Bill Text: IL HB4514 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that only persons licensed and endorsed as a school counselor under the Code may use the title "school counselor".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1136 [HB4514 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4514-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 100-1136 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
10-22.24a as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
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Sec. 10-22.24a. School counselor. To employ school | ||||
counselors. A school
counselor is
a qualified specialist who | ||||
holds a School Service Personnel certificate
endorsed in school
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counseling issued pursuant to Section 21-25 of this Code and
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who either (i) holds or is qualified for an elementary, | ||||
secondary, special
K-12, or special preschool-age 21 | ||||
certificate issued pursuant to Section 21-2
or 21-4 of this | ||||
Code or (ii) in lieu of holding or qualifying for a teaching
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certificate, has fulfilled such other requirements as the State | ||||
Board of
Education and the State Teacher Certification Board | ||||
may by rule establish. An
individual who has completed an | ||||
approved
program in another state may apply for a
School | ||||
Service Personnel certificate
endorsed in school counseling | ||||
and shall receive such a certificate if a review
of his or her | ||||
credentials indicates that
he or she meets the additional | ||||
requirements of this Section. Only persons so licensed and | ||||
endorsed may use the title "school counselor".
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(Source: P.A. 93-125, eff. 7-10-03.)
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