Illinois House Bill 1119

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
Pending: House Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School Committee
Hearing: Feb 19 @ 2:30 pm in Room 115
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a candidate for a State educator license who is either a former or active first responder or a military service member shall receive a refund for any costs associated with completing a test of content area knowledge or a teacher performance assessment. Provides that no former or active first responder or military service member may be charged an application fee under provisions regarding a Professional Educator License, an Educator License with Stipulations, a Substitute Teaching License, and a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Effective July 1, 2025.

SCH CD-TEACHER-FIRST RESPONDER

Rep. Regan Deering [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
2025-01-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2025-01-09	House	First Reading
2025-01-03	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Regan Deering

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	21B-30	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	21B-40	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1119&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/HB/10400HB1119.htm