Illinois Senate Bill 1487

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-09 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a specialized educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who is employed in a teaching position at an accredited institution of higher education in this State that has officially announced its intent to cease all academic programming at the time the announcement was officially made or was employed in a teaching position at an accredited institution of higher education in this State that has ceased all academic programming within 5 years prior to or on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, meets specified criteria. Provides that the specialized educator endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed. Provides that the holder of a specialized educator endorsement shall be permitted to teach in the content area in which he or she previously taught at the accredited institution of higher education. Effective immediately.

SCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSE-ENDORS

Sen. Sally Turner [R]

Sen. Doris Turner [D]

Sen. Donald DeWitte [R]

Sen. Thomas Bennett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
2024-04-09	Senate	Sponsor Removed Sen. Adriane Johnson
2024-04-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
2024-03-15	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2024-01-10	Senate	Re-assigned to Education
2023-03-10	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-08	Senate	Postponed - Education
2023-02-22	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
2023-02-14	Senate	Assigned to Education
2023-02-07	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-07	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-07	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sally J. Turner

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	21B-20	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1487&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1487.htm