Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB4572 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4572 Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/21B-20105 ILCS 5/21B-30105 ILCS 5/21B-40 Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides for the issuance of a Montessori educator license to qualified individuals to teach using the Montessori method in public school programs that use the Montessori method as the primary method of instruction. Sets forth the requirements that an individual must satisfy to be issued a Montessori educator license, which include requiring the applicant to have (i) graduated from a regionally accredited institution of higher education with a bachelor's degree, (ii) a Montessori certificate or credential issued by an institution accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education, by the American Montessori Society, or by the Association Montessori Internationale, and (iii) successfully completed required testing. Makes related changes to provisions concerning educator testing and fees. LRB103 38743 RJT 68880 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4572 Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/21B-20105 ILCS 5/21B-30105 ILCS 5/21B-40 105 ILCS 5/21B-20 105 ILCS 5/21B-30 105 ILCS 5/21B-40 Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides for the issuance of a Montessori educator license to qualified individuals to teach using the Montessori method in public school programs that use the Montessori method as the primary method of instruction. Sets forth the requirements that an individual must satisfy to be issued a Montessori educator license, which include requiring the applicant to have (i) graduated from a regionally accredited institution of higher education with a bachelor's degree, (ii) a Montessori certificate or credential issued by an institution accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education, by the American Montessori Society, or by the Association Montessori Internationale, and (iii) successfully completed required testing. Makes related changes to provisions concerning educator testing and fees. LRB103 38743 RJT 68880 b LRB103 38743 RJT 68880 b A BILL FOR
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7	7	Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides for the issuance of a Montessori educator license to qualified individuals to teach using the Montessori method in public school programs that use the Montessori method as the primary method of instruction. Sets forth the requirements that an individual must satisfy to be issued a Montessori educator license, which include requiring the applicant to have (i) graduated from a regionally accredited institution of higher education with a bachelor's degree, (ii) a Montessori certificate or credential issued by an institution accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education, by the American Montessori Society, or by the Association Montessori Internationale, and (iii) successfully completed required testing. Makes related changes to provisions concerning educator testing and fees.
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning education.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
17	17	5 21B-20, 21B-30, and 21B-40 as follows:
18	18	6 (105 ILCS 5/21B-20)
19	19	7 Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of
20	20	8 Education shall implement a system of educator licensure,
21	21	9 whereby individuals employed in school districts who are
22	22	10 required to be licensed must have one of the following
23	23	11 licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an
24	24	12 educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute
25	25	13 teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2028, a short-term
26	26	14 substitute teaching license; or (v) a Montessori educator
27	27	15 license. References in law regarding individuals certified or
28	28	16 certificated or required to be certified or certificated under
29	29	17 Article 21 of this Code shall also include individuals
30	30	18 licensed or required to be licensed under this Article. The
31	31	19 first year of all licenses ends on June 30 following one full
32	32	20 year of the license being issued.
33	33	21 The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
34	34	22 State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such
35	35	23 rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for
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44	44	Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides for the issuance of a Montessori educator license to qualified individuals to teach using the Montessori method in public school programs that use the Montessori method as the primary method of instruction. Sets forth the requirements that an individual must satisfy to be issued a Montessori educator license, which include requiring the applicant to have (i) graduated from a regionally accredited institution of higher education with a bachelor's degree, (ii) a Montessori certificate or credential issued by an institution accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education, by the American Montessori Society, or by the Association Montessori Internationale, and (iii) successfully completed required testing. Makes related changes to provisions concerning educator testing and fees.
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74	74	1 licenses and endorsements under this Section.
75	75	2 (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i)
76	76	3 have successfully completed an approved educator
77	77	4 preparation program and are recommended for licensure by
78	78	5 the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation
79	79	6 program, (ii) have successfully completed the required
80	80	7 testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have
81	81	8 successfully completed coursework on the psychology of,
82	82	9 the identification of, and the methods of instruction for
83	83	10 the exceptional child, including, without limitation,
84	84	11 children with learning disabilities, (iv) have
85	85	12 successfully completed coursework in methods of reading
86	86	13 and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other
87	87	14 criteria established by rule of the State Board of
88	88	15 Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License.
89	89	16 All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30
90	90	17 immediately following 5 years of the license being issued.
91	91	18 The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with
92	92	19 specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is
93	93	20 eligible to practice. For an early childhood education
94	94	21 endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student
95	95	22 teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher
96	96	23 preparation program through placement in a setting with
97	97	24 children from birth through grade 2, and the individual
98	98	25 may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The
99	99	26 student teaching experience must meet the requirements of
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110	110	1 and be approved by the individual's early childhood
111	111	2 teacher preparation program.
112	112	3 Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the
113	113	4 Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements
114	114	5 shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework
115	115	6 in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable
116	116	7 content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule.
117	117	8 (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator
118	118	9 License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement
119	119	10 that limits the license holder to one particular position
120	120	11 or does not require completion of an approved educator
121	121	12 program or both.
122	122	13 An individual with an Educator License with
123	123	14 Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or
124	124	15 any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher
125	125	16 who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason.
126	126	17 An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued
127	127	18 with the following endorsements:
128	128	19 (A) (Blank).
129	129	20 (B) Alternative provisional educator. An
130	130	21 alternative provisional educator endorsement on an
131	131	22 Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an
132	132	23 applicant who, at the time of applying for the
133	133	24 endorsement, has done all of the following:
134	134	25 (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited
135	135	26 college or university with a minimum of a
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146	146	1 bachelor's degree.
147	147	2 (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of
148	148	3 the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for
149	149	4 Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this
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151	151	6 (iii) Passed a content area test, as required
152	152	7 under Section 21B-30 of this Code.
153	153	8 The alternative provisional educator endorsement is
154	154	9 valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a
155	155	10 third year by an individual meeting the requirements set
156	156	11 forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code.
157	157	12 (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An
158	158	13 alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on
159	159	14 an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the
160	160	15 holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant
161	161	16 superintendent in a school district's central office.
162	162	17 This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant
163	163	18 who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has
164	164	19 done all of the following:
165	165	20 (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited
166	166	21 college or university with a minimum of a master's
167	167	22 degree in a management field other than education.
168	168	23 (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5
169	169	24 years in a management level position in a field
170	170	25 other than education.
171	171	26 (iii) Successfully completed the first phase
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182	182	1 of an alternative route to superintendent
183	183	2 endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55
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185	185	4 (iv) Passed a content area test required under
186	186	5 Section 21B-30 of this Code.
187	187	6 The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in
188	188	7 order to complete one full year of serving as a
189	189	8 superintendent or assistant superintendent.
190	190	9 (D) (Blank).
191	191	10 (E) Career and technical educator. A career and
192	192	11 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
193	193	12 with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who
194	194	13 has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a
195	195	14 regionally accredited institution of higher education
196	196	15 or an accredited trade and technical institution and
197	197	16 has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of
198	198	17 education in each area to be taught.
199	199	18 The career and technical educator endorsement on
200	200	19 an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until
201	201	20 June 30 immediately following 5 years of the
202	202	21 endorsement being issued and may be renewed.
203	203	22 An individual who holds a valid career and
204	204	23 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
205	205	24 with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's
206	206	25 degree may substitute teach in career and technical
207	207	26 education classrooms.
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218	218	1 (F) (Blank).
219	219	2 (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A
220	220	3 transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an
221	221	4 Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for
222	222	5 the purpose of providing instruction in accordance
223	223	6 with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who
224	224	7 provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets
225	225	8 all of the following requirements:
226	226	9 (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and
227	227	10 writing ability in the language other than English
228	228	11 in which transitional bilingual education is
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230	230	13 (ii) Has the ability to successfully
231	231	14 communicate in English.
232	232	15 (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years
233	233	16 previous to his or her applying for a transitional
234	234	17 bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and
235	235	18 comparable teaching certificate or comparable
236	236	19 authorization issued by a foreign country or holds
237	237	20 a degree from an institution of higher learning in
238	238	21 a foreign country that the State Educator
239	239	22 Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be
240	240	23 the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a
241	241	24 regionally accredited institution of higher
242	242	25 learning in the United States.
243	243	26 A transitional bilingual educator endorsement
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254	254	1 shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12,
255	255	2 is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years
256	256	3 of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be
257	257	4 renewed.
258	258	5 Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator
259	259	6 endorsement shall not be employed to replace any
260	260	7 presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be
261	261	8 replaced for any reason.
262	262	9 (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to
263	263	10 alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language
264	264	11 other than English in the public schools, an
265	265	12 individual who holds an Educator License with
266	266	13 Stipulations may also apply for a language
267	267	14 endorsement, provided that the applicant provides
268	268	15 satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the
269	269	16 following requirements:
270	270	17 (i) Holds a transitional bilingual
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272	272	19 (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the
273	273	20 language for which the endorsement is to be issued
274	274	21 by passing the applicable language content test
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276	276	23 (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from
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279	279	26 country other than the United States, holds a
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290	290	1 degree from an institution of higher learning in a
291	291	2 foreign country that the State Educator
292	292	3 Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be
293	293	4 the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a
294	294	5 regionally accredited institution of higher
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296	296	7 (iv) (Blank).
297	297	8 A language endorsement on an Educator License with
298	298	9 Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through
299	299	10 grade 12 for the same validity period as the
300	300	11 individual's transitional bilingual educator
301	301	12 endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations
302	302	13 and shall not be renewed.
303	303	14 (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting
304	304	15 international educator endorsement on an Educator
305	305	16 License with Stipulations may be issued to an
306	306	17 individual who is being recruited by a particular
307	307	18 school district that conducts formal recruitment
308	308	19 programs outside of the United States to secure the
309	309	20 services of qualified teachers and who meets all of
310	310	21 the following requirements:
311	311	22 (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a
312	312	23 bachelor's degree issued in the United States.
313	313	24 (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the
314	314	25 grade level for which he or she will be employed.
315	315	26 (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the
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327	327	2 (iv) Has an adequate command of the English
328	328	3 language.
329	329	4 A holder of a visiting international educator
330	330	5 endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations
331	331	6 shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education
332	332	7 programs in the language that was the medium of
333	333	8 instruction in his or her teacher preparation program,
334	334	9 provided that he or she passes the English Language
335	335	10 Proficiency Examination or another test of writing
336	336	11 skills in English identified by the State Board of
337	337	12 Education, in consultation with the State Educator
338	338	13 Preparation and Licensure Board.
339	339	14 A visiting international educator endorsement on
340	340	15 an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5
341	341	16 years and shall not be renewed.
342	342	17 (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional
343	343	18 educator endorsement on an Educator License with
344	344	19 Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a
345	345	20 high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and
346	346	21 (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60
347	347	22 semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited
348	348	23 institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a
349	349	24 paraprofessional competency test under subsection
350	350	25 (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years
351	351	26 of age and will be using the Educator License with
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362	362	1 Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten
363	363	2 through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age
364	364	3 of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a
365	365	4 paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this
366	366	5 subparagraph (J). The paraprofessional educator
367	367	6 endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately
368	368	7 following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and
369	369	8 may be renewed through application and payment of the
370	370	9 appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of
371	371	10 this Code. An individual who holds only a
372	372	11 paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject
373	373	12 to additional requirements in order to renew the
374	374	13 endorsement.
375	375	14 (K) Chief school business official. A chief school
376	376	15 business official endorsement on an Educator License
377	377	16 with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who
378	378	17 qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2
379	379	18 years of full-time administrative experience in school
380	380	19 business management or 2 years of university-approved
381	381	20 practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester
382	382	21 hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the
383	383	22 State Board of Education for the preparation of school
384	384	23 business administrators and by passage of the
385	385	24 applicable State tests, including an applicable
386	386	25 content area test.
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398	398	1 also be affixed to the Educator License with
399	399	2 Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a
400	400	3 master's degree in business administration, finance,
401	401	4 accounting, or public administration and who completes
402	402	5 an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school
403	403	6 business management from a regionally accredited
404	404	7 institution of higher education and passes the
405	405	8 applicable State tests, including an applicable
406	406	9 content area test. This endorsement shall be required
407	407	10 for any individual employed as a chief school business
408	408	11 official.
409	409	12 The chief school business official endorsement on
410	410	13 an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until
411	411	14 June 30 immediately following 5 years of the
412	412	15 endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the
413	413	16 license holder completes renewal requirements as
414	414	17 required for individuals who hold a Professional
415	415	18 Educator License endorsed for chief school business
416	416	19 official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such
417	417	20 rules as may be adopted by the State Board of
418	418	21 Education.
419	419	22 The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules
420	420	23 necessary to implement Public Act 100-288.
421	421	24 (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional
422	422	25 in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License
423	423	26 with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has
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434	434	1 completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation
435	435	2 program at an Illinois institution of higher education
436	436	3 and who has not successfully completed an
437	437	4 evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but
438	438	5 who meets all of the following requirements:
439	439	6 (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree.
440	440	7 (ii) Has completed an approved educator
441	441	8 preparation program at an Illinois institution.
442	442	9 (iii) Has passed an applicable content area
443	443	10 test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code.
444	444	11 (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based
445	445	12 assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a
446	446	13 minimum score on that assessment, as established
447	447	14 by the State Board of Education in consultation
448	448	15 with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
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450	450	17 A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an
451	451	18 Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one
452	452	19 full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not
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455	455	22 (N) Specialized services. A specialized services
456	456	23 endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations
457	457	24 may be issued as defined and specified by rule.
458	458	25 (O) Provisional career and technical educator. A
459	459	26 provisional career and technical educator endorsement
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470	470	1 on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued
471	471	2 to an applicant who has a minimum of 8,000 hours of
472	472	3 work experience in the skill for which the applicant
473	473	4 is seeking the endorsement. Each employing school
474	474	5 board and regional office of education shall provide
475	475	6 verification, in writing, to the State Superintendent
476	476	7 of Education at the time the application is submitted
477	477	8 that no qualified teacher holding a Professional
478	478	9 Educator License or an Educator License with
479	479	10 Stipulations with a career and technical educator
480	480	11 endorsement is available to teach and that actual
481	481	12 circumstances require such issuance.
482	482	13 A provisional career and technical educator
483	483	14 endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations
484	484	15 is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years
485	485	16 of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed.
486	486	17 An individual who holds a provisional career and
487	487	18 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
488	488	19 with Stipulations may teach as a substitute teacher in
489	489	20 career and technical education classrooms.
490	490	21 (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching
491	491	22 License may be issued to qualified applicants for
492	492	23 substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools,
493	493	24 prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching
494	494	25 Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for
495	495	26 a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's
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506	506	1 degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution
507	507	2 of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved
508	508	3 educator preparation program in this State and have earned
509	509	4 at least 90 credit hours.
510	510	5 Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years.
511	511	6 Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute
512	512	7 teaching in every county of this State. If an individual
513	513	8 has had his or her Professional Educator License or
514	514	9 Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked,
515	515	10 then that individual is not eligible to obtain a
516	516	11 Substitute Teaching License.
517	517	12 A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a
518	518	13 licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing
519	519	14 board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under
520	520	15 contract because of an emergency situation, then a
521	521	16 district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer
522	522	17 than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the
523	523	18 district if the district notifies the appropriate regional
524	524	19 office of education within 5 business days after the
525	525	20 employment of the substitute teacher in that vacant
526	526	21 position. A district may continue to employ that same
527	527	22 substitute teacher in that same vacant position for 90
528	528	23 calendar days or until the end of the semester, whichever
529	529	24 is greater, if, prior to the expiration of the
530	530	25 30-calendar-day period then current, the district files a
531	531	26 written request with the appropriate regional office of
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542	542	1 education for a 30-calendar-day extension on the basis
543	543	2 that the position remains vacant and the district
544	544	3 continues to actively seek qualified candidates and
545	545	4 provides documentation that it has provided training
546	546	5 specific to the position, including training on meeting
547	547	6 the needs of students with disabilities and English
548	548	7 learners if applicable. Each extension request shall be
549	549	8 granted in writing by the regional office of education. An
550	550	9 emergency situation is one in which an unforeseen vacancy
551	551	10 has occurred and (i) a teacher is unexpectedly unable to
552	552	11 fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) teacher
553	553	12 capacity needs of the district exceed previous indications
554	554	13 or vacancies are unfilled due to a lack of qualified
555	555	14 candidates, and the district is actively engaged in
556	556	15 advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the
557	557	16 vacant position.
558	558	17 There is no limit on the number of days that a
559	559	18 substitute teacher may teach in a single school district,
560	560	19 provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer
561	561	20 than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year
562	562	21 through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school
563	563	22 days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the
564	564	23 same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a
565	565	24 Professional Educator License or Educator License with
566	566	25 Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days
567	567	26 for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same
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578	578	1 school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on the
579	579	2 number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not
580	580	3 apply to any school district operating under Article 34 of
581	581	4 this Code.
582	582	5 A school district may not require an individual who
583	583	6 holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator
584	584	7 License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute
585	585	8 Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher.
586	586	9 (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning
587	587	10 on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2028, applicants may
588	588	11 apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of a
589	589	12 Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. A Short-Term
590	590	13 Substitute Teaching License may be issued to a qualified
591	591	14 applicant for substitute teaching in all grades of the
592	592	15 public schools, prekindergarten through grade 12.
593	593	16 Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not eligible
594	594	17 for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term Substitute
595	595	18 Teaching License must hold an associate's degree or have
596	596	19 completed at least 60 credit hours from a regionally
597	597	20 accredited institution of higher education.
598	598	21 Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for
599	599	22 substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an
600	600	23 individual has had his or her Professional Educator
601	601	24 License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or
602	602	25 revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a
603	603	26 Short-Term Substitute Teaching License.
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614	614	1 The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this
615	615	2 Code apply to short-term substitute teachers.
616	616	3 An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching
617	617	4 License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per
618	618	5 licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher
619	619	6 absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who
620	620	7 is under contract, a school district may not hire an
621	621	8 individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching
622	622	9 License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due
623	623	10 to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
624	624	11 Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual
625	625	12 holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must
626	626	13 complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or
627	627	14 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public
628	628	15 school. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses under this
629	629	16 Section are valid for 5 years.
630	630	17 (5) Montessori Educator License. Persons who (i) have
631	631	18 graduated from a regionally accredited institution of
632	632	19 higher education with a bachelor's degree, (ii) have a
633	633	20 Montessori certificate or credential issued by an
634	634	21 institution or program accredited by the Montessori
635	635	22 Accreditation Council for Teacher Education, by the
636	636	23 American Montessori Society, or by the Association
637	637	24 Montessori Internationale, (iii) have successfully
638	638	25 completed the required testing under Section 21B-30 of
639	639	26 this Code, (iv) have successfully completed coursework on
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650	650	1 the psychology of, the identification of, and the methods
651	651	2 of instruction for the exceptional child, including
652	652	3 without limitation children with learning disabilities,
653	653	4 (v) have successfully completed coursework in methods of
654	654	5 reading and reading in the content area, and (vi) have met
655	655	6 all other criteria established by rule of the State Board
656	656	7 of Education shall be issued a Montessori Educator License
657	657	8 for the purpose of teaching using the Montessori method in
658	658	9 public school programs that use the Montessori method as
659	659	10 the primary method of instruction. All Montessori Educator
660	660	11 Licenses are valid until June 30 immediately following 5
661	661	12 years of the license being issued.
662	662	13 (Source: P.A. 102-711, eff. 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22;
663	663	14 102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff.
664	664	15 5-20-22; 103-111, eff. 6-29-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23;
665	665	16 103-193, eff. 1-1-24; 103-564, eff. 11-17-23.)
666	666	17 (105 ILCS 5/21B-30)
667	667	18 Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing.
668	668	19 (a) (Blank).
669	669	20 (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
670	670	21 State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design
671	671	22 and implement a system of examinations, which shall be
672	672	23 required prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These
673	673	24 examinations and indicators must be based on national and
674	674	25 State professional teaching standards, as determined by the
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685	685	1 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
686	686	2 Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. The State Board of
687	687	3 Education may adopt such rules as may be necessary to
688	688	4 implement and administer this Section.
689	689	5 (c) (Blank).
690	690	6 (c-5) The State Board must adopt rules to implement a
691	691	7 paraprofessional competency test. This test would allow an
692	692	8 applicant seeking an Educator License with Stipulations with a
693	693	9 paraprofessional educator endorsement to obtain the
694	694	10 endorsement if he or she passes the test and meets the other
695	695	11 requirements of subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of Section
696	696	12 21B-20 other than the higher education requirements.
697	697	13 (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be
698	698	14 required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area
699	699	15 of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There
700	700	16 shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall
701	701	17 be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record
702	702	18 until he or she has passed the applicable content area test.
703	703	19 (d-5) The State Board shall consult with any applicable
704	704	20 vendors within 90 days after July 28, 2023 (the effective date
705	705	21 of Public Act 103-402) this amendatory Act of the 103rd
706	706	22 General Assembly to develop a plan to transition the test of
707	707	23 content area knowledge in the endorsement area of elementary
708	708	24 education, grades one through 6, by July 1, 2026 to a content
709	709	25 area test that contains testing elements that cover
710	710	26 bilingualism, biliteracy, oral language development,
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721	721	1 foundational literacy skills, and developmentally appropriate
722	722	2 higher-order comprehension and on which a valid and reliable
723	723	3 language and literacy subscore can be determined. The State
724	724	4 Board shall base its rules concerning the passing subscore on
725	725	5 the language and literacy portion of the test on the
726	726	6 recommended cut-score determined in the formal
727	727	7 standard-setting process. Candidates need not achieve a
728	728	8 particular subscore in the area of language and literacy. The
729	729	9 State Board shall aggregate and publish the number of
730	730	10 candidates in each preparation program who take the test and
731	731	11 the number who pass the language and literacy portion.
732	732	12 (e) (Blank).
733	733	13 (f) Beginning on August 4, 2023 (the effective date of
734	734	14 Public Act 103-488) this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
735	735	15 Assembly through August 31, 2025, no candidate completing a
736	736	16 teacher preparation program in this State or candidate subject
737	737	17 to Section 21B-35 of this Code is required to pass a teacher
738	738	18 performance assessment. Except as otherwise provided in this
739	739	19 Article, beginning on September 1, 2015 until August 4, 2023
740	740	20 (the effective date of Public Act 103-488) this amendatory Act
741	741	21 of the 103rd General Assembly and beginning again on September
742	742	22 1, 2025, all candidates completing teacher preparation
743	743	23 programs in this State and all candidates subject to Section
744	744	24 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass a teacher performance
745	745	25 assessment approved by the State Board of Education, in
746	746	26 consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
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757	757	1 Board. All candidates subject to paragraph (5) of Section
758	758	2 21B-20 of this Code are required to pass a teacher performance
759	759	3 assessment approved by the State Board of Education, in
760	760	4 consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
761	761	5 Board. A candidate may not be required to submit test
762	762	6 materials by video submission. Subject to appropriation, an
763	763	7 individual who holds a Professional Educator License and is
764	764	8 employed for a minimum of one school year by a school district
765	765	9 designated as Tier 1 under Section 18-8.15 may, after
766	766	10 application to the State Board, receive from the State Board a
767	767	11 refund for any costs associated with completing the teacher
768	768	12 performance assessment under this subsection.
769	769	13 (f-5) The Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force is
770	770	14 created to evaluate potential performance-based and objective
771	771	15 teacher performance assessment systems for implementation
772	772	16 across all educator preparation programs in this State, with
773	773	17 the intention of ensuring consistency across programs and
774	774	18 supporting a thoughtful and well-rounded licensure system.
775	775	19 Members appointed to the Task Force must reflect the racial,
776	776	20 ethnic, and geographic diversity of this State. The Task Force
777	777	21 shall consist of all of the following members:
778	778	22 (1) One member of the Senate, appointed by the
779	779	23 President of the Senate.
780	780	24 (2) One member of the Senate, appointed by the
781	781	25 Minority Leader of the Senate.
782	782	26 (3) One member of the House of Representatives,
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793	793	1 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
794	794	2 (4) One member of the House of Representatives,
795	795	3 appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
796	796	4 Representatives.
797	797	5 (5) One member who represents a statewide professional
798	798	6 teachers' organization, appointed by the State
799	799	7 Superintendent of Education.
800	800	8 (6) One member who represents a different statewide
801	801	9 professional teachers' organization, appointed by the
802	802	10 State Superintendent of Education.
803	803	11 (7) One member from a statewide organization
804	804	12 representing school principals, appointed by the State
805	805	13 Superintendent of Education.
806	806	14 (8) One member from a statewide organization
807	807	15 representing regional superintendents of schools,
808	808	16 appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
809	809	17 (9) One member from a statewide organization
810	810	18 representing school administrators, appointed by the State
811	811	19 Superintendent of Education.
812	812	20 (10) One member representing a school district
813	813	21 organized under Article 34 of this Code, appointed by the
814	814	22 State Superintendent of Education.
815	815	23 (11) One member of an association representing rural
816	816	24 and small schools, appointed by the State Superintendent
817	817	25 of Education.
818	818	26 (12) One member representing a suburban school
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829	829	1 district, appointed by the State Superintendent of
830	830	2 Education.
831	831	3 (13) One member from a statewide organization
832	832	4 representing school districts in the southern suburbs of
833	833	5 the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent
834	834	6 of Education.
835	835	7 (14) One member from a statewide organization
836	836	8 representing large unit school districts, appointed by the
837	837	9 State Superintendent of Education.
838	838	10 (15) One member from a statewide organization
839	839	11 representing school districts in the collar counties of
840	840	12 the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent
841	841	13 of Education.
842	842	14 (16) Three members, each representing a different
843	843	15 public university in this State and each a current member
844	844	16 of the faculty of an approved educator preparation
845	845	17 program, appointed by the State Superintendent of
846	846	18 Education.
847	847	19 (17) Three members, each representing a different
848	848	20 4-year nonpublic university or college in this State and
849	849	21 each a current member of the faculty of an approved
850	850	22 educator preparation program, appointed by the State
851	851	23 Superintendent of Education.
852	852	24 (18) One member of the Board of Higher Education,
853	853	25 appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
854	854	26 (19) One member representing a statewide policy
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865	865	1 organization advocating on behalf of multilingual students
866	866	2 and families, appointed by the State Superintendent of
867	867	3 Education.
868	868	4 (20) One member representing a statewide organization
869	869	5 focused on research-based education policy to support a
870	870	6 school system that prepares all students for college, a
871	871	7 career, and democratic citizenship, appointed by the State
872	872	8 Superintendent of Education.
873	873	9 (21) Two members representing an early childhood
874	874	10 advocacy organization, appointed by the State
875	875	11 Superintendent of Education.
876	876	12 (22) One member representing a statewide organization
877	877	13 that partners with educator preparation programs and
878	878	14 school districts to support the growth and development of
879	879	15 preservice teachers, appointed by the State Superintendent
880	880	16 of Education.
881	881	17 (23) One member representing a statewide organization
882	882	18 that advocates for educational equity and racial justice
883	883	19 in schools, appointed by the State Superintendent of
884	884	20 Education.
885	885	21 (24) One member representing a statewide organization
886	886	22 that represents school boards, appointed by the State
887	887	23 Superintendent of Education.
888	888	24 (25) One member who has, within the last 5 years,
889	889	25 served as a cooperating teacher, appointed by the State
890	890	26 Superintendent of Education.
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901	901	1 Members of the Task Force shall serve without
902	902	2 compensation. The Task Force shall first meet at the call of
903	903	3 the State Superintendent of Education, and each subsequent
904	904	4 meeting shall be called by the chairperson of the Task Force,
905	905	5 who shall be designated by the State Superintendent of
906	906	6 Education. The State Board of Education shall provide
907	907	7 administrative and other support to the Task Force.
908	908	8 On or before August 1, 2024, the Task Force shall report on
909	909	9 its work, including recommendations on a teacher performance
910	910	10 assessment system in this State, to the State Board of
911	911	11 Education and the General Assembly. The Task Force is
912	912	12 dissolved upon submission of this report.
913	913	13 (g) The content area knowledge test and the teacher
914	914	14 performance assessment shall be the tests that from time to
915	915	15 time are designated by the State Board of Education, in
916	916	16 consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
917	917	17 Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing
918	918	18 organization or tests designed by the State Board of
919	919	19 Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation
920	920	20 and Licensure Board. The test of content area knowledge shall
921	921	21 assess content knowledge in a specific subject field. The
922	922	22 tests must be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no
923	923	23 person taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis
924	924	24 of race, color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to
925	925	25 the person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The
926	926	26 score required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State
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937	937	1 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator
938	938	2 Preparation and Licensure Board. The tests shall be
939	939	3 administered not fewer than 3 times a year at such time and
940	940	4 place as may be designated by the State Board of Education, in
941	941	5 consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
942	942	6 Board.
943	943	7 The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess
944	944	8 the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of
945	945	9 applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under
946	946	10 subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this
947	947	11 Code in the English language and in the language of the
948	948	12 transitional bilingual education program requested by the
949	949	13 applicant.
950	950	14 (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the
951	951	15 provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school
952	952	16 district subject to Article 34 of this Code.
953	953	17 (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the
954	954	18 testing requirements under this Section shall include, without
955	955	19 limitation, provisions governing test selection, test
956	956	20 validation, and determination of a passing score,
957	957	21 administration of the tests, frequency of administration,
958	958	22 applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the
959	959	23 years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special
960	960	24 accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop
961	961	25 such rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to
962	962	26 year in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment.
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973	973	1 (Source: P.A. 102-301, eff. 8-26-21; 103-402, eff. 7-28-23;
974	974	2 103-488, eff. 8-4-23; revised 9-1-23.)
975	975	3 (105 ILCS 5/21B-40)
976	976	4 Sec. 21B-40. Fees.
977	977	5 (a) The Beginning with the start of the new licensure
978	978	6 system established pursuant to this Article, the following
979	979	7 fees shall be charged to applicants:
980	980	8 (1) A $100 application fee for a Professional Educator
981	981	9 License or an Educator License with Stipulations.
982	982	10 (1.5) A $50 application fee for a Substitute Teaching
983	983	11 License. If the application for a Substitute Teaching
984	984	12 License is made and granted after July 1, 2017, the
985	985	13 licensee may apply for a refund of the application fee
986	986	14 within 18 months of issuance of the new license and shall
987	987	15 be issued that refund by the State Board of Education if
988	988	16 the licensee provides evidence to the State Board of
989	989	17 Education that the licensee has taught pursuant to the
990	990	18 Substitute Teaching License at least 10 full school days
991	991	19 within one year of issuance.
992	992	20 (1.7) A $25 application fee for a Short-Term
993	993	21 Substitute Teaching License. The Short-Term Substitute
994	994	22 Teaching License must be registered in at least one region
995	995	23 in this State, but does not require a registration fee.
996	996	24 The licensee may apply for a refund of the application fee
997	997	25 within 18 months of issuance of the new license and shall
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1008	1008	1 be issued that refund by the State Board of Education if
1009	1009	2 the licensee provides evidence to the State Board of
1010	1010	3 Education that the licensee has taught pursuant to the
1011	1011	4 Short-Term Substitute Teaching License at least 10 full
1012	1012	5 school days within one year of issuance. The application
1013	1013	6 fee for a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License shall be
1014	1014	7 waived when the Governor has declared a disaster due to a
1015	1015	8 public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
1016	1016	9 Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
1017	1017	10 (1.9) A $100 application fee for a Montessori Educator
1018	1018	11 License.
1019	1019	12 (2) A $150 application fee for individuals who have
1020	1020	13 not been entitled by an Illinois-approved educator
1021	1021	14 preparation program at an Illinois institution of higher
1022	1022	15 education and are seeking any of the licenses set forth in
1023	1023	16 subdivision (1) of this subsection (a).
1024	1024	17 (3) A $50 application fee for each endorsement or
1025	1025	18 approval.
1026	1026	19 (4) A $10 per year registration fee for the course of
1027	1027	20 the validity cycle to register the license, which shall be
1028	1028	21 paid to the regional office of education having
1029	1029	22 supervision and control over the school in which the
1030	1030	23 individual holding the license is to be employed. If the
1031	1031	24 individual holding the license is not yet employed, then
1032	1032	25 the license may be registered in any county in this State.
1033	1033	26 The registration fee must be paid in its entirety the
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1044	1044	1 first time the individual registers the license for a
1045	1045	2 particular validity period in a single region. No
1046	1046	3 additional fee may be charged for that validity period
1047	1047	4 should the individual subsequently register the license in
1048	1048	5 additional regions. An individual must register the
1049	1049	6 license (i) immediately after initial issuance of the
1050	1050	7 license and (ii) at the beginning of each renewal cycle if
1051	1051	8 the individual has satisfied the renewal requirements
1052	1052	9 required under this Code.
1053	1053	10 Beginning on July 1, 2017, at the beginning of each
1054	1054	11 renewal cycle, individuals who hold a Substitute Teaching
1055	1055	12 License may apply for a reimbursement of the registration
1056	1056	13 fee within 18 months of renewal and shall be issued that
1057	1057	14 reimbursement by the State Board of Education from funds
1058	1058	15 appropriated for that purpose if the licensee provides
1059	1059	16 evidence to the State Board of Education that the licensee
1060	1060	17 has taught pursuant to the Substitute Teaching License at
1061	1061	18 least 10 full school days within one year of renewal.
1062	1062	19 (5) The license renewal fee for an Educator License
1063	1063	20 with Stipulations with a paraprofessional educator
1064	1064	21 endorsement is $25.
1065	1065	22 (b) All application fees paid pursuant to subdivisions (1)
1066	1066	23 through (3) of subsection (a) of this Section shall be
1067	1067	24 deposited into the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund and
1068	1068	25 shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the State Board of
1069	1069	26 Education to provide the technology and human resources
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1080	1080	1 necessary for the timely and efficient processing of
1081	1081	2 applications and for the renewal of licenses. Funds available
1082	1082	3 from the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund may also be
1083	1083	4 used by the State Board of Education to support the
1084	1084	5 recruitment and retention of educators, to support educator
1085	1085	6 preparation programs as they seek national accreditation, and
1086	1086	7 to provide professional development aligned with the
1087	1087	8 requirements set forth in Section 21B-45 of this Code. A
1088	1088	9 majority of the funds in the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving
1089	1089	10 Fund must be dedicated to the timely and efficient processing
1090	1090	11 of applications and for the renewal of licenses. The Teacher
1091	1091	12 Certificate Fee Revolving Fund is not subject to
1092	1092	13 administrative charge transfers, authorized under Section 8h
1093	1093	14 of the State Finance Act, from the Teacher Certificate Fee
1094	1094	15 Revolving Fund into any other fund of this State, and moneys in
1095	1095	16 the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund shall not revert
1096	1096	17 back to the General Revenue Fund at any time.
1097	1097	18 The regional superintendent of schools shall deposit the
1098	1098	19 registration fees paid pursuant to subdivision (4) of
1099	1099	20 subsection (a) of this Section into the institute fund
1100	1100	21 established pursuant to Section 3-11 of this Code.
1101	1101	22 (c) The State Board of Education and each regional office
1102	1102	23 of education are authorized to charge a service or convenience
1103	1103	24 fee for the use of credit cards for the payment of license
1104	1104	25 fees. This service or convenience fee shall not exceed the
1105	1105	26 amount required by the credit card processing company or
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