Full Text of SB2245 103rd General Assembly
SB2245 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB2245 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| New Act | | 105 ILCS 5/2-3.51 | from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.51 | 105 ILCS 5/21B-20 | | 105 ILCS 5/21B-30 | | 105 ILCS 5/21B-35 | |
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Creates the Literary and Justice for All Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt and make available to school districts a rubric by which districts may evaluate curricula and select and implement evidence-based, culturally inclusive core reading instruction programs, a template to develop literacy plans, and guidance on evidence-based practices. Requires the State Board to develop training opportunities in teaching reading and a comprehensive literacy plan for this State. Amends the School Code. Makes changes concerning the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program, the requirements to receive a Professional Educator License, taking a test in reading foundations for certain licensure, and the requirements for educators trained in other states or counties. Effective immediately.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Literacy and Justice for All Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly makes all of the | 7 | | following findings: | 8 | | (1) Literacy is not only critical for individuals' | 9 | | ability to earn income, secure housing, participate in | 10 | | their healthcare, support their children's education, | 11 | | pursue happiness, and navigate the world but also | 12 | | collectively foundational to our community and democracy.
| 13 | | (2) The World Literacy Foundation found that low | 14 | | literacy is a major contributor to inequality and | 15 | | increases the likelihood of poor physical and mental | 16 | | health, workplace accidents, misuse of medication, | 17 | | participation in crime, and welfare dependency, all of | 18 | | which have substantial additional social and economic | 19 | | costs.
| 20 | | (3) Fifty percent of Illinois' third graders met, | 21 | | exceeded, or approached learning standards in English | 22 | | language arts according to the Illinois Assessment of | 23 | | Readiness with the other half of students not meeting or |
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| 1 | | partially meeting standards; this represents a 10 | 2 | | percentage-point swing from the 2019 pre-pandemic rates | 3 | | when 60% of students met, exceeded, or approached learning | 4 | | standards.
| 5 | | (4) Thirty-three percent of Illinois' fourth graders | 6 | | achieved proficient or advanced reading scores on the 2022 | 7 | | National Assessment of Educational Progress with another | 8 | | 29% meeting basic reading proficiency and the remaining | 9 | | 38% scoring below basic reading proficiency.
| 10 | | (5) Research from the Annie E. Casey Institute found | 11 | | that students who are not proficient readers in third | 12 | | grade are 4 times more likely not to finish high school; if | 13 | | those students are from low-income families, they are more | 14 | | than 6 times more likely not to finish high school.
| 15 | | (6) Research consistently finds that a diverse, | 16 | | well-trained, and expanding pool of teachers, in | 17 | | conjunction with curricula responsive to the strengths and | 18 | | needs of diverse student populations, improves educational | 19 | | outcomes for all students.
| 20 | | (7) An appropriate curriculum blends the learning | 21 | | needs of students with their developmental needs and | 22 | | increases in complexity with every new stage of childhood.
| 23 | | (8) Oral language development is a prerequisite for | 24 | | reading and writing that is nurtured from birth through | 25 | | talking, reading, story-telling, singing, nursery rhymes, | 26 | | and other language exposure and, as younger children |
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| 1 | | develop, through intentional dialogue with rich | 2 | | vocabulary; home visiting programs, access to books, | 3 | | high-quality childcare and preschool, and lived | 4 | | experiences strengthen students' opportunity to build | 5 | | oracy skills, vocabulary, and background knowledge, | 6 | | leading to higher-level cognitive thinking.
| 7 | | (9) Reading builds new neural pathways in the brain as | 8 | | people, usually children, learn to connect the sounds in | 9 | | language to letters on a page to the meaning of the text; | 10 | | however, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to | 11 | | literacy, as learners will require different dosages | 12 | | within different areas of literacy instruction to meet | 13 | | their individual needs.
| 14 | | (10) Reading and writing have a reciprocal | 15 | | relationship, as each strengthens the other, and students | 16 | | benefit when their instruction is closely intertwined.
| 17 | | (11) English learners benefit from a comprehensive | 18 | | literacy approach that recognizes the value of | 19 | | multilingualism by enveloping all areas of literacy | 20 | | instruction with a deep focus on oral language development | 21 | | and encouraging students to make connections between | 22 | | English and their home language.
| 23 | | (12) Teachers deserve the tools to be knowledgeable | 24 | | about the cultural practices and language system of the | 25 | | children they serve, including those children who speak | 26 | | language variations of English, such as African-American |
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| 1 | | English (AAE); AAE has a linguistic structure that is a | 2 | | systematic and rule-governed variation of General American | 3 | | English.
| 4 | | (13) Research shows that direct, systematic, | 5 | | cumulative, and explicit reading instruction that is | 6 | | focused on the foundational reading skills of phonemic | 7 | | awareness, phonics or decoding, spelling or encoding, | 8 | | vocabulary development that includes morphology, oral | 9 | | language development, reading fluency, and reading | 10 | | comprehension that includes syntax and building background | 11 | | or content knowledge, is highly effective in teaching | 12 | | young children to read.
| 13 | | (14) High literacy achievement across all demographic | 14 | | groups is an essential indicator of educational equity | 15 | | within this State; strengthening early literacy | 16 | | instruction and support for students in Illinois will pay | 17 | | dividends in the future by empowering students, providing | 18 | | the skills they will need to graduate, find fulfilling | 19 | | careers, and be productive members of their communities | 20 | | and of our democracy.
| 21 | | (15) Ensuring that every child has access to | 22 | | high-quality, research-aligned, developmentally | 23 | | appropriate reading instruction implemented using a | 24 | | comprehensive approach is a foundational component of this | 25 | | State's public education system and a responsibility | 26 | | shared among federal, State, and local education agencies. |
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| 1 | | Section 10. State Board of Education assistance; | 2 | | comprehensive literacy plan. | 3 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt and make | 4 | | available all of the following to each publicly funded school | 5 | | district: | 6 | | (1) A rubric by which districts may evaluate curricula | 7 | | and select and implement evidence-based, culturally | 8 | | inclusive core reading instruction programs. The rubric | 9 | | shall address: | 10 | | (A) systematic and explicit approaches to phonemic | 11 | | awareness, decoding (phonics), and encoding(spelling); | 12 | | (B) vocabulary development, including morphology, | 13 | | and reading fluency; | 14 | | (C) oral language development; | 15 | | (D) reading comprehension, including syntax and | 16 | | building background (content) knowledge; and | 17 | | (E) cultural inclusivity. | 18 | | (2) A template to support districts when developing | 19 | | comprehensive, district-wide literacy plans that include | 20 | | support for special student populations, including | 21 | | multilingual, diverse, and gifted students. | 22 | | (3) Guidance on evidence-based practices for effective | 23 | | structures for training and deploying literacy coaches to | 24 | | support teachers and close opportunity gaps among student | 25 | | demographic groups. |
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| 1 | | (b) On or after September 1, 2024, the State Board of | 2 | | Education shall develop and make available evidence-based | 3 | | training opportunities in teaching reading. Such training | 4 | | shall focus on systematic and explicit instruction in the | 5 | | areas of phonemic awareness, decoding (phonics), encoding | 6 | | (spelling), vocabulary development, including morphology, oral | 7 | | language development, reading fluency, and reading | 8 | | comprehension, including syntax and building background | 9 | | (content) knowledge and include rigorous evaluations of | 10 | | learning throughout and at the end of the training. This | 11 | | support shall include: | 12 | | (1) development of a microcredential or a series of | 13 | | microcredentials in comprehensive, evidence-based | 14 | | literacy instruction to be affixed to professional | 15 | | educator licenses upon successful demonstration of the | 16 | | skill, completion of the required coursework or | 17 | | assessment, or both; | 18 | | (2) creation and dissemination of a tool that school | 19 | | districts, educators, and the public may use to evaluate | 20 | | professional development and training programs related to | 21 | | structured literacy instruction; and | 22 | | (3) in partnership with one or more high-quality | 23 | | providers of evidence-based professional development or | 24 | | training in the content and principles of effective | 25 | | language and literacy instruction, development of online | 26 | | training modules on evidence-based literacy instruction |
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| 1 | | accepted for continuing professional development units. | 2 | | (c) On or before October 1, 2023, in consultation with | 3 | | education stakeholders, the State Board Education shall | 4 | | develop and adopt a comprehensive literacy plan for this | 5 | | State, which shall be updated as needed. The State Board shall | 6 | | annually compile and post on its website information about | 7 | | progress on the comprehensive literacy plan. | 8 | | Section 90. The School Code is amended by changing | 9 | | Sections 2-3.51, 21B-20, 21B-30, and 21B-35 as follows:
| 10 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.51) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.51)
| 11 | | Sec. 2-3.51. Reading Improvement Block Grant Program. To | 12 | | improve the
reading
and study skills of children from | 13 | | kindergarten through sixth grade in
school districts. The | 14 | | State Board of Education is authorized to administer a
Reading | 15 | | Improvement
Block Grant Program. As used in this Section:
| 16 | | "School district" includes those
schools designated as | 17 | | "laboratory schools".
| 18 | | "Scientifically based reading research"
means the
| 19 | | application of rigorous, systematic, and objective procedures | 20 | | to obtain valid
knowledge relevant to reading development, | 21 | | reading instruction, and reading
difficulties. The term | 22 | | includes research that employs systematic, empirical
methods | 23 | | that draw on observation or experiment, involves rigorous data
| 24 | | analysis that is adequate to test the stated hypotheses and to |
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| 1 | | justify the
general conclusions drawn, relies on measurements | 2 | | or observational methods that
provide valid data across | 3 | | evaluators and observers and across multiple
measurements and | 4 | | observations, and has been accepted by peer-reviewed
journal | 5 | | or approved by a panel of independent experts through a | 6 | | comparably
rigorous, objective and scientific review.
| 7 | | (a) Funds for the Reading Improvement Block Grant
Program | 8 | | shall
be distributed to school districts on the following | 9 | | basis: 70% of
monies shall be awarded on the prior year's best | 10 | | 3 months average daily
attendance and 30% shall be distributed | 11 | | on the number of
economically disadvantaged (E.C.I.A. Chapter | 12 | | I) pupils in the district ,
provided that the State Board may | 13 | | distribute an amount not to exceed 2% of
the monies | 14 | | appropriated for the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program | 15 | | for the
purpose of
providing teacher training and re-training | 16 | | in the teaching of reading .
Program funds shall be distributed | 17 | | to school districts
in 2
semi-annual installments, one payment | 18 | | on or before October 30, and one payment
prior to April 30, of | 19 | | each year.
The State Board shall promulgate rules and | 20 | | regulations necessary for the
implementation of this program. | 21 | | If the appropriation for the Reading Improvement Block | 22 | | Grant Program for a given fiscal year is less than | 23 | | $15,000,000, then the State Board shall limit eligibility to | 24 | | school districts that have been placed in Tier 1 or Tier 2 | 25 | | pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection (g) of Section 18-8.15 | 26 | | of this Code and shall impose additional eligibility criteria |
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| 1 | | to limit the number of approved applicants to a cohort | 2 | | sufficient for each selected district to provide adequate | 3 | | training and ongoing coaching support to each teacher of | 4 | | students in kindergarten through grade 2 and special education | 5 | | teachers and evidence-based curriculum investments.
Programs | 6 | | provided with grant funds shall not replace quality
classroom
| 7 | | reading instruction, but shall instead supplement such | 8 | | instruction.
| 9 | | (a-5) Reading Improvement Block Grant Program funds shall | 10 | | be used by
school districts
in
the following manner:
| 11 | | (1) to hire reading specialists, reading teachers, and | 12 | | reading aides in
order
to provide early reading | 13 | | intervention in kindergarten through grade 2 and
programs | 14 | | of continued reading support for students in grades 3 | 15 | | through
6;
| 16 | | (2) in kindergarten through grade 2, to establish
| 17 | | short-term
tutorial early reading intervention programs | 18 | | for children who are at risk of
failing
to learn to read; | 19 | | these programs shall (i) focus on scientifically based
| 20 | | research and best practices with proven
long-term results, | 21 | | (ii) identify students in need of help no later than the
| 22 | | middle of
first grade, (iii) provide ongoing training for | 23 | | teachers in the program,
(iv) focus instruction on | 24 | | strengthening a student's
phonemic awareness, phonics, | 25 | | fluency, and comprehension skills, (v) provide a
means to | 26 | | document
and evaluate student growth, and (vi) provide |
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| 1 | | properly trained staff;
| 2 | | (3) to continue direct reading instruction for grades | 3 | | 3 through 6;
| 4 | | (4) in grades 3 through 6, to establish programs of
| 5 | | support for students who demonstrate a need for continued | 6 | | assistance in
learning to read and in maintaining reading | 7 | | achievement; these programs shall
(i) focus on | 8 | | scientifically based research and best practices with | 9 | | proven
long-term results, (ii) provide ongoing
training | 10 | | for teachers and other staff members in the program, (iii) | 11 | | focus
instruction on strengthening a student's phonics, | 12 | | fluency, and comprehension
skills in grades 3 through 6,
| 13 | | (iv) provide a means to evaluate and document student | 14 | | growth, and
(v) provide properly trained staff;
| 15 | | (5) in grades K through 6, to provide both | 16 | | evidence-based, high-quality core literacy curriculum | 17 | | materials that consider the unique needs of English | 18 | | learners for concurrent oral language practice and | 19 | | high-quality screening assessments designed to inform | 20 | | instruction in English language arts and literacy | 21 | | classroom
reading materials for students; each district | 22 | | may allocate up to 25% of the
funds for this purpose;
and
| 23 | | (6) to provide a long-term professional
development
| 24 | | program for classroom
teachers, administrators, and other | 25 | | appropriate staff; the program shall
(i) focus on | 26 | | scientifically based research and best practices with |
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| 1 | | proven
long-term results, (ii) provide a means to evaluate | 2 | | student progress in
reading as a result of the training, | 3 | | (iii) and be provided by approved staff
development | 4 | | providers.
| 5 | | If the appropriation for the Reading Improvement Block | 6 | | Grant Program for a given fiscal year is less than | 7 | | $15,000,000, then grant recipients shall prioritize | 8 | | evidence-based curricula and materials, training, and ongoing | 9 | | coaching support for kindergarten through grade 3 teachers and | 10 | | special education teachers. | 11 | | (a-10) If the appropriation for the Reading Improvement | 12 | | Block Grant Program for a given fiscal year is at least | 13 | | $15,000,000, then Reading Improvement Block Grant Program | 14 | | funds shall be made
available to each eligible school district | 15 | | submitting an approved application
developed by the State | 16 | | Board beginning with the 1998-99 school year .
Applications | 17 | | shall include a proposed assessment method or methods for
| 18 | | measuring
the reading growth of
students
who receive direct | 19 | | instruction as a result of the funding and the impact of
staff | 20 | | development activities on student growth in reading. Such | 21 | | methods may include the reading portion
of the assessments | 22 | | required under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code. At the end of | 23 | | each school year
the district shall report performance of | 24 | | progress results to
the State Board. Districts not
| 25 | | demonstrating performance progress using an approved | 26 | | assessment method shall
not
be eligible for funding in the |
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| 1 | | third or subsequent years until such
progress is established. | 2 | | If the appropriation for the Reading Improvement Block | 3 | | Grant Program for a given fiscal year is less than | 4 | | $15,000,000, then the State Board may establish additional | 5 | | eligibility criteria and shall select a cohort of school | 6 | | districts that have been placed in Tier 1 or Tier 2 pursuant to | 7 | | paragraph (3) of subsection (g) of Section 18-8.15 of this | 8 | | Code to participate.
| 9 | | (a-15) The State Superintendent of Education, in | 10 | | cooperation with the
school districts participating in the | 11 | | program, shall annually report to the
leadership of the | 12 | | General Assembly on the results of the Reading Improvement
| 13 | | Block Grant Program and the progress being made on improving | 14 | | the reading skills
of students in kindergarten through the | 15 | | sixth grade.
| 16 | | (b) (Blank).
| 17 | | (c) (Blank).
| 18 | | (d) Grants under the Reading Improvement Block Grant | 19 | | Program shall be awarded
provided there is an appropriation | 20 | | for the program, and funding levels for
each district shall be | 21 | | prorated according to the amount of the appropriation for any | 22 | | fiscal year in which at least $15,000,000 has been | 23 | | appropriated .
| 24 | | (e) (Blank).
| 25 | | (f) (Blank).
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | 2 | | Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of | 3 | | Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, | 4 | | whereby individuals employed in school districts who are | 5 | | required to be licensed must have one of the following | 6 | | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an | 7 | | educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute | 8 | | teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2023, a short-term | 9 | | substitute teaching license. References in law regarding | 10 | | individuals certified or certificated or required to be | 11 | | certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall | 12 | | also include individuals licensed or required to be licensed | 13 | | under this Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June | 14 | | 30 following one full year of the license being issued. | 15 | | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 16 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | 17 | | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | 18 | | licenses and endorsements under this Section. | 19 | | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) | 20 | | have successfully completed an approved educator | 21 | | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | 22 | | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | 23 | | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | 24 | | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | 25 | | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, |
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| 1 | | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | 2 | | the exceptional child, including without limitation | 3 | | children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | 4 | | successfully completed coursework in evidence-based | 5 | | methods of reading that include explicit and repeated
| 6 | | focus on phonemic awareness, a systematic approach to
| 7 | | phonics (decoding), spelling instruction (encoding),
| 8 | | vocabulary development, including morphology, reading
| 9 | | fluency, oral language development, and reading
| 10 | | comprehension, including syntax and background (content)
| 11 | | knowledge, and reading in the content area, and (v) have | 12 | | met all other criteria established by rule of the State | 13 | | Board of Education shall be issued a Professional Educator | 14 | | License. All Professional Educator Licenses are valid | 15 | | until June 30 immediately following 5 years of the license | 16 | | being issued. The Professional Educator License shall be | 17 | | endorsed with specific areas and grade levels in which the | 18 | | individual is eligible to practice. For an early childhood | 19 | | education endorsement, an individual may satisfy the | 20 | | student teaching requirement of his or her early childhood | 21 | | teacher preparation program through placement in a setting | 22 | | with children from birth through grade 2, and the | 23 | | individual may be paid and receive credit while student | 24 | | teaching. The student teaching experience must meet the | 25 | | requirements of and be approved by the individual's early | 26 | | childhood teacher preparation program. |
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| 1 | | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | 2 | | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | 3 | | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | 4 | | in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable | 5 | | content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | 6 | | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | 7 | | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | 8 | | that limits the license holder to one particular position | 9 | | or does not require completion of an approved educator | 10 | | program or both. | 11 | | An individual with an Educator License with | 12 | | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | 13 | | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | 14 | | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | 15 | | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | 16 | | with the following endorsements: | 17 | | (A) (Blank). | 18 | | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | 19 | | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | 20 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 21 | | applicant who, at the time of applying for the | 22 | | endorsement, has done all of the following: | 23 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 24 | | college or university with a minimum of a | 25 | | bachelor's degree. | 26 | | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of |
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| 1 | | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | 2 | | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | 3 | | Code. | 4 | | (iii) Passed a content area test, as required | 5 | | under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 6 | | The alternative provisional educator endorsement is | 7 | | valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a | 8 | | third year by an individual meeting the requirements set | 9 | | forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | 10 | | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | 11 | | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | 12 | | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | 13 | | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | 14 | | superintendent in a school district's central office. | 15 | | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | 16 | | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | 17 | | done all of the following: | 18 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 19 | | college or university with a minimum of a master's | 20 | | degree in a management field other than education. | 21 | | (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | 22 | | years in a management level position in a field | 23 | | other than education. | 24 | | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | 25 | | of an alternative route to superintendent | 26 | | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 |
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| 1 | | of this Code. | 2 | | (iv) Passed a content area test required under | 3 | | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 4 | | The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | 5 | | order to complete one full year of serving as a | 6 | | superintendent or assistant superintendent. | 7 | | (D) (Blank). | 8 | | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | 9 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 10 | | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | 11 | | has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | 12 | | regionally accredited institution of higher education | 13 | | or an accredited trade and technical institution and | 14 | | has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | 15 | | education in each area to be taught. | 16 | | The career and technical educator endorsement on | 17 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 18 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 19 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed. | 20 | | An individual who holds a valid career and | 21 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 22 | | with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's | 23 | | degree may substitute teach in career and technical | 24 | | education classrooms. | 25 | | (F) (Blank). | 26 | | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A |
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| 1 | | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | 2 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | 3 | | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | 4 | | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | 5 | | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets | 6 | | all of the following requirements: | 7 | | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | 8 | | writing ability in the language other than English | 9 | | in which transitional bilingual education is | 10 | | offered. | 11 | | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | 12 | | communicate in English. | 13 | | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | 14 | | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | 15 | | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | 16 | | comparable teaching certificate or comparable | 17 | | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | 18 | | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | 19 | | a foreign country that the State Educator | 20 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | 21 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 22 | | regionally accredited institution of higher | 23 | | learning in the United States. | 24 | | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | 25 | | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, | 26 | | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years |
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| 1 | | of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be | 2 | | renewed. | 3 | | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | 4 | | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | 5 | | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | 6 | | replaced for any reason. | 7 | | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | 8 | | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | 9 | | other than English in the public schools, an | 10 | | individual who holds an Educator License with | 11 | | Stipulations may also apply for a language | 12 | | endorsement, provided that the applicant provides | 13 | | satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the | 14 | | following requirements: | 15 | | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | 16 | | endorsement. | 17 | | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | 18 | | language for which the endorsement is to be issued | 19 | | by passing the applicable language content test | 20 | | required by the State Board of Education. | 21 | | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | 22 | | a regionally accredited institution of higher | 23 | | education or, for individuals educated in a | 24 | | country other than the United States, holds a | 25 | | degree from an institution of higher learning in a | 26 | | foreign country that the State Educator |
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| 1 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | 2 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 3 | | regionally accredited institution of higher | 4 | | learning in the United States. | 5 | | (iv) (Blank). | 6 | | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | 7 | | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | 8 | | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | 9 | | individual's transitional bilingual educator | 10 | | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | 11 | | and shall not be renewed. | 12 | | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | 13 | | international educator endorsement on an Educator | 14 | | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 15 | | individual who is being recruited by a particular | 16 | | school district that conducts formal recruitment | 17 | | programs outside of the United States to secure the | 18 | | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of | 19 | | the following requirements: | 20 | | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | 21 | | bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | 22 | | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | 23 | | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | 24 | | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | 25 | | subject to be taught. | 26 | | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English |
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| 1 | | language. | 2 | | A holder of a visiting international educator | 3 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 4 | | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | 5 | | programs in the language that was the medium of | 6 | | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | 7 | | provided that he or she passes the English Language | 8 | | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | 9 | | skills in English identified by the State Board of | 10 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 11 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. | 12 | | A visiting international educator endorsement on | 13 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5 | 14 | | years and shall not be renewed. | 15 | | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | 16 | | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 17 | | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | 18 | | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | 19 | | (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | 20 | | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | 21 | | institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a | 22 | | paraprofessional competency test under subsection | 23 | | (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years | 24 | | of age and will be using the Educator License with | 25 | | Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten | 26 | | through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age |
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| 1 | | of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a | 2 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this | 3 | | subparagraph (J). The paraprofessional educator | 4 | | endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | 5 | | following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and | 6 | | may be renewed through application and payment of the | 7 | | appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of | 8 | | this Code. An individual who holds only a | 9 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject | 10 | | to additional requirements in order to renew the | 11 | | endorsement. | 12 | | (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | 13 | | business official endorsement on an Educator License | 14 | | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | 15 | | qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | 16 | | years of full-time administrative experience in school | 17 | | business management or 2 years of university-approved | 18 | | practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | 19 | | hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | 20 | | State Board of Education for the preparation of school | 21 | | business administrators and by passage of the | 22 | | applicable State tests, including an applicable | 23 | | content area test. | 24 | | The chief school business official endorsement may | 25 | | also be affixed to the Educator License with | 26 | | Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a |
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| 1 | | master's degree in business administration, finance, | 2 | | accounting, or public administration and who completes | 3 | | an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | 4 | | business management from a regionally accredited | 5 | | institution of higher education and passes the | 6 | | applicable State tests, including an applicable | 7 | | content area test. This endorsement shall be required | 8 | | for any individual employed as a chief school business | 9 | | official. | 10 | | The chief school business official endorsement on | 11 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 12 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 13 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the | 14 | | license holder completes renewal requirements as | 15 | | required for individuals who hold a Professional | 16 | | Educator License endorsed for chief school business | 17 | | official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | 18 | | rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | 19 | | Education. | 20 | | The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules | 21 | | necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | 22 | | (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | 23 | | in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | 24 | | with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | 25 | | completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation | 26 | | program at an Illinois institution of higher education |
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| 1 | | and who has not successfully completed an | 2 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | 3 | | who meets all of the following requirements: | 4 | | (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | 5 | | (ii) Has completed an approved educator | 6 | | preparation program at an Illinois institution. | 7 | | (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | 8 | | test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 9 | | (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | 10 | | assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | 11 | | minimum score on that assessment, as established | 12 | | by the State Board of Education in consultation | 13 | | with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 14 | | Board. | 15 | | A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | 16 | | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | 17 | | full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | 18 | | be renewed. | 19 | | (M) (Blank). | 20 | | (N) Specialized services. A specialized services | 21 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 22 | | may be issued as defined and specified by rule. | 23 | | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | 24 | | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | 25 | | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | 26 | | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching |
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| 1 | | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | 2 | | a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's | 3 | | degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution | 4 | | of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved | 5 | | educator preparation program in this State and have earned | 6 | | at least 90 credit hours. | 7 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | 8 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | 9 | | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | 10 | | has had his or her Professional Educator License or | 11 | | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, | 12 | | then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | 13 | | Substitute Teaching License. | 14 | | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | 15 | | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | 16 | | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | 17 | | contract because of an emergency situation, then a | 18 | | district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer | 19 | | than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the | 20 | | district if the district notifies the appropriate regional | 21 | | office of education within 5 business days after the | 22 | | employment of the substitute teacher in the emergency | 23 | | situation. An emergency situation is one in which an | 24 | | unforeseen vacancy has occurred and (i) a teacher is | 25 | | unable to fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) | 26 | | teacher capacity needs of the district exceed previous |
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| 1 | | indications, and the district is actively engaged in | 2 | | advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the | 3 | | vacant position. | 4 | | There is no limit on the number of days that a | 5 | | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | 6 | | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | 7 | | than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year | 8 | | through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school | 9 | | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | 10 | | same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a | 11 | | Professional Educator License or Educator License with | 12 | | Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days | 13 | | for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same | 14 | | school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on the | 15 | | number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not | 16 | | apply to any school district operating under Article 34 of | 17 | | this Code. | 18 | | A school district may not require an individual who | 19 | | holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator | 20 | | License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | 21 | | Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | 22 | | (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | 23 | | on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2023, the State Board of | 24 | | Education may issue a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 25 | | License. A Short-Term Substitute Teaching License may be | 26 | | issued to a qualified applicant for substitute teaching in |
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| 1 | | all grades of the public schools, prekindergarten through | 2 | | grade 12. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not | 3 | | eligible for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term | 4 | | Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate's | 5 | | degree or have completed at least 60 credit hours from a | 6 | | regionally accredited institution of higher education. | 7 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for | 8 | | substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an | 9 | | individual has had his or her Professional Educator | 10 | | License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or | 11 | | revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | 12 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | 13 | | The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this | 14 | | Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. | 15 | | An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 16 | | License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per | 17 | | licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | 18 | | absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who | 19 | | is under contract, a school district may not hire an | 20 | | individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 21 | | License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due | 22 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 23 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual | 24 | | holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must | 25 | | complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or | 26 | | 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public |
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| 1 | | school. This paragraph (4) is inoperative on and after | 2 | | July 1, 2023.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; | 4 | | 101-594, eff. 12-5-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-711, eff. | 5 | | 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22; 102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, | 6 | | eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; revised 12-13-22.)
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| 8 | | Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. | 9 | | (a) (Blank). | 10 | | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 11 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design | 12 | | and implement a system of examinations, which shall be | 13 | | required prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These | 14 | | examinations and indicators must be based on national and | 15 | | State professional teaching standards, as determined by the | 16 | | State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | 17 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. The State Board of | 18 | | Education may adopt such rules as may be necessary to | 19 | | implement and administer this Section. | 20 | | (c) (Blank). | 21 | | (c-5) The State Board must adopt rules to implement a | 22 | | paraprofessional competency test. This test would allow an | 23 | | applicant seeking an Educator License with Stipulations with a | 24 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement to obtain the | 25 | | endorsement if he or she passes the test and meets the other |
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| 1 | | requirements of subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of Section | 2 | | 21B-20 other than the higher education requirements. | 3 | | (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be | 4 | | required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area | 5 | | of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There | 6 | | shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall | 7 | | be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record | 8 | | until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. | 9 | | (d-5) All applicants seeking a State license after October | 10 | | 1, 2025 in the areas of early childhood education, early | 11 | | childhood special education, elementary education in grades | 12 | | one through 6, reading specialist, reading teacher, learning | 13 | | behavior specialist I, special education general curriculum, | 14 | | director of special education, and principal as instruction | 15 | | leader shall take a test in reading foundations, which shall | 16 | | include assessment of the applicant's understanding of | 17 | | phonological and phonemic awareness, concepts of print and the | 18 | | alphabetic principle, the role of phonics in promoting reading | 19 | | development, word analysis skills and strategies, vocabulary | 20 | | development, linguistics, morphology, application of reading | 21 | | comprehension skills and strategies, and methods for assessing | 22 | | reading development. The test in reading foundations must also | 23 | | assess applicants' knowledge of assessment, differentiation, | 24 | | and intervention with respect to each component of reading for | 25 | | English learners, students with disabilities, and students | 26 | | with advanced skills in some areas of reading. |
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| 1 | | Candidates need not achieve a particular score on the test | 2 | | in reading foundations; however, candidates who achieve a | 3 | | passing score shall earn a notation on their transcript and an | 4 | | additional credential on their Professional Educator License, | 5 | | and this information shall be considered during each | 6 | | preparation program's reaccreditation process. The State Board | 7 | | shall aggregate and publish the number of candidates in each | 8 | | preparation program who take the test in reading foundations | 9 | | and the number who pass the test. The State Board shall cover | 10 | | the costs of the assessment, and no candidate or preparation | 11 | | program shall be charged a fee for the assessment. Candidates | 12 | | who have taken the test previously need not take it again for | 13 | | additional licensure areas, though they may choose to do so. | 14 | | (e) (Blank). | 15 | | (f) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, | 16 | | beginning on September 1, 2015, all candidates completing | 17 | | teacher preparation programs in this State and all candidates | 18 | | subject to Section 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass a | 19 | | teacher performance assessment approved by the State Board of | 20 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 21 | | and Licensure Board. A candidate may not be required to submit | 22 | | test materials by video submission. Subject to appropriation, | 23 | | an individual who holds a Professional Educator License and is | 24 | | employed for a minimum of one school year by a school district | 25 | | designated as Tier 1 under Section 18-8.15 may, after | 26 | | application to the State Board, receive from the State Board a |
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| 1 | | refund for any costs associated with completing the teacher | 2 | | performance assessment under this subsection. | 3 | | (g) The content area knowledge test and the teacher | 4 | | performance assessment shall be the tests that from time to | 5 | | time are designated by the State Board of Education, in | 6 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 7 | | Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing | 8 | | organization or tests designed by the State Board of | 9 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | 10 | | and Licensure Board. The test of content area knowledge shall | 11 | | assess content knowledge in a specific subject field. The | 12 | | tests must be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no | 13 | | person taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis | 14 | | of race, color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to | 15 | | the person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The | 16 | | score required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State | 17 | | Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 18 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. The tests shall be | 19 | | administered not fewer than 3 times a year at such time and | 20 | | place as may be designated by the State Board of Education, in | 21 | | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 22 | | Board. | 23 | | The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess | 24 | | the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of | 25 | | applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under | 26 | | subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this |
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| 1 | | Code in the English language and in the language of the | 2 | | transitional bilingual education program requested by the | 3 | | applicant. | 4 | | (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the | 5 | | provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school | 6 | | district subject to Article 34 of this Code. | 7 | | (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the | 8 | | testing requirements under this Section shall include , without | 9 | | limitation , provisions governing test selection, test | 10 | | validation , and determination of a passing score for all tests | 11 | | except the reading foundations test , administration of the | 12 | | tests, frequency of administration, applicant fees, frequency | 13 | | of applicants taking the tests, the years for which a score is | 14 | | valid, and appropriate special accommodations. The State Board | 15 | | of Education shall develop such rules as may be needed to | 16 | | ensure uniformity from year to year in the level of difficulty | 17 | | for each form of an assessment. The State Board shall base its | 18 | | rules concerning the passing score on the reading foundations | 19 | | test on the recommended cut-score determined in the formal | 20 | | standard-setting process.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; | 22 | | 101-594, eff. 12-5-19; 102-301, eff. 8-26-21.) | 23 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-35) | 24 | | Sec. 21B-35. Minimum requirements for educators trained in | 25 | | other states or countries. |
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| 1 | | (a) Any applicant who has not been entitled by an | 2 | | Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois | 3 | | institution of higher education applying for a Professional | 4 | | Educator License endorsed in a teaching field or school | 5 | | support personnel area must meet the following requirements: | 6 | | (1) the applicant must: | 7 | | (A) hold a comparable and valid educator license | 8 | | or certificate, as defined by rule, with similar grade | 9 | | level and content area credentials from another state, | 10 | | with the State Board of Education having the authority | 11 | | to determine what constitutes similar grade level and | 12 | | content area credentials from another state; | 13 | | (B) have a bachelor's degree from a regionally | 14 | | accredited institution of higher education; and | 15 | | (C) (blank); or | 16 | | (2) the applicant must: | 17 | | (A) have completed a state-approved program for | 18 | | the licensure area sought, including coursework | 19 | | concerning (i) methods of instruction of the | 20 | | exceptional child, (ii) evidence-based methods of | 21 | | reading that include explicit and repeated focus on | 22 | | phonemic awareness, a systematic approach to phonics | 23 | | (decoding), spelling instruction (encoding), | 24 | | vocabulary development, including morphology, reading | 25 | | fluency, oral language development, and reading | 26 | | comprehension, including syntax and background |
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| 1 | | (content) knowledge, and reading in the content area, | 2 | | and (iii) instructional strategies for English | 3 | | learners; | 4 | | (B) have a bachelor's degree from a regionally | 5 | | accredited institution of higher education; | 6 | | (C) have successfully met all Illinois examination | 7 | | requirements, except that: | 8 | | (i) (blank); | 9 | | (ii) an applicant who has successfully | 10 | | completed a test of content, as defined by rules, | 11 | | at the time of initial licensure in another state | 12 | | is not required to complete a test of content; and | 13 | | (iii) an applicant for a teaching endorsement | 14 | | who has successfully completed an evidence-based | 15 | | assessment of teacher effectiveness, as defined by | 16 | | rules, at the time of initial licensure in another | 17 | | state is not required to complete an | 18 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher | 19 | | effectiveness; and | 20 | | (D) for an applicant for a teaching endorsement, | 21 | | have completed student teaching or an equivalent | 22 | | experience or, for an applicant for a school service | 23 | | personnel endorsement, have completed an internship or | 24 | | an equivalent experience. | 25 | | (b) In order to receive a Professional Educator License | 26 | | endorsed in a teaching field or school support personnel area, |
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| 1 | | applicants trained in another country must meet all of the | 2 | | following requirements: | 3 | | (1) Have completed a comparable education program in | 4 | | another country. | 5 | | (2) Have had transcripts evaluated by an evaluation | 6 | | service approved by the State Superintendent of Education. | 7 | | (3) Have a degree comparable to a degree from a | 8 | | regionally accredited institution of higher education. | 9 | | (4) Have completed coursework aligned to standards | 10 | | concerning (i) methods of instruction of the exceptional | 11 | | child, (ii) evidence-based methods of reading that include | 12 | | explicit and repeated focus on phonemic awareness, a | 13 | | systematic approach to phonics (decoding), spelling | 14 | | instruction (encoding), vocabulary development, including | 15 | | morphology, reading fluency, oral language development, | 16 | | and reading comprehension, including syntax and background | 17 | | (content) knowledge, and reading in the content area, and | 18 | | (iii) instructional strategies for English learners. | 19 | | (5) (Blank). | 20 | | (6) (Blank). | 21 | | (7) Have successfully met all State licensure | 22 | | examination requirements. Applicants who have successfully | 23 | | completed a test of content, as defined by rules, at the | 24 | | time of initial licensure in another country shall not be | 25 | | required to complete a test of content. Applicants for a | 26 | | teaching endorsement who have successfully completed an |
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| 1 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness, as | 2 | | defined by rules, at the time of initial licensure in | 3 | | another country shall not be required to complete an | 4 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness. | 5 | | (8) Have completed student teaching or an equivalent | 6 | | experience. | 7 | | (9) (Blank). | 8 | | (b-5) All applicants who have not been entitled by an | 9 | | Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois | 10 | | institution of higher education and applicants trained in | 11 | | another country applying for a Professional Educator License | 12 | | endorsed for principal or superintendent must hold a master's | 13 | | degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher | 14 | | education and hold a comparable and valid educator license or | 15 | | certificate with similar grade level and subject matter | 16 | | credentials, with the State Board of Education having the | 17 | | authority to determine what constitutes similar grade level | 18 | | and subject matter credentials from another state, or must | 19 | | meet all of the following requirements: | 20 | | (1) Have completed an educator preparation program | 21 | | approved by another state or comparable educator program | 22 | | in another country leading to the receipt of a license or | 23 | | certificate for the Illinois endorsement sought. | 24 | | (2) Have successfully met all State licensure | 25 | | examination requirements, as required by Section 21B-30 of | 26 | | this Code. Applicants who have successfully completed a |
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| 1 | | test of content, as defined by rules, at the time of | 2 | | initial licensure in another state or country shall not be | 3 | | required to complete a test of content. | 4 | | (2.5) Have completed an internship, as defined by | 5 | | rule. | 6 | | (3) (Blank). | 7 | | (4) Have completed coursework aligned to standards | 8 | | concerning (i) methods of instruction of the exceptional | 9 | | child, (ii) evidence-based methods of reading that include | 10 | | explicit and repeated focus on phonemic awareness, a | 11 | | systematic approach to phonics (decoding), spelling | 12 | | instruction (encoding), vocabulary development, including | 13 | | morphology, reading fluency, oral language development, | 14 | | and reading comprehension, including syntax and background | 15 | | (content) knowledge, and reading in the content area, and | 16 | | (iii) instructional strategies for English learners. | 17 | | (4.5) (Blank). | 18 | | (5) Have completed a master's degree. | 19 | | (6) Have successfully completed teaching, school | 20 | | support, or administrative experience as defined by rule. | 21 | | (b-7) All applicants who have not been entitled by an | 22 | | Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois | 23 | | institution of higher education applying for a Professional | 24 | | Educator License endorsed for Director of Special Education | 25 | | must hold a master's degree from a regionally accredited | 26 | | institution of higher education and must hold a comparable and |
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| 1 | | valid educator license or certificate with similar grade level | 2 | | and subject matter credentials, with the State Board of | 3 | | Education having the authority to determine what constitutes | 4 | | similar grade level and subject matter credentials from | 5 | | another state, or must meet all of the following requirements: | 6 | | (1) Have completed a master's degree. | 7 | | (2) Have 2 years of full-time experience providing | 8 | | special education services. | 9 | | (3) Have successfully completed all examination | 10 | | requirements, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 11 | | Applicants who have successfully completed a test of | 12 | | content, as identified by rules, at the time of initial | 13 | | licensure in another state or country shall not be | 14 | | required to complete a test of content. | 15 | | (4) Have completed coursework aligned to standards | 16 | | concerning (i) methods of instruction of the exceptional | 17 | | child, (ii) evidence-based methods of reading that include | 18 | | explicit and repeated focus on phonemic awareness, a | 19 | | systematic approach to phonics (decoding), spelling | 20 | | instruction (encoding), vocabulary development, including | 21 | | morphology, reading fluency, oral language development, | 22 | | and reading comprehension, including syntax and background | 23 | | (content) knowledge, and reading in the content area, and | 24 | | (iii) instructional strategies for English learners. | 25 | | (b-10) All applicants who have not been entitled by an | 26 | | Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois |
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| 1 | | institution of higher education applying for a Professional | 2 | | Educator License endorsed for chief school business official | 3 | | must hold a master's degree from a regionally accredited | 4 | | institution of higher education and must hold a comparable and | 5 | | valid educator license or certificate with similar grade level | 6 | | and subject matter credentials, with the State Board of | 7 | | Education having the authority to determine what constitutes | 8 | | similar grade level and subject matter credentials from | 9 | | another state, or must meet all of the following requirements: | 10 | | (1) Have completed a master's degree in school | 11 | | business management, finance, or accounting. | 12 | | (2) Have successfully completed an internship in | 13 | | school business management or have 2 years of experience | 14 | | as a school business administrator. | 15 | | (3) Have successfully met all State examination | 16 | | requirements, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 17 | | Applicants who have successfully completed a test of | 18 | | content, as identified by rules, at the time of initial | 19 | | licensure in another state or country shall not be | 20 | | required to complete a test of content. | 21 | | (4) Have completed modules aligned to standards | 22 | | concerning methods of instruction of the exceptional | 23 | | child, methods of reading and reading in the content area, | 24 | | and instructional strategies for English learners. | 25 | | (c) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 26 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such |
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| 1 | | rules as may be necessary to implement this Section.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; | 3 | | 102-539, eff. 8-20-21.)
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law.
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