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Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
Filed: 5/14/2024
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5057
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5057 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: |
4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
5 | | 21B-30 as follows: |
6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-30) |
7 | | Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. |
8 | | (a) (Blank). |
9 | | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the |
10 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design |
11 | | and implement a system of examinations, which shall be |
12 | | required prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These |
13 | | examinations and indicators must be based on national and |
14 | | State professional teaching standards, as determined by the |
15 | | State Board of Education, in consultation with the State |
16 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. The State Board of |
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1 | | Education may adopt such rules as may be necessary to |
2 | | implement and administer this Section. |
3 | | (c) (Blank). |
4 | | (c-5) The State Board must adopt rules to implement a |
5 | | paraprofessional competency test. This test would allow an |
6 | | applicant seeking an Educator License with Stipulations with a |
7 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement to obtain the |
8 | | endorsement if he or she passes the test and meets the other |
9 | | requirements of subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of Section |
10 | | 21B-20 other than the higher education requirements. |
11 | | (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be |
12 | | required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area |
13 | | of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There |
14 | | shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall |
15 | | be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record |
16 | | until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. |
17 | | (d-5) The State Board shall consult with any applicable |
18 | | vendors within 90 days after July 28, 2023 ( the effective date |
19 | | of Public Act 103-402) this amendatory Act of the 103rd |
20 | | General Assembly to develop a plan to transition the test of |
21 | | content area knowledge in the endorsement area of elementary |
22 | | education, grades one through 6, by July 1, 2026 to a content |
23 | | area test that contains testing elements that cover |
24 | | bilingualism, biliteracy, oral language development, |
25 | | foundational literacy skills, and developmentally appropriate |
26 | | higher-order comprehension and on which a valid and reliable |
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1 | | language and literacy subscore can be determined. The State |
2 | | Board shall base its rules concerning the passing subscore on |
3 | | the language and literacy portion of the test on the |
4 | | recommended cut-score determined in the formal |
5 | | standard-setting process. Candidates need not achieve a |
6 | | particular subscore in the area of language and literacy. The |
7 | | State Board shall aggregate and publish the number of |
8 | | candidates in each preparation program who take the test and |
9 | | the number who pass the language and literacy portion. |
10 | | (e) (Blank). |
11 | | (f) Beginning on August 4, 2023 ( the effective date of |
12 | | Public Act 103-488) this amendatory Act of the 103rd General |
13 | | Assembly through August 31, 2025, no candidate completing a |
14 | | teacher preparation program in this State or candidate subject |
15 | | to Section 21B-35 of this Code is required to pass a teacher |
16 | | performance assessment. Except as otherwise provided in this |
17 | | Article, beginning on September 1, 2015 until August 4, 2023 |
18 | | ( the effective date of Public Act 103-488) this amendatory Act |
19 | | of the 103rd General Assembly and beginning again on September |
20 | | 1, 2025, all candidates completing teacher preparation |
21 | | programs in this State and all candidates subject to Section |
22 | | 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass a teacher performance |
23 | | assessment approved by the State Board of Education, in |
24 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure |
25 | | Board. A candidate may not be required to submit test |
26 | | materials by video submission. Subject to appropriation, an |
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1 | | individual who holds a Professional Educator License and is |
2 | | employed for a minimum of one school year by a school district |
3 | | designated as Tier 1 under Section 18-8.15 may, after |
4 | | application to the State Board, receive from the State Board a |
5 | | refund for any costs associated with completing the teacher |
6 | | performance assessment under this subsection. |
7 | | (f-5) The Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force is |
8 | | created to evaluate potential performance-based and objective |
9 | | teacher performance assessment systems for implementation |
10 | | across all educator preparation programs in this State, with |
11 | | the intention of ensuring consistency across programs and |
12 | | supporting a thoughtful and well-rounded licensure system. |
13 | | Members appointed to the Task Force must reflect the racial, |
14 | | ethnic, and geographic diversity of this State. The Task Force |
15 | | shall consist of all of the following members: |
16 | | (1) One member of the Senate, appointed by the |
17 | | President of the Senate. |
18 | | (2) One member of the Senate, appointed by the |
19 | | Minority Leader of the Senate. |
20 | | (3) One member of the House of Representatives, |
21 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. |
22 | | (4) One member of the House of Representatives, |
23 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of |
24 | | Representatives. |
25 | | (5) One member who represents a statewide professional |
26 | | teachers' organization, appointed by the State |
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1 | | Superintendent of Education. |
2 | | (6) One member who represents a different statewide |
3 | | professional teachers' organization, appointed by the |
4 | | State Superintendent of Education. |
5 | | (7) One member from a statewide organization |
6 | | representing school principals, appointed by the State |
7 | | Superintendent of Education. |
8 | | (8) One member from a statewide organization |
9 | | representing regional superintendents of schools, |
10 | | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. |
11 | | (9) One member from a statewide organization |
12 | | representing school administrators, appointed by the State |
13 | | Superintendent of Education. |
14 | | (10) One member representing a school district |
15 | | organized under Article 34 of this Code, appointed by the |
16 | | State Superintendent of Education. |
17 | | (11) One member of an association representing rural |
18 | | and small schools, appointed by the State Superintendent |
19 | | of Education. |
20 | | (12) One member representing a suburban school |
21 | | district, appointed by the State Superintendent of |
22 | | Education. |
23 | | (13) One member from a statewide organization |
24 | | representing school districts in the southern suburbs of |
25 | | the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent |
26 | | of Education. |
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1 | | (14) One member from a statewide organization |
2 | | representing large unit school districts, appointed by the |
3 | | State Superintendent of Education. |
4 | | (15) One member from a statewide organization |
5 | | representing school districts in the collar counties of |
6 | | the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent |
7 | | of Education. |
8 | | (16) Three members, each representing a different |
9 | | public university in this State and each a current member |
10 | | of the faculty of an approved educator preparation |
11 | | program, appointed by the State Superintendent of |
12 | | Education. |
13 | | (17) Three members, each representing a different |
14 | | 4-year nonpublic university or college in this State and |
15 | | each a current member of the faculty of an approved |
16 | | educator preparation program, appointed by the State |
17 | | Superintendent of Education. |
18 | | (18) One member of the Board of Higher Education, |
19 | | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. |
20 | | (19) One member representing a statewide policy |
21 | | organization advocating on behalf of multilingual students |
22 | | and families, appointed by the State Superintendent of |
23 | | Education. |
24 | | (20) One member representing a statewide organization |
25 | | focused on research-based education policy to support a |
26 | | school system that prepares all students for college, a |
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1 | | career, and democratic citizenship, appointed by the State |
2 | | Superintendent of Education. |
3 | | (21) Two members representing an early childhood |
4 | | advocacy organization, appointed by the State |
5 | | Superintendent of Education. |
6 | | (22) One member representing a statewide organization |
7 | | that partners with educator preparation programs and |
8 | | school districts to support the growth and development of |
9 | | preservice teachers, appointed by the State Superintendent |
10 | | of Education. |
11 | | (23) One member representing a statewide organization |
12 | | that advocates for educational equity and racial justice |
13 | | in schools, appointed by the State Superintendent of |
14 | | Education. |
15 | | (24) One member representing a statewide organization |
16 | | that represents school boards, appointed by the State |
17 | | Superintendent of Education. |
18 | | (25) One member who has, within the last 5 years, |
19 | | served as a cooperating teacher, appointed by the State |
20 | | Superintendent of Education. |
21 | | Members of the Task Force shall serve without |
22 | | compensation. The Task Force shall first meet at the call of |
23 | | the State Superintendent of Education, and each subsequent |
24 | | meeting shall be called by the chairperson of the Task Force, |
25 | | who shall be designated by the State Superintendent of |
26 | | Education. The State Board of Education shall provide |
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1 | | administrative and other support to the Task Force. |
2 | | On or before August 1, 2024, the Task Force shall report on |
3 | | its work, including recommendations on a teacher performance |
4 | | assessment system in this State, to the State Board of |
5 | | Education and the General Assembly. The Task Force is |
6 | | dissolved upon submission of this report. |
7 | | (g) The content area knowledge test and the teacher |
8 | | performance assessment shall be the tests that from time to |
9 | | time are designated by the State Board of Education, in |
10 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure |
11 | | Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing |
12 | | organization or tests designed by the State Board of |
13 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation |
14 | | and Licensure Board. The test of content area knowledge shall |
15 | | assess content knowledge in a specific subject field. The |
16 | | tests must be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no |
17 | | person taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis |
18 | | of race, color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to |
19 | | the person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The |
20 | | score required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State |
21 | | Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator |
22 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. The State Board of |
23 | | Education's rules for scoring the content area knowledge test |
24 | | may include scoring of each test section independently. The |
25 | | tests shall be administered not fewer than 3 times a year at |
26 | | such time and place as may be designated by the State Board of |
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1 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation |
2 | | and Licensure Board. |
3 | | The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess |
4 | | the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of |
5 | | applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under |
6 | | subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this |
7 | | Code in the English language and in the language of the |
8 | | transitional bilingual education program requested by the |
9 | | applicant. |
10 | | (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the |
11 | | provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school |
12 | | district subject to Article 34 of this Code. |
13 | | (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the |
14 | | testing requirements under this Section shall include, without |
15 | | limitation, provisions governing test selection, test |
16 | | validation, and determination of a passing score, |
17 | | administration of the tests, frequency of administration, |
18 | | applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the |
19 | | years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special |
20 | | accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop |
21 | | such rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to |
22 | | year in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment. |
23 | | (Source: P.A. 102-301, eff. 8-26-21; 103-402, eff. 7-28-23; |
24 | | 103-488, eff. 8-4-23; revised 9-1-23.)". |