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| Public Act 100-0356 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
14-1.09a and by adding Sections 10-20.60 and 34-18.53 as | ||||
follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.60 new) | ||||
Sec. 10-20.60. School social worker. A school board may | ||||
employ school social workers who have graduated with a master's | ||||
or higher degree in social work from an accredited graduate | ||||
school of social work and have such additional qualifications | ||||
as may be required by the State Board of Education and who hold | ||||
a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel | ||||
endorsement for school social work pursuant to Section 21B-25 | ||||
of this Code. Only persons so licensed and endorsed may use the | ||||
title "school social worker". A school social worker may | ||||
provide individual and group services to the general student | ||||
population and to students with disabilities pursuant to | ||||
Article 14 of this Code and rules set forth in 23 Ill. Adm. | ||||
Code 226, Special Education, adopted by the State Board of | ||||
Education and may provide support and consultation to | ||||
administrators, teachers, and other school personnel | ||||
consistent with their professional qualifications and the | ||||
provisions of this Code and other applicable laws. School | ||
districts may employ a sufficient number of school social | ||
workers to address the needs of their students and schools and | ||
may maintain the nationally recommended student-to-school | ||
social worker ratio of 250 to 1. A school social worker may not | ||
provide such services outside his or her employment to any | ||
student in the district or districts that employ the school | ||
social worker.
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(105 ILCS 5/14-1.09a) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.09a)
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Sec. 14-1.09a. School social worker. "School Social | ||
Worker" means a
social worker who has graduated with a master's | ||
or higher degree in social
work from an accredited graduate | ||
school of social work and who has such
additional | ||
qualifications as may be required by the State Board of
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Education and who holds a Professional Educator License with a | ||
school support personnel endorsement for school social work | ||
pursuant to Section 21B-25 School Service Personnel | ||
Certificate endorsed for
school social work issued pursuant to | ||
Section 21-25 of this Code. Only persons
Persons so licensed | ||
and endorsed certified may use the title "school social | ||
worker". A social worker and may
offer school social work | ||
services as provided in this Code and other applicable laws and | ||
as which are limited to those services set
forth in 23 Ill. | ||
Adm. Code 226, Special Education, pertaining to children
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between the ages of 3 to 21, promulgated by the State Board of | ||
Education, governing the provision of special education and | ||
related services to children with disabilities and | ||
requirements for the treatment of children with disabilities | ||
between the ages of 3 and 21.
School social workers may make | ||
evaluations, recommendations or
interventions regarding the | ||
placement of children in educational programs
or special | ||
education classes. However, a school social worker shall not
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provide such services outside his or her employment to any | ||
student in the
district or districts which employ such school | ||
social worker.
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(Source: P.A. 86-303.)
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(105 ILCS 5/34-18.53 new) | ||
Sec. 34-18.53. School social worker. The board may employ | ||
school social workers who have graduated with a master's or | ||
higher degree in social work from an accredited graduate school | ||
of social work and have such additional qualifications as may | ||
be required by the State Board of Education and who hold a | ||
Professional Educator License with a school support personnel | ||
endorsement for school social work pursuant to Section 21B-25 | ||
of this Code. Only persons so licensed and endorsed may use the | ||
title "school social worker". A school social worker may | ||
provide individual and group services to the general student | ||
population and to students with disabilities pursuant to | ||
Article 14 of this Code and rules set forth in 23 Ill. Adm. | ||
Code 226, Special Education, adopted by the State Board of | ||
Education and may provide support and consultation to | ||
administrators, teachers, and other school personnel | ||
consistent with their professional qualifications and the | ||
provisions of this Code and other applicable laws. The school | ||
district may employ a sufficient number of school social | ||
workers to address the needs of their students and schools and | ||
may maintain the nationally recommended student-to-school | ||
social worker ratio of 250 to 1. A school social worker may not | ||
provide such services outside his or her employment to any | ||
student in the district or districts that employ the school | ||
social worker.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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