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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1925
Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. Roger L. Eddy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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105 ILCS 5/21-10 |
from Ch. 122, par. 21-10 |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that an individual who meets the requirements of a part-time provisional teaching certificate for vocational courses is eligible to receive a provisional vocational teacher aide certificate.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB095 08461 NHT 32039 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 21-10 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/21-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-10)
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| Sec. 21-10. Provisional certificate.
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| (A) Until July 1, 1972, the
State Teacher Certification |
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| Board may issue a provisional certificate
valid for teaching in |
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| elementary, high school or special subject fields
subject to |
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| the following conditions:
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| A provisional certificate may be issued to a person who |
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| presents
certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's |
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| degree from a
recognized institution of higher learning. The |
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| academic and
professional courses offered as a basis of the |
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| provisional certificate
shall be courses approved by the State |
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| Board of Education in
consultation with the State Teacher |
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| Certification Board.
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| A certificate earned under this plan may be renewed at the |
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| end of
each two-year period upon evidence filed with the State |
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| Teacher
Certification Board that the holder has earned 8 |
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| semester hours of
credit within the period; provided the |
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| requirements for the certificate
of the same type issued for |
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| the teaching position for which the teacher
is employed shall |
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| be met by the end of the second renewal period. A
second |
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| provisional certificate shall not be issued. The credits so
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| earned must be approved by the State Board of Education in
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| consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board and |
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| must meet
the general pattern for a similar type of certificate |
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| issued on the
basis of credit. No more than 4 semester hours |
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| shall be chosen from
elective subjects.
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| (B) After July 1, 1972, the State Teacher Certification |
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| Board may
issue a provisional certificate valid for teaching in |
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| early childhood,
elementary, high school or special subject |
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| fields, or for providing service as
school service personnel or |
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| for administering schools subject to the following
conditions: |
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| A provisional certificate may be issued to a person who meets |
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| the
requirements for a regular teaching, school service |
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| personnel or administrative
certificate in another State and |
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| who
presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's |
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| degree from a
recognized institution of higher learning. The |
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| academic and
professional courses offered as a basis of the |
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| provisional certificate
shall be courses approved by the State |
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| Board of Education in
consultation with the State Teacher |
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| Certification Board. A certificate
earned under this plan is |
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| valid for a period of 2 years and
shall not be renewed; |
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| however, the individual to whom this certificate is
issued |
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| shall have passed or shall pass the examinations
set forth by |
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| the State Board of Education within 9 months of the date of |
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| issuance
of the provisional certificate. Failure to pass the |
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| tests,
required in Section 21-1a, shall result in the |
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| cancellation of the
provisional certificate.
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| (C) The State Teacher Certification Board may also issue a
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| provisional vocational certificate and a temporary provisional
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| vocational certificate.
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| (1) The requirements for a provisional vocational |
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| certificate shall
be determined by the State Board of |
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| Education in
consultation with the State Teacher |
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| Certification Board; provided, the
following
minimum |
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| requirements are met: (a) after July 1, 1972, at least 30
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| semester hours of credit from a recognized institution of |
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| higher
learning; and (b) after July 1, 1974, at least 60 |
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| semester hours of
credit from a recognized institution of |
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| higher learning. In addition, an individual who meets the |
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| requirements of a part-time provisional teaching |
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| certificate for vocational courses is eligible to receive a |
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| provisional vocational teacher aide certificate.
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| (2) The requirements for a temporary provisional |
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| vocational
certificate shall be determined by the State |
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| Board of Education in consultation
with the State Teacher |
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| Certification Board;
provided, the following minimum |
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| requirements are met: (a) after July 1,
1973, at least |
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| 4,000 hours of work experience in the skill to be
certified |
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| for teaching; and (b) after July 1, 1975, at least 8,000 |
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| hours
of work experience in the skill to be certified for |
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| teaching. Any
certificate issued under the provisions of |
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| this paragraph shall expire
on June 30 following the date |
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| of issue. Renewals may be granted on a
yearly basis, but |
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| shall not be granted to any person who does not file
with |
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| the State Teacher Certification Board a transcript showing |
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| at least
3 semester hours of credit earned during the |
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| previous year in a
recognized institution of learning. No |
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| such certificate shall be issued
except upon certification |
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| by the employing board, subject to the
approval of the |
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| regional superintendent of schools, that no qualified
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| teacher holding a regular certificate or a provisional |
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| vocational
certificate is available and that actual |
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| circumstances and need require
such issuance.
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| The courses or work experience offered as a basis for the |
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| issuance of
the provisional vocational certificate or the |
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| temporary provisional
vocational certificate shall be approved |
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| by the State Board of Education
in consultation with the State |
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| Teacher
Certification Board.
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| (D) Until July 1, 1972, the State Teacher Certification |
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| Board may
also issue a provisional foreign language certificate |
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| valid for 4 years
for teaching the foreign language named |
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| therein in all grades of the
common schools and shall be issued |
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| to persons who have graduated from a
recognized institution of |
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| higher learning with not fewer than 120
semester hours of |
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| credit and who have met other requirements as
determined by the |
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| State Board of Education in consultation
with the State Teacher |
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| Certification Board. If the holder of a
provisional foreign |
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| language certificate is not a citizen of the United
States |
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| within 6 years of the date of issuance of the original
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| certificate, such certificate shall be suspended by the |
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| regional
superintendent of schools of the region in which the |
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| holder is engaged
to teach and shall not be reinstated until |
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| the holder is a citizen of
the United States.
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| (E) Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the contrary, |
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| the State
Teacher Certification Board shall issue part-time |
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| provisional certificates to
eligible individuals who are |
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| professionals and craftsmen.
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| The requirements for a part-time provisional teachers |
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| certificate shall be
determined by the State Board of Education |
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| in consultation with the State
Teacher Certification Board, |
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| provided the following minimum
requirements are met: 60 |
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| semester hours of credit from a recognized
institution of |
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| higher learning or 4000
hours of work experience in the skill |
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| to be certified for teaching.
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| A part-time provisional certificate may be issued for |
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| teaching no more than 2
courses of study for grades 6 through |
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| A part-time provisional teachers certificate shall be |
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| valid for 2 years and
may be renewed at the end of each 2 year |
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| period.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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