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
33 transmitted to the general superintendent of the school
34 district or his designee, the appropriate regional
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1 superintendent if the investigation was requested by the
2 board of education for the school district, the presidents of
3 the appropriate board of education or school boards if the
4 investigation was requested from the Department of State
5 Police by the regional superintendent, the State
6 Superintendent of Education, the Professional State Teacher
7 Standards Certification Board or any other person necessary
8 to the decision of hiring the applicant for employment. A
9 copy of the record of convictions obtained from the
10 Department of State Police shall be provided to the applicant
11 for employment. If an investigation of an applicant for
12 employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or
13 concurrent educational support personnel employee in more
14 than one school district was requested by the regional
15 superintendent, and the Department of State Police upon
16 investigation ascertains that the applicant has not been
17 convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses
18 in subsection (c) and so notifies the regional
19 superintendent, then the regional superintendent shall issue
20 to the applicant a certificate evidencing that as of the date
21 specified by the Department of State Police the applicant has
22 not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
23 offenses in subsection (c). The school board of any school
24 district located in the educational service region served by
25 the regional superintendent who issues such a certificate to
26 an applicant for employment as a substitute or concurrent
27 part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel
28 employee in more than one such district may rely on the
29 certificate issued by the regional superintendent to that
30 applicant, or may initiate its own investigation of the
31 applicant through the Department of State Police as provided
32 in subsection (a). Any person who releases any confidential
33 information concerning any criminal convictions of an
34 applicant for employment shall be guilty of a Class A
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1 misdemeanor, unless the release of such information is
2 authorized by this Section.
3 (c) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
4 person who has been convicted for committing attempted first
5 degree murder or for committing or attempting to commit first
6 degree murder or a Class X felony or any one or more of the
7 following offenses: (i) those defined in Sections 11-6,
8 11-9, 11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19,
9 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-13, 12-14,
10 12-14.1, 12-15 and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961; (ii)
11 those defined in the Cannabis Control Act, except those
12 defined in Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act; (iii)
13 those defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act; and
14 (iv) any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
15 against the laws of the United States, which if committed or
16 attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
17 more of the foregoing offenses. Further, the board of
18 education shall not knowingly employ a person who has been
19 found to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of
20 any minor under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under
21 Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
22 (d) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
23 person for whom a criminal background investigation has not
24 been initiated.
25 (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a
26 finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate issued
27 pursuant to Article 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the
28 School Code, the board of education or the State
29 Superintendent of Education shall initiate the certificate
30 suspension and revocation proceedings authorized by law.
31 (f) After March 19, 1990, the provisions of this Section
32 shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
33 contracts with any school district including, but not limited
34 to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
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1 transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
2 the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
3 criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
4 firms holding contracts with more than one school district
5 and assigned to more than one school district, the regional
6 superintendent of the educational service region in which the
7 contracting school districts are located may, at the request
8 of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
9 authorization for investigation prepared by each such
10 employee and submitting the same to the Department of State
11 Police. Any information concerning the record of conviction
12 of any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
13 shall be promptly reported to the president of the
14 appropriate school board or school boards.
15 (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96;
16 89-610, eff. 8-6-96; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
17 (105 ILCS 5/34-83) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-83)
18 Sec. 34-83. Board of examiners - Certificates -
19 Examinations. A board of 3 examiners shall examine all
20 applicants required to hold certificates to teach and the
21 board of education shall issue gratuitously to those who pass
22 a required test of character, scholarship and general
23 fitness, such certificates to teach as they are found
24 entitled to receive. No person may be granted or continue to
25 hold a teaching certificate who has knowingly altered or
26 misrepresented his or her teaching qualifications in order to
27 acquire the certificate. Any other certificate held by such
28 person may be suspended or revoked by the board of examiners,
29 depending upon the severity of the alteration or
30 misrepresentation. The board of examiners shall consist of
31 the general superintendent of schools and 2 persons approved
32 and appointed by the board of education upon the nomination
33 of the general superintendent of schools. The board of
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1 examiners shall hold such examinations as the board of
2 education may prescribe, upon the recommendation of the
3 general superintendent of schools and shall prepare all
4 necessary eligible lists, which shall be kept in the office
5 of the general superintendent of schools and be open to
6 public inspection. Members of the board of examiners shall
7 hold office for a term of 2 years.
8 The board of examiners created herein is abolished
9 effective July 1, 1988. Commencing July 1, 1988, all new
10 teachers employed by the board shall hold teaching
11 certificates issued by the Professional State Teacher
12 Standards Certification Board under Article 21. The State
13 Board of Education in consultation with the board of
14 examiners and the State Teacher Certification Board shall
15 develop procedures whereby teachers currently holding valid
16 certificates issued by the board of examiners, and all
17 teachers employed by the board after August 1, 1985 and prior
18 to July 1, 1988, shall no later than July 1, 1988 exchange
19 certificates issued by the board of examiners for comparable
20 certificates issued by the State Teacher Certification Board.
21 On the exchange of a certificate on or before July 1, 1988,
22 the State Teacher Certification Board shall not require any
23 additional qualifications for the issuance of the comparable
24 certificate. If prior to July 1, 1988 the board of examiners
25 has issued types of teaching certificates which are not
26 comparable to the types of certificates issued by the State
27 Teacher Certification Board, such certificates shall continue
28 to be valid for and shall be renewable by the holders
29 thereof, and no additional qualifications shall be required
30 by the Professional State Teacher Standards Certification
31 Board for any such renewal.
32 The State Board of Education shall report by July 1,
33 1986, to the Illinois General Assembly on the procedures for
34 exchange it has developed in consultation with the board of
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1 examiners and the State Teacher Certification Board as
2 required in this Section.
3 (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
4 Section 10. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
5 is amended by changing Section 65.20 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 947/65.20)
7 Sec. 65.20. Science-mathematics teacher scholarships.
8 (a) The Commission may annually award a number of
9 scholarships, not to exceed 200, to persons holding valid
10 teaching certificates issued under Article 21 of the School
11 Code. Such scholarships shall be issued to teachers who make
12 application to the Commission and who agree to take courses
13 at qualified institutions of higher learning that will
14 prepare them to teach science or mathematics at the secondary
15 school level.
16 (b) Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be
17 issued pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commission;
18 provided that no rule or regulation promulgated by the State
19 Board of Education prior to the effective date of this
20 amendatory Act of 1993 pursuant to the exercise of any right,
21 power, duty, responsibility or matter of pending business
22 transferred from the State Board of Education to the
23 Commission under this Section shall be affected thereby, and
24 all such rules and regulations shall become the rules and
25 regulations of the Commission until modified or changed by
26 the Commission in accordance with law. In awarding
27 scholarships, the Commission shall give priority to those
28 teachers with the greatest amount of seniority within school
29 districts.
30 (c) Each scholarship shall be utilized by its holder for
31 the payment of tuition at any qualified institution of higher
32 learning. Such tuition shall be available only for courses
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1 that will enable the teacher to be certified to teach science
2 or mathematics at the secondary school level. The Commission,
3 in consultation with the Professional State Teacher Standards
4 Certification Board, shall determine which courses are
5 eligible for tuition payments under this Section.
6 (d) The Commission shall make tuition payments directly
7 to the qualified institution of higher learning which the
8 teacher attends for the courses prescribed or may make
9 payments to the teacher. Any teacher who receives payments
10 and who fails to enroll in the courses prescribed shall
11 refund the payments to the Commission.
12 (e) Following the completion of the program of study,
13 the teacher must accept employment within 2 years in a
14 secondary school in Illinois within 60 miles of the teacher's
15 residence to teach science or mathematics; provided, however,
16 that the teacher instead may elect to accept employment
17 within such 2 year period to teach science or mathematics in
18 a secondary school in Illinois which is more than 60 miles
19 from the teacher's residence. Teachers who fail to comply
20 with this provision shall refund all of the scholarship
21 awarded to the Commission, whether payments were made
22 directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the
23 teachers, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by
24 all scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is
25 awarded. No teacher shall be required to refund tuition
26 payments if his or her failure to obtain employment as a
27 mathematics or science teacher in a secondary school is the
28 result of financial conditions within school districts. The
29 rules and regulations promulgated as provided in this Section
30 shall include provisions regarding the waiving and deferral
31 of such payments.
32 (f) The Commission, with the cooperation of the State
33 Board of Education, shall assist teachers who have
34 participated in the scholarship program established by this
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1 Section in finding employment to teach science or
2 mathematics at the secondary level.
3 (g) This Section is substantially the same as Section
4 30-4b of the School Code, which Section is repealed by this
5 amendatory Act of 1993, and shall be construed as a
6 continuation of the science-mathematics teacher scholarship
7 program established by that prior law, and not as a new or
8 different science-mathematics teacher scholarship program.
9 The State Board of Education shall transfer to the
10 Commission, as the successor to the State Board of Education
11 for all purposes of administering and implementing the
12 provisions of this Section, all books, accounts, records,
13 papers, documents, contracts, agreements, and pending
14 business in any way relating to the science-mathematics
15 teacher scholarship program continued under this Section; and
16 all scholarships at any time awarded under that program by,
17 and all applications for any such scholarships at any time
18 made to, the State Board of Education shall be unaffected by
19 the transfer to the Commission of all responsibility for the
20 administration and implementation of the science-mathematics
21 teacher scholarship program continued under this Section.
22 The State Board of Education shall furnish to the Commission
23 such other information as the Commission may request to
24 assist it in administering this Section.
25 (h) Appropriations for the scholarships outlined in this
26 Section shall be made to the Commission from funds
27 appropriated by the General Assembly.
28 (i) For the purposes of this Section:
29 "Qualified institution of higher learning" means the
30 University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago
31 State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors
32 State University, Illinois State University, Northeastern
33 Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Western
34 Illinois University, and the public community colleges
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1 subject to the Public Community College Act.
2 "Secondary school level" means grades 9 through 12 or a
3 portion of such grades.
4 (Source: P.A. 88-228; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-4, eff.
5 1-1-96.)
6 Section 15. The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act is
7 amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
8 (225 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 5354)
9 Sec. 4. Application of Act.
10 (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
11 activities of and services of a student, intern or resident
12 in psychology seeking to fulfill educational requirements or
13 the experience requirements in order to qualify for a license
14 under this Act, or an individual seeking to fulfill the
15 postdoctoral experience requirements in order to qualify for
16 licensure under this Act provided that such activities and
17 services are under the direct supervision, order, control and
18 full professional responsibility of a licensed clinical
19 psychologist and provided that such student, intern, or
20 resident be designated by a title "intern" or "resident" or
21 other designation of trainee status. Supervised experience
22 in which the supervisor receives monetary payment or other
23 considerations from the supervisee or in which the supervisor
24 is hired by or otherwise employed by the supervisee shall not
25 be accepted by the Department as fulfilling the practicum,
26 internship or 2 years of satisfactory supervised experience
27 requirements for licensure. Nothing contained in this Section
28 shall be construed as permitting such students, interns, or
29 residents to offer their services as clinical psychologists
30 to any other person or persons and to accept remuneration for
31 such clinical psychological services other than as
32 specifically excepted herein, unless they have been licensed
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1 under the provisions of this Act.
2 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting
3 persons licensed as clinical psychologists to engage in any
4 manner in the practice of medicine as defined in the laws of
5 this State. Persons licensed as clinical psychologists who
6 render services to persons in need of mental treatment or who
7 are mentally ill shall as appropriate initiate genuine
8 collaboration with a physician licensed in Illinois to
9 practice medicine in all its branches.
10 (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as
11 restricting an individual certified as a school psychologist
12 by the State Board of Education, who is at least 21 years of
13 age and has had at least 3 years of full-time experience as a
14 certified school psychologist, from using the title school
15 psychologist and offering school psychological services
16 limited to those services set forth in the rules and
17 regulations that govern the administration and operation of
18 special education pertaining to children and youth ages 0-21
19 prepared by the State Board of Education. Anyone offering
20 such services under the provisions of this paragraph shall
21 use the term school psychologist and describe such services
22 as "School Psychological Services". This exemption shall be
23 limited to the practice of school psychology only as
24 manifested through psychoeducational problems, and shall not
25 be construed to allow a school psychologist to function as a
26 general practitioner of clinical psychology, unless otherwise
27 licensed under this Act. However, nothing in this paragraph
28 prohibits a school psychologist from making evaluations,
29 recommendations or interventions regarding the placement of
30 children in educational programs or special education
31 classes, nor shall it prohibit school psychologists from
32 providing clinical psychological services under the
33 supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist. This
34 paragraph shall not be construed to mandate insurance
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1 companies to reimburse school psychologists directly for the
2 services of school psychologists. Nothing in this paragraph
3 shall be construed to exclude anyone duly licensed under this
4 Act from offering psychological services in the school
5 setting. School psychologists providing services under the
6 provisions of this paragraph shall not provide such services
7 outside their employment to any child who is a student in the
8 district or districts which employ such school psychologist.
9 School psychologists, as described in this paragraph, shall
10 be under the regulatory authority of the State Board of
11 Education and the Professional State Teacher Standards
12 Certification Board.
13 (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
14 activities and use of the official title of "psychologist" on
15 the part of a person not licensed under this Act who
16 possesses a doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated
17 primarily on the study of psychology and is an academic
18 employee of a duly chartered institution of higher education
19 insofar as such person engages in public speaking with or
20 without remuneration, provided that such person is not in any
21 manner held out to the public as practicing clinical
22 psychology as defined in paragraph 5 of Section 2 of this
23 Act, unless he or she has been licensed under the provisions
24 of this Act.
25 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to regulate,
26 control, or restrict the clinical practice of any person
27 licensed, registered, or certified in this State under any
28 other Act, provided that such person is not in any manner
29 held out to the public as rendering clinical psychological
30 services as defined in paragraph 7 of Section 2 of this Act.
31 (f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
32 activities and use of the title "psychologist" on the part of
33 a person who practices psychology and (i) who possesses a
34 doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated primarily on
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1 the study of psychology; and (ii) whose services involve the
2 development and application of psychological theory and
3 methodology to problems of organizations and problems of
4 individuals and groups in organizational settings; and
5 provided further that such person is not in any manner held
6 out to the public as practicing clinical psychology and is
7 not held out to the public by any title, description or
8 designation stating or implying that he or she is a clinical
9 psychologist unless he or she has been licensed under the
10 provisions of this Act.
11 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
12 Section 20. The Professional Counselor and Clinical
13 Professional Counselor Licensing Act is amended by changing
14 Section 15 as follows:
15 (225 ILCS 107/15)
16 Sec. 15. Exemptions.
17 (a) This Act does not prohibit any persons legally
18 regulated in this State by any other Act from engaging in the
19 practice for which they are authorized as long as they do not
20 represent themselves by the title of "professional
21 counselor", "licensed professional counselor", "clinical
22 professional counselor", or "licensed clinical professional
23 counselor". This Act does not prohibit the practice of
24 nonregulated professions whose practitioners are engaged in
25 the delivery of human services as long as these practitioners
26 do not represent themselves as or use the title of
27 "professional counselor", "licensed professional counselor",
28 "clinical professional counselor", or "licensed clinical
29 professional counselor".
30 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
31 activities and services of a student, intern, or resident in
32 professional counseling or clinical professional counseling
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1 seeking to fulfill educational requirements in order to
2 qualify for a license under this Act, or an individual
3 seeking to fulfill the post-degree experience requirements in
4 order to qualify for licensing under this Act, if the
5 activities and services are supervised as specified in this
6 Act, and that the student, intern, or resident is designated
7 by a title "intern" or "resident" or other designation of
8 trainee status. Nothing contained in this Section shall be
9 construed to permit students, interns, or residents to offer
10 their services as professional counselors or clinical
11 professional counselors to any other person and to accept
12 remuneration for such professional counseling or clinical
13 professional counseling services other than as specifically
14 excepted in this Section, unless they have been licensed
15 under this Act.
16 (c) Corporations, partnerships, and associations may
17 employ practicum students, interns, or post-degree candidates
18 seeking to fulfill educational requirements or the
19 professional experience requirements needed to qualify for a
20 license under this Act if their activities and services
21 constitute a part of the student's supervised course of study
22 or post-degree professional experience requirements. Nothing
23 in this paragraph shall prohibit a corporation, partnership,
24 or association from contracting with a licensed health care
25 professional to provide services.
26 (d) Nothing in this Act shall prevent the employment, by
27 a professional counselor or clinical professional counselor,
28 person, association, partnership, or a corporation furnishing
29 professional counseling or clinical professional counseling
30 services for remuneration, of persons not licensed as
31 professional counselors or clinical professional counselors
32 under this Act to perform services in various capacities as
33 needed if these persons are not in any manner held out to the
34 public or do not hold themselves out to the public by any
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1 title or designation stating or implying that they are
2 professional counselors or clinical professional counselors.
3 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
4 services of a person, not licensed under the provisions of
5 this Act, in the employ of a federal, State, county, or
6 municipal agency or other political subdivision or
7 not-for-profit corporation providing human services if (1)
8 the services are a part of the duties in his or her salaried
9 position, (2) the services are performed solely on behalf of
10 his or her employer, and (3) that person does not in any
11 manner represent himself or herself as or use the title of
12 "professional counselor", "licensed professional counselor",
13 "clinical professional counselor", or "licensed clinical
14 professional counselor".
15 (f) Duly recognized members of any religious
16 organization shall not be restricted from functioning in
17 their ministerial capacity provided they do not represent
18 themselves as being professional counselors or clinical
19 professional counselors, or as providing "professional
20 counseling" or "clinical professional counseling". This Act
21 shall not apply or be construed so as to apply to the
22 employees or agents of a church or religious organization or
23 an organization owned, controlled, or affiliated with a
24 church or religious organization, unless the church,
25 religious organization, or owned, controlled, or affiliated
26 organization designates or holds these employees or agents
27 out to the public as professional counselors or clinical
28 professional counselors or holds out their services as being
29 "professional counseling" or "clinical professional
30 counseling".
31 (g) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit individuals not
32 licensed under the provisions of this Act who work in
33 self-help groups or programs or not-for-profit organizations
34 from providing services in those groups, programs, or
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1 organizations, as long as those persons are not in any manner
2 held out to the public as practicing professional counseling
3 or clinical professional counseling, or do not hold
4 themselves out to the public by any title or designation
5 stating or implying that they are professional counselors or
6 clinical professional counselors.
7 (h) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
8 activities and use of the official title of "professional
9 counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" on the part
10 of a person not licensed under this Act who is an academic
11 employee of a duly chartered institution of higher education
12 and who holds educational and professional qualifications
13 equivalent to those required for licensing under this Act,
14 insofar as such activities are performed in the person's role
15 as an academic employee, or insofar as such person engages in
16 public speaking with or without remuneration.
17 (i) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
18 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a school
19 counselor certified by the Professional State Teacher
20 Standards Certification Board and employed as authorized by
21 Section 10-22-24a or any other provision of the School Code
22 as long as that person is not in any manner held out to the
23 public as a "professional counselor" or "clinical
24 professional counselor" or does not hold out his or her
25 services as being "professional counseling" or "clinical
26 professional counseling".
27 (j) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
28 any hospital, clinic, home health agency, hospice, or other
29 entity that provides health care to employ or to contract
30 with a person licensed under this Act to provide professional
31 counseling or clinical professional counseling services.
32 These persons may not hold themselves out or represent
33 themselves to the public as being licensed under this Act.
34 (k) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
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1 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a person
2 employed by a private elementary or secondary school who
3 provides counseling within the scope of his or her employment
4 as long as that person is not in any manner held out to the
5 public as a "professional counselor" or "clinical
6 professional counselor" or does not hold out his or her
7 services as being "professional counseling" or "clinical
8 professional counseling".
9 (l) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
10 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a rape
11 crisis counselor who is an employee or volunteer of a rape
12 crisis organization as defined in Section 8-802.1 of the Code
13 of Civil Procedure as long as that person is not in any
14 manner held out to the public as a "professional counselor"
15 or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
16 or her services as being "professional counseling" or
17 "clinical professional counseling".
18 (m) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent
19 any licensed social worker, licensed clinical social worker,
20 or licensed clinical psychologist from practicing
21 professional counseling as long as that person is not in any
22 manner held out to the public as a "professional counselor"
23 or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
24 or her services as being "professional counseling" or
25 "clinical professional counseling".
26 (n) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
27 activities and use of the official title of "professional
28 counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" on the part
29 of a person not licensed under this Act who is a physician
30 licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches under
31 the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
32 (o) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
33 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a domestic
34 violence counselor who is an employee or volunteer of a
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1 domestic violence program as defined in Section 227 of the
2 Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
3 (Source: P.A. 87-1011; 87-1212; 87-1269; 88-45; 88-424;
4 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3 105 ILCS 5/2-3.11 from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11
4 105 ILCS 5/2-3.52 from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.52
5 105 ILCS 5/10-21.9 from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9
6 105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a
7 105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a
8 105 ILCS 5/10-22.34 from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34
9 105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1
10 105 ILCS 5/14-8.05 from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05
11 105 ILCS 5/14C-2 from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2
12 105 ILCS 5/14C-8 from Ch. 122, par. 14C-8
13 105 ILCS 5/21-0.01
14 105 ILCS 5/21-1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-1
15 105 ILCS 5/21-1a from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a
16 105 ILCS 5/21-1b from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b
17 105 ILCS 5/21-1c from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c
18 105 ILCS 5/21-2 from Ch. 122, par. 21-2
19 105 ILCS 5/21-2.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1
20 105 ILCS 5/21-2b from Ch. 122, par. 21-2b
21 105 ILCS 5/21-3 from Ch. 122, par. 21-3
22 105 ILCS 5/21-4 from Ch. 122, par. 21-4
23 105 ILCS 5/21-5 from Ch. 122, par. 21-5
24 105 ILCS 5/21-5a from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a
25 105 ILCS 5/21-5b
26 105 ILCS 5/21-5c
27 105 ILCS 5/21-5d
28 105 ILCS 5/21-7.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1
29 105 ILCS 5/21-9 from Ch. 122, par. 21-9
30 105 ILCS 5/21-10 from Ch. 122, par. 21-10
31 105 ILCS 5/21-11 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11
32 105 ILCS 5/21-11.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1
33 105 ILCS 5/21-11.2 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2
34 105 ILCS 5/21-11.3 from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3
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1 105 ILCS 5/21-11.4
2 105 ILCS 5/21-12 from Ch. 122, par. 21-12
3 105 ILCS 5/21-13 from Ch. 122, par. 21-13
4 105 ILCS 5/21-13.5 new
5 105 ILCS 5/21-14 from Ch. 122, par. 21-14
6 105 ILCS 5/21-16 from Ch. 122, par. 21-16
7 105 ILCS 5/21-21 from Ch. 122, par. 21-21
8 105 ILCS 5/21-21.1 from Ch. 122, par. 21-21.1
9 105 ILCS 5/21-23 from Ch. 122, par. 21-23
10 105 ILCS 5/21-24 from Ch. 122, par. 21-24
11 105 ILCS 5/21-25 from Ch. 122, par. 21-25
12 105 ILCS 5/34-18.5 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5
13 105 ILCS 5/34-83 from Ch. 122, par. 34-83
14 110 ILCS 947/65.20
15 225 ILCS 15/4 from Ch. 111, par. 5354
16 225 ILCS 107/15