Bill Text: IL HB4514 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Enrolled

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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-Enrolled.html

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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
10-22.24a as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
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
counseling issued pursuant to Section 21-25 of this Code and
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
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.)