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1+103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0296 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 10/1 from Ch. 122, par. 50-1 Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. LRB103 03823 RJT 48829 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0296 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 10/1 from Ch. 122, par. 50-1 105 ILCS 10/1 from Ch. 122, par. 50-1 Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. LRB103 03823 RJT 48829 b LRB103 03823 RJT 48829 b A BILL FOR
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311 1 AN ACT concerning education.
412 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
513 3 represented in the General Assembly:
6-4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
7-5 21B-30 and 21B-50 as follows:
8-6 (105 ILCS 5/21B-30)
9-7 Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing.
10-8 (a) (Blank).
11-9 (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
12-10 State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design
13-11 and implement a system of examinations, which shall be
14-12 required prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These
15-13 examinations and indicators must be based on national and
16-14 State professional teaching standards, as determined by the
17-15 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
18-16 Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. The State Board of
19-17 Education may adopt such rules as may be necessary to
20-18 implement and administer this Section.
21-19 (c) (Blank).
22-20 (c-5) The State Board must adopt rules to implement a
23-21 paraprofessional competency test. This test would allow an
24-22 applicant seeking an Educator License with Stipulations with a
25-23 paraprofessional educator endorsement to obtain the
14+4 Section 5. The Illinois School Student Records Act is
15+5 amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
16+6 (105 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 122, par. 50-1)
17+7 Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and and may be cited as the
18+8 Illinois School Student Records Act.
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34-1 endorsement if he or she passes the test and meets the other
35-2 requirements of subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of Section
36-3 21B-20 other than the higher education requirements.
37-4 (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be
38-5 required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area
39-6 of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There
40-7 shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall
41-8 be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record
42-9 until he or she has passed the applicable content area test.
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44-11 (f) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
45-12 of the 103rd General Assembly through August 31, 2025, no
46-13 candidate completing a teacher preparation program in this
47-14 State or candidate subject to Section 21B-35 of this Code is
48-15 required to pass a teacher performance assessment. Except as
49-16 otherwise provided in this Article, beginning on September 1,
50-17 2015 until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
51-18 103rd General Assembly and beginning again on September 1,
52-19 2025, all candidates completing teacher preparation programs
53-20 in this State and all candidates subject to Section 21B-35 of
54-21 this Code are required to pass a teacher performance
55-22 assessment approved by the State Board of Education, in
56-23 consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
57-24 Board. A candidate may not be required to submit test
58-25 materials by video submission. Subject to appropriation, an
59-26 individual who holds a Professional Educator License and is
23+103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0296 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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70-1 employed for a minimum of one school year by a school district
71-2 designated as Tier 1 under Section 18-8.15 may, after
72-3 application to the State Board, receive from the State Board a
73-4 refund for any costs associated with completing the teacher
74-5 performance assessment under this subsection.
75-6 (f-5) The Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force is
76-7 created to evaluate potential teacher performance assessment
77-8 systems for implementation in this State, with the intention
78-9 of supporting a thoughtful and well-rounded licensure system
79-10 that is performance-based and has consistency across programs
80-11 and objectivity. The Task Force shall consist of all of the
81-12 following members:
82-13 (1) One member of the Senate, appointed by the
83-14 President of the Senate.
84-15 (2) One member of the Senate, appointed by the
85-16 Minority Leader of the Senate.
86-17 (3) One member of the House of Representatives,
87-18 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
88-19 (4) One member of the House of Representatives,
89-20 appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
90-21 Representatives.
91-22 (5) One member who represents a statewide professional
92-23 teachers' organization, appointed by the State
93-24 Superintendent of Education.
94-25 (6) One member who represents a different statewide
95-26 professional teachers' organization, appointed by the
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106-1 State Superintendent of Education.
107-2 (7) One member from a statewide organization
108-3 representing school principals, appointed by the State
109-4 Superintendent of Education.
110-5 (8) One member from a statewide organization
111-6 representing regional superintendents of schools,
112-7 appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
113-8 (9) One member from a statewide organization
114-9 representing school business officials, appointed by the
115-10 State Superintendent of Education.
116-11 (10) One member representing a school district
117-12 organized under Article 34 of this Code, appointed by the
118-13 State Superintendent of Education.
119-14 (11) One member of an association representing rural
120-15 and small schools, appointed by the State Superintendent
121-16 of Education.
122-17 (12) One member representing a suburban school
123-18 district, appointed by the State Superintendent of
124-19 Education.
125-20 (13) One member from a statewide organization
126-21 representing school districts in the southern suburbs of
127-22 the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent
128-23 of Education.
129-24 (14) One member from a statewide organization
130-25 representing large unit school districts, appointed by the
131-26 State Superintendent of Education.
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142-1 (15) One member from a statewide organization
143-2 representing school districts in the collar counties of
144-3 the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent
145-4 of Education.
146-5 (16) Three members, each representing a different
147-6 public university in this State, appointed by the State
148-7 Superintendent of Education.
149-8 (17) Three members, each representing a different
150-9 4-year nonpublic university or college in this State,
151-10 appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
152-11 (18) One member of the Board of Higher Education,
153-12 appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
154-13 (19) One member representing a statewide policy
155-14 organization advocating on behalf of multilingual students
156-15 and families, appointed by the State Superintendent of
157-16 Education.
158-17 (20) One member representing a statewide organization
159-18 focused on research-based education policy to support a
160-19 school system that prepares all students for college, a
161-20 career, and democratic citizenship, appointed by the State
162-21 Superintendent of Education.
163-22 (21) Two members representing an early childhood
164-23 advocacy organization, appointed by the State
165-24 Superintendent of Education.
166-25 Members of the Task Force shall serve without
167-26 compensation. The Task Force shall first meet at the call of
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178-1 the State Superintendent of Education, and each subsequent
179-2 meeting shall be called by the chairperson of the Task Force,
180-3 who shall be designated by the State Superintendent of
181-4 Education. The State Board of Education shall provide
182-5 administrative and other support to the Task Force.
183-6 On or before August 1, 2024, the Task Force shall report on
184-7 its work, including recommendations on a teacher performance
185-8 assessment system in this State, to the State Board of
186-9 Education. The Task Force is dissolved upon submission of this
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188-11 (g) The content area knowledge test and the teacher
189-12 performance assessment shall be the tests that from time to
190-13 time are designated by the State Board of Education, in
191-14 consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
192-15 Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing
193-16 organization or tests designed by the State Board of
194-17 Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation
195-18 and Licensure Board. The test of content area knowledge shall
196-19 assess content knowledge in a specific subject field. The
197-20 tests must be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no
198-21 person taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis
199-22 of race, color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to
200-23 the person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The
201-24 score required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State
202-25 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator
203-26 Preparation and Licensure Board. The tests shall be
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214-1 administered not fewer than 3 times a year at such time and
215-2 place as may be designated by the State Board of Education, in
216-3 consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
217-4 Board.
218-5 The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess
219-6 the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of
220-7 applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under
221-8 subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this
222-9 Code in the English language and in the language of the
223-10 transitional bilingual education program requested by the
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225-12 (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the
226-13 provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school
227-14 district subject to Article 34 of this Code.
228-15 (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the
229-16 testing requirements under this Section shall include without
230-17 limitation provisions governing test selection, test
231-18 validation and determination of a passing score,
232-19 administration of the tests, frequency of administration,
233-20 applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the
234-21 years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special
235-22 accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop
236-23 such rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to
237-24 year in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment.
238-25 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. 8-7-19;
239-26 101-594, eff. 12-5-19; 102-301, eff. 8-26-21.)
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251-2 Sec. 21B-50. Alternative Educator Licensure Program.
252-3 (a) There is established an alternative educator licensure
253-4 program, to be known as the Alternative Educator Licensure
254-5 Program for Teachers.
255-6 (b) The Alternative Educator Licensure Program for
256-7 Teachers may be offered by a recognized institution approved
257-8 to offer educator preparation programs by the State Board of
258-9 Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation
259-10 and Licensure Board.
260-11 The program shall be comprised of 4 phases:
261-12 (1) A course of study that at a minimum includes
262-13 instructional planning; instructional strategies,
263-14 including special education, reading, and English language
264-15 learning; classroom management; and the assessment of
265-16 students and use of data to drive instruction.
266-17 (2) A year of residency, which is a candidate's
267-18 assignment to a full-time teaching position or as a
268-19 co-teacher for one full school year. An individual must
269-20 hold an Educator License with Stipulations with an
270-21 alternative provisional educator endorsement in order to
271-22 enter the residency and must complete additional program
272-23 requirements that address required State and national
273-24 standards, pass the State Board's teacher performance
274-25 assessment, if required under Section 21B-30, no later
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286-2 residency, as required under phase (3) of this subsection
287-3 (b), and be recommended by the principal or qualified
288-4 equivalent of a principal, as required under subsection
289-5 (d) of this Section, and the program coordinator to
290-6 continue with the second year of the residency.
291-7 (3) A second year of residency, which shall include
292-8 the candidate's assignment to a full-time teaching
293-9 position for one school year. The candidate must be
294-10 assigned an experienced teacher to act as a mentor and
295-11 coach the candidate through the second year of residency.
296-12 (4) A comprehensive assessment of the candidate's
297-13 teaching effectiveness, as evaluated by the principal or
298-14 qualified equivalent of a principal, as required under
299-15 subsection (d) of this Section, and the program
300-16 coordinator, at the end of the second year of residency.
301-17 If there is disagreement between the 2 evaluators about
302-18 the candidate's teaching effectiveness, the candidate may
303-19 complete one additional year of residency teaching under a
304-20 professional development plan developed by the principal
305-21 or qualified equivalent and the preparation program. At
306-22 the completion of the third year, a candidate must have
307-23 positive evaluations and a recommendation for full
308-24 licensure from both the principal or qualified equivalent
309-25 and the program coordinator or no Professional Educator
310-26 License shall be issued.
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321-1 Successful completion of the program shall be deemed to
322-2 satisfy any other practice or student teaching and content
323-3 matter requirements established by law.
324-4 (c) An alternative provisional educator endorsement on an
325-5 Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 2 years of
326-6 teaching in the public schools, including without limitation a
327-7 preschool educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this
328-8 Code or charter school, or in a State-recognized nonpublic
329-9 school in which the chief administrator is required to have
330-10 the licensure necessary to be a principal in a public school in
331-11 this State and in which a majority of the teachers are required
332-12 to have the licensure necessary to be instructors in a public
333-13 school in this State, but may be renewed for a third year if
334-14 needed to complete the Alternative Educator Licensure Program
335-15 for Teachers. The endorsement shall be issued only once to an
336-16 individual who meets all of the following requirements:
337-17 (1) Has graduated from a regionally accredited college
338-18 or university with a bachelor's degree or higher.
339-19 (2) (Blank).
340-20 (3) Has completed a major in the content area if
341-21 seeking a middle or secondary level endorsement or, if
342-22 seeking an early childhood, elementary, or special
343-23 education endorsement, has completed a major in the
344-24 content area of reading, English/language arts,
345-25 mathematics, or one of the sciences. If the individual
346-26 does not have a major in a content area for any level of
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358-2 Board of Education to be reviewed for equivalency.
359-3 (4) Has successfully completed phase (1) of subsection
360-4 (b) of this Section.
361-5 (5) Has passed a content area test required for the
362-6 specific endorsement for admission into the program, as
363-7 required under Section 21B-30 of this Code.
364-8 A candidate possessing the alternative provisional
365-9 educator endorsement may receive a salary, benefits, and any
366-10 other terms of employment offered to teachers in the school
367-11 who are members of an exclusive bargaining representative, if
368-12 any, but a school is not required to provide these benefits
369-13 during the years of residency if the candidate is serving only
370-14 as a co-teacher. If the candidate is serving as the teacher of
371-15 record, the candidate must receive a salary, benefits, and any
372-16 other terms of employment. Residency experiences must not be
373-17 counted towards tenure.
374-18 (d) The recognized institution offering the Alternative
375-19 Educator Licensure Program for Teachers must partner with a
376-20 school district, including without limitation a preschool
377-21 educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this Code or
378-22 charter school, or a State-recognized, nonpublic school in
379-23 this State in which the chief administrator is required to
380-24 have the licensure necessary to be a principal in a public
381-25 school in this State and in which a majority of the teachers
382-26 are required to have the licensure necessary to be instructors
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394-2 that partners with a public school district administering a
395-3 preschool educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this
396-4 Code must require a principal to recommend or evaluate
397-5 candidates in the program. A recognized institution that
398-6 partners with an eligible entity administering a preschool
399-7 educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this Code and that
400-8 is not a public school district must require a principal or
401-9 qualified equivalent of a principal to recommend or evaluate
402-10 candidates in the program. The program presented for approval
403-11 by the State Board of Education must demonstrate the supports
404-12 that are to be provided to assist the provisional teacher
405-13 during the 2-year residency period. These supports must
406-14 provide additional contact hours with mentors during the first
407-15 year of residency.
408-16 (e) Upon completion of the 4 phases outlined in subsection
409-17 (b) of this Section and all assessments required under Section
410-18 21B-30 of this Code, an individual shall receive a
411-19 Professional Educator License.
412-20 (f) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
413-21 State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such
414-22 rules as may be necessary to establish and implement the
415-23 Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers.
416-24 (Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-822, eff. 1-1-19;
417-25 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; 101-570, eff. 8-23-19; 101-643, eff.
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