Bill Text: IL SB2390 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires a non-public school to perform a check of the Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database (in addition to the Statewide Sex Offender Database) of applicants and once every 5 years and persons employed by the school to determine whether the applicant has been adjudicated a sex offender, of a sex offense, or of a murder or other violent crime against youth. Extends the grants for preschool educational programs 2028-2029 school year (rather than the 2023-2024 school year). Provides that a school district may adopt a policy to waive tuition costs for a non-resident pupil if the pupil is a child of a district employee. Provides that, until June 30, 2028 (rather than June 30, 2023), applicants may apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of a 5-year Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Makes conforming changes. Modifies the Alternative Educator Licensure Program by removing the requirement for a second year of residency (changing to only if recommended by the principal and program coordinator). Provides that, if the residency period is to be less than 2-years in length, the partner school districts must provide assurances that the district will provide intensive mentoring and supports through at least the end of the second full year of teaching for educators who completed the Program in less than 2 years. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-3)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-05 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt [SB2390 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2390-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires a non-public school to perform a check of the Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database (in addition to the Statewide Sex Offender Database) of applicants and once every 5 years and persons employed by the school to determine whether the applicant has been adjudicated a sex offender, of a sex offense, or of a murder or other violent crime against youth. Extends the grants for preschool educational programs 2028-2029 school year (rather than the 2023-2024 school year). Provides that a school district may adopt a policy to waive tuition costs for a non-resident pupil if the pupil is a child of a district employee. Provides that, until June 30, 2028 (rather than June 30, 2023), applicants may apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of a 5-year Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Makes conforming changes. Modifies the Alternative Educator Licensure Program by removing the requirement for a second year of residency (changing to only if recommended by the principal and program coordinator). Provides that, if the residency period is to be less than 2-years in length, the partner school districts must provide assurances that the district will provide intensive mentoring and supports through at least the end of the second full year of teaching for educators who completed the Program in less than 2 years. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-3)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-05 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt [SB2390 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2390-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2-3.25o, 2-3.71, 10-20.12a, 10-20.67, 21B-20, and 21B-50 as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25o)
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8 | Sec. 2-3.25o. Registration and recognition of non-public | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | elementary and
secondary schools.
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10 | (a) Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares (i) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | that the
Constitution
of the State of Illinois provides that a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | "fundamental goal of the People of the
State is the
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13 | educational development of all persons to the limits of their | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | capacities" and
(ii) that the
educational development of every | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | school student serves the public purposes of
the State.
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16 | order to ensure that all Illinois students and teachers have | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | the opportunity
to enroll and
work in State-approved | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | educational institutions and programs, the State Board
of
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19 | Education shall provide for the voluntary registration and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | recognition of
non-public
elementary and secondary schools.
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21 | (b) Registration. All non-public elementary and secondary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | schools in the
State
of
Illinois may voluntarily register with | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | the State Board of Education on an
annual basis. Registration |
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1 | shall
be completed
in conformance with procedures prescribed | ||||||
2 | by the State Board of Education.
Information
required for | ||||||
3 | registration shall include assurances of compliance (i) with
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4 | federal
and State
laws regarding health examination and | ||||||
5 | immunization, attendance, length of term,
and
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6 | nondiscrimination, including assurances that the school will | ||||||
7 | not prohibit hairstyles historically associated with race, | ||||||
8 | ethnicity, or hair texture, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
9 | protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists, and | ||||||
10 | (ii) with applicable fire and health safety requirements.
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11 | (c) Recognition. All non-public elementary and secondary | ||||||
12 | schools in the
State of
Illinois may voluntarily seek the | ||||||
13 | status of "Non-public School Recognition"
from
the State
Board | ||||||
14 | of Education. This status may be obtained by compliance with
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15 | administrative
guidelines and review procedures as prescribed | ||||||
16 | by the State Board of Education.
The
guidelines and procedures | ||||||
17 | must recognize that some of the aims and the
financial bases of
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18 | non-public schools are different from public schools and will | ||||||
19 | not be identical
to those for
public schools, nor will they be | ||||||
20 | more burdensome. The guidelines and procedures
must
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21 | recognize the diversity of non-public schools and shall not | ||||||
22 | impinge upon
the
noneducational relationships between those | ||||||
23 | schools and their clientele.
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24 | (c-5) Prohibition against recognition. A non-public | ||||||
25 | elementary or secondary school may not obtain "Non-public | ||||||
26 | School Recognition" status unless the school requires all |
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1 | certified and non-certified applicants for employment with the | ||||||
2 | school, after July 1, 2007, to authorize a fingerprint-based | ||||||
3 | criminal history records check as a condition of employment to | ||||||
4 | determine if such applicants have been convicted of any of the | ||||||
5 | enumerated criminal or drug offenses set forth in Section | ||||||
6 | 21B-80 of this Code or have been convicted, within 7 years of | ||||||
7 | the application for employment, of any other felony under the | ||||||
8 | laws of this State or of any offense committed or attempted in | ||||||
9 | any other state or against the laws of the United States that, | ||||||
10 | if committed or attempted in this State, would have been | ||||||
11 | punishable as a felony under the laws of this State. | ||||||
12 | Authorization for the check shall be furnished by the | ||||||
13 | applicant to the school, except that if the applicant is a | ||||||
14 | substitute teacher seeking employment in more than one | ||||||
15 | non-public school, a teacher seeking concurrent part-time | ||||||
16 | employment positions with more than one non-public school (as | ||||||
17 | a reading specialist, special education teacher, or | ||||||
18 | otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee | ||||||
19 | seeking employment positions with more than one non-public | ||||||
20 | school, then only one of the non-public schools employing the | ||||||
21 | individual shall request the authorization. Upon receipt of | ||||||
22 | this authorization, the non-public school shall submit the | ||||||
23 | applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth, social security | ||||||
24 | number, fingerprint images, and other identifiers, as | ||||||
25 | prescribed by the Illinois State Police, to the Illinois State | ||||||
26 | Police. |
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1 | The Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of | ||||||
2 | Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based | ||||||
3 | criminal history records check, records of convictions, | ||||||
4 | forever and hereafter, until expunged, to the president or | ||||||
5 | principal of the non-public school that requested the check. | ||||||
6 | The Illinois State Police shall charge that school a fee for | ||||||
7 | conducting such check, which fee must be deposited into the | ||||||
8 | State Police Services Fund and must not exceed the cost of the | ||||||
9 | inquiry. Subject to appropriations for these purposes, the | ||||||
10 | State Superintendent of Education shall reimburse non-public | ||||||
11 | schools for fees paid to obtain criminal history records | ||||||
12 | checks under this Section. | ||||||
13 | A non-public school may not obtain recognition status | ||||||
14 | unless the school also performs a check of the Statewide Sex | ||||||
15 | Offender Database, as authorized by the Sex Offender Community | ||||||
16 | Notification Law, and the Statewide Murderer and Violent | ||||||
17 | Offender Against Youth Database, as authorized by the Murderer | ||||||
18 | and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, for each | ||||||
19 | applicant for employment, after July 1, 2007, to determine | ||||||
20 | whether the applicant has been adjudicated of a sex offense or | ||||||
21 | of a murder or other violent crime against youth. The checks of | ||||||
22 | the Statewide Sex Offender Database and the Stateside Murderer | ||||||
23 | and Violent Offender Against Youth Database must be conducted | ||||||
24 | by the non-public school once for every 5 years that an | ||||||
25 | applicant remains employed by the non-public school. a sex | ||||||
26 | offender . |
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1 | Any information concerning the record of convictions | ||||||
2 | obtained by a non-public school's president or principal under | ||||||
3 | this Section is confidential and may be disseminated only to | ||||||
4 | the governing body of the non-public school or any other | ||||||
5 | person necessary to the decision of hiring the applicant for | ||||||
6 | employment. A copy of the record of convictions obtained from | ||||||
7 | the Illinois State Police shall be provided to the applicant | ||||||
8 | for employment. Upon a check of the Statewide Sex Offender | ||||||
9 | Database, the non-public school shall notify the applicant as | ||||||
10 | to whether or not the applicant has been identified in the Sex | ||||||
11 | Offender Database as a sex offender. Any information | ||||||
12 | concerning the records of conviction obtained by the | ||||||
13 | non-public school's president or principal under this Section | ||||||
14 | for a substitute teacher seeking employment in more than one | ||||||
15 | non-public school, a teacher seeking concurrent part-time | ||||||
16 | employment positions with more than one non-public school (as | ||||||
17 | a reading specialist, special education teacher, or | ||||||
18 | otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee | ||||||
19 | seeking employment positions with more than one non-public | ||||||
20 | school may be shared with another non-public school's | ||||||
21 | principal or president to which the applicant seeks | ||||||
22 | employment. Any unauthorized release of confidential | ||||||
23 | information may be a violation of Section 7 of the Criminal | ||||||
24 | Identification Act. | ||||||
25 | No non-public school may obtain recognition status that | ||||||
26 | knowingly employs a person, hired after July 1, 2007, for whom |
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1 | an Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation | ||||||
2 | fingerprint-based criminal history records check and a | ||||||
3 | Statewide Sex Offender Database check has not been initiated | ||||||
4 | or who has been convicted of any offense enumerated in Section | ||||||
5 | 21B-80 of this Code or any offense committed or attempted in | ||||||
6 | any other state or against the laws of the United States that, | ||||||
7 | if committed or attempted in this State, would have been | ||||||
8 | punishable as one or more of those offenses. No non-public | ||||||
9 | school may obtain recognition status under this Section that | ||||||
10 | knowingly employs a person who has been found to be the | ||||||
11 | perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of a minor under 18 | ||||||
12 | years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the | ||||||
13 | Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | ||||||
14 | In order to obtain recognition status under this Section, | ||||||
15 | a non-public school must require compliance with the | ||||||
16 | provisions of this subsection (c-5) from all employees of | ||||||
17 | persons or firms holding contracts with the school, including, | ||||||
18 | but not limited to, food service workers, school bus drivers, | ||||||
19 | and other transportation employees, who have direct, daily | ||||||
20 | contact with pupils. Any information concerning the records of | ||||||
21 | conviction or identification as a sex offender of any such | ||||||
22 | employee obtained by the non-public school principal or | ||||||
23 | president must be promptly reported to the school's governing | ||||||
24 | body.
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25 | Prior to the commencement of any student teaching | ||||||
26 | experience or required internship (which is referred to as |
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1 | student teaching in this Section) in any non-public elementary | ||||||
2 | or secondary school that has obtained or seeks to obtain | ||||||
3 | recognition status under this Section, a student teacher is | ||||||
4 | required to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history | ||||||
5 | records check. Authorization for and payment of the costs of | ||||||
6 | the check must be furnished by the student teacher to the chief | ||||||
7 | administrative officer of the non-public school where the | ||||||
8 | student teaching is to be completed. Upon receipt of this | ||||||
9 | authorization and payment, the chief administrative officer of | ||||||
10 | the non-public school shall submit the student teacher's name, | ||||||
11 | sex, race, date of birth, social security number, fingerprint | ||||||
12 | images, and other identifiers, as prescribed by the Illinois | ||||||
13 | State Police, to the Illinois State Police. The Illinois State | ||||||
14 | Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall furnish, | ||||||
15 | pursuant to a fingerprint-based criminal history records | ||||||
16 | check, records of convictions, forever and hereinafter, until | ||||||
17 | expunged, to the chief administrative officer of the | ||||||
18 | non-public school that requested the check. The Illinois State | ||||||
19 | Police shall charge the school a fee for conducting the check, | ||||||
20 | which fee must be passed on to the student teacher, must not | ||||||
21 | exceed the cost of the inquiry, and must be deposited into the | ||||||
22 | State Police Services Fund. The school shall further perform a | ||||||
23 | check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, as authorized by | ||||||
24 | the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, and of the | ||||||
25 | Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth | ||||||
26 | Database, as authorized by the Murderer and Violent Offender |
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1 | Against Youth Registration Act, for each student teacher. No | ||||||
2 | school that has obtained or seeks to obtain recognition status | ||||||
3 | under this Section may knowingly allow a person to student | ||||||
4 | teach for whom a criminal history records check, a Statewide | ||||||
5 | Sex Offender Database check, and a Statewide Murderer and | ||||||
6 | Violent Offender Against Youth Database check have not been | ||||||
7 | completed and reviewed by the chief administrative officer of | ||||||
8 | the non-public school. | ||||||
9 | A copy of the record of convictions obtained from the | ||||||
10 | Illinois State Police must be provided to the student teacher. | ||||||
11 | Any information concerning the record of convictions obtained | ||||||
12 | by the chief administrative officer of the non-public school | ||||||
13 | is confidential and may be transmitted only to the chief | ||||||
14 | administrative officer of the non-public school or his or her | ||||||
15 | designee, the State Superintendent of Education, the State | ||||||
16 | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, or, for | ||||||
17 | clarification purposes, the Illinois State Police or the | ||||||
18 | Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide Murderer and | ||||||
19 | Violent Offender Against Youth Database. Any unauthorized | ||||||
20 | release of confidential information may be a violation of | ||||||
21 | Section 7 of the Criminal Identification Act. | ||||||
22 | No school that has obtained or seeks to obtain recognition | ||||||
23 | status under this Section may knowingly allow a person to | ||||||
24 | student teach who has been convicted of any offense that would | ||||||
25 | subject him or her to license suspension or revocation | ||||||
26 | pursuant to Section 21B-80 of this Code or who has been found |
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1 | to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of a minor | ||||||
2 | under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II | ||||||
3 | of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | ||||||
4 | Any school that has obtained or seeks to obtain | ||||||
5 | recognition status under this Section may not prohibit | ||||||
6 | hairstyles historically associated with race, ethnicity, or | ||||||
7 | hair texture, including, but not limited to, protective | ||||||
8 | hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists. | ||||||
9 | (d) Public purposes. The provisions of this Section are in | ||||||
10 | the public
interest, for
the public benefit, and serve secular | ||||||
11 | public purposes.
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12 | (e) Definition. For purposes of this Section, a non-public | ||||||
13 | school means any
non-profit, non-home-based, and non-public | ||||||
14 | elementary or secondary school that
is
in
compliance with | ||||||
15 | Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at
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16 | which
satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of this Code.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; | ||||||
18 | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
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19 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.71) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.71)
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20 | Sec. 2-3.71. Grants for preschool educational programs. | ||||||
21 | (a) Preschool program.
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22 | (1) The State Board of Education shall implement and | ||||||
23 | administer
a grant program under the provisions of this | ||||||
24 | subsection which shall
consist of grants to public school | ||||||
25 | districts and other eligible entities, as defined by the |
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1 | State Board of Education, to conduct voluntary
preschool
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2 | educational programs for children ages 3 to 5 which | ||||||
3 | include a parent
education component. A public school | ||||||
4 | district which receives grants under
this subsection may | ||||||
5 | subcontract with other entities that are eligible to | ||||||
6 | conduct a preschool educational
program. These grants must | ||||||
7 | be used to supplement, not supplant, funds received from | ||||||
8 | any other source.
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9 | (2) (Blank).
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10 | (3) Except as otherwise provided under this subsection | ||||||
11 | (a), any teacher of preschool children in the program | ||||||
12 | authorized by this
subsection shall hold a Professional | ||||||
13 | Educator License with an early childhood education | ||||||
14 | endorsement. | ||||||
15 | (3.5) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year and | ||||||
16 | until the 2028-2029 2023-2024 school year, an individual | ||||||
17 | may teach preschool children in an early childhood program | ||||||
18 | under this Section if he or she holds a Professional | ||||||
19 | Educator License with an early childhood education | ||||||
20 | endorsement or with short-term approval for early | ||||||
21 | childhood education or he or she pursues a Professional | ||||||
22 | Educator License and holds any of the following: | ||||||
23 | (A) An ECE Credential Level of 5 awarded by the | ||||||
24 | Department of Human Services under the Gateways to | ||||||
25 | Opportunity Program developed under Section 10-70 of | ||||||
26 | the Department of Human Services Act. |
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1 | (B) An Educator License with Stipulations with a | ||||||
2 | transitional bilingual educator endorsement and he or | ||||||
3 | she has (i) passed an early childhood education | ||||||
4 | content test or (ii) completed no less than 9 semester | ||||||
5 | hours of postsecondary coursework in the area of early | ||||||
6 | childhood education.
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7 | (4) (Blank).
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8 | (4.5) The State Board of Education shall provide the | ||||||
9 | primary source of
funding through appropriations for the | ||||||
10 | program.
Such funds shall be distributed to achieve a goal | ||||||
11 | of "Preschool for All Children" for the benefit
of all | ||||||
12 | children whose families choose to participate in the | ||||||
13 | program. Based on available appropriations, newly funded | ||||||
14 | programs shall be selected through a process giving first | ||||||
15 | priority to qualified programs serving primarily at-risk | ||||||
16 | children and second priority to qualified programs serving | ||||||
17 | primarily children with a family income of less than 4 | ||||||
18 | times the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the | ||||||
19 | Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and | ||||||
20 | Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2). | ||||||
21 | For purposes of this paragraph (4.5), at-risk children are | ||||||
22 | those who because of their home and community environment | ||||||
23 | are subject
to such language, cultural, economic and like | ||||||
24 | disadvantages to cause them to have
been determined as a | ||||||
25 | result of screening procedures to be at risk of
academic | ||||||
26 | failure. Such screening procedures shall be based on |
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1 | criteria
established by the State Board of Education. | ||||||
2 | Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (4.5), | ||||||
3 | grantees under the program must enter into a memorandum of | ||||||
4 | understanding with the appropriate local Head Start | ||||||
5 | agency. This memorandum must be entered into no later than | ||||||
6 | 3 months after the award of a grantee's grant under the | ||||||
7 | program, except that, in the case of the 2009-2010 program | ||||||
8 | year, the memorandum must be entered into no later than | ||||||
9 | the deadline set by the State Board of Education for | ||||||
10 | applications to participate in the program in fiscal year | ||||||
11 | 2011, and must address collaboration between the grantee's | ||||||
12 | program and the local Head Start agency on certain issues, | ||||||
13 | which shall include without limitation the following: | ||||||
14 | (A) educational activities, curricular objectives, | ||||||
15 | and instruction; | ||||||
16 | (B) public information dissemination and access to | ||||||
17 | programs for families contacting programs; | ||||||
18 | (C) service areas; | ||||||
19 | (D) selection priorities for eligible children to | ||||||
20 | be served by programs; | ||||||
21 | (E) maximizing the impact of federal and State | ||||||
22 | funding to benefit young children; | ||||||
23 | (F) staff training, including opportunities for | ||||||
24 | joint staff training; | ||||||
25 | (G) technical assistance; | ||||||
26 | (H) communication and parent outreach for smooth |
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1 | transitions to kindergarten; | ||||||
2 | (I) provision and use of facilities, | ||||||
3 | transportation, and other program elements; | ||||||
4 | (J) facilitating each program's fulfillment of its | ||||||
5 | statutory and regulatory requirements; | ||||||
6 | (K) improving local planning and collaboration; | ||||||
7 | and | ||||||
8 | (L) providing comprehensive services for the | ||||||
9 | neediest Illinois children and families. | ||||||
10 | If the appropriate local Head Start agency is unable or | ||||||
11 | unwilling to enter into a memorandum of understanding as | ||||||
12 | required under this paragraph (4.5), the memorandum of | ||||||
13 | understanding requirement shall not apply and the grantee | ||||||
14 | under the program must notify the State Board of Education | ||||||
15 | in writing of the Head Start agency's inability or | ||||||
16 | unwillingness. The State Board of Education shall compile | ||||||
17 | all such written notices and make them available to the | ||||||
18 | public. | ||||||
19 | (5) The State Board of Education shall develop and | ||||||
20 | provide
evaluation tools, including tests, that school | ||||||
21 | districts and other eligible entities may use to
evaluate | ||||||
22 | children for school readiness prior to age 5. The State | ||||||
23 | Board of
Education shall require school districts and | ||||||
24 | other eligible entities
to obtain consent from the parents
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25 | or guardians of children before any evaluations are | ||||||
26 | conducted. The State
Board of Education shall encourage |
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1 | local school districts and other eligible entities to | ||||||
2 | evaluate the
population of preschool children in their | ||||||
3 | communities and provide preschool
programs, pursuant to | ||||||
4 | this subsection, where appropriate.
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5 | (6) The State Board of Education shall report to the | ||||||
6 | General Assembly by November 1, 2018
and every
2 years | ||||||
7 | thereafter on the results and progress of
students who | ||||||
8 | were enrolled in preschool educational programs, including | ||||||
9 | an
assessment of which programs have been most successful | ||||||
10 | in promoting
academic excellence and alleviating academic | ||||||
11 | failure. The State Board of
Education shall assess the | ||||||
12 | academic progress of all students who have been
enrolled | ||||||
13 | in preschool educational programs.
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14 | On or before November 1 of each fiscal year in which | ||||||
15 | the General Assembly provides funding for new programs | ||||||
16 | under paragraph (4.5) of this Section, the State Board of | ||||||
17 | Education shall report to the General Assembly on what | ||||||
18 | percentage of new funding was provided to programs serving | ||||||
19 | primarily at-risk children, what percentage of new funding | ||||||
20 | was provided to programs serving primarily children with a | ||||||
21 | family income of less than 4 times the federal poverty | ||||||
22 | level, and what percentage of new funding was provided to | ||||||
23 | other programs. | ||||||
24 | (7) Due to evidence that expulsion practices in the | ||||||
25 | preschool years are linked to poor child outcomes and are | ||||||
26 | employed inconsistently across racial and gender groups, |
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1 | early childhood programs receiving State funds under this | ||||||
2 | subsection (a) shall prohibit expulsions. Planned | ||||||
3 | transitions to settings that are able to better meet a | ||||||
4 | child's needs are not considered expulsion under this | ||||||
5 | paragraph (7). | ||||||
6 | (A) When persistent and serious challenging | ||||||
7 | behaviors emerge, the early childhood program shall | ||||||
8 | document steps taken to ensure that the child can | ||||||
9 | participate safely in the program; including | ||||||
10 | observations of initial and ongoing challenging | ||||||
11 | behaviors, strategies for remediation and intervention | ||||||
12 | plans to address the behaviors, and communication with | ||||||
13 | the parent or legal guardian, including participation | ||||||
14 | of the parent or legal guardian in planning and | ||||||
15 | decision-making. | ||||||
16 | (B) The early childhood program shall, with | ||||||
17 | parental or legal guardian consent as required, | ||||||
18 | utilize a range of community resources, if available | ||||||
19 | and deemed necessary, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
20 | developmental screenings, referrals to programs and | ||||||
21 | services administered by a local educational agency or | ||||||
22 | early intervention agency under Parts B and C of the | ||||||
23 | federal Individual with Disabilities Education Act, | ||||||
24 | and consultation with infant and early childhood | ||||||
25 | mental health consultants and the child's health care | ||||||
26 | provider. The program shall document attempts to |
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1 | engage these resources, including parent or legal | ||||||
2 | guardian participation and consent attempted and | ||||||
3 | obtained. Communication with the parent or legal | ||||||
4 | guardian shall take place in a culturally and | ||||||
5 | linguistically competent manner. | ||||||
6 | (C) If there is documented evidence that all | ||||||
7 | available interventions and supports recommended by a | ||||||
8 | qualified professional have been exhausted and the | ||||||
9 | program determines in its professional judgment that | ||||||
10 | transitioning a child to another program is necessary | ||||||
11 | for the well-being of the child or his or her peers and | ||||||
12 | staff, with parent or legal guardian permission, both | ||||||
13 | the current and pending programs shall create a | ||||||
14 | transition plan designed to ensure continuity of | ||||||
15 | services and the comprehensive development of the | ||||||
16 | child. Communication with families shall occur in a | ||||||
17 | culturally and linguistically competent manner. | ||||||
18 | (D) Nothing in this paragraph (7) shall preclude a | ||||||
19 | parent's or legal guardian's right to voluntarily | ||||||
20 | withdraw his or her child from an early childhood | ||||||
21 | program. Early childhood programs shall request and | ||||||
22 | keep on file, when received, a written statement from | ||||||
23 | the parent or legal guardian stating the reason for | ||||||
24 | his or her decision to withdraw his or her child. | ||||||
25 | (E) In the case of the determination of a serious | ||||||
26 | safety threat to a child or others or in the case of |
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1 | behaviors listed in subsection (d) of Section 10-22.6 | ||||||
2 | of this Code, the temporary removal of a child from | ||||||
3 | attendance in group settings may be used. Temporary | ||||||
4 | removal of a child from attendance in a group setting | ||||||
5 | shall trigger the process detailed in subparagraphs | ||||||
6 | (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph (7), with the child | ||||||
7 | placed back in a group setting as quickly as possible. | ||||||
8 | (F) Early childhood programs may utilize and the | ||||||
9 | State Board of Education, the Department of Human | ||||||
10 | Services, and the Department of Children and Family | ||||||
11 | Services shall recommend training, technical support, | ||||||
12 | and professional development resources to improve the | ||||||
13 | ability of teachers, administrators, program | ||||||
14 | directors, and other staff to promote social-emotional | ||||||
15 | development and behavioral health, to address | ||||||
16 | challenging behaviors, and to understand trauma and | ||||||
17 | trauma-informed care, cultural competence, family | ||||||
18 | engagement with diverse populations, the impact of | ||||||
19 | implicit bias on adult behavior, and the use of | ||||||
20 | reflective practice techniques. Support shall include | ||||||
21 | the availability of resources to contract with infant | ||||||
22 | and early childhood mental health consultants. | ||||||
23 | (G) Beginning on July 1, 2018, early childhood | ||||||
24 | programs shall annually report to the State Board of | ||||||
25 | Education, and, beginning in fiscal year 2020, the | ||||||
26 | State Board of Education shall make available on a |
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1 | biennial basis, in an existing report, all of the | ||||||
2 | following data for children from birth to age 5 who are | ||||||
3 | served by the program: | ||||||
4 | (i) Total number served over the course of the | ||||||
5 | program year and the total number of children who | ||||||
6 | left the program during the program year. | ||||||
7 | (ii) Number of planned transitions to another | ||||||
8 | program due to children's behavior, by children's | ||||||
9 | race, gender, disability, language, class/group | ||||||
10 | size, teacher-child ratio, and length of program | ||||||
11 | day. | ||||||
12 | (iii) Number of temporary removals of a child | ||||||
13 | from attendance in group settings due to a serious | ||||||
14 | safety threat under subparagraph (E) of this | ||||||
15 | paragraph (7), by children's race, gender, | ||||||
16 | disability, language, class/group size, | ||||||
17 | teacher-child ratio, and length of program day. | ||||||
18 | (iv) Hours of infant and early childhood | ||||||
19 | mental health consultant contact with program | ||||||
20 | leaders, staff, and families over the program | ||||||
21 | year. | ||||||
22 | (H) Changes to services for children with an | ||||||
23 | individualized education program or individual family | ||||||
24 | service plan shall be construed in a manner consistent | ||||||
25 | with the federal Individuals with Disabilities | ||||||
26 | Education Act. |
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1 | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
2 | Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development and the | ||||||
3 | Department of Children and Family Services, shall adopt | ||||||
4 | rules to administer this paragraph (7). | ||||||
5 | (b) (Blank).
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6 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, | ||||||
7 | grantees may serve children ages 0 to 12 of essential workers | ||||||
8 | if the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | ||||||
9 | emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
10 | Management Agency Act. For the purposes of this subsection, | ||||||
11 | essential workers include those outlined in Executive Order | ||||||
12 | 20-8 and school employees. The State Board of Education shall | ||||||
13 | adopt rules to administer this subsection. | ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 100-105, eff. 1-1-18; 100-645, eff. 7-27-18; | ||||||
15 | 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
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16 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.12a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.12a)
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17 | Sec. 10-20.12a. Tuition for non-resident pupils. | ||||||
18 | (a) To charge non-resident pupils who attend the schools | ||||||
19 | of the district
tuition in an amount not exceeding 110% of the | ||||||
20 | per capita
cost of maintaining the schools of the district for | ||||||
21 | the preceding school year.
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22 | Such per capita cost shall be computed by dividing the | ||||||
23 | total cost of
conducting and maintaining the schools of the | ||||||
24 | district by the average daily
attendance, including tuition | ||||||
25 | pupils. Depreciation on the buildings and
equipment of the |
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1 | schools of the district, and the amount of annual
depreciation | ||||||
2 | on such buildings and equipment shall be dependent upon the
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3 | useful life of such property.
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4 | The tuition charged shall in no case exceed 110% of the per | ||||||
5 | capita
cost of conducting and maintaining the schools of the | ||||||
6 | district attended, as
determined
with reference to the most | ||||||
7 | recent audit prepared under Section 3-7 which is
available at | ||||||
8 | the commencement of the current school year.
Non-resident | ||||||
9 | pupils attending the schools of the district
for less than the
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10 | school term shall have their tuition apportioned, however | ||||||
11 | pupils who become
non-resident during a school term shall not | ||||||
12 | be charged tuition for the
remainder of the school term in | ||||||
13 | which they became non-resident pupils. | ||||||
14 | Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a school | ||||||
15 | district may adopt a policy to waive tuition costs for a | ||||||
16 | non-resident pupil if the pupil is a child of a district | ||||||
17 | employee. For purposes of this paragraph, "child" means a | ||||||
18 | district employee's child who is a biological child, adopted | ||||||
19 | child, foster child, stepchild, or a child for which the | ||||||
20 | employee serves as a legal guardian.
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21 | (b) Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties involved and | ||||||
22 | where the
educational services are not otherwise provided for, | ||||||
23 | educational services
for an Illinois student under the age of | ||||||
24 | 21 (and not eligible for services pursuant to Article 14 of | ||||||
25 | this Code) in any residential program
shall be provided by
the | ||||||
26 | district in which the facility is located and financed as |
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1 | follows. The
cost of educational services shall be paid by the | ||||||
2 | district in which the
student resides in an amount equal to the | ||||||
3 | cost of providing educational
services in the residential | ||||||
4 | facility. Payments shall be made by the district
of the | ||||||
5 | student's residence and shall be made to the district wherein | ||||||
6 | the
facility is located no less than once per month unless | ||||||
7 | otherwise agreed to
by the parties. | ||||||
8 | The funding provision of this subsection (b) applies to | ||||||
9 | all Illinois students under the age of 21 (and not eligible for | ||||||
10 | services pursuant to Article 14 of this Code) receiving | ||||||
11 | educational services in residential facilities, irrespective | ||||||
12 | of whether the student was placed therein pursuant to this | ||||||
13 | Code or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or by an Illinois public | ||||||
14 | agency or a court. The changes to this subsection (b) made by | ||||||
15 | this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly apply to all | ||||||
16 | placements in effect on July 1, 2007 and all placements | ||||||
17 | thereafter. For purposes of this subsection (b), a student's | ||||||
18 | district of residence shall be determined in accordance with | ||||||
19 | subsection (a) of Section 10-20.12b of this Code. The | ||||||
20 | placement of a student in a residential facility shall not | ||||||
21 | affect the residency of the student. When a dispute arises | ||||||
22 | over the determination of the district of residence under this | ||||||
23 | subsection (b), any person or entity, including without | ||||||
24 | limitation a school district or residential facility, may make | ||||||
25 | a written request for a residency decision to the State | ||||||
26 | Superintendent of Education, who, upon review of materials |
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1 | submitted and any other items or information he or she may | ||||||
2 | request for submission, shall issue his or her decision in | ||||||
3 | writing. The decision of the State Superintendent of Education | ||||||
4 | is final.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 95-844, eff. 8-15-08; 95-938, eff. 8-29-08.)
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.67) | ||||||
7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2023) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 10-20.67. Short-term substitute teacher training. | ||||||
9 | (a) Each school board shall, in collaboration with its | ||||||
10 | teachers or, if applicable, the exclusive bargaining | ||||||
11 | representative of its teachers, jointly develop a short-term | ||||||
12 | substitute teacher training program that provides individuals | ||||||
13 | who hold a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License under | ||||||
14 | Section 21B-20 of this Code with information on curriculum, | ||||||
15 | classroom management techniques, school safety, and district | ||||||
16 | and building operations. The State Board of Education may | ||||||
17 | develop a model short-term substitute teacher training program | ||||||
18 | for use by a school board under this subsection (a) if the | ||||||
19 | school board and its teachers or, if applicable, the exclusive | ||||||
20 | bargaining representative of its teachers agree to use the | ||||||
21 | State Board's model. A school board with a substitute teacher | ||||||
22 | training program in place before July 1, 2018 (the effective | ||||||
23 | date of Public Act 100-596) may utilize that program to | ||||||
24 | satisfy the requirements of this subsection (a). | ||||||
25 | (b) Nothing in this Section prohibits a school board from |
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1 | offering substitute training to substitute teachers licensed | ||||||
2 | under paragraph (3) of Section 21B-20 of this Code or to | ||||||
3 | substitute teachers holding a Professional Educator License. | ||||||
4 | (c) (Blank) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2023.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of | ||||||
8 | Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, | ||||||
9 | whereby individuals employed in school districts who are | ||||||
10 | required to be licensed must have one of the following | ||||||
11 | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an | ||||||
12 | educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute | ||||||
13 | teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2028 2023 , a | ||||||
14 | short-term substitute teaching license. References in law | ||||||
15 | regarding individuals certified or certificated or required to | ||||||
16 | be certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code | ||||||
17 | shall also include individuals licensed or required to be | ||||||
18 | licensed under this Article. The first year of all licenses | ||||||
19 | ends on June 30 following one full year of the license being | ||||||
20 | issued. | ||||||
21 | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
22 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | ||||||
23 | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | ||||||
24 | licenses and endorsements under this Section. | ||||||
25 | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) |
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1 | have successfully completed an approved educator | ||||||
2 | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | ||||||
3 | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | ||||||
4 | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | ||||||
5 | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | ||||||
6 | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | ||||||
7 | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | ||||||
8 | the exceptional child, including without limitation | ||||||
9 | children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | ||||||
10 | successfully completed coursework in methods of reading | ||||||
11 | and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other | ||||||
12 | criteria established by rule of the State Board of | ||||||
13 | Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License. | ||||||
14 | All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30 | ||||||
15 | immediately following 5 years of the license being issued. | ||||||
16 | The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with | ||||||
17 | specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is | ||||||
18 | eligible to practice. For an early childhood education | ||||||
19 | endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student | ||||||
20 | teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher | ||||||
21 | preparation program through placement in a setting with | ||||||
22 | children from birth through grade 2, and the individual | ||||||
23 | may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The | ||||||
24 | student teaching experience must meet the requirements of | ||||||
25 | and be approved by the individual's early childhood | ||||||
26 | teacher preparation program. |
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1 | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | ||||||
2 | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | ||||||
3 | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | ||||||
4 | in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable | ||||||
5 | content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | ||||||
6 | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | ||||||
7 | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | ||||||
8 | that limits the license holder to one particular position | ||||||
9 | or does not require completion of an approved educator | ||||||
10 | program or both. | ||||||
11 | An individual with an Educator License with | ||||||
12 | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | ||||||
13 | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | ||||||
14 | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | ||||||
15 | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | ||||||
16 | with the following endorsements: | ||||||
17 | (A) (Blank). | ||||||
18 | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | ||||||
19 | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | ||||||
20 | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | ||||||
21 | applicant who, at the time of applying for the | ||||||
22 | endorsement, has done all of the following: | ||||||
23 | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | ||||||
24 | college or university with a minimum of a | ||||||
25 | bachelor's degree. | ||||||
26 | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of |
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1 | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | ||||||
2 | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | ||||||
3 | Code. | ||||||
4 | (iii) Passed a content area test, as required | ||||||
5 | under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
6 | The alternative provisional educator endorsement is | ||||||
7 | valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a | ||||||
8 | third year by an individual meeting the requirements set | ||||||
9 | forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | ||||||
10 | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | ||||||
11 | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | ||||||
12 | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | ||||||
13 | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | ||||||
14 | superintendent in a school district's central office. | ||||||
15 | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | ||||||
16 | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | ||||||
17 | done all of the following: | ||||||
18 | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | ||||||
19 | college or university with a minimum of a master's | ||||||
20 | degree in a management field other than education. | ||||||
21 | (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | ||||||
22 | years in a management level position in a field | ||||||
23 | other than education. | ||||||
24 | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | ||||||
25 | of an alternative route to superintendent | ||||||
26 | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 |
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1 | of this Code. | ||||||
2 | (iv) Passed a content area test required under | ||||||
3 | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
4 | The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | ||||||
5 | order to complete one full year of serving as a | ||||||
6 | superintendent or assistant superintendent. | ||||||
7 | (D) (Blank). | ||||||
8 | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | ||||||
9 | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | ||||||
10 | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | ||||||
11 | has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | ||||||
12 | regionally accredited institution of higher education | ||||||
13 | or an accredited trade and technical institution and | ||||||
14 | has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | ||||||
15 | education in each area to be taught. | ||||||
16 | The career and technical educator endorsement on | ||||||
17 | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | ||||||
18 | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | ||||||
19 | endorsement being issued and may be renewed. | ||||||
20 | An individual who holds a valid career and | ||||||
21 | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | ||||||
22 | with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's | ||||||
23 | degree may substitute teach in career and technical | ||||||
24 | education classrooms. | ||||||
25 | (F) (Blank). | ||||||
26 | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A |
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1 | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | ||||||
2 | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | ||||||
3 | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | ||||||
4 | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | ||||||
5 | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets | ||||||
6 | all of the following requirements: | ||||||
7 | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | ||||||
8 | writing ability in the language other than English | ||||||
9 | in which transitional bilingual education is | ||||||
10 | offered. | ||||||
11 | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | ||||||
12 | communicate in English. | ||||||
13 | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | ||||||
14 | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | ||||||
15 | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | ||||||
16 | comparable teaching certificate or comparable | ||||||
17 | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | ||||||
18 | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | ||||||
19 | a foreign country that the State Educator | ||||||
20 | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | ||||||
21 | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | ||||||
22 | regionally accredited institution of higher | ||||||
23 | learning in the United States. | ||||||
24 | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | ||||||
25 | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, | ||||||
26 | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years |
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1 | of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be | ||||||
2 | renewed. | ||||||
3 | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | ||||||
4 | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | ||||||
5 | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | ||||||
6 | replaced for any reason. | ||||||
7 | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | ||||||
8 | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | ||||||
9 | other than English in the public schools, an | ||||||
10 | individual who holds an Educator License with | ||||||
11 | Stipulations may also apply for a language | ||||||
12 | endorsement, provided that the applicant provides | ||||||
13 | satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the | ||||||
14 | following requirements: | ||||||
15 | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | ||||||
16 | endorsement. | ||||||
17 | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | ||||||
18 | language for which the endorsement is to be issued | ||||||
19 | by passing the applicable language content test | ||||||
20 | required by the State Board of Education. | ||||||
21 | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | ||||||
22 | a regionally accredited institution of higher | ||||||
23 | education or, for individuals educated in a | ||||||
24 | country other than the United States, holds a | ||||||
25 | degree from an institution of higher learning in a | ||||||
26 | foreign country that the State Educator |
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1 | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | ||||||
2 | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | ||||||
3 | regionally accredited institution of higher | ||||||
4 | learning in the United States. | ||||||
5 | (iv) (Blank). | ||||||
6 | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
7 | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | ||||||
8 | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | ||||||
9 | individual's transitional bilingual educator | ||||||
10 | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | ||||||
11 | and shall not be renewed. | ||||||
12 | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | ||||||
13 | international educator endorsement on an Educator | ||||||
14 | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | ||||||
15 | individual who is being recruited by a particular | ||||||
16 | school district that conducts formal recruitment | ||||||
17 | programs outside of the United States to secure the | ||||||
18 | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of | ||||||
19 | the following requirements: | ||||||
20 | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | ||||||
21 | bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | ||||||
22 | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | ||||||
23 | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | ||||||
24 | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | ||||||
25 | subject to be taught. | ||||||
26 | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English |
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1 | language. | ||||||
2 | A holder of a visiting international educator | ||||||
3 | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | ||||||
4 | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | ||||||
5 | programs in the language that was the medium of | ||||||
6 | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | ||||||
7 | provided that he or she passes the English Language | ||||||
8 | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | ||||||
9 | skills in English identified by the State Board of | ||||||
10 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
11 | Preparation and Licensure Board. | ||||||
12 | A visiting international educator endorsement on | ||||||
13 | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5 | ||||||
14 | years and shall not be renewed. | ||||||
15 | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | ||||||
16 | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | ||||||
17 | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | ||||||
18 | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | ||||||
19 | (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | ||||||
20 | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | ||||||
21 | institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a | ||||||
22 | paraprofessional competency test under subsection | ||||||
23 | (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years | ||||||
24 | of age and will be using the Educator License with | ||||||
25 | Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten | ||||||
26 | through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age |
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1 | of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a | ||||||
2 | paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this | ||||||
3 | subparagraph (J). The paraprofessional educator | ||||||
4 | endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | ||||||
5 | following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and | ||||||
6 | may be renewed through application and payment of the | ||||||
7 | appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of | ||||||
8 | this Code. An individual who holds only a | ||||||
9 | paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject | ||||||
10 | to additional requirements in order to renew the | ||||||
11 | endorsement. | ||||||
12 | (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | ||||||
13 | business official endorsement on an Educator License | ||||||
14 | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | ||||||
15 | qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | ||||||
16 | years of full-time administrative experience in school | ||||||
17 | business management or 2 years of university-approved | ||||||
18 | practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | ||||||
19 | hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | ||||||
20 | State Board of Education for the preparation of school | ||||||
21 | business administrators and by passage of the | ||||||
22 | applicable State tests, including an applicable | ||||||
23 | content area test. | ||||||
24 | The chief school business official endorsement may | ||||||
25 | also be affixed to the Educator License with | ||||||
26 | Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a |
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1 | master's degree in business administration, finance, | ||||||
2 | accounting, or public administration and who completes | ||||||
3 | an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | ||||||
4 | business management from a regionally accredited | ||||||
5 | institution of higher education and passes the | ||||||
6 | applicable State tests, including an applicable | ||||||
7 | content area test. This endorsement shall be required | ||||||
8 | for any individual employed as a chief school business | ||||||
9 | official. | ||||||
10 | The chief school business official endorsement on | ||||||
11 | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | ||||||
12 | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | ||||||
13 | endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the | ||||||
14 | license holder completes renewal requirements as | ||||||
15 | required for individuals who hold a Professional | ||||||
16 | Educator License endorsed for chief school business | ||||||
17 | official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | ||||||
18 | rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | ||||||
19 | Education. | ||||||
20 | The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules | ||||||
21 | necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | ||||||
22 | (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | ||||||
23 | in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | ||||||
24 | with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | ||||||
25 | completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation | ||||||
26 | program at an Illinois institution of higher education |
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1 | and who has not successfully completed an | ||||||
2 | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | ||||||
3 | who meets all of the following requirements: | ||||||
4 | (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | ||||||
5 | (ii) Has completed an approved educator | ||||||
6 | preparation program at an Illinois institution. | ||||||
7 | (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | ||||||
8 | test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
9 | (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | ||||||
10 | assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | ||||||
11 | minimum score on that assessment, as established | ||||||
12 | by the State Board of Education in consultation | ||||||
13 | with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
14 | Board. | ||||||
15 | A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | ||||||
16 | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | ||||||
17 | full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | ||||||
18 | be renewed. | ||||||
19 | (M) (Blank). | ||||||
20 | (N) Specialized services. A specialized services | ||||||
21 | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | ||||||
22 | may be issued as defined and specified by rule. | ||||||
23 | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | ||||||
24 | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | ||||||
25 | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | ||||||
26 | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching |
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1 | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | ||||||
2 | a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's | ||||||
3 | degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution | ||||||
4 | of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved | ||||||
5 | educator preparation program in this State and have earned | ||||||
6 | at least 90 credit hours. | ||||||
7 | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | ||||||
8 | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | ||||||
9 | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | ||||||
10 | has had his or her Professional Educator License or | ||||||
11 | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, | ||||||
12 | then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | ||||||
13 | Substitute Teaching License. | ||||||
14 | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | ||||||
15 | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | ||||||
16 | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | ||||||
17 | contract because of an emergency situation, then a | ||||||
18 | district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer | ||||||
19 | than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the | ||||||
20 | district if the district notifies the appropriate regional | ||||||
21 | office of education within 5 business days after the | ||||||
22 | employment of the substitute teacher in the emergency | ||||||
23 | situation. An emergency situation is one in which an | ||||||
24 | unforeseen vacancy has occurred and (i) a teacher is | ||||||
25 | unable to fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) | ||||||
26 | teacher capacity needs of the district exceed previous |
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1 | indications, and the district is actively engaged in | ||||||
2 | advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the | ||||||
3 | vacant position. | ||||||
4 | There is no limit on the number of days that a | ||||||
5 | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | ||||||
6 | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | ||||||
7 | than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year | ||||||
8 | through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school | ||||||
9 | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | ||||||
10 | same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a | ||||||
11 | Professional Educator License or Educator License with | ||||||
12 | Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days | ||||||
13 | for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same | ||||||
14 | school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on the | ||||||
15 | number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not | ||||||
16 | apply to any school district operating under Article 34 of | ||||||
17 | this Code. | ||||||
18 | A school district may not require an individual who | ||||||
19 | holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator | ||||||
20 | License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | ||||||
21 | Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | ||||||
22 | (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | ||||||
23 | on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2028 2023 , applicants | ||||||
24 | may apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of | ||||||
25 | may issue a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. A | ||||||
26 | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License may be issued to a |
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1 | qualified applicant for substitute teaching in all grades | ||||||
2 | of the public schools, prekindergarten through grade 12. | ||||||
3 | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not eligible | ||||||
4 | for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term Substitute | ||||||
5 | Teaching License must hold an associate's degree or have | ||||||
6 | completed at least 60 credit hours from a regionally | ||||||
7 | accredited institution of higher education. | ||||||
8 | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for | ||||||
9 | substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an | ||||||
10 | individual has had his or her Professional Educator | ||||||
11 | License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or | ||||||
12 | revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | ||||||
13 | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | ||||||
14 | The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this | ||||||
15 | Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. | ||||||
16 | An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | ||||||
17 | License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per | ||||||
18 | licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | ||||||
19 | absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who | ||||||
20 | is under contract, a school district may not hire an | ||||||
21 | individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | ||||||
22 | License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due | ||||||
23 | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | ||||||
24 | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual | ||||||
25 | holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must | ||||||
26 | complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or |
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1 | 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public | ||||||
2 | school. Short-term substitute teaching licenses under this | ||||||
3 | Section are valid for 5 years. This paragraph (4) is | ||||||
4 | inoperative on and after July 1, 2023.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; | ||||||
6 | 101-594, eff. 12-5-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-711, eff. | ||||||
7 | 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22; 102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, | ||||||
8 | eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; revised 12-13-22.)
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9 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-50) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 21B-50. Alternative Educator Licensure Program. | ||||||
11 | (a) There is established an alternative educator licensure | ||||||
12 | program, to be known as the Alternative Educator Licensure | ||||||
13 | Program for Teachers. | ||||||
14 | (b) The Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | ||||||
15 | Teachers may be offered by a recognized institution approved | ||||||
16 | to offer educator preparation programs by the State Board of | ||||||
17 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | ||||||
18 | and Licensure Board. | ||||||
19 | The program shall be comprised of up to 4 phases: | ||||||
20 | (1) A course of study that at a minimum includes | ||||||
21 | instructional planning; instructional strategies, | ||||||
22 | including special education, reading, and English language | ||||||
23 | learning; classroom management; and the assessment of | ||||||
24 | students and use of data to drive instruction. | ||||||
25 | (2) A year of residency, which is a candidate's |
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1 | assignment to a full-time teaching position or as a | ||||||
2 | co-teacher for one full school year. An individual must | ||||||
3 | hold an Educator License with Stipulations with an | ||||||
4 | alternative provisional educator endorsement in order to | ||||||
5 | enter the residency and must complete additional program | ||||||
6 | requirements that address required State and national | ||||||
7 | standards, pass the State Board's teacher performance | ||||||
8 | assessment no later than the end of the first semester of | ||||||
9 | the second year of residency, as required under phase (3) | ||||||
10 | of this subsection (b), and be recommended by the | ||||||
11 | principal or qualified equivalent of a principal, as | ||||||
12 | required under subsection (d) of this Section, and the | ||||||
13 | program coordinator to be recommended for full licensure | ||||||
14 | or to continue with a the second year of the residency. | ||||||
15 | (3) If needed, a A second year of residency, which | ||||||
16 | shall include the candidate's assignment to a full-time | ||||||
17 | teaching position for one school year. The candidate must | ||||||
18 | be assigned an experienced teacher to act as a mentor and | ||||||
19 | coach the candidate through the second year of residency. | ||||||
20 | (4) A comprehensive assessment of the candidate's | ||||||
21 | teaching effectiveness, as evaluated by the principal or | ||||||
22 | qualified equivalent of a principal, as required under | ||||||
23 | subsection (d) of this Section, and the program | ||||||
24 | coordinator, at the end of either the first or the second | ||||||
25 | year of residency. If there is disagreement between the 2 | ||||||
26 | evaluators about the candidate's teaching effectiveness at |
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1 | the end of the first year of residency, a second year of | ||||||
2 | residency shall be required. If there is disagreement | ||||||
3 | between the 2 evaluators at the end of the second year of | ||||||
4 | residency , the candidate may complete one additional year | ||||||
5 | of residency teaching under a professional development | ||||||
6 | plan developed by the principal or qualified equivalent | ||||||
7 | and the preparation program. At the completion of the | ||||||
8 | third year, a candidate must have positive evaluations and | ||||||
9 | a recommendation for full licensure from both the | ||||||
10 | principal or qualified equivalent and the program | ||||||
11 | coordinator or no Professional Educator License shall be | ||||||
12 | issued. | ||||||
13 | Successful completion of the program shall be deemed to | ||||||
14 | satisfy any other practice or student teaching and content | ||||||
15 | matter requirements established by law. | ||||||
16 | (c) An alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | ||||||
17 | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for up to 2 years | ||||||
18 | of teaching in the public schools, including without | ||||||
19 | limitation a preschool educational program under Section | ||||||
20 | 2-3.71 of this Code or charter school, or in a | ||||||
21 | State-recognized nonpublic school in which the chief | ||||||
22 | administrator is required to have the licensure necessary to | ||||||
23 | be a principal in a public school in this State and in which a | ||||||
24 | majority of the teachers are required to have the licensure | ||||||
25 | necessary to be instructors in a public school in this State, | ||||||
26 | but may be renewed for a third year if needed to complete the |
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1 | Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers. The | ||||||
2 | endorsement shall be issued only once to an individual who | ||||||
3 | meets all of the following requirements: | ||||||
4 | (1) Has graduated from a regionally accredited college | ||||||
5 | or university with a bachelor's degree or higher. | ||||||
6 | (2) (Blank). | ||||||
7 | (3) Has completed a major in the content area if | ||||||
8 | seeking a middle or secondary level endorsement or, if | ||||||
9 | seeking an early childhood, elementary, or special | ||||||
10 | education endorsement, has completed a major in the | ||||||
11 | content area of reading, English/language arts, | ||||||
12 | mathematics, or one of the sciences. If the individual | ||||||
13 | does not have a major in a content area for any level of | ||||||
14 | teaching, he or she must submit transcripts to the State | ||||||
15 | Board of Education to be reviewed for equivalency. | ||||||
16 | (4) Has successfully completed phase (1) of subsection | ||||||
17 | (b) of this Section. | ||||||
18 | (5) Has passed a content area test required for the | ||||||
19 | specific endorsement for admission into the program, as | ||||||
20 | required under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | ||||||
21 | A candidate possessing the alternative provisional | ||||||
22 | educator endorsement may receive a salary, benefits, and any | ||||||
23 | other terms of employment offered to teachers in the school | ||||||
24 | who are members of an exclusive bargaining representative, if | ||||||
25 | any, but a school is not required to provide these benefits | ||||||
26 | during the years of residency if the candidate is serving only |
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1 | as a co-teacher. If the candidate is serving as the teacher of | ||||||
2 | record, the candidate must receive a salary, benefits, and any | ||||||
3 | other terms of employment. Residency experiences must not be | ||||||
4 | counted towards tenure. | ||||||
5 | (d) The recognized institution offering the Alternative | ||||||
6 | Educator Licensure Program for Teachers must partner with a | ||||||
7 | school district, including without limitation a preschool | ||||||
8 | educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this Code or | ||||||
9 | charter school, or a State-recognized, nonpublic school in | ||||||
10 | this State in which the chief administrator is required to | ||||||
11 | have the licensure necessary to be a principal in a public | ||||||
12 | school in this State and in which a majority of the teachers | ||||||
13 | are required to have the licensure necessary to be instructors | ||||||
14 | in a public school in this State. A recognized institution | ||||||
15 | that partners with a public school district administering a | ||||||
16 | preschool educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this | ||||||
17 | Code must require a principal to recommend or evaluate | ||||||
18 | candidates in the program. A recognized institution that | ||||||
19 | partners with an eligible entity administering a preschool | ||||||
20 | educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this Code and that | ||||||
21 | is not a public school district must require a principal or | ||||||
22 | qualified equivalent of a principal to recommend or evaluate | ||||||
23 | candidates in the program. The program presented for approval | ||||||
24 | by the State Board of Education must demonstrate the supports | ||||||
25 | that are to be provided to assist the provisional teacher | ||||||
26 | during the 1-year or 2-year residency period and if the |
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1 | residency period is to be less than 2 years in length, | ||||||
2 | assurances from the partner school districts to provide | ||||||
3 | intensive mentoring and supports through at least the end of | ||||||
4 | the second full year of teaching for educators who completed | ||||||
5 | the Alternative Educators Licensure Program in less than 2 | ||||||
6 | years . These supports must , at a minimum, provide additional | ||||||
7 | contact hours with mentors during the first year of residency. | ||||||
8 | (e) Upon completion of the 4 phases under paragraphs (1), | ||||||
9 | (2), (4), and, if needed, (3) outlined in subsection (b) of | ||||||
10 | this Section and all assessments required under Section 21B-30 | ||||||
11 | of this Code, an individual shall receive a Professional | ||||||
12 | Educator License. | ||||||
13 | (f) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
14 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | ||||||
15 | rules as may be necessary to establish and implement the | ||||||
16 | Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-822, eff. 1-1-19; | ||||||
18 | 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; 101-570, eff. 8-23-19; 101-643, eff. | ||||||
19 | 6-18-20; 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.
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