Full Text of HB3442 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning 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 Section | 5 | | 21B-20 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | 7 | | Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of | 8 | | Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, | 9 | | whereby individuals employed in school districts who are | 10 | | required to be licensed must have one of the following | 11 | | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an | 12 | | educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute | 13 | | teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2023, a short-term | 14 | | substitute teaching license. References in law regarding | 15 | | individuals certified or certificated or required to be | 16 | | certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall | 17 | | also include individuals licensed or required to be licensed | 18 | | under this Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June | 19 | | 30 following one full year of the license being issued. | 20 | | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 21 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | 22 | | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | 23 | | licenses and endorsements under this Section. |
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| 1 | | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) | 2 | | have successfully completed an approved educator | 3 | | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | 4 | | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | 5 | | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | 6 | | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | 7 | | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | 8 | | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | 9 | | the exceptional child, including without limitation | 10 | | children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | 11 | | successfully completed coursework in methods of reading | 12 | | and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other | 13 | | criteria established by rule of the State Board of | 14 | | Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License. | 15 | | All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30 | 16 | | immediately following 5 years of the license being issued. | 17 | | The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with | 18 | | specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is | 19 | | eligible to practice. For an early childhood education | 20 | | endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student | 21 | | teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher | 22 | | preparation program through placement in a setting with | 23 | | children from birth through grade 2, and the individual | 24 | | may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The | 25 | | student teaching experience must meet the requirements of | 26 | | and be approved by the individual's early childhood |
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| 1 | | teacher preparation program. | 2 | | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | 3 | | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | 4 | | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | 5 | | in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable | 6 | | content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | 7 | | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | 8 | | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | 9 | | that limits the license holder to one particular position | 10 | | or does not require completion of an approved educator | 11 | | program or both. | 12 | | An individual with an Educator License with | 13 | | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | 14 | | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | 15 | | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | 16 | | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | 17 | | with the following endorsements: | 18 | | (A) (Blank). | 19 | | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | 20 | | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | 21 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 22 | | applicant who, at the time of applying for the | 23 | | endorsement, has done all of the following: | 24 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 25 | | college or university with a minimum of a | 26 | | bachelor's degree. |
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| 1 | | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | 2 | | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | 3 | | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | 4 | | Code. | 5 | | (iii) Passed a content area test, as required | 6 | | under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 7 | | The alternative provisional educator endorsement is | 8 | | valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a | 9 | | third year by an individual meeting the requirements set | 10 | | forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | 11 | | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | 12 | | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | 13 | | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | 14 | | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | 15 | | superintendent in a school district's central office. | 16 | | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | 17 | | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | 18 | | done all of the following: | 19 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 20 | | college or university with a minimum of a master's | 21 | | degree in a management field other than education. | 22 | | (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | 23 | | years in a management level position in a field | 24 | | other than education. | 25 | | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | 26 | | of an alternative route to superintendent |
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| 1 | | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 | 2 | | of this Code. | 3 | | (iv) Passed a content area test required under | 4 | | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 5 | | The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | 6 | | order to complete one full year of serving as a | 7 | | superintendent or assistant superintendent. | 8 | | (D) (Blank). | 9 | | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | 10 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 11 | | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | 12 | | has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | 13 | | regionally accredited institution of higher education | 14 | | or an accredited trade and technical institution and | 15 | | has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | 16 | | education in each area to be taught. | 17 | | The career and technical educator endorsement on | 18 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 19 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 20 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed. | 21 | | An individual who holds a valid career and | 22 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 23 | | with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's | 24 | | degree may substitute teach in career and technical | 25 | | education classrooms. | 26 | | (F) (Blank). |
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| 1 | | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | 2 | | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | 3 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | 4 | | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | 5 | | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | 6 | | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets | 7 | | all of the following requirements: | 8 | | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | 9 | | writing ability in the language other than English | 10 | | in which transitional bilingual education is | 11 | | offered. | 12 | | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | 13 | | communicate in English. | 14 | | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | 15 | | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | 16 | | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | 17 | | comparable teaching certificate or comparable | 18 | | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | 19 | | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | 20 | | a foreign country that the State Educator | 21 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | 22 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 23 | | regionally accredited institution of higher | 24 | | learning in the United States. | 25 | | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | 26 | | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, |
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| 1 | | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | 2 | | of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be | 3 | | renewed. | 4 | | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | 5 | | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | 6 | | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | 7 | | replaced for any reason. | 8 | | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | 9 | | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | 10 | | other than English in the public schools, an | 11 | | individual who holds an Educator License with | 12 | | Stipulations may also apply for a language | 13 | | endorsement, provided that the applicant provides | 14 | | satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the | 15 | | following requirements: | 16 | | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | 17 | | endorsement. | 18 | | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | 19 | | language for which the endorsement is to be issued | 20 | | by passing the applicable language content test | 21 | | required by the State Board of Education. | 22 | | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | 23 | | a regionally accredited institution of higher | 24 | | education or, for individuals educated in a | 25 | | country other than the United States, holds a | 26 | | degree from an institution of higher learning in a |
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| 1 | | foreign country that the State Educator | 2 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | 3 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 4 | | regionally accredited institution of higher | 5 | | learning in the United States. | 6 | | (iv) (Blank). | 7 | | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | 8 | | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | 9 | | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | 10 | | individual's transitional bilingual educator | 11 | | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | 12 | | and shall not be renewed. | 13 | | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | 14 | | international educator endorsement on an Educator | 15 | | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 16 | | individual who is being recruited by a particular | 17 | | school district that conducts formal recruitment | 18 | | programs outside of the United States to secure the | 19 | | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of | 20 | | the following requirements: | 21 | | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | 22 | | bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | 23 | | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | 24 | | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | 25 | | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | 26 | | subject to be taught. |
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| 1 | | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | 2 | | language. | 3 | | A holder of a visiting international educator | 4 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 5 | | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | 6 | | programs in the language that was the medium of | 7 | | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | 8 | | provided that he or she passes the English Language | 9 | | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | 10 | | skills in English identified by the State Board of | 11 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 12 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. | 13 | | A visiting international educator endorsement on | 14 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5 | 15 | | years and shall not be renewed. | 16 | | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | 17 | | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 18 | | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | 19 | | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | 20 | | (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | 21 | | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | 22 | | institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a | 23 | | paraprofessional competency test under subsection | 24 | | (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years | 25 | | of age and will be using the Educator License with | 26 | | Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten |
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| 1 | | through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age | 2 | | of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a | 3 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this | 4 | | subparagraph (J). The paraprofessional educator | 5 | | endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | 6 | | following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and | 7 | | may be renewed through application and payment of the | 8 | | appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of | 9 | | this Code. An individual who holds only a | 10 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject | 11 | | to additional requirements in order to renew the | 12 | | endorsement. | 13 | | (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | 14 | | business official endorsement on an Educator License | 15 | | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | 16 | | qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | 17 | | years of full-time administrative experience in school | 18 | | business management or 2 years of university-approved | 19 | | practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | 20 | | hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | 21 | | State Board of Education for the preparation of school | 22 | | business administrators and by passage of the | 23 | | applicable State tests, including an applicable | 24 | | content area test. | 25 | | The chief school business official endorsement may | 26 | | also be affixed to the Educator License with |
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| 1 | | Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a | 2 | | master's degree in business administration, finance, | 3 | | accounting, or public administration and who completes | 4 | | an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | 5 | | business management from a regionally accredited | 6 | | institution of higher education and passes the | 7 | | applicable State tests, including an applicable | 8 | | content area test. This endorsement shall be required | 9 | | for any individual employed as a chief school business | 10 | | official. | 11 | | The chief school business official endorsement on | 12 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 13 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 14 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the | 15 | | license holder completes renewal requirements as | 16 | | required for individuals who hold a Professional | 17 | | Educator License endorsed for chief school business | 18 | | official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | 19 | | rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | 20 | | Education. | 21 | | The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules | 22 | | necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | 23 | | (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | 24 | | in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | 25 | | with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | 26 | | completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation |
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| 1 | | program at an Illinois institution of higher education | 2 | | and who has not successfully completed an | 3 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | 4 | | who meets all of the following requirements: | 5 | | (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | 6 | | (ii) Has completed an approved educator | 7 | | preparation program at an Illinois institution. | 8 | | (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | 9 | | test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 10 | | (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | 11 | | assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | 12 | | minimum score on that assessment, as established | 13 | | by the State Board of Education in consultation | 14 | | with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 15 | | Board. | 16 | | A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | 17 | | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | 18 | | full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | 19 | | be renewed. | 20 | | (M) (Blank). | 21 | | (N) Specialized services. A specialized services | 22 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 23 | | may be issued as defined and specified by rule. | 24 | | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | 25 | | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | 26 | | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, |
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| 1 | | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | 2 | | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | 3 | | a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's | 4 | | degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution | 5 | | of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved | 6 | | educator preparation program in this State and have earned | 7 | | at least 90 credit hours. | 8 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | 9 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | 10 | | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | 11 | | has had his or her Professional Educator License or | 12 | | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, | 13 | | then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | 14 | | Substitute Teaching License. | 15 | | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | 16 | | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | 17 | | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | 18 | | contract because of an emergency situation, then a | 19 | | district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer | 20 | | than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the | 21 | | district if the district notifies the appropriate regional | 22 | | office of education within 5 business days after the | 23 | | employment of the substitute teacher in that vacant | 24 | | position the emergency situation . A district may continue | 25 | | to employ that same substitute teacher in that same vacant | 26 | | position for 90 calendar days or until the end of the |
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| 1 | | semester, whichever is greater, if, prior to the | 2 | | expiration of the 30-calendar-day period then current, the | 3 | | district files a written request with the appropriate | 4 | | regional office of education for a 30-calendar-day | 5 | | extension on the basis that the position remains vacant | 6 | | and the district continues to actively seek qualified | 7 | | candidates and provides documentation that it has provided | 8 | | training specific to the position, including training on | 9 | | meeting the needs of students with disabilities and | 10 | | English learners if applicable. Each extension request | 11 | | shall be granted in writing by the regional office of | 12 | | education. An emergency situation is one in which an | 13 | | unforeseen vacancy has occurred and (i) a teacher is | 14 | | unexpectedly unable to fulfill his or her contractual | 15 | | duties or (ii) teacher capacity needs of the district | 16 | | exceed previous indications or vacancies are unfilled due | 17 | | to a lack of qualified candidates , and the district is | 18 | | actively engaged in advertising to hire a fully licensed | 19 | | teacher for the vacant position. | 20 | | There is no limit on the number of days that a | 21 | | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | 22 | | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | 23 | | than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year | 24 | | through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school | 25 | | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | 26 | | same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a |
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| 1 | | Professional Educator License or Educator License with | 2 | | Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days | 3 | | for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same | 4 | | school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on the | 5 | | number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not | 6 | | apply to any school district operating under Article 34 of | 7 | | this Code. | 8 | | A school district may not require an individual who | 9 | | holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator | 10 | | License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | 11 | | Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | 12 | | (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | 13 | | on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2023, the State Board of | 14 | | Education may issue a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 15 | | License. A Short-Term Substitute Teaching License may be | 16 | | issued to a qualified applicant for substitute teaching in | 17 | | all grades of the public schools, prekindergarten through | 18 | | grade 12. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not | 19 | | eligible for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term | 20 | | Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate's | 21 | | degree or have completed at least 60 credit hours from a | 22 | | regionally accredited institution of higher education. | 23 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for | 24 | | substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an | 25 | | individual has had his or her Professional Educator | 26 | | License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or |
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| 1 | | revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | 2 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | 3 | | The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this | 4 | | Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. | 5 | | An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 6 | | License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per | 7 | | licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | 8 | | absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who | 9 | | is under contract, a school district may not hire an | 10 | | individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 11 | | License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due | 12 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 13 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual | 14 | | holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must | 15 | | complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or | 16 | | 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public | 17 | | school. This paragraph (4) is inoperative on and after | 18 | | July 1, 2023.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; | 20 | | 101-594, eff. 12-5-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-711, eff. | 21 | | 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22; 102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, | 22 | | eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; revised 12-13-22.)
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