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| Public Act 102-0711
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| HB4798 Enrolled | LRB102 25240 CMG 34512 b |
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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 |
21B-20 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/21B-20) |
Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of |
Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, |
whereby individuals employed in school districts who are |
required to be licensed must have one of the following |
licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an |
educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute |
teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2023, a short-term |
substitute teaching license. References in law regarding |
individuals certified or certificated or required to be |
certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall |
also include individuals licensed or required to be licensed |
under this Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June |
30 following one full year of the license being issued. |
The State Board of Education, in consultation with the |
State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such |
rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for |
licenses and endorsements under this Section. |
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(1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) |
have successfully completed an approved educator |
preparation program and are recommended for licensure by |
the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation |
program, (ii) have successfully completed the required |
testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have |
successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, |
the identification of, and the methods of instruction for |
the exceptional child, including without limitation |
children with learning disabilities, (iv) have |
successfully completed coursework in methods of reading |
and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other |
criteria established by rule of the State Board of |
Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License. |
All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30 |
immediately following 5 years of the license being issued. |
The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with |
specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is |
eligible to practice. For an early childhood education |
endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student |
teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher |
preparation program through placement in a setting with |
children from birth through grade 2, and the individual |
may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The |
student teaching experience must meet the requirements of |
and be approved by the individual's early childhood |
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teacher preparation program. |
Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the |
Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements |
shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework |
in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable |
content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. |
(2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator |
License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement |
that limits the license holder to one particular position |
or does not require completion of an approved educator |
program or both. |
An individual with an Educator License with |
Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or |
any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher |
who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. |
An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued |
with the following endorsements: |
(A) (Blank). |
(B) Alternative provisional educator. An |
alternative provisional educator endorsement on an |
Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an |
applicant who, at the time of applying for the |
endorsement, has done all of the following: |
(i) Graduated from a regionally accredited |
college or university with a minimum of a |
bachelor's degree. |
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(ii) Successfully completed the first phase of |
the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for |
Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this |
Code. |
(iii) Passed a content area test, as required |
under Section 21B-30 of this Code. |
The alternative provisional educator endorsement is |
valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a |
third year by an individual meeting the requirements set |
forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. |
(C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An |
alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on |
an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the |
holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant |
superintendent in a school district's central office. |
This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant |
who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has |
done all of the following: |
(i) Graduated from a regionally accredited |
college or university with a minimum of a master's |
degree in a management field other than education. |
(ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 |
years in a management level position in a field |
other than education. |
(iii) Successfully completed the first phase |
of an alternative route to superintendent |
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endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 |
of this Code. |
(iv) Passed a content area test required under |
Section 21B-30 of this Code. |
The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in |
order to complete one full year of serving as a |
superintendent or assistant superintendent. |
(D) (Blank). |
(E) Career and technical educator. A career and |
technical educator endorsement on an Educator License |
with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who |
has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a |
regionally accredited institution of higher education |
or an accredited trade and technical institution and |
has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of |
education in each area to be taught. |
The career and technical educator endorsement on |
an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until |
June 30 immediately following 5 years of the |
endorsement being issued and may be renewed. |
An individual who holds a valid career and |
technical educator endorsement on an Educator License |
with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's |
degree may substitute teach in career and technical |
education classrooms. |
(F) Part-time provisional career and technical |
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educator or provisional career and technical educator. |
A part-time provisional career and technical educator |
endorsement or a provisional career and technical |
educator endorsement on an Educator License with |
Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has a |
minimum of 8,000 hours of work experience in the skill |
for which the applicant is seeking the endorsement. It |
is the responsibility of each employing school board |
and regional office of education to provide |
verification, in writing, to the State Superintendent |
of Education at the time the application is submitted |
that no qualified teacher holding a Professional |
Educator License or an Educator License with |
Stipulations with a career and technical educator |
endorsement is available and that actual circumstances |
require such issuance. |
The provisional career and technical educator |
endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations |
is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years |
of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed for |
5 years. |
A part-time provisional career and technical |
educator endorsement on an Educator License with |
Stipulations may be issued for teaching no more than 2 |
courses of study for grades 6 through 12. The |
part-time provisional career and technical educator |
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endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations |
is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years |
of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed for |
5 years if the individual makes application for |
renewal. |
An individual who holds a provisional or part-time |
provisional career and technical educator endorsement |
on an Educator License with Stipulations but does not |
hold a bachelor's degree may substitute teach in |
career and technical education classrooms. |
(G) Transitional bilingual educator. A |
transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an |
Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for |
the purpose of providing instruction in accordance |
with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who |
provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets |
all of the following requirements: |
(i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and |
writing ability in the language other than English |
in which transitional bilingual education is |
offered. |
(ii) Has the ability to successfully |
communicate in English. |
(iii) Either possessed, within 5 years |
previous to his or her applying for a transitional |
bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and |
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comparable teaching certificate or comparable |
authorization issued by a foreign country or holds |
a degree from an institution of higher learning in |
a foreign country that the State Educator |
Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be |
the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a |
regionally accredited institution of higher |
learning in the United States. |
A transitional bilingual educator endorsement |
shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, |
is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years |
of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be |
renewed. |
Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator |
endorsement shall not be employed to replace any |
presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be |
replaced for any reason. |
(H) Language endorsement. In an effort to |
alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language |
other than English in the public schools, an |
individual who holds an Educator License with |
Stipulations may also apply for a language |
endorsement, provided that the applicant provides |
satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the |
following requirements: |
(i) Holds a transitional bilingual |
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endorsement. |
(ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the |
language for which the endorsement is to be issued |
by passing the applicable language content test |
required by the State Board of Education. |
(iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from |
a regionally accredited institution of higher |
education or, for individuals educated in a |
country other than the United States, holds a |
degree from an institution of higher learning in a |
foreign country that the State Educator |
Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be |
the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a |
regionally accredited institution of higher |
learning in the United States. |
(iv) (Blank). |
A language endorsement on an Educator License with |
Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through |
grade 12 for the same validity period as the |
individual's transitional bilingual educator |
endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations |
and shall not be renewed. |
(I) Visiting international educator. A visiting |
international educator endorsement on an Educator |
License with Stipulations may be issued to an |
individual who is being recruited by a particular |
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school district that conducts formal recruitment |
programs outside of the United States to secure the |
services of qualified teachers and who meets all of |
the following requirements: |
(i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a |
bachelor's degree issued in the United States. |
(ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the |
grade level for which he or she will be employed. |
(iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the |
subject to be taught. |
(iv) Has an adequate command of the English |
language. |
A holder of a visiting international educator |
endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations |
shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education |
programs in the language that was the medium of |
instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, |
provided that he or she passes the English Language |
Proficiency Examination or another test of writing |
skills in English identified by the State Board of |
Education, in consultation with the State Educator |
Preparation and Licensure Board. |
A visiting international educator endorsement on |
an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5 |
years and shall not be renewed. |
(J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional |
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educator endorsement on an Educator License with |
Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a |
high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and |
either holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 |
semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited |
institution of higher education or has passed a |
paraprofessional competency test under subsection |
(c-5) of Section 21B-30. The paraprofessional educator |
endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately |
following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and |
may be renewed through application and payment of the |
appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of |
this Code. An individual who holds only a |
paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject |
to additional requirements in order to renew the |
endorsement. |
(K) Chief school business official. A chief school |
business official endorsement on an Educator License |
with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who |
qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 |
years of full-time administrative experience in school |
business management or 2 years of university-approved |
practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester |
hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the |
State Board of Education for the preparation of school |
business administrators and by passage of the |
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applicable State tests, including an applicable |
content area test. |
The chief school business official endorsement may |
also be affixed to the Educator License with |
Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a |
master's degree in business administration, finance, |
accounting, or public administration and who completes |
an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school |
business management from a regionally accredited |
institution of higher education and passes the |
applicable State tests, including an applicable |
content area test. This endorsement shall be required |
for any individual employed as a chief school business |
official. |
The chief school business official endorsement on |
an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until |
June 30 immediately following 5 years of the |
endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the |
license holder completes renewal requirements as |
required for individuals who hold a Professional |
Educator License endorsed for chief school business |
official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such |
rules as may be adopted by the State Board of |
Education. |
The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules |
necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. |
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(L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional |
in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License |
with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has |
completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation |
program at an Illinois institution of higher education |
and who has not successfully completed an |
evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but |
who meets all of the following requirements: |
(i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. |
(ii) Has completed an approved educator |
preparation program at an Illinois institution. |
(iii) Has passed an applicable content area |
test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. |
(iv) Has attempted an evidence-based |
assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a |
minimum score on that assessment, as established |
by the State Board of Education in consultation |
with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure |
Board. |
A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an |
Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one |
full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not |
be renewed. |
(M) (Blank). |
(N) Specialized services. A specialized services |
endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations |
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may be issued as defined and specified by rule. |
(3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching |
License may be issued to qualified applicants for |
substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, |
prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching |
Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for |
a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's |
degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution |
of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved |
educator preparation program in this State and have earned |
at least 90 credit hours. |
Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. |
Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute |
teaching in every county of this State. If an individual |
has had his or her Professional Educator License or |
Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, |
then that individual is not eligible to obtain a |
Substitute Teaching License. |
A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a |
licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing |
board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under |
contract because of an emergency situation, then a |
district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer |
than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the |
district if the district notifies the appropriate regional |
office of education within 5 business days after the |
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employment of the substitute teacher in the emergency |
situation. An emergency situation is one in which an |
unforeseen vacancy has occurred and (i) a teacher is |
unable to fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) |
teacher capacity needs of the district exceed previous |
indications, and the district is actively engaged in |
advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the |
vacant position. |
There is no limit on the number of days that a |
substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, |
provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer |
than 90 school days for any one licensed teacher under |
contract in the same school year. A substitute teacher who |
holds a Professional Educator License or Educator License |
with Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school |
days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the |
same school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on |
the number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do |
not apply to any school district operating under Article |
34 of this Code. |
A school district may not require an individual who |
holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator |
License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute |
Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. |
(4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning |
on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2023, the State Board of |
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Education may issue a Short-Term Substitute Teaching |
License. A Short-Term Substitute Teaching License may be |
issued to a qualified applicant for substitute teaching in |
all grades of the public schools, prekindergarten through |
grade 12. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not |
eligible for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term |
Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate's |
degree or have completed at least 60 credit hours from a |
regionally accredited institution of higher education. |
Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for |
substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an |
individual has had his or her Professional Educator |
License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or |
revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a |
Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. |
The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this |
Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. |
An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching |
License may teach no more than 5 consecutive days per |
licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher |
absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who |
is under contract, a school district may not hire an |
individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching |
License. An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute |
Teaching License must complete the training program under |
Section 10-20.67 or 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible |
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to teach at a public school. This paragraph (4) is |
inoperative on and after July 1, 2023.
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(Source: P.A. 100-8, eff. 7-1-17; 100-13, eff. 7-1-17; |
100-288, eff. 8-24-17; 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-821, eff. |
9-3-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, |
eff. 8-7-19; 101-594, eff. 12-5-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
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