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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 | 21-25 and 21B-25 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/21-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-25)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2013) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 21-25. School service personnel certificate.
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9 | (a) For purposes of this Section, "school service | ||||||
10 | personnel" means persons employed and performing appropriate | ||||||
11 | services in an Illinois public or State-operated elementary | ||||||
12 | school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement | ||||||
13 | with a governing body or board of control or a charter school | ||||||
14 | operating in compliance with the Charter Schools Law in a | ||||||
15 | position requiring a school service personnel certificate. | ||||||
16 | Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, a school | ||||||
17 | service
personnel certificate shall be issued to those | ||||||
18 | applicants of good
character, good health, a citizen of the | ||||||
19 | United States and at least 19
years of age who have a | ||||||
20 | Bachelor's degree with not fewer than 120
semester hours from a | ||||||
21 | regionally accredited institution of higher learning and
who | ||||||
22 | meets the requirements established by the State Superintendent | ||||||
23 | of
Education in consultation with the State Teacher |
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1 | Certification Board. A
school service personnel certificate | ||||||
2 | with a school nurse endorsement may be
issued to a person who | ||||||
3 | holds a bachelor of science degree from an institution
of | ||||||
4 | higher learning accredited by the North Central Association or | ||||||
5 | other
comparable regional accrediting association.
Persons | ||||||
6 | seeking any other endorsement on the school service personnel
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7 | certificate shall be recommended for the endorsement by a | ||||||
8 | recognized teacher
education institution as having completed a | ||||||
9 | program of preparation approved by
the State Superintendent of | ||||||
10 | Education in consultation with the State Teacher
Certification | ||||||
11 | Board.
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12 | (b) Until August 30, 2002, a school service personnel | ||||||
13 | certificate endorsed
for school social work may be issued to a | ||||||
14 | student who has completed a school
social work program that has | ||||||
15 | not been approved by the State Superintendent of
Education, | ||||||
16 | provided that each of the following conditions is met:
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17 | (1) The program was offered by a recognized, public | ||||||
18 | teacher education
institution that first enrolled students | ||||||
19 | in its master's degree program in
social work in 1998;
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20 | (2) The student applying for the school service | ||||||
21 | personnel certificate was
enrolled in the institution's | ||||||
22 | master's degree program in social work on or
after May 11, | ||||||
23 | 1998;
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24 | (3) The State Superintendent verifies that the student | ||||||
25 | has completed
coursework that is substantially similar to | ||||||
26 | that required in approved school
social work programs, |
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1 | including (i) not fewer than 600 clock hours of a
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2 | supervised internship in a school setting or (ii) if the | ||||||
3 | student has completed
part of a supervised internship in a | ||||||
4 | school setting prior to the effective date
of this | ||||||
5 | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly and receives | ||||||
6 | the prior
approval of the State Superintendent, not fewer | ||||||
7 | than 300 additional clock hours
of supervised work in a | ||||||
8 | public school setting under the supervision of a
certified | ||||||
9 | school social worker who certifies that the supervised work | ||||||
10 | was
completed in a satisfactory manner; and
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11 | (4) The student has passed a test of basic skills and | ||||||
12 | the test of subject
matter knowledge required by Section | ||||||
13 | 21-1a.
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14 | This subsection (b) does not apply after August 29, 2002.
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15 | (c) A school service personnel certificate shall be | ||||||
16 | endorsed
with the area of Service as
determined by the State | ||||||
17 | Superintendent of Education in consultation with
the State | ||||||
18 | Teacher Certification Board.
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19 | The holder of such certificate shall be entitled to all of | ||||||
20 | the rights
and privileges granted holders of a valid teaching | ||||||
21 | certificate, including
teacher benefits, compensation and | ||||||
22 | working conditions.
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23 | When the holder of such certificate has earned a master's | ||||||
24 | degree,
including 8 semester hours of graduate professional | ||||||
25 | education from a
recognized institution of higher learning, and | ||||||
26 | has at least 2 years of
successful school experience while |
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1 | holding such certificate, the
certificate may be endorsed for | ||||||
2 | supervision.
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3 | (d) Persons who have successfully achieved National Board | ||||||
4 | certification through the National Board for Professional | ||||||
5 | Teaching Standards shall be issued a Master School Service | ||||||
6 | Personnel Certificate, valid for 10 years and renewable | ||||||
7 | thereafter every 10 years through compliance with requirements | ||||||
8 | set forth by the State Board of Education, in consultation with | ||||||
9 | the State Teacher Certification Board. However, each holder of | ||||||
10 | a Master School Service Personnel Certificate shall be eligible | ||||||
11 | for a corresponding position in this State in the areas for | ||||||
12 | which he or she holds a Master Certificate without satisfying | ||||||
13 | any other requirements of this Code, except for those | ||||||
14 | requirements pertaining to criminal background checks.
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15 | (e) School service personnel certificates are renewable | ||||||
16 | every 5 years and may be renewed as provided in this Section. | ||||||
17 | Requests for renewals must be submitted, in a format prescribed | ||||||
18 | by the State Board of Education, to the regional office of | ||||||
19 | education responsible for the school where the holder is | ||||||
20 | employed. | ||||||
21 | Upon completion of at least 80 hours of continuing | ||||||
22 | professional development as provided in this subsection (e), a | ||||||
23 | person who holds a valid school service personnel certificate | ||||||
24 | shall have his or her certificate renewed for a period of 5 | ||||||
25 | years. A person who (i) holds an active license issued by the | ||||||
26 | State as a clinical professional counselor, a professional |
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1 | counselor, a marriage and family therapist, a clinical social | ||||||
2 | worker, a social worker, or a speech-language pathologist; (ii) | ||||||
3 | holds national certification as a Nationally Certified School | ||||||
4 | Psychologist from the National School Psychology Certification | ||||||
5 | Board; (iii) is nationally certified as a National Certified | ||||||
6 | School Nurse from the National Board for Certification of | ||||||
7 | School Nurses; (iv) is nationally certified as a National | ||||||
8 | Certified Counselor or National Certified School Counselor | ||||||
9 | from the National Board for Certified Counselors; or (v) holds | ||||||
10 | a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American | ||||||
11 | Speech-Language-Hearing Association
shall be deemed to have | ||||||
12 | satisfied the continuing professional development requirements | ||||||
13 | established by the State Board of Education and the State | ||||||
14 | Teacher Certification Board to renew a school service personnel | ||||||
15 | certificate. | ||||||
16 | School service personnel certificates may be renewed by the | ||||||
17 | State Teacher Certification Board based upon proof of | ||||||
18 | continuing professional development. The State Board of | ||||||
19 | Education shall (i) establish a procedure for renewing school | ||||||
20 | service personnel certificates, which shall include without | ||||||
21 | limitation annual timelines for the renewal process and the | ||||||
22 | components set forth in this Section; (ii) approve or | ||||||
23 | disapprove the providers of continuing professional | ||||||
24 | development activities; and (iii) provide, on a timely basis to | ||||||
25 | all school service personnel certificate holders, regional | ||||||
26 | superintendents of schools, school districts, and others with |
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1 | an interest in continuing professional development, | ||||||
2 | information about the standards and requirements established | ||||||
3 | pursuant to this subsection (e). | ||||||
4 | Any school service personnel certificate held by an | ||||||
5 | individual employed and performing services in an Illinois | ||||||
6 | public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school, | ||||||
7 | or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or | ||||||
8 | board of control in a certificated school service personnel | ||||||
9 | position or in a charter school in compliance with the Charter | ||||||
10 | Schools Law must be maintained Valid and Active through | ||||||
11 | certificate renewal activities specified in the certificate | ||||||
12 | renewal procedure established pursuant to this Section, | ||||||
13 | provided that a holder of a Valid and Active certificate who is | ||||||
14 | only employed on either a part-time basis or day-to-day basis | ||||||
15 | as a substitute shall pay only the required registration fee to | ||||||
16 | renew his or her certificate and maintain it as Valid and | ||||||
17 | Active. All other school service personnel certificates held | ||||||
18 | may be maintained as Valid and Exempt through the registration | ||||||
19 | process provided for in the certificate renewal procedure | ||||||
20 | established pursuant to Section 21-14 of this Code. A Valid and | ||||||
21 | Exempt certificate must be immediately activated, through | ||||||
22 | procedures developed by the State Board of Education upon the | ||||||
23 | certificate holder becoming employed and performing services | ||||||
24 | in an Illinois public or State-operated elementary school, | ||||||
25 | secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement with a | ||||||
26 | governing body or board of control in a certificated school |
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1 | service personnel position or in a charter school operating in | ||||||
2 | compliance with the Charter Schools Law. A holder of a Valid | ||||||
3 | and Exempt certificate may activate his or her certificate | ||||||
4 | through procedures provided for in the certificate renewal | ||||||
5 | procedure established pursuant to this Section. | ||||||
6 | A school service personnel certificate that has been | ||||||
7 | maintained as Valid and Active for the 5 years of the | ||||||
8 | certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid and Active | ||||||
9 | upon the certificate holder (i) completing the National Board | ||||||
10 | for Professional Teaching Standards process in an area of | ||||||
11 | concentration comparable to the holder's school service | ||||||
12 | personnel certificate of endorsement or (ii) earning 80 | ||||||
13 | continuing professional development units as described in this | ||||||
14 | Section. If, however, the certificate holder has maintained the | ||||||
15 | certificate as Valid and Exempt for a portion of the 5-year | ||||||
16 | period of validity, the number of continuing professional | ||||||
17 | development units needed to renew the certificate as Valid and | ||||||
18 | Active must be proportionately reduced by the amount of time | ||||||
19 | the certificate was Valid and Exempt. If a certificate holder | ||||||
20 | is employed and performs services requiring the holder's school | ||||||
21 | service personnel certificate on a part-time basis for all or a | ||||||
22 | portion of the certificate's 5-year period of validity, the | ||||||
23 | number of continuing professional development units needed to | ||||||
24 | renew the certificate as Valid and Active shall be reduced by | ||||||
25 | 50% for the amount of time the certificate holder has been | ||||||
26 | employed and performing such services on a part-time basis. |
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1 | "Part-time" means less than 50% of the school day or school | ||||||
2 | term. | ||||||
3 | Beginning July 1, 2008, in order to satisfy the | ||||||
4 | requirements for continuing professional development provided | ||||||
5 | for in this Section, each Valid and Active school service | ||||||
6 | personnel certificate holder shall complete professional | ||||||
7 | development activities that address the certificate or those | ||||||
8 | certificates that are required of his or her certificated | ||||||
9 | position, if the certificate holder is employed and performing | ||||||
10 | services in an Illinois public or State operated elementary | ||||||
11 | school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement | ||||||
12 | with a governing body or board of control, or that certificate | ||||||
13 | or those certificates most closely related to his or her | ||||||
14 | teaching position, if the certificate holder is employed in a | ||||||
15 | charter school. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection | ||||||
16 | (e), the certificate holder's activities must address and must | ||||||
17 | reflect the following continuing professional development | ||||||
18 | purposes: | ||||||
19 | (1) Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge
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20 | and skills consistent with the Illinois Standards for the | ||||||
21 | service area in which the certificate is endorsed in order | ||||||
22 | to keep the certificate holder current in that area. | ||||||
23 | (2) Develop the certificate holder's knowledge and | ||||||
24 | skills in areas determined by the State Board of Education | ||||||
25 | to be critical for all school service personnel. | ||||||
26 | (3) Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the |
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1 | certificate holder's local school improvement plan, if the | ||||||
2 | certificate holder is employed in an Illinois public or | ||||||
3 | State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or | ||||||
4 | cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or | ||||||
5 | board of control. | ||||||
6 | (4) Address the needs of serving students with | ||||||
7 | disabilities, including adapting and modifying clinical or | ||||||
8 | professional practices to meet the needs of students with | ||||||
9 | disabilities and serving such students in the least | ||||||
10 | restrictive environment. | ||||||
11 | (5) Address the needs of serving students who are the | ||||||
12 | children of immigrants, including, if the certificate | ||||||
13 | holder is employed as a counselor in an Illinois public or | ||||||
14 | State-operated secondary school, opportunities for higher | ||||||
15 | education for students who are undocumented immigrants. | ||||||
16 | The coursework or continuing professional development | ||||||
17 | units ("CPDU") required under this subsection (e) must total 80 | ||||||
18 | CPDUs or the equivalent and must address 4 of the 5 purposes | ||||||
19 | described in items (1) through (5) of this subsection (e). | ||||||
20 | Holders of school service personnel certificates may fulfill | ||||||
21 | this obligation with any combination of semester hours or CPDUs | ||||||
22 | as follows: | ||||||
23 | (A) Collaboration and partnership activities related | ||||||
24 | to improving the school service personnel certificate | ||||||
25 | holder's knowledge and skills, including (i) participating | ||||||
26 | on collaborative planning and professional improvement |
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1 | teams and committees; (ii) peer review and coaching; (iii) | ||||||
2 | mentoring in a formal mentoring program, including service | ||||||
3 | as a consulting teacher participating in a remediation | ||||||
4 | process formulated under Section 24A-5 of this Code; (iv) | ||||||
5 | participating in site-based management or decision-making | ||||||
6 | teams, relevant committees, boards, or task forces | ||||||
7 | directly related to school improvement plans; (v) | ||||||
8 | coordinating community resources in schools, if the | ||||||
9 | project is a specific goal of the school improvement plan; | ||||||
10 | (vi) facilitating parent education programs for a school, | ||||||
11 | school district, or regional office of education directly | ||||||
12 | related to student achievement or school improvement | ||||||
13 | plans; (vii) participating in business, school, or | ||||||
14 | community partnerships directly related to student | ||||||
15 | achievement or school improvement plans; or (viii) | ||||||
16 | supervising a student teacher (student services personnel) | ||||||
17 | or teacher education candidate in clinical supervision, | ||||||
18 | provided that the supervision may be counted only once | ||||||
19 | during the course of 5 years. | ||||||
20 | (B) Coursework from a regionally accredited | ||||||
21 | institution of higher learning related to one of the | ||||||
22 | purposes listed in items (1) through (4) of this subsection | ||||||
23 | (e), which shall apply at the rate of 15 continuing | ||||||
24 | professional development units per semester hour of credit | ||||||
25 | earned during the previous 5-year period when the status of | ||||||
26 | the holder's school service personnel certificate was |
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1 | Valid and Active. Proportionate reductions shall apply | ||||||
2 | when the holder's status was Valid and Active for less than | ||||||
3 | the 5-year period preceding the renewal. | ||||||
4 | (C) Teaching college or university courses in areas | ||||||
5 | relevant to the certificate area being renewed, provided | ||||||
6 | that the teaching may be counted only once during the | ||||||
7 | course of 5 years. | ||||||
8 | (D) Conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, or | ||||||
9 | symposiums designed to improve the certificate holder's | ||||||
10 | knowledge and skills in the service area and applicable to | ||||||
11 | the purposes listed in items (1) through (5) of this | ||||||
12 | subsection (e). One CPDU shall be awarded for each hour of | ||||||
13 | attendance. No one shall receive credit for conferences, | ||||||
14 | workshops, institutes, seminars, or symposiums that are | ||||||
15 | designed for entertainment, promotional, or commercial | ||||||
16 | purposes or that are solely inspirational or motivational. | ||||||
17 | The State Superintendent of Education and regional | ||||||
18 | superintendents of schools are authorized to review the | ||||||
19 | activities and events provided or to be provided under this | ||||||
20 | subdivision (D) and to investigate complaints regarding | ||||||
21 | those activities and events. Either the State | ||||||
22 | Superintendent of Education or a regional superintendent | ||||||
23 | of schools may recommend that the State Board of Education | ||||||
24 | disapprove those activities and events considered to be | ||||||
25 | inconsistent with this subdivision (D). | ||||||
26 | (E) Completing non-university credit directly related |
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1 | to student achievement, school improvement plans, or State | ||||||
2 | priorities. | ||||||
3 | (F) Participating in or presenting at workshops, | ||||||
4 | seminars, conferences, institutes, or symposiums. | ||||||
5 | (G) Training as external reviewers for quality | ||||||
6 | assurance. | ||||||
7 | (H) Training as reviewers of university teacher | ||||||
8 | preparation programs. | ||||||
9 | (I) Other educational experiences related to improving | ||||||
10 | the school service personnel's knowledge and skills as a | ||||||
11 | teacher, including (i) participating in action research | ||||||
12 | and inquiry projects; (ii) traveling related to one's | ||||||
13 | assignment and directly related to school service | ||||||
14 | personnel achievement or school improvement plans and | ||||||
15 | approved by the regional superintendent of schools or his | ||||||
16 | or her designee at least 30 days prior to the travel | ||||||
17 | experience, provided that the traveling shall not include | ||||||
18 | time spent commuting to destinations where the learning | ||||||
19 | experience will occur; (iii) participating in study groups | ||||||
20 | related to student achievement or school improvement | ||||||
21 | plans; (iv) serving on a statewide education-related | ||||||
22 | committee, including without limitation the State Teacher | ||||||
23 | Certification Board, State Board of Education strategic | ||||||
24 | agenda teams, or the State Advisory Council on Education of | ||||||
25 | Children with Disabilities; (v) participating in | ||||||
26 | work/learn programs or internships; or (vi) developing a |
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1 | portfolio of student and teacher work. | ||||||
2 | (J) Professional leadership experiences related to | ||||||
3 | improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher, | ||||||
4 | including (i) participating in curriculum development or | ||||||
5 | assessment activities at the school, school district, | ||||||
6 | regional office of education, State, or national level; | ||||||
7 | (ii) participating in team or department leadership in a | ||||||
8 | school or school district; (iii) participating on external | ||||||
9 | or internal school or school district review teams; (iv) | ||||||
10 | publishing educational articles, columns, or books | ||||||
11 | relevant to the certificate area being renewed; or (v) | ||||||
12 | participating in non-strike-related professional | ||||||
13 | association or labor organization service or activities | ||||||
14 | related to professional development.
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15 | (f) This Section is repealed on June 30, 2013. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 97-233, eff. 8-1-11; 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; | ||||||
17 | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
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18 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-25) | ||||||
19 | Sec. 21B-25. Endorsement on licenses. All licenses issued | ||||||
20 | under paragraph (1) of Section 21B-20 of this Code shall be | ||||||
21 | specifically endorsed by the State Board of Education for each | ||||||
22 | content area, school support area, and administrative area for | ||||||
23 | which the holder of the license is qualified. Recognized | ||||||
24 | institutions approved to offer educator preparation programs | ||||||
25 | shall be trained to add endorsements to licenses issued to |
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1 | applicants who meet all of the requirements for the endorsement | ||||||
2 | or endorsements, including passing any required tests. The | ||||||
3 | State Superintendent of Education shall randomly audit | ||||||
4 | institutions to ensure that all rules and standards are being | ||||||
5 | followed for entitlement or when endorsements are being | ||||||
6 | recommended. | ||||||
7 | (1) The State Board of Education, in consultation with | ||||||
8 | the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall | ||||||
9 | establish, by rule, the grade level and subject area | ||||||
10 | endorsements to be added to the Professional Educator | ||||||
11 | License. These rules shall outline the requirements for | ||||||
12 | obtaining each endorsement. | ||||||
13 | (2) In addition to any and all grade level and content | ||||||
14 | area endorsements developed by rule, the State Board of | ||||||
15 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
16 | Preparation and Licensure Board, shall develop the | ||||||
17 | requirements for the following endorsements: | ||||||
18 | (A) General administrative endorsement. A general | ||||||
19 | administrative endorsement shall be added to a | ||||||
20 | Professional Educator License, provided that an | ||||||
21 | approved program has been completed. An individual | ||||||
22 | holding a general administrative endorsement may work | ||||||
23 | only as a principal or assistant principal or in a | ||||||
24 | related or similar position, as determined by the State | ||||||
25 | Superintendent of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
26 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. |
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1 | Beginning on September 1, 2014, the general | ||||||
2 | administrative endorsement shall no longer be issued. | ||||||
3 | Individuals who hold a valid and registered | ||||||
4 | administrative certificate with a general | ||||||
5 | administrative endorsement issued under Section 21-7.1 | ||||||
6 | of this Code or a Professional Educator License with a | ||||||
7 | general administrative endorsement issued prior to | ||||||
8 | September 1, 2014 and who have served for at least one | ||||||
9 | full year during the 5 years prior in a position | ||||||
10 | requiring a general administrative endorsement shall, | ||||||
11 | upon request to the State Board of Education and | ||||||
12 | through July 1, 2015, have their respective general | ||||||
13 | administrative endorsement converted to a principal | ||||||
14 | endorsement on the Professional Educator License. | ||||||
15 | Candidates shall not be admitted to an approved general | ||||||
16 | administrative preparation program after September 1, | ||||||
17 | 2012. | ||||||
18 | All other individuals holding a valid and | ||||||
19 | registered administrative certificate with a general | ||||||
20 | administrative endorsement issued pursuant to Section | ||||||
21 | 21-7.1 of this Code or a general administrative | ||||||
22 | endorsement on a Professional Educator License issued | ||||||
23 | prior to September 1, 2014 shall have the general | ||||||
24 | administrative endorsement converted to a principal | ||||||
25 | endorsement on a Professional Educator License upon | ||||||
26 | request to the State Board of Education and by |
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1 | completing one of the following pathways: | ||||||
2 | (i) Passage of the State principal assessment | ||||||
3 | developed by the State Board of Education. | ||||||
4 | (ii) Through July 1, 2019, completion of an | ||||||
5 | Illinois Educators' Academy course designated by | ||||||
6 | the State Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
7 | (iii) Completion of a principal preparation | ||||||
8 | program established and approved pursuant to | ||||||
9 | Section 21B-60 of this Code and applicable rules. | ||||||
10 | Individuals who do not choose to convert the | ||||||
11 | general administrative endorsement on the | ||||||
12 | administrative certificate issued pursuant to Section | ||||||
13 | 21-7.1 of this Code or on the Professional Educator | ||||||
14 | License shall continue to be able to serve in any | ||||||
15 | position previously allowed under paragraph (2) of | ||||||
16 | subsection (e) of Section 21-7.1 of this Code. | ||||||
17 | The general administrative endorsement on the | ||||||
18 | Professional Educator License is available only to | ||||||
19 | individuals who, prior to September 1, 2014, had such | ||||||
20 | an endorsement on the administrative certificate | ||||||
21 | issued pursuant to Section 21-7.1 of this Code or who | ||||||
22 | already have a Professional Educator License and have | ||||||
23 | completed a general administrative program and who do | ||||||
24 | not choose to convert the general administrative | ||||||
25 | endorsement to a principal endorsement pursuant to the | ||||||
26 | options in this Section. |
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1 | (B) Principal endorsement. A principal endorsement | ||||||
2 | shall be affixed to a Professional Educator License of | ||||||
3 | any holder who qualifies by having all of the | ||||||
4 | following: | ||||||
5 | (i) Successful completion of a principal | ||||||
6 | preparation program approved in accordance with | ||||||
7 | Section 21B-60 of this Code and any applicable | ||||||
8 | rules. | ||||||
9 | (ii) Four years of teaching in a public school | ||||||
10 | or nonpublic school recognized by the State Board | ||||||
11 | of Education; however, the State Board of | ||||||
12 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
13 | Preparation and Licensure Board, shall allow, by | ||||||
14 | rules, for fewer than 4 years of experience based | ||||||
15 | on meeting standards set forth in such rules, | ||||||
16 | including without limitation a review of | ||||||
17 | performance evaluations or other evidence of | ||||||
18 | demonstrated qualifications. | ||||||
19 | (iii) A master's degree or higher from a | ||||||
20 | regionally accredited college or university. | ||||||
21 | (C) Chief school business official endorsement. A | ||||||
22 | chief school business official endorsement shall be | ||||||
23 | affixed to the Professional Educator License of any | ||||||
24 | holder who qualifies by having a master's degree or | ||||||
25 | higher, 2 years of full-time administrative experience | ||||||
26 | in school business management or 2 years of |
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1 | university-approved practical experience, and a | ||||||
2 | minimum of 24 semester hours of graduate credit in a | ||||||
3 | program approved by the State Board of Education for | ||||||
4 | the preparation of school business administrators and | ||||||
5 | by passage of the applicable State tests. The chief | ||||||
6 | school business official endorsement may also be | ||||||
7 | affixed to the Professional Educator License of any | ||||||
8 | holder who qualifies by having a master's degree in | ||||||
9 | business administration, finance, or accounting and | ||||||
10 | who completes an additional 6 semester hours of | ||||||
11 | internship in school business management from a | ||||||
12 | regionally accredited institution of higher education | ||||||
13 | and passes the applicable State tests. This | ||||||
14 | endorsement shall be required for any individual | ||||||
15 | employed as a chief school business official. | ||||||
16 | (D) Superintendent endorsement. A superintendent | ||||||
17 | endorsement shall be affixed to the Professional | ||||||
18 | Educator License of any holder who has completed a | ||||||
19 | program approved by the State Board of Education for | ||||||
20 | the preparation of superintendents of schools, has had | ||||||
21 | at least 2 years of experience employed as a full-time | ||||||
22 | principal, director of special education, or chief | ||||||
23 | school business official in the public schools or in a | ||||||
24 | State-recognized nonpublic school in which the chief | ||||||
25 | administrator is required to have the licensure | ||||||
26 | necessary to be a principal in a public school in this |
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1 | State and where a majority of the teachers are required | ||||||
2 | to have the licensure necessary to be instructors in a | ||||||
3 | public school in this State, and has passed the | ||||||
4 | required State tests; or of any holder who has | ||||||
5 | completed a program from out-of-state that has a | ||||||
6 | program with recognition standards comparable to those | ||||||
7 | approved by the State Superintendent of Education and | ||||||
8 | holds the general administrative, principal, or chief | ||||||
9 | school business official endorsement and who has had 2 | ||||||
10 | years of experience as a principal, director of special | ||||||
11 | education, or chief school business official while | ||||||
12 | holding a valid educator license or certificate | ||||||
13 | comparable in validity and educational and experience | ||||||
14 | requirements and has passed the appropriate State | ||||||
15 | tests, as provided in Section 21B-30 of this Code. The | ||||||
16 | superintendent endorsement shall allow individuals to | ||||||
17 | serve only as a superintendent or assistant | ||||||
18 | superintendent. | ||||||
19 | (E) Teacher leader endorsement. It shall be the | ||||||
20 | policy of this State to improve the quality of | ||||||
21 | instructional leaders by providing a career pathway | ||||||
22 | for teachers interested in serving in leadership | ||||||
23 | roles, but not as principals. The State Board of | ||||||
24 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
25 | Preparation and Licensure Board, may issue a teacher | ||||||
26 | leader endorsement under this subdivision (E). Persons |
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1 | who meet and successfully complete the requirements of | ||||||
2 | the endorsement shall be issued a teacher leader | ||||||
3 | endorsement on the Professional Educator License for | ||||||
4 | serving in schools in this State. Teacher leaders may | ||||||
5 | qualify to serve in such positions as department | ||||||
6 | chairs, coaches, mentors, curriculum and instruction | ||||||
7 | leaders, or other leadership positions as defined by | ||||||
8 | the district. The endorsement shall be available to | ||||||
9 | those teachers who (i) hold a Professional Educator | ||||||
10 | License, (ii) hold a master's degree or higher from a | ||||||
11 | regionally accredited institution, (iii) have | ||||||
12 | completed a program of study that has been approved by | ||||||
13 | the State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
14 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, and | ||||||
15 | (iv) have taken coursework in all of the following | ||||||
16 | areas: | ||||||
17 | (I) Leadership. | ||||||
18 | (II) Designing professional development to | ||||||
19 | meet teaching and learning needs. | ||||||
20 | (III) Building school culture that focuses on | ||||||
21 | student learning. | ||||||
22 | (IV) Using assessments to improve student | ||||||
23 | learning and foster school improvement. | ||||||
24 | (V) Building collaboration with teachers and | ||||||
25 | stakeholders. | ||||||
26 | A teacher who meets the requirements set forth in |
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1 | this Section and holds a teacher leader endorsement may | ||||||
2 | evaluate teachers pursuant to Section 24A-5 of this | ||||||
3 | Code, provided that the individual has completed the | ||||||
4 | evaluation component required by Section 24A-3 of this | ||||||
5 | Code and a teacher leader is allowed to evaluate | ||||||
6 | personnel under the respective school district's | ||||||
7 | collective bargaining agreement. | ||||||
8 | The State Board of Education, in consultation with | ||||||
9 | the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, | ||||||
10 | may adopt such rules as may be necessary to establish | ||||||
11 | and implement the teacher leader endorsement program | ||||||
12 | and to specify the positions for which this endorsement | ||||||
13 | shall be required. | ||||||
14 | (F) Special education endorsement. A special | ||||||
15 | education endorsement in one or more areas shall be | ||||||
16 | affixed to a Professional Educator License for any | ||||||
17 | individual that meets those requirements established | ||||||
18 | by the State Board of Education in rules. Special | ||||||
19 | education endorsement areas shall include without | ||||||
20 | limitation the following: | ||||||
21 | (i) Learning Behavior Specialist I; | ||||||
22 | (ii) Learning Behavior Specialist II; | ||||||
23 | (iii) Speech Language Pathologist; | ||||||
24 | (iv) Blind or Visually Impaired; | ||||||
25 | (v) Deaf-Hard of Hearing; and | ||||||
26 | (vi) Early Childhood Special Education. |
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1 | Notwithstanding anything in this Code to the contrary, | ||||||
2 | the State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
3 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may | ||||||
4 | add additional areas of special education by rule. | ||||||
5 | (G) School support personnel endorsement. School | ||||||
6 | support personnel endorsement areas shall include, but | ||||||
7 | are not limited to, school counselor, marriage and | ||||||
8 | family therapist, school psychologist, school speech | ||||||
9 | and language pathologist, school nurse, and school | ||||||
10 | social worker. This endorsement is for individuals who | ||||||
11 | are not teachers or administrators, but still require | ||||||
12 | licensure to work in an instructional support position | ||||||
13 | in a public or State-operated elementary school, | ||||||
14 | secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement | ||||||
15 | with a governing body or board of control or a charter | ||||||
16 | school operating in compliance with the Charter | ||||||
17 | Schools Law. The school support personnel endorsement | ||||||
18 | shall be affixed to the Professional Educator License | ||||||
19 | and shall meet all of the requirements established in | ||||||
20 | any rules adopted to implement this subdivision (G). | ||||||
21 | The holder of such an endorsement is entitled to all of | ||||||
22 | the rights and privileges granted holders of any other | ||||||
23 | Professional Educator License, including teacher | ||||||
24 | benefits, compensation, and working conditions.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)
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26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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