Bill Text: IL HB2909 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning teacher certification.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2909 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB2909-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB2909 Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/21-5 from Ch. 122, par. 21-5
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning teacher certification.
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A BILL FOR
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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 changing Section
21-5 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/21-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5)
Sec. 21-5. High school certificate.
(a) A high school certificate shall be valid for 4 years
for teaching in grades 6 to 12 inclusive of the the common
schools. Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall
be issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
with not fewer than 120 semester hours including 16 semester
hours in professional education, 5 of which shall be in student
teaching under competent and close supervision and with one or
more teaching fields. Such persons shall be recommended for the
high school certificate by a recognized institution as having
completed an approved program of preparation which includes the
academic and professional courses approved by the State
Superintendent of Education in consultation with the State
Teacher Certification Board.
(b) Beginning February 15, 2000, Initial and Standard
Secondary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet all

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of the criteria established by the State Board of Education for
secondary education.
(Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-811, eff. 1-26-99;
91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)