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90_HB0159
105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a
105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b new
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school counselor
is a qualified specialist who holds a valid teaching
certificate and a valid Type 73 school service personnel
certificate endorsed for school counseling, each issued by
the State Teacher Certification Board. Lists services that
are included as school counseling services. Provides that
school counseling services in the public schools are
furnished by a qualified specialist who holds a Type 73
school service personnel certificate endorsed for school
counseling. States that the provisions of the amendatory Act
do not prohibit other qualified professionals from providing
such of the listed services for which they are appropriately
trained. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 10-22.24a and adding Section 10-22.24b.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 22.24a and adding Section 22.24b as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
8 Sec. 10-22.24a. School counselor. To employ school
9 counselors certified as such by the State Teacher
10 Certification Board, and to supervise school counselor
11 interns enrolled in a school counseling program approved by
12 the State Teacher Certification Board. A school counselor is
13 a qualified specialist who holds a valid teaching certificate
14 issued by the State Teacher Certification Board and a valid
15 Type 73 School Service Personnel certificate endorsed for
16 school counseling issued by the State Teacher Certification
17 Board.
18 (Source: P.A. 82-998.)
19 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b new)
20 Sec. 10-22.24b. School counseling services. School
21 counseling services in the public schools are provided by a
22 qualified specialist who holds a valid Type 73 School Service
23 Personnel certificate endorsed for school counseling issued
24 by the State Teacher Certification Board. School counseling
25 services include but are not limited to: (1) educational
26 planning; (2) career development and counseling; (3) college
27 counseling; (4) developing and facilitating anti-violence
28 education or conflict resolution programs, or both; (5)
29 providing crisis intervention programs within the school
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1 setting; (6) making appropriate referrals to outside
2 agencies; (7) interpreting achievement, career, and
3 vocational test information; (8) developing individual career
4 plans for all students; (9) providing individual and small
5 group counseling; (10) addressing the developmental needs of
6 students by designing curricula for classroom counseling and
7 guidance; (11) consulting and counseling with parents for the
8 academic, career, and personal success of their children;
9 (12) facilitating school to work transition programs; and
10 (13) supervising school counseling interns enrolled in school
11 counseling programs that meet the standards of the State
12 Board of Education. Nothing in this Section prohibits other
13 qualified professionals from providing those services listed
14 for which they are appropriately trained.
15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.