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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2605 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. With regard to the speech-language pathologist provision, provides that notwithstanding the requirements of the provision, a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement for non-teaching speech-language pathologist shall be issued to a speech-language pathologist who (i) holds a regular license as a speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act and (ii) holds a current Certificate of Clinical Competence in
speech-language pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
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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 Section |
| 5 | | 14-1.09b as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09b)
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| 7 | | Sec. 14-1.09b. Speech-language pathologist.
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| 8 | | (a) For purposes of supervision of a speech-language |
| 9 | | pathology assistant,
"speech-language pathologist" means a |
| 10 | | person who has received a license
pursuant to the Illinois |
| 11 | | Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act
to engage |
| 12 | | in the practice of speech-language pathology.
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| 13 | | (b) The School Service Personnel Certificate with a |
| 14 | | speech-language
endorsement shall be issued under Section |
| 15 | | 21-25 of this Code to a
speech-language pathologist who meets |
| 16 | | all of the following requirements:
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| 17 | | (1) (A) Holds a regular license as a speech-language |
| 18 | | pathologist
pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language |
| 19 | | Pathology and Audiology Practice Act,
(B) holds a current |
| 20 | | Certificate of Clinical Competence in
speech-language |
| 21 | | pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing |
| 22 | | Association
and a regular license in speech-language |
| 23 | | pathology from another state or
territory or the District |
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| 1 | | of Columbia and has applied for a regular license as
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| 2 | | speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois |
| 3 | | Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, or |
| 4 | | (C) holds or has applied for a temporary license pursuant |
| 5 | | to
Section 8.1 of the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology |
| 6 | | and Audiology Practice Act.
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| 7 | | (2) Holds a master's or doctoral degree with a major |
| 8 | | emphasis in
speech-language pathology from an institution |
| 9 | | whose course of study was
approved or program was |
| 10 | | accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in
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| 11 | | Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American |
| 12 | | Speech-Language-Hearing
Association or its predecessor.
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| 13 | | (3) Either (i) has completed a program of study that
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| 14 | | meets the content area standards for
speech-language |
| 15 | | pathologists approved by the State Board of Education, in
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| 16 | | consultation with the State Teachers Certification Board, |
| 17 | | (ii) has completed a program in another state, territory, |
| 18 | | or possession of the United States that is comparable to an |
| 19 | | approved program of study described in item (i), or (iii) |
| 20 | | holds a certificate issued by another state, territory, or |
| 21 | | possession of the United States that is comparable to the |
| 22 | | school service personnel certificate with a |
| 23 | | speech-language endorsement. If the requirements described |
| 24 | | in items (i), (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph (3) have not |
| 25 | | been met, a person must provide evidence that he or she has |
| 26 | | completed at least 150 clock hours of supervised experience |
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| 1 | | in speech-language pathology with students with |
| 2 | | disabilities in a school setting, including experience |
| 3 | | required by federal law or federal court order; however, a |
| 4 | | person who lacks such experience may obtain interim |
| 5 | | certification as established by the Illinois State Board of |
| 6 | | Education, in consultation with the State Teacher |
| 7 | | Certification Board, and shall participate in school-based |
| 8 | | professional experience of at least 150 clock hours to meet |
| 9 | | this requirement.
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| 10 | | (4) Has successfully completed the required Illinois |
| 11 | | certification tests.
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| 12 | | (5) Has paid the application fee required for |
| 13 | | certification.
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| 14 | | The provisions of this subsection (b) do not preclude the |
| 15 | | issuance of a
teaching certificate to a speech-language |
| 16 | | pathologist who qualifies for such a
certificate. |
| 17 | | (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a Professional |
| 18 | | Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement |
| 19 | | for non-teaching speech-language pathologist shall be issued |
| 20 | | under Section 21B-25 to a speech-language pathologist who (i) |
| 21 | | holds a regular license as a speech-language pathologist |
| 22 | | pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and |
| 23 | | Audiology Practice Act and (ii) holds a current Certificate of |
| 24 | | Clinical Competence in
speech-language pathology from the |
| 25 | | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
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| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 92-510, eff. 6-1-02; 93-112, eff. 1-1-04; |