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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
521B-20, 24-11, and 24A-7 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/21B-20)
7    Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of
8Education shall implement a system of educator licensure,
9whereby individuals employed in school districts who are
10required to be licensed must have one of the following
11licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an
12educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute
13teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2028, a short-term
14substitute teaching license. References in law regarding
15individuals certified or certificated or required to be
16certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall
17also include individuals licensed or required to be licensed
18under this Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June
1930 following one full year of the license being issued.
20    The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
21State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such
22rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for
23licenses and endorsements under this Section.

 

 

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1        (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i)
2    have successfully completed an approved educator
3    preparation program and are recommended for licensure by
4    the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation
5    program, (ii) have successfully completed the required
6    testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have
7    successfully completed coursework on the psychology of,
8    the identification of, and the methods of instruction for
9    the exceptional child, including, without limitation,
10    children with learning disabilities, (iv) have
11    successfully completed coursework in methods of reading
12    and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other
13    criteria established by rule of the State Board of
14    Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License.
15    All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30
16    immediately following 5 years of the license being issued.
17    The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with
18    specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is
19    eligible to practice. For an early childhood education
20    endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student
21    teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher
22    preparation program through placement in a setting with
23    children from birth through grade 2, and the individual
24    may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The
25    student teaching experience must meet the requirements of
26    and be approved by the individual's early childhood

 

 

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1    teacher preparation program.
2        Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the
3    Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements
4    shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework
5    in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable
6    content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule.
7        (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator
8    License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement
9    that limits the license holder to one particular position
10    or does not require completion of an approved educator
11    program or both.
12        An individual with an Educator License with
13    Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or
14    any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher
15    who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason.
16        An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued
17    with the following endorsements:
18            (A) (Blank).
19            (B) Alternative provisional educator. An
20        alternative provisional educator endorsement on an
21        Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an
22        applicant who, at the time of applying for the
23        endorsement, has done all of the following:
24                (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited
25            college or university with a minimum of a
26            bachelor's degree.

 

 

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1                (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of
2            the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for
3            Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this
4            Code.
5                (iii) Passed a content area test, as required
6            under Section 21B-30 of this Code.
7        The alternative provisional educator endorsement is
8    valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a
9    third year by an individual meeting the requirements set
10    forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code.
11            (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An
12        alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on
13        an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the
14        holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant
15        superintendent in a school district's central office.
16        This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant
17        who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has
18        done all of the following:
19                (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited
20            college or university with a minimum of a master's
21            degree in a management field other than education.
22                (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5
23            years in a management level position in a field
24            other than education.
25                (iii) Successfully completed the first phase
26            of an alternative route to superintendent

 

 

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1            endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55
2            of this Code.
3                (iv) Passed a content area test required under
4            Section 21B-30 of this Code.
5            The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in
6        order to complete one full year of serving as a
7        superintendent or assistant superintendent.
8            (D) (Blank).
9            (E) Career and technical educator. A career and
10        technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
11        with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who
12        has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a
13        regionally accredited institution of higher education
14        or an accredited trade and technical institution and
15        has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of
16        education in each area to be taught.
17            The career and technical educator endorsement on
18        an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until
19        June 30 immediately following 5 years of the
20        endorsement being issued and may be renewed.
21            An individual who holds a valid career and
22        technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
23        with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's
24        degree may substitute teach in career and technical
25        education classrooms.
26            An individual who holds a valid career and

 

 

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1        technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
2        with Stipulations is entitled to all of the rights and
3        privileges granted to a holder of a Professional
4        Educator License.
5            (F) (Blank).
6            (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A
7        transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an
8        Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for
9        the purpose of providing instruction in accordance
10        with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who
11        provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets
12        all of the following requirements:
13                (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and
14            writing ability in the language other than English
15            in which transitional bilingual education is
16            offered.
17                (ii) Has the ability to successfully
18            communicate in English.
19                (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years
20            previous to his or her applying for a transitional
21            bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and
22            comparable teaching certificate or comparable
23            authorization issued by a foreign country or holds
24            a degree from an institution of higher learning in
25            a foreign country that the State Educator
26            Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be

 

 

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1            the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a
2            regionally accredited institution of higher
3            learning in the United States.
4            A transitional bilingual educator endorsement
5        shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12,
6        is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years
7        of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be
8        renewed.
9            Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator
10        endorsement shall not be employed to replace any
11        presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be
12        replaced for any reason.
13            (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to
14        alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language
15        other than English in the public schools, an
16        individual who holds an Educator License with
17        Stipulations may also apply for a language
18        endorsement, provided that the applicant provides
19        satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the
20        following requirements:
21                (i) Holds a transitional bilingual
22            endorsement.
23                (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the
24            language for which the endorsement is to be issued
25            by passing the applicable language content test
26            required by the State Board of Education.

 

 

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1                (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from
2            a regionally accredited institution of higher
3            education or, for individuals educated in a
4            country other than the United States, holds a
5            degree from an institution of higher learning in a
6            foreign country that the State Educator
7            Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be
8            the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a
9            regionally accredited institution of higher
10            learning in the United States.
11                (iv) (Blank).
12            A language endorsement on an Educator License with
13        Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through
14        grade 12 for the same validity period as the
15        individual's transitional bilingual educator
16        endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations
17        and shall not be renewed.
18            (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting
19        international educator endorsement on an Educator
20        License with Stipulations may be issued to an
21        individual who is being recruited by a particular
22        school district that conducts formal recruitment
23        programs outside of the United States to secure the
24        services of qualified teachers and who meets all of
25        the following requirements:
26                (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a

 

 

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1            bachelor's degree issued in the United States.
2                (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the
3            grade level for which he or she will be employed.
4                (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the
5            subject to be taught.
6                (iv) Has an adequate command of the English
7            language.
8            A holder of a visiting international educator
9        endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations
10        shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education
11        programs in the language that was the medium of
12        instruction in his or her teacher preparation program,
13        provided that he or she passes the English Language
14        Proficiency Examination or another test of writing
15        skills in English identified by the State Board of
16        Education, in consultation with the State Educator
17        Preparation and Licensure Board.
18            A visiting international educator endorsement on
19        an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5
20        years and shall not be renewed.
21            (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional
22        educator endorsement on an Educator License with
23        Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a
24        high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and
25        (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60
26        semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited

 

 

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1        institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a
2        paraprofessional competency test under subsection
3        (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years
4        of age and will be using the Educator License with
5        Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten
6        through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age
7        of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a
8        paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this
9        subparagraph (J). The paraprofessional educator
10        endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately
11        following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and
12        may be renewed through application and payment of the
13        appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of
14        this Code. An individual who holds only a
15        paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject
16        to additional requirements in order to renew the
17        endorsement.
18            (K) Chief school business official. A chief school
19        business official endorsement on an Educator License
20        with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who
21        qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2
22        years of full-time administrative experience in school
23        business management or 2 years of university-approved
24        practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester
25        hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the
26        State Board of Education for the preparation of school

 

 

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1        business administrators and by passage of the
2        applicable State tests, including an applicable
3        content area test.
4            The chief school business official endorsement may
5        also be affixed to the Educator License with
6        Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a
7        master's degree in business administration, finance,
8        accounting, or public administration and who completes
9        an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school
10        business management from a regionally accredited
11        institution of higher education and passes the
12        applicable State tests, including an applicable
13        content area test. This endorsement shall be required
14        for any individual employed as a chief school business
15        official.
16            The chief school business official 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 if the
20        license holder completes renewal requirements as
21        required for individuals who hold a Professional
22        Educator License endorsed for chief school business
23        official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such
24        rules as may be adopted by the State Board of
25        Education.
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1        necessary to implement Public Act 100-288.
2            (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional
3        in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License
4        with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has
5        completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation
6        program at an Illinois institution of higher education
7        and who has not successfully completed an
8        evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but
9        who meets all of the following requirements:
10                (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree.
11                (ii) Has completed an approved educator
12            preparation program at an Illinois institution.
13                (iii) Has passed an applicable content area
14            test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code.
15                (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based
16            assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a
17            minimum score on that assessment, as established
18            by the State Board of Education in consultation
19            with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
20            Board.
21            A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an
22        Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one
23        full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not
24        be renewed.
25            (M) (Blank).
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1        endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations
2        may be issued as defined and specified by rule.
3            (O) Provisional career and technical educator. A
4        provisional career and technical educator endorsement
5        on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued
6        to an applicant who has a minimum of 8,000 hours of
7        work experience in the skill for which the applicant
8        is seeking the endorsement. Each employing school
9        board and regional office of education shall provide
10        verification, in writing, to the State Superintendent
11        of Education at the time the application is submitted
12        that no qualified teacher holding a Professional
13        Educator License or an Educator License with
14        Stipulations with a career and technical educator
15        endorsement is available to teach and that actual
16        circumstances require such issuance.
17            A provisional career and technical educator
18        endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations
19        is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years
20        of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed.
21            An individual who holds a provisional career and
22        technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
23        with Stipulations may teach as a substitute teacher in
24        career and technical education classrooms.
25            An individual who holds a provisional career and
26        technical educator endorsement on an Educator License

 

 

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1        with Stipulations is entitled to all of the rights and
2        privileges granted to a holder of a Professional
3        Educator License.
4        (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching
5    License may be issued to qualified applicants for
6    substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools,
7    prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching
8    Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for
9    a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's
10    degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution
11    of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved
12    educator preparation program in this State and have earned
13    at least 90 credit hours.
14        Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years.
15        Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute
16    teaching in every county of this State. If an individual
17    has had his or her Professional Educator License or
18    Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked,
19    then that individual is not eligible to obtain a
20    Substitute Teaching License.
21        A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a
22    licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing
23    board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under
24    contract because of an emergency situation, then a
25    district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer
26    than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the

 

 

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1    district if the district notifies the appropriate regional
2    office of education within 5 business days after the
3    employment of the substitute teacher in that vacant
4    position. A district may continue to employ that same
5    substitute teacher in that same vacant position for 90
6    calendar days or until the end of the semester, whichever
7    is greater, if, prior to the expiration of the
8    30-calendar-day period then current, the district files a
9    written request with the appropriate regional office of
10    education for a 30-calendar-day extension on the basis
11    that the position remains vacant and the district
12    continues to actively seek qualified candidates and
13    provides documentation that it has provided training
14    specific to the position, including training on meeting
15    the needs of students with disabilities and English
16    learners if applicable. Each extension request shall be
17    granted in writing by the regional office of education. An
18    emergency situation is one in which an unforeseen vacancy
19    has occurred and (i) a teacher is unexpectedly unable to
20    fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) teacher
21    capacity needs of the district exceed previous indications
22    or vacancies are unfilled due to a lack of qualified
23    candidates, and the district is actively engaged in
24    advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the
25    vacant position.
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1    substitute teacher may teach in a single school district,
2    provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer
3    than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year
4    through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school
5    days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the
6    same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a
7    Professional Educator License or Educator License with
8    Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days
9    for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same
10    school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on the
11    number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not
12    apply to any school district operating under Article 34 of
13    this Code.
14        A school district may not require an individual who
15    holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator
16    License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute
17    Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher.
18        (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning
19    on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2028, applicants may
20    apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of a
21    Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. A Short-Term
22    Substitute Teaching License may be issued to a qualified
23    applicant for substitute teaching in all grades of the
24    public schools, prekindergarten through grade 12.
25    Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not eligible
26    for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term Substitute

 

 

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1    Teaching License must hold an associate's degree or have
2    completed at least 60 credit hours from a regionally
3    accredited institution of higher education.
4        Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for
5    substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an
6    individual has had his or her Professional Educator
7    License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or
8    revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a
9    Short-Term Substitute Teaching License.
10        The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this
11    Code apply to short-term substitute teachers.
12        An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching
13    License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per
14    licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher
15    absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who
16    is under contract, a school district may not hire an
17    individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching
18    License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due
19    to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
20    Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual
21    holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must
22    complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or
23    34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public
24    school. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses under this
25    Section are valid for 5 years.
26(Source: P.A. 102-711, eff. 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22;

 

 

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1102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff.
25-20-22; 103-111, eff. 6-29-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23;
3103-193, eff. 1-1-24; 103-564, eff. 11-17-23.)
 
4    (105 ILCS 5/24-11)  (from Ch. 122, par. 24-11)
5    Sec. 24-11. Boards of Education - Boards of School
6Inspectors - Contractual continued service.
7    (a) As used in this and the succeeding Sections of this
8Article:
9    "Teacher" means any or all school district employees
10regularly required to be licensed under laws relating to the
11licensure of teachers.
12    "Board" means board of directors, board of education, or
13board of school inspectors, as the case may be.
14    "School term" means that portion of the school year, July
151 to the following June 30, when school is in actual session.
16    "Program" means a program of a special education joint
17agreement.
18    "Program of a special education joint agreement" means
19instructional, consultative, supervisory, administrative,
20diagnostic, and related services that are managed by a special
21educational joint agreement designed to service 2 or more
22school districts that are members of the joint agreement.
23    "PERA implementation date" means the implementation date
24of an evaluation system for teachers as specified by Section
2524A-2.5 of this Code for all schools within a school district

 

 

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1or all programs of a special education joint agreement.
2    (b) This Section and Sections 24-12 through 24-16 of this
3Article apply only to school districts having less than
4500,000 inhabitants.
5    (c) Any teacher who is first employed as a full-time
6teacher in a school district or program prior to the PERA
7implementation date and who is employed in that district or
8program for a probationary period of 4 consecutive school
9terms shall enter upon contractual continued service in the
10district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally
11qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice
12of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by
13the employing board at least 45 days before the end of any
14school term within such period.
15    (d) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time
16teacher in a school district or program on or after the PERA
17implementation date but before July 1, 2023, the probationary
18period shall be one of the following periods, based upon the
19teacher's school terms of service and performance, before the
20teacher shall enter upon contractual continued service in the
21district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally
22qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice
23of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by
24the employing board on or before April 15:
25        (1) 4 consecutive school terms of service in which the
26    teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator

 

 

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1    License with Stipulations with a career and technical
2    educator endorsement, or an Educator License with
3    Stipulations with a provisional career and technical
4    educator endorsement and receives overall annual
5    evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" in the last
6    school term and at least "Proficient" in either the second
7    or third school terms;
8        (2) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the
9    teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator
10    License with Stipulations with a career and technical
11    educator endorsement, or an Educator License with
12    Stipulations with a provisional career and technical
13    educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual
14    evaluations of "Excellent"; or
15        (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the
16    teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator
17    License with Stipulations with a career and technical
18    educator endorsement, or an Educator License with
19    Stipulations with a provisional career and technical
20    educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual
21    evaluations of "Excellent" service, but only if the
22    teacher (i) previously attained contractual continued
23    service in a different school district or program in this
24    State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was honorably
25    dismissed from that school district or program in the
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1    school term of service applicable to the attainment of
2    contractual continued service under this subdivision (3),
3    and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent overall
4    annual or biennial evaluations from the prior school
5    district or program, ratings of at least "Proficient",
6    with both such ratings occurring after the school
7    district's or program's PERA implementation date. For a
8    teacher to attain contractual continued service under this
9    subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide official copies
10    of his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial
11    evaluations from the prior school district or program to
12    the new school district or program within 60 days from the
13    teacher's first day of service with the new school
14    district or program. The prior school district or program
15    must provide the teacher with official copies of his or
16    her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial evaluations
17    within 14 days after the teacher's request. If a teacher
18    has requested such official copies prior to 45 days after
19    the teacher's first day of service with the new school
20    district or program and the teacher's prior school
21    district or program fails to provide the teacher with the
22    official copies required under this subdivision (3), then
23    the time period for the teacher to submit the official
24    copies to his or her new school district or program must be
25    extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from
26    the prior school district or program. If the prior school

 

 

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1    district or program fails to provide the teacher with the
2    official copies required under this subdivision (3) within
3    90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the
4    new school district or program, then the new school
5    district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own
6    copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this
7    subdivision (3).
8    If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations
9of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility
10to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in
11subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d), the teacher
12shall be eligible for contractual continued service pursuant
13to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d). If, at the
14conclusion of 4 consecutive school terms of service that count
15toward attainment of contractual continued service, the
16teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for
17contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this
18subsection (d), then the teacher shall not enter upon
19contractual continued service and shall be dismissed. If a
20performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term
21when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section
2224A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation
23rating for such school term for purposes of determining the
24attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed
25"Proficient", except that, during any time in which the
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1emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency
2Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not
3apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual
4continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her
5most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor
6has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency
7pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management
8Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive
9bargaining representative have completed the performance
10rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate
11performance rating, any teacher who has entered into
12contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation
13was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is
14not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted
15shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed
16"Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining
17representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance
18rating for teachers not in contractual continued service
19during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster
20due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
21Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the
22agreement is in writing.
23    (d-5) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time
24teacher in a school district or program on or after July 1,
252023, the probationary period shall be one of the following
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1performance, before the teacher shall enter upon contractual
2continued service in the district or in all of the programs
3that the teacher is legally qualified to hold, unless the
4teacher is given written notice of dismissal by certified
5mail, return receipt requested, by the employing board on or
6before April 15:
7        (1) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the
8    teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator
9    License with Stipulations with a career and technical
10    educator endorsement, or an Educator License with
11    Stipulations with a provisional career and technical
12    educator endorsement and receives overall annual
13    evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" in the second
14    and third school terms;
15        (2) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the
16    teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator
17    License with Stipulations with a career and technical
18    educator endorsement, or an Educator License with
19    Stipulations with a provisional career and technical
20    educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual
21    evaluations of "Excellent"; or
22        (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the
23    teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator
24    License with Stipulations with a career and technical
25    educator endorsement, or an Educator License with
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1    educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual
2    evaluations of "Excellent" service, but only if the
3    teacher (i) previously attained contractual continued
4    service in a different school district or program in this
5    State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was honorably
6    dismissed from that school district or program in the
7    school term immediately prior to the teacher's first
8    school term of service applicable to the attainment of
9    contractual continued service under this subdivision (3),
10    and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent overall
11    annual or biennial evaluations from the prior school
12    district or program, ratings of at least "Proficient",
13    with both such ratings occurring after the school
14    district's or program's PERA implementation date. For a
15    teacher to attain contractual continued service under this
16    subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide official copies
17    of his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial
18    evaluations from the prior school district or program to
19    the new school district or program within 60 days from the
20    teacher's first day of service with the new school
21    district or program. The prior school district or program
22    must provide the teacher with official copies of his or
23    her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial evaluations
24    within 14 days after the teacher's request. If a teacher
25    has requested such official copies prior to 45 days after
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1    district or program and the teacher's prior school
2    district or program fails to provide the teacher with the
3    official copies required under this subdivision (3), then
4    the time period for the teacher to submit the official
5    copies to his or her new school district or program must be
6    extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from
7    the prior school district or program. If the prior school
8    district or program fails to provide the teacher with the
9    official copies required under this subdivision (3) within
10    90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the
11    new school district or program, then the new school
12    district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own
13    copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this
14    subdivision (3).
15    If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations
16of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility
17to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in
18subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d-5) (d), the
19teacher shall be eligible for contractual continued service
20pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d-5) (d). If,
21at the conclusion of 3 consecutive school terms of service
22that count toward attainment of contractual continued service,
23the teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for
24contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this
25subsection (d-5) (d), then the teacher shall not enter upon
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1performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term
2when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section
324A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation
4rating for such school term for purposes of determining the
5attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed
6"Proficient", except that, during any time in which the
7Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health
8emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency
9Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not
10apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual
11continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her
12most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor
13has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency
14pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management
15Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive
16bargaining representative have completed the performance
17rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate
18performance rating, any teacher who has entered into
19contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation
20was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is
21not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted
22shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed
23"Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining
24representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance
25rating for teachers not in contractual continued service
26during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster

 

 

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1due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
2Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the
3agreement is in writing.
4    (e) For the purposes of determining contractual continued
5service, a school term shall be counted only toward attainment
6of contractual continued service if the teacher actually
7teaches or is otherwise present and participating in the
8district's or program's educational program for 120 days or
9more, provided that the days of leave under the federal Family
10Medical Leave Act that the teacher is required to take until
11the end of the school term shall be considered days of teaching
12or participation in the district's or program's educational
13program. A school term that is not counted toward attainment
14of contractual continued service shall not be considered a
15break in service for purposes of determining whether a teacher
16has been employed for consecutive school terms, provided that
17the teacher actually teaches or is otherwise present and
18participating in the district's or program's educational
19program in the following school term.
20    (f) If the employing board determines to dismiss the
21teacher in the last year of the probationary period as
22provided in subsection (c) of this Section or subdivision (1)
23or (2) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (1) or
24(2) of subsection (d-5) of this Section, but not subdivision
25(3) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (3) of
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1dismissal provided by the employing board must contain
2specific reasons for dismissal. Any full-time teacher who does
3not receive written notice from the employing board on or
4before April 15 as provided in this Section and whose
5performance does not require dismissal after the fourth
6probationary year pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section
7or the third probationary year pursuant to subsection (d-5) of
8this Section shall be re-employed for the following school
9term.
10    (g) Contractual continued service shall continue in effect
11the terms and provisions of the contract with the teacher
12during the last school term of the probationary period,
13subject to this Act and the lawful regulations of the
14employing board. This Section and succeeding Sections do not
15modify any existing power of the board except with respect to
16the procedure of the discharge of a teacher and reductions in
17salary as hereinafter provided. Contractual continued service
18status shall not restrict the power of the board to transfer a
19teacher to a position which the teacher is qualified to fill or
20to make such salary adjustments as it deems desirable, but
21unless reductions in salary are uniform or based upon some
22reasonable classification, any teacher whose salary is reduced
23shall be entitled to a notice and a hearing as hereinafter
24provided in the case of certain dismissals or removals.
25    (h) If, by reason of any change in the boundaries of school
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1reorganization or dissolution in accordance with Section
210-22.31 of this Code, or by reason of the creation of a new
3school district, the position held by any teacher having a
4contractual continued service status is transferred from one
5board to the control of a new or different board, then the
6contractual continued service status of the teacher is not
7thereby lost, and such new or different board is subject to
8this Code with respect to the teacher in the same manner as if
9the teacher were its employee and had been its employee during
10the time the teacher was actually employed by the board from
11whose control the position was transferred.
12    (i) The employment of any teacher in a program of a special
13education joint agreement established under Section 3-15.14,
1410-22.31 or 10-22.31a shall be governed by this and succeeding
15Sections of this Article. For purposes of attaining and
16maintaining contractual continued service and computing length
17of continuing service as referred to in this Section and
18Section 24-12, employment in a special educational joint
19program shall be deemed a continuation of all previous
20licensed employment of such teacher for such joint agreement
21whether the employer of the teacher was the joint agreement,
22the regional superintendent, or one of the participating
23districts in the joint agreement.
24    (j) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a
25full-time teacher in a program of a special education joint
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1agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint
2agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of
3programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the
4notice of dismissal is provided on or before the end of the
52010-2011 school term, the teacher in contractual continued
6service is eligible for employment in the joint agreement
7programs for which the teacher is legally qualified in order
8of greater length of continuing service in the joint
9agreement, unless an alternative method of determining the
10sequence of dismissal is established in a collective
11bargaining agreement. For any teacher employed after July 1,
121987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a special education
13joint agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint
14agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint
15agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of
16programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the
17notice of dismissal is provided during the 2011-2012 school
18term or a subsequent school term, the teacher shall be
19included on the honorable dismissal lists of all joint
20agreement programs for positions for which the teacher is
21qualified and is eligible for employment in such programs in
22accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of
23this Code and the applicable honorable dismissal policies of
24the joint agreement.
25    (k) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a
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1agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint
2agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint
3agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a joint
4agreement, in which the notice to teachers of the dissolution
5is provided during the 2010-2011 school term, the teacher in
6contractual continued service who is legally qualified shall
7be assigned to any comparable position in a member district
8currently held by a teacher who has not entered upon
9contractual continued service or held by a teacher who has
10entered upon contractual continued service with a shorter
11length of contractual continued service. Any teacher employed
12after July 1, 1987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a
13special education joint agreement, whether the program is
14operated by the joint agreement or a member district on behalf
15of the joint agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a
16joint agreement in which the notice to teachers of the
17dissolution is provided during the 2011-2012 school term or a
18subsequent school term, the teacher who is qualified shall be
19included on the order of honorable dismissal lists of each
20member district and shall be assigned to any comparable
21position in any such district in accordance with subsections
22(b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of this Code and the applicable
23honorable dismissal policies of each member district.
24    (l) The governing board of the joint agreement, or the
25administrative district, if so authorized by the articles of
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1education of a school district, may carry out employment and
2termination actions including dismissals under this Section
3and Section 24-12.
4    (m) The employment of any teacher in a special education
5program authorized by Section 14-1.01 through 14-14.01, or a
6joint educational program established under Section 10-22.31a,
7shall be under this and the succeeding Sections of this
8Article, and such employment shall be deemed a continuation of
9the previous employment of such teacher in any of the
10participating districts, regardless of the participation of
11other districts in the program.
12    (n) Any teacher employed as a full-time teacher in a
13special education program prior to September 23, 1987 in which
142 or more school districts participate for a probationary
15period of 2 consecutive years shall enter upon contractual
16continued service in each of the participating districts,
17subject to this and the succeeding Sections of this Article,
18and, notwithstanding Section 24-1.5 of this Code, in the event
19of the termination of the program shall be eligible for any
20vacant position in any of such districts for which such
21teacher is qualified.
22(Source: P.A. 102-552, eff. 1-1-22; 102-854, eff. 5-13-22;
23103-500, eff. 8-4-23.)
 
24    (105 ILCS 5/24A-7)  (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7)
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1    (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to adopt
2such rules as are deemed necessary to implement and accomplish
3the purposes and provisions of this Article, including, but
4not limited to, rules:
5        (1) relating to the methods for measuring student
6    growth (including, but not limited to, limitations on the
7    age of usable data; the amount of data needed to reliably
8    and validly measure growth for the purpose of teacher and
9    principal evaluations; and whether and at what time annual
10    State assessments may be used as one of multiple measures
11    of student growth);
12        (2) defining the term "significant factor" for
13    purposes of including consideration of student growth in
14    performance ratings;
15        (3) controlling for such factors as student
16    characteristics (including, but not limited to, students
17    receiving special education and English Learner services),
18    student attendance, and student mobility so as to best
19    measure the impact that a teacher, principal, school and
20    school district has on students' academic achievement;
21        (4) establishing minimum requirements for district
22    teacher and principal evaluation instruments and
23    procedures; and
24        (5) establishing a model evaluation plan for use by
25    school districts in which student growth shall comprise
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1    Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section, such
2rules shall not preclude a school district having 500,000 or
3more inhabitants from using an annual State assessment as the
4sole measure of student growth for purposes of teacher or
5principal evaluations.
6    (b) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a
7Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, which shall be
8staffed by the State Board of Education. Members of the
9Council shall be selected by the State Superintendent and
10include, without limitation, representatives of teacher unions
11and school district management, persons with expertise in
12performance evaluation processes and systems, as well as other
13stakeholders. The Council shall meet at least quarterly and
14may also meet at the call of the chairperson of the Council,
15following August 18, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
16100-211) until December 31 June 30, 2024. The Council shall
17advise the State Board of Education on the ongoing
18implementation of performance evaluations in this State, which
19may include gathering public feedback, sharing best practices,
20consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes
21regarding evaluations, and other subjects as determined by the
22chairperson of the Council.
23    (c) On July 1, 2024, the State Superintendent of Education
24shall convene a Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee for
25the purpose of maintaining and improving the evaluator
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1Section 24A-3. The Committee shall be staffed by the State
2Board of Education. Members of the Committee shall include,
3without limitation, representatives from providers of the
4evaluator retraining and pre-qualification program in this
5State, which include teacher unions, school district
6management, including a school district organized under
7Article 34, and a statewide organization representing regional
8offices of education. Members of the Committee shall be
9nominated by the providers and appointed by the State
10Superintendent.
11    The Committee shall meet initially at the call of the
12State Superintendent and shall select one member as
13chairperson at its initial meeting. The Committee shall meet
14at least quarterly and may also meet at the call of the
15chairperson of the Committee.
16    The Committee shall advise the State Board of Education on
17the continued implementation of the evaluator training and
18pre-qualification program in this State, which may include the
19development and delivery of the program's existing and new
20administrators' academies, gathering feedback from program
21instructors and participants, sharing best practices,
22consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes
23regarding evaluator training, and other subjects as determined
24by the chairperson of the Committee.
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1identified in an agreement entered into between the board of a
2school district operating under Article 34 of this Code and
3the exclusive representative of the district's teachers in
4accordance with Section 34-85c of this Code.
5(Source: P.A. 102-252, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 15,
72024.