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92_SB0329enr SB329 Enrolled LRB9207406ACcd 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 SB329 Enrolled -2- LRB9207406ACcd 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 aspart timeteaching interns when such students are 5 enrolled in a college or university internship program, which 6 has prior approval by the State Board of Education, in 7 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board, 8 leading to a masters degree. 9 Regional offices of education have the authority to 10 initiate and collaborate with institutions of higher learning 11 to establish internship programs referenced in this 12 subsection (c). The State Board of Education has 90 days 13 from receiving a written proposal to establish the internship 14 program to seek the State Teacher Certification Board's 15 consultation on the internship program. If the State Board 16 of Education does not consult the State Teacher Certification 17 Board within 90 days, the regional office of education may 18 seek the State Teacher Certification Board's consultation 19 without the State Board of Education's approval. 20 (d) Nothing in this Section shall require constant 21 supervision of a student teacher enrolled in a student 22 teaching course at a college or university, provided such 23 activity has the prior approval of the representative of the 24 higher education institution and teaching plans have 25 previously been discussed with and approved by the 26 supervising teacher and further provided that such teaching 27 is within guidelines established by the State Board of 28 Education in consultation with the State Teacher 29 Certification Board. 30 (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)