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| Public Act 103-0846
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| HB5057 Enrolled | LRB103 38074 RJT 68206 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
21B-30 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/21B-30) |
Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. |
(a) (Blank). |
(b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the |
State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design |
and implement a system of examinations, which shall be |
required prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These |
examinations and indicators must be based on national and |
State professional teaching standards, as determined by the |
State Board of Education, in consultation with the State |
Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. The State Board of |
Education may adopt such rules as may be necessary to |
implement and administer this Section. |
(c) (Blank). |
(c-5) The State Board must adopt rules to implement a |
paraprofessional competency test. This test would allow an |
applicant seeking an Educator License with Stipulations with a |
paraprofessional educator endorsement to obtain the |
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endorsement if he or she passes the test and meets the other |
requirements of subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of Section |
21B-20 other than the higher education requirements. |
(d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be |
required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area |
of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There |
shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall |
be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record |
until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. |
(d-5) The State Board shall consult with any applicable |
vendors within 90 days after July 28, 2023 (the effective date |
of Public Act 103-402) this amendatory Act of the 103rd |
General Assembly to develop a plan to transition the test of |
content area knowledge in the endorsement area of elementary |
education, grades one through 6, by July 1, 2026 to a content |
area test that contains testing elements that cover |
bilingualism, biliteracy, oral language development, |
foundational literacy skills, and developmentally appropriate |
higher-order comprehension and on which a valid and reliable |
language and literacy subscore can be determined. The State |
Board shall base its rules concerning the passing subscore on |
the language and literacy portion of the test on the |
recommended cut-score determined in the formal |
standard-setting process. Candidates need not achieve a |
particular subscore in the area of language and literacy. The |
State Board shall aggregate and publish the number of |
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candidates in each preparation program who take the test and |
the number who pass the language and literacy portion. |
(e) (Blank). |
(f) Beginning on August 4, 2023 (the effective date of |
Public Act 103-488) this amendatory Act of the 103rd General |
Assembly through August 31, 2025, no candidate completing a |
teacher preparation program in this State or candidate subject |
to Section 21B-35 of this Code is required to pass a teacher |
performance assessment. Except as otherwise provided in this |
Article, beginning on September 1, 2015 until August 4, 2023 |
(the effective date of Public Act 103-488) this amendatory Act |
of the 103rd General Assembly and beginning again on September |
1, 2025, all candidates completing teacher preparation |
programs in this State and all candidates subject to Section |
21B-35 of this Code are required to pass a teacher performance |
assessment approved by the State Board of Education, in |
consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure |
Board. A candidate may not be required to submit test |
materials by video submission. Subject to appropriation, an |
individual who holds a Professional Educator License and is |
employed for a minimum of one school year by a school district |
designated as Tier 1 under Section 18-8.15 may, after |
application to the State Board, receive from the State Board a |
refund for any costs associated with completing the teacher |
performance assessment under this subsection. |
(f-5) The Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force is |
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created to evaluate potential performance-based and objective |
teacher performance assessment systems for implementation |
across all educator preparation programs in this State, with |
the intention of ensuring consistency across programs and |
supporting a thoughtful and well-rounded licensure system. |
Members appointed to the Task Force must reflect the racial, |
ethnic, and geographic diversity of this State. The Task Force |
shall consist of all of the following members: |
(1) One member of the Senate, appointed by the |
President of the Senate. |
(2) One member of the Senate, appointed by the |
Minority Leader of the Senate. |
(3) One member of the House of Representatives, |
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. |
(4) One member of the House of Representatives, |
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of |
Representatives. |
(5) One member who represents a statewide professional |
teachers' organization, appointed by the State |
Superintendent of Education. |
(6) One member who represents a different statewide |
professional teachers' organization, appointed by the |
State Superintendent of Education. |
(7) One member from a statewide organization |
representing school principals, appointed by the State |
Superintendent of Education. |
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(8) One member from a statewide organization |
representing regional superintendents of schools, |
appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. |
(9) One member from a statewide organization |
representing school administrators, appointed by the State |
Superintendent of Education. |
(10) One member representing a school district |
organized under Article 34 of this Code, appointed by the |
State Superintendent of Education. |
(11) One member of an association representing rural |
and small schools, appointed by the State Superintendent |
of Education. |
(12) One member representing a suburban school |
district, appointed by the State Superintendent of |
Education. |
(13) One member from a statewide organization |
representing school districts in the southern suburbs of |
the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent |
of Education. |
(14) One member from a statewide organization |
representing large unit school districts, appointed by the |
State Superintendent of Education. |
(15) One member from a statewide organization |
representing school districts in the collar counties of |
the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent |
of Education. |
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(16) Three members, each representing a different |
public university in this State and each a current member |
of the faculty of an approved educator preparation |
program, appointed by the State Superintendent of |
Education. |
(17) Three members, each representing a different |
4-year nonpublic university or college in this State and |
each a current member of the faculty of an approved |
educator preparation program, appointed by the State |
Superintendent of Education. |
(18) One member of the Board of Higher Education, |
appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. |
(19) One member representing a statewide policy |
organization advocating on behalf of multilingual students |
and families, appointed by the State Superintendent of |
Education. |
(20) One member representing a statewide organization |
focused on research-based education policy to support a |
school system that prepares all students for college, a |
career, and democratic citizenship, appointed by the State |
Superintendent of Education. |
(21) Two members representing an early childhood |
advocacy organization, appointed by the State |
Superintendent of Education. |
(22) One member representing a statewide organization |
that partners with educator preparation programs and |
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school districts to support the growth and development of |
preservice teachers, appointed by the State Superintendent |
of Education. |
(23) One member representing a statewide organization |
that advocates for educational equity and racial justice |
in schools, appointed by the State Superintendent of |
Education. |
(24) One member representing a statewide organization |
that represents school boards, appointed by the State |
Superintendent of Education. |
(25) One member who has, within the last 5 years, |
served as a cooperating teacher, appointed by the State |
Superintendent of Education. |
Members of the Task Force shall serve without |
compensation. The Task Force shall first meet at the call of |
the State Superintendent of Education, and each subsequent |
meeting shall be called by the chairperson of the Task Force, |
who shall be designated by the State Superintendent of |
Education. The State Board of Education shall provide |
administrative and other support to the Task Force. |
On or before October 31 August 1, 2024, the Task Force |
shall report on its work, including recommendations on a |
teacher performance assessment system in this State, to the |
State Board of Education and the General Assembly. The Task |
Force is dissolved upon submission of this report. |
(g) The content area knowledge test and the teacher |
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performance assessment shall be the tests that from time to |
time are designated by the State Board of Education, in |
consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure |
Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing |
organization or tests designed by the State Board of |
Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation |
and Licensure Board. The test of content area knowledge shall |
assess content knowledge in a specific subject field. The |
tests must be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no |
person taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis |
of race, color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to |
the person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The |
score required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State |
Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator |
Preparation and Licensure Board. The State Board of |
Education's rules for scoring the content area knowledge test |
may include scoring and retaking of each test section |
separately and independently. The tests shall be administered |
not fewer than 3 times a year at such time and place as may be |
designated by the State Board of Education, in consultation |
with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. |
The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess |
the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of |
applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under |
subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this |
Code in the English language and in the language of the |
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transitional bilingual education program requested by the |
applicant. |
(h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the |
provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school |
district subject to Article 34 of this Code. |
(i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the |
testing requirements under this Section shall include, without |
limitation, provisions governing test selection, test |
validation, and determination of a passing score, |
administration of the tests, frequency of administration, |
applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the |
years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special |
accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop |
such rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to |
year in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment. |
(Source: P.A. 102-301, eff. 8-26-21; 103-402, eff. 7-28-23; |
103-488, eff. 8-4-23; revised 9-1-23.)
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