093_HB2131eng

 
HB2131 Engrossed                     LRB093 04741 NHT 04797 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to education.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 21-5 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/21-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5)
 7        Sec. 21-5.  High school certificate.
 8        (a)  A high school certificate shall be valid for 4 years
 9    for  teaching  in  grades  6  to  12  inclusive of the common
10    schools. Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall
11    be issued to persons who have  graduated  from  a  recognized
12    institution  of  higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
13    with not fewer than 120 semester hours including 16  semester
14    hours  in  professional  education,  5  of  which shall be in
15    student teaching under competent and  close  supervision  and
16    with  one  or more teaching fields.  These Such persons shall
17    be  recommended  for  the  high  school  certificate   by   a
18    recognized   institution  as  having  completed  an  approved
19    program  of  preparation  which  includes  the  academic  and
20    professional courses approved by the State Superintendent  of
21    Education    in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
22    Certification Board.
23        (b)  Beginning February 15, 2000,  Initial  and  Standard
24    Secondary  Certificates  shall  be issued to persons who meet
25    all of  the  criteria  established  by  the  State  Board  of
26    Education for secondary education.
27    (Source:  P.A.  90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-811, eff. 1-26-99;
28    91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)