Bill Text: IL HB2442 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that subsequent teaching endorsements may be granted to licensed employees for specific content areas and grade levels as part of a pilot program (instead of allowing subsequent endorsements to be granted to licensed employees through entitlement by the school district for specific content areas and grade levels); makes related changes. Requires the professional development sequences to be approved by the State Board of Education, in collaboration with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board (instead of approved by the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board). Provides that the sequences shall (instead of may) include a comprehensive review. Removes the provision requiring the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board to approve the sequences or, within 10 business days after the Board's meeting, return the sequences to the district with notes to amend the sequences. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt any rules necessary for implementation no later than June 30, 2024. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0157 [HB2442 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2442-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 103-0157
HB2442 Enrolled LRB103 25846 RJT 52197 b
AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
34-18.82 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new)
Sec. 34-18.82. Subsequent teaching endorsements for
employees.
(a) Subsequent teaching endorsements may be granted to
employees licensed under Article 21B of this Code for specific
content areas and grade levels as part of a pilot program.
(b) The school district is authorized to prepare educators
for subsequent teaching endorsements on licenses issued under
paragraph (1) of Section 21B-20 of this Code to applicants who
meet all of the requirements for the endorsement or
endorsements, including passing any required content area
knowledge tests. If seeking to provide subsequent
endorsements, the school district must establish professional
development sequences to be offered instead of coursework
required for issuance of the subsequent endorsement and must
apply for approval of these professional development sequences
by the State Board of Education, in collaboration with the
State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. The

professional development sequences under this Section shall
include a comprehensive review of relevant State learning
standards, the applicable State content-test framework, and,
if applicable, relevant educator preparation standards.
(c) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules
necessary to implement this Section no later than June 30,
2024.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.