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92_SB0329
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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
5 Section 10-22.34 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34)
7 Sec. 10-22.34. Non-certificated personnel.
8 (a) School Boards may employ non-teaching personnel or
9 utilize volunteer personnel for: (1) non-teaching duties not
10 requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils; and
11 (2) supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception
12 areas used incident to instructional programs transmitted by
13 electronic media such as computers, video, and audio, and
14 detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
15 extracurricular activities.
16 (b) School boards may further utilize volunteer
17 non-certificated personnel or employ non-certificated
18 personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the
19 immediate supervision of a teacher, holding a valid
20 certificate, directly engaged in teaching subject matter or
21 conducting activities. The teacher shall be continuously
22 aware of the non-certificated persons' activities and shall
23 be able to control or modify them. The State Board of
24 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
25 Certification Board, shall determine qualifications of such
26 personnel and shall prescribe rules for determining the
27 duties and activities to be assigned to such personnel. In
28 the determination of qualifications of such personnel, the
29 State Board of Education shall accept coursework earned in a
30 recognized institution or from an institution of higher
31 learning accredited by the North Central Association or other
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1 comparable regional accrediting association.
2 (c) School boards may also employ students holding a
3 bachelor's degree from a recognized institution of higher
4 learning as part time teaching interns when such students are
5 enrolled in a college or university internship program, which
6 has prior approval by the Regional Office of Education or the
7 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
8 Teacher Certification Board, leading to a masters degree.
9 (d) Nothing in this Section shall require constant
10 supervision of a student teacher enrolled in a student
11 teaching course at a college or university, provided such
12 activity has the prior approval of the representative of the
13 higher education institution and teaching plans have
14 previously been discussed with and approved by the
15 supervising teacher and further provided that such teaching
16 is within guidelines established by the State Board of
17 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
18 Certification Board.
19 (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)