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4 | - | AN ACT concerning education. | |
5 | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |
6 | - | represented in the General Assembly: | |
7 | - | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | |
8 | - | 21B-20, 24-11, and 24A-7 as follows: | |
9 | - | (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | |
10 | - | Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of | |
11 | - | Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, | |
12 | - | whereby individuals employed in school districts who are | |
13 | - | required to be licensed must have one of the following | |
14 | - | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an | |
15 | - | educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute | |
16 | - | teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2028, a short-term | |
17 | - | substitute teaching license. References in law regarding | |
18 | - | individuals certified or certificated or required to be | |
19 | - | certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall | |
20 | - | also include individuals licensed or required to be licensed | |
21 | - | under this Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June | |
22 | - | 30 following one full year of the license being issued. | |
23 | - | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | |
24 | - | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | |
25 | - | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | |
26 | - | licenses and endorsements under this Section. | |
3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning education. | |
4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |
5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: | |
6 | + | 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | |
7 | + | 5 21B-20, 24-11, and 24A-7 as follows: | |
8 | + | 6 (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | |
9 | + | 7 Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of | |
10 | + | 8 Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, | |
11 | + | 9 whereby individuals employed in school districts who are | |
12 | + | 10 required to be licensed must have one of the following | |
13 | + | 11 licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an | |
14 | + | 12 educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute | |
15 | + | 13 teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2028, a short-term | |
16 | + | 14 substitute teaching license. References in law regarding | |
17 | + | 15 individuals certified or certificated or required to be | |
18 | + | 16 certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall | |
19 | + | 17 also include individuals licensed or required to be licensed | |
20 | + | 18 under this Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June | |
21 | + | 19 30 following one full year of the license being issued. | |
22 | + | 20 The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | |
23 | + | 21 State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | |
24 | + | 22 rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | |
25 | + | 23 licenses and endorsements under this Section. | |
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33 | - | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) | |
34 | - | have successfully completed an approved educator | |
35 | - | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | |
36 | - | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | |
37 | - | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | |
38 | - | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | |
39 | - | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | |
40 | - | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | |
41 | - | the exceptional child, including, without limitation, | |
42 | - | children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | |
43 | - | successfully completed coursework in methods of reading | |
44 | - | and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other | |
45 | - | criteria established by rule of the State Board of | |
46 | - | Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License. | |
47 | - | All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30 | |
48 | - | immediately following 5 years of the license being issued. | |
49 | - | The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with | |
50 | - | specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is | |
51 | - | eligible to practice. For an early childhood education | |
52 | - | endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student | |
53 | - | teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher | |
54 | - | preparation program through placement in a setting with | |
55 | - | children from birth through grade 2, and the individual | |
56 | - | may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The | |
57 | - | student teaching experience must meet the requirements of | |
58 | - | and be approved by the individual's early childhood | |
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34 | + | 1 (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) | |
35 | + | 2 have successfully completed an approved educator | |
36 | + | 3 preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | |
37 | + | 4 the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | |
38 | + | 5 program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | |
39 | + | 6 testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | |
40 | + | 7 successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | |
41 | + | 8 the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | |
42 | + | 9 the exceptional child, including, without limitation, | |
43 | + | 10 children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | |
44 | + | 11 successfully completed coursework in methods of reading | |
45 | + | 12 and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other | |
46 | + | 13 criteria established by rule of the State Board of | |
47 | + | 14 Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License. | |
48 | + | 15 All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30 | |
49 | + | 16 immediately following 5 years of the license being issued. | |
50 | + | 17 The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with | |
51 | + | 18 specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is | |
52 | + | 19 eligible to practice. For an early childhood education | |
53 | + | 20 endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student | |
54 | + | 21 teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher | |
55 | + | 22 preparation program through placement in a setting with | |
56 | + | 23 children from birth through grade 2, and the individual | |
57 | + | 24 may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The | |
58 | + | 25 student teaching experience must meet the requirements of | |
59 | + | 26 and be approved by the individual's early childhood | |
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61 | - | teacher preparation program. | |
62 | - | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | |
63 | - | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | |
64 | - | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | |
65 | - | in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable | |
66 | - | content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | |
67 | - | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | |
68 | - | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | |
69 | - | that limits the license holder to one particular position | |
70 | - | or does not require completion of an approved educator | |
71 | - | program or both. | |
72 | - | An individual with an Educator License with | |
73 | - | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | |
74 | - | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | |
75 | - | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | |
76 | - | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | |
77 | - | with the following endorsements: | |
78 | - | (A) (Blank). | |
79 | - | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | |
80 | - | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | |
81 | - | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | |
82 | - | applicant who, at the time of applying for the | |
83 | - | endorsement, has done all of the following: | |
84 | - | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | |
85 | - | college or university with a minimum of a | |
86 | - | bachelor's degree. | |
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89 | - | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | |
90 | - | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | |
91 | - | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | |
92 | - | Code. | |
93 | - | (iii) Passed a content area test, as required | |
94 | - | under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
95 | - | The alternative provisional educator endorsement is | |
96 | - | valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a | |
97 | - | third year by an individual meeting the requirements set | |
98 | - | forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | |
99 | - | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | |
100 | - | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | |
101 | - | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | |
102 | - | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | |
103 | - | superintendent in a school district's central office. | |
104 | - | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | |
105 | - | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | |
106 | - | done all of the following: | |
107 | - | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | |
108 | - | college or university with a minimum of a master's | |
109 | - | degree in a management field other than education. | |
110 | - | (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | |
111 | - | years in a management level position in a field | |
112 | - | other than education. | |
113 | - | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | |
114 | - | of an alternative route to superintendent | |
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117 | - | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 | |
118 | - | of this Code. | |
119 | - | (iv) Passed a content area test required under | |
120 | - | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
121 | - | The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | |
122 | - | order to complete one full year of serving as a | |
123 | - | superintendent or assistant superintendent. | |
124 | - | (D) (Blank). | |
125 | - | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | |
126 | - | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
127 | - | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | |
128 | - | has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | |
129 | - | regionally accredited institution of higher education | |
130 | - | or an accredited trade and technical institution and | |
131 | - | has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | |
132 | - | education in each area to be taught. | |
133 | - | The career and technical educator endorsement on | |
134 | - | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | |
135 | - | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | |
136 | - | endorsement being issued and may be renewed. | |
137 | - | An individual who holds a valid career and | |
138 | - | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
139 | - | with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's | |
140 | - | degree may substitute teach in career and technical | |
141 | - | education classrooms. | |
142 | - | An individual who holds a valid career and | |
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70 | + | 1 teacher preparation program. | |
71 | + | 2 Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | |
72 | + | 3 Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | |
73 | + | 4 shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | |
74 | + | 5 in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable | |
75 | + | 6 content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | |
76 | + | 7 (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | |
77 | + | 8 License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | |
78 | + | 9 that limits the license holder to one particular position | |
79 | + | 10 or does not require completion of an approved educator | |
80 | + | 11 program or both. | |
81 | + | 12 An individual with an Educator License with | |
82 | + | 13 Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | |
83 | + | 14 any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | |
84 | + | 15 who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | |
85 | + | 16 An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | |
86 | + | 17 with the following endorsements: | |
87 | + | 18 (A) (Blank). | |
88 | + | 19 (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | |
89 | + | 20 alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | |
90 | + | 21 Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | |
91 | + | 22 applicant who, at the time of applying for the | |
92 | + | 23 endorsement, has done all of the following: | |
93 | + | 24 (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | |
94 | + | 25 college or university with a minimum of a | |
95 | + | 26 bachelor's degree. | |
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145 | - | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
146 | - | with Stipulations is entitled to all of the rights and | |
147 | - | privileges granted to a holder of a Professional | |
148 | - | Educator License. | |
149 | - | (F) (Blank). | |
150 | - | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | |
151 | - | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | |
152 | - | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | |
153 | - | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | |
154 | - | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | |
155 | - | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets | |
156 | - | all of the following requirements: | |
157 | - | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | |
158 | - | writing ability in the language other than English | |
159 | - | in which transitional bilingual education is | |
160 | - | offered. | |
161 | - | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | |
162 | - | communicate in English. | |
163 | - | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | |
164 | - | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | |
165 | - | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | |
166 | - | comparable teaching certificate or comparable | |
167 | - | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | |
168 | - | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | |
169 | - | a foreign country that the State Educator | |
170 | - | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | |
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173 | - | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | |
174 | - | regionally accredited institution of higher | |
175 | - | learning in the United States. | |
176 | - | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | |
177 | - | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, | |
178 | - | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | |
179 | - | of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be | |
180 | - | renewed. | |
181 | - | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | |
182 | - | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | |
183 | - | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | |
184 | - | replaced for any reason. | |
185 | - | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | |
186 | - | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | |
187 | - | other than English in the public schools, an | |
188 | - | individual who holds an Educator License with | |
189 | - | Stipulations may also apply for a language | |
190 | - | endorsement, provided that the applicant provides | |
191 | - | satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the | |
192 | - | following requirements: | |
193 | - | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | |
194 | - | endorsement. | |
195 | - | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | |
196 | - | language for which the endorsement is to be issued | |
197 | - | by passing the applicable language content test | |
198 | - | required by the State Board of Education. | |
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201 | - | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | |
202 | - | a regionally accredited institution of higher | |
203 | - | education or, for individuals educated in a | |
204 | - | country other than the United States, holds a | |
205 | - | degree from an institution of higher learning in a | |
206 | - | foreign country that the State Educator | |
207 | - | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | |
208 | - | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | |
209 | - | regionally accredited institution of higher | |
210 | - | learning in the United States. | |
211 | - | (iv) (Blank). | |
212 | - | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | |
213 | - | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | |
214 | - | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | |
215 | - | individual's transitional bilingual educator | |
216 | - | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | |
217 | - | and shall not be renewed. | |
218 | - | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | |
219 | - | international educator endorsement on an Educator | |
220 | - | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | |
221 | - | individual who is being recruited by a particular | |
222 | - | school district that conducts formal recruitment | |
223 | - | programs outside of the United States to secure the | |
224 | - | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of | |
225 | - | the following requirements: | |
226 | - | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | |
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106 | + | 1 (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | |
107 | + | 2 the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | |
108 | + | 3 Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | |
109 | + | 4 Code. | |
110 | + | 5 (iii) Passed a content area test, as required | |
111 | + | 6 under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
112 | + | 7 The alternative provisional educator endorsement is | |
113 | + | 8 valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a | |
114 | + | 9 third year by an individual meeting the requirements set | |
115 | + | 10 forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | |
116 | + | 11 (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | |
117 | + | 12 alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | |
118 | + | 13 an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | |
119 | + | 14 holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | |
120 | + | 15 superintendent in a school district's central office. | |
121 | + | 16 This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | |
122 | + | 17 who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | |
123 | + | 18 done all of the following: | |
124 | + | 19 (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | |
125 | + | 20 college or university with a minimum of a master's | |
126 | + | 21 degree in a management field other than education. | |
127 | + | 22 (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | |
128 | + | 23 years in a management level position in a field | |
129 | + | 24 other than education. | |
130 | + | 25 (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | |
131 | + | 26 of an alternative route to superintendent | |
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229 | - | bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | |
230 | - | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | |
231 | - | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | |
232 | - | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | |
233 | - | subject to be taught. | |
234 | - | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | |
235 | - | language. | |
236 | - | A holder of a visiting international educator | |
237 | - | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | |
238 | - | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | |
239 | - | programs in the language that was the medium of | |
240 | - | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | |
241 | - | provided that he or she passes the English Language | |
242 | - | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | |
243 | - | skills in English identified by the State Board of | |
244 | - | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | |
245 | - | Preparation and Licensure Board. | |
246 | - | A visiting international educator endorsement on | |
247 | - | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5 | |
248 | - | years and shall not be renewed. | |
249 | - | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | |
250 | - | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | |
251 | - | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | |
252 | - | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | |
253 | - | (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | |
254 | - | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | |
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257 | - | institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a | |
258 | - | paraprofessional competency test under subsection | |
259 | - | (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years | |
260 | - | of age and will be using the Educator License with | |
261 | - | Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten | |
262 | - | through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age | |
263 | - | of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a | |
264 | - | paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this | |
265 | - | subparagraph (J). The paraprofessional educator | |
266 | - | endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | |
267 | - | following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and | |
268 | - | may be renewed through application and payment of the | |
269 | - | appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of | |
270 | - | this Code. An individual who holds only a | |
271 | - | paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject | |
272 | - | to additional requirements in order to renew the | |
273 | - | endorsement. | |
274 | - | (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | |
275 | - | business official endorsement on an Educator License | |
276 | - | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | |
277 | - | qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | |
278 | - | years of full-time administrative experience in school | |
279 | - | business management or 2 years of university-approved | |
280 | - | practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | |
281 | - | hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | |
282 | - | State Board of Education for the preparation of school | |
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285 | - | business administrators and by passage of the | |
286 | - | applicable State tests, including an applicable | |
287 | - | content area test. | |
288 | - | The chief school business official endorsement may | |
289 | - | also be affixed to the Educator License with | |
290 | - | Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a | |
291 | - | master's degree in business administration, finance, | |
292 | - | accounting, or public administration and who completes | |
293 | - | an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | |
294 | - | business management from a regionally accredited | |
295 | - | institution of higher education and passes the | |
296 | - | applicable State tests, including an applicable | |
297 | - | content area test. This endorsement shall be required | |
298 | - | for any individual employed as a chief school business | |
299 | - | official. | |
300 | - | The chief school business official endorsement on | |
301 | - | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | |
302 | - | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | |
303 | - | endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the | |
304 | - | license holder completes renewal requirements as | |
305 | - | required for individuals who hold a Professional | |
306 | - | Educator License endorsed for chief school business | |
307 | - | official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | |
308 | - | rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | |
309 | - | Education. | |
310 | - | The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules | |
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143 | + | 2 of this Code. | |
144 | + | 3 (iv) Passed a content area test required under | |
145 | + | 4 Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
146 | + | 5 The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | |
147 | + | 6 order to complete one full year of serving as a | |
148 | + | 7 superintendent or assistant superintendent. | |
149 | + | 8 (D) (Blank). | |
150 | + | 9 (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | |
151 | + | 10 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
152 | + | 11 with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | |
153 | + | 12 has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | |
154 | + | 13 regionally accredited institution of higher education | |
155 | + | 14 or an accredited trade and technical institution and | |
156 | + | 15 has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | |
157 | + | 16 education in each area to be taught. | |
158 | + | 17 The career and technical educator endorsement on | |
159 | + | 18 an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | |
160 | + | 19 June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | |
161 | + | 20 endorsement being issued and may be renewed. | |
162 | + | 21 An individual who holds a valid career and | |
163 | + | 22 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
164 | + | 23 with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's | |
165 | + | 24 degree may substitute teach in career and technical | |
166 | + | 25 education classrooms. | |
167 | + | 26 An individual who holds a valid career and | |
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313 | - | necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | |
314 | - | (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | |
315 | - | in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
316 | - | with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | |
317 | - | completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation | |
318 | - | program at an Illinois institution of higher education | |
319 | - | and who has not successfully completed an | |
320 | - | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | |
321 | - | who meets all of the following requirements: | |
322 | - | (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | |
323 | - | (ii) Has completed an approved educator | |
324 | - | preparation program at an Illinois institution. | |
325 | - | (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | |
326 | - | test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
327 | - | (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | |
328 | - | assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | |
329 | - | minimum score on that assessment, as established | |
330 | - | by the State Board of Education in consultation | |
331 | - | with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | |
332 | - | Board. | |
333 | - | A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | |
334 | - | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | |
335 | - | full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | |
336 | - | be renewed. | |
337 | - | (M) (Blank). | |
338 | - | (N) Specialized services. A specialized services | |
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341 | - | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | |
342 | - | may be issued as defined and specified by rule. | |
343 | - | (O) Provisional career and technical educator. A | |
344 | - | provisional career and technical educator endorsement | |
345 | - | on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | |
346 | - | to an applicant who has a minimum of 8,000 hours of | |
347 | - | work experience in the skill for which the applicant | |
348 | - | is seeking the endorsement. Each employing school | |
349 | - | board and regional office of education shall provide | |
350 | - | verification, in writing, to the State Superintendent | |
351 | - | of Education at the time the application is submitted | |
352 | - | that no qualified teacher holding a Professional | |
353 | - | Educator License or an Educator License with | |
354 | - | Stipulations with a career and technical educator | |
355 | - | endorsement is available to teach and that actual | |
356 | - | circumstances require such issuance. | |
357 | - | A provisional career and technical educator | |
358 | - | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | |
359 | - | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | |
360 | - | of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed. | |
361 | - | An individual who holds a provisional career and | |
362 | - | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
363 | - | with Stipulations may teach as a substitute teacher in | |
364 | - | career and technical education classrooms. | |
365 | - | An individual who holds a provisional career and | |
366 | - | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
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369 | - | with Stipulations is entitled to all of the rights and | |
370 | - | privileges granted to a holder of a Professional | |
371 | - | Educator License. | |
372 | - | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | |
373 | - | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | |
374 | - | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | |
375 | - | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | |
376 | - | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | |
377 | - | a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's | |
378 | - | degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution | |
379 | - | of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved | |
380 | - | educator preparation program in this State and have earned | |
381 | - | at least 90 credit hours. | |
382 | - | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | |
383 | - | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | |
384 | - | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | |
385 | - | has had his or her Professional Educator License or | |
386 | - | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, | |
387 | - | then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | |
388 | - | Substitute Teaching License. | |
389 | - | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | |
390 | - | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | |
391 | - | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | |
392 | - | contract because of an emergency situation, then a | |
393 | - | district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer | |
394 | - | than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the | |
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178 | + | 1 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
179 | + | 2 with Stipulations is entitled to all of the rights and | |
180 | + | 3 privileges granted to a holder of a Professional | |
181 | + | 4 Educator License. | |
182 | + | 5 (F) (Blank). | |
183 | + | 6 (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | |
184 | + | 7 transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | |
185 | + | 8 Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | |
186 | + | 9 the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | |
187 | + | 10 with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | |
188 | + | 11 provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets | |
189 | + | 12 all of the following requirements: | |
190 | + | 13 (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | |
191 | + | 14 writing ability in the language other than English | |
192 | + | 15 in which transitional bilingual education is | |
193 | + | 16 offered. | |
194 | + | 17 (ii) Has the ability to successfully | |
195 | + | 18 communicate in English. | |
196 | + | 19 (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | |
197 | + | 20 previous to his or her applying for a transitional | |
198 | + | 21 bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | |
199 | + | 22 comparable teaching certificate or comparable | |
200 | + | 23 authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | |
201 | + | 24 a degree from an institution of higher learning in | |
202 | + | 25 a foreign country that the State Educator | |
203 | + | 26 Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | |
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397 | - | district if the district notifies the appropriate regional | |
398 | - | office of education within 5 business days after the | |
399 | - | employment of the substitute teacher in that vacant | |
400 | - | position. A district may continue to employ that same | |
401 | - | substitute teacher in that same vacant position for 90 | |
402 | - | calendar days or until the end of the semester, whichever | |
403 | - | is greater, if, prior to the expiration of the | |
404 | - | 30-calendar-day period then current, the district files a | |
405 | - | written request with the appropriate regional office of | |
406 | - | education for a 30-calendar-day extension on the basis | |
407 | - | that the position remains vacant and the district | |
408 | - | continues to actively seek qualified candidates and | |
409 | - | provides documentation that it has provided training | |
410 | - | specific to the position, including training on meeting | |
411 | - | the needs of students with disabilities and English | |
412 | - | learners if applicable. Each extension request shall be | |
413 | - | granted in writing by the regional office of education. An | |
414 | - | emergency situation is one in which an unforeseen vacancy | |
415 | - | has occurred and (i) a teacher is unexpectedly unable to | |
416 | - | fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) teacher | |
417 | - | capacity needs of the district exceed previous indications | |
418 | - | or vacancies are unfilled due to a lack of qualified | |
419 | - | candidates, and the district is actively engaged in | |
420 | - | advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the | |
421 | - | vacant position. | |
422 | - | There is no limit on the number of days that a | |
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425 | - | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | |
426 | - | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | |
427 | - | than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year | |
428 | - | through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school | |
429 | - | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | |
430 | - | same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a | |
431 | - | Professional Educator License or Educator License with | |
432 | - | Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days | |
433 | - | for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same | |
434 | - | school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on the | |
435 | - | number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not | |
436 | - | apply to any school district operating under Article 34 of | |
437 | - | this Code. | |
438 | - | A school district may not require an individual who | |
439 | - | holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator | |
440 | - | License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | |
441 | - | Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | |
442 | - | (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | |
443 | - | on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2028, applicants may | |
444 | - | apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of a | |
445 | - | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. A Short-Term | |
446 | - | Substitute Teaching License may be issued to a qualified | |
447 | - | applicant for substitute teaching in all grades of the | |
448 | - | public schools, prekindergarten through grade 12. | |
449 | - | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not eligible | |
450 | - | for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term Substitute | |
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453 | - | Teaching License must hold an associate's degree or have | |
454 | - | completed at least 60 credit hours from a regionally | |
455 | - | accredited institution of higher education. | |
456 | - | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for | |
457 | - | substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an | |
458 | - | individual has had his or her Professional Educator | |
459 | - | License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or | |
460 | - | revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | |
461 | - | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | |
462 | - | The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this | |
463 | - | Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. | |
464 | - | An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | |
465 | - | License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per | |
466 | - | licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | |
467 | - | absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who | |
468 | - | is under contract, a school district may not hire an | |
469 | - | individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | |
470 | - | License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due | |
471 | - | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | |
472 | - | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual | |
473 | - | holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must | |
474 | - | complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or | |
475 | - | 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public | |
476 | - | school. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses under this | |
477 | - | Section are valid for 5 years. | |
478 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-711, eff. 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22; | |
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214 | + | 1 the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | |
215 | + | 2 regionally accredited institution of higher | |
216 | + | 3 learning in the United States. | |
217 | + | 4 A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | |
218 | + | 5 shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, | |
219 | + | 6 is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | |
220 | + | 7 of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be | |
221 | + | 8 renewed. | |
222 | + | 9 Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | |
223 | + | 10 endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | |
224 | + | 11 presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | |
225 | + | 12 replaced for any reason. | |
226 | + | 13 (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | |
227 | + | 14 alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | |
228 | + | 15 other than English in the public schools, an | |
229 | + | 16 individual who holds an Educator License with | |
230 | + | 17 Stipulations may also apply for a language | |
231 | + | 18 endorsement, provided that the applicant provides | |
232 | + | 19 satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the | |
233 | + | 20 following requirements: | |
234 | + | 21 (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | |
235 | + | 22 endorsement. | |
236 | + | 23 (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | |
237 | + | 24 language for which the endorsement is to be issued | |
238 | + | 25 by passing the applicable language content test | |
239 | + | 26 required by the State Board of Education. | |
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481 | - | 102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff. | |
482 | - | 5-20-22; 103-111, eff. 6-29-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; | |
483 | - | 103-193, eff. 1-1-24; 103-564, eff. 11-17-23.) | |
484 | - | (105 ILCS 5/24-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-11) | |
485 | - | Sec. 24-11. Boards of Education - Boards of School | |
486 | - | Inspectors - Contractual continued service. | |
487 | - | (a) As used in this and the succeeding Sections of this | |
488 | - | Article: | |
489 | - | "Teacher" means any or all school district employees | |
490 | - | regularly required to be licensed under laws relating to the | |
491 | - | licensure of teachers. | |
492 | - | "Board" means board of directors, board of education, or | |
493 | - | board of school inspectors, as the case may be. | |
494 | - | "School term" means that portion of the school year, July | |
495 | - | 1 to the following June 30, when school is in actual session. | |
496 | - | "Program" means a program of a special education joint | |
497 | - | agreement. | |
498 | - | "Program of a special education joint agreement" means | |
499 | - | instructional, consultative, supervisory, administrative, | |
500 | - | diagnostic, and related services that are managed by a special | |
501 | - | educational joint agreement designed to service 2 or more | |
502 | - | school districts that are members of the joint agreement. | |
503 | - | "PERA implementation date" means the implementation date | |
504 | - | of an evaluation system for teachers as specified by Section | |
505 | - | 24A-2.5 of this Code for all schools within a school district | |
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508 | - | or all programs of a special education joint agreement. | |
509 | - | (b) This Section and Sections 24-12 through 24-16 of this | |
510 | - | Article apply only to school districts having less than | |
511 | - | 500,000 inhabitants. | |
512 | - | (c) Any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | |
513 | - | teacher in a school district or program prior to the PERA | |
514 | - | implementation date and who is employed in that district or | |
515 | - | program for a probationary period of 4 consecutive school | |
516 | - | terms shall enter upon contractual continued service in the | |
517 | - | district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally | |
518 | - | qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice | |
519 | - | of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by | |
520 | - | the employing board at least 45 days before the end of any | |
521 | - | school term within such period. | |
522 | - | (d) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | |
523 | - | teacher in a school district or program on or after the PERA | |
524 | - | implementation date but before July 1, 2023, the probationary | |
525 | - | period shall be one of the following periods, based upon the | |
526 | - | teacher's school terms of service and performance, before the | |
527 | - | teacher shall enter upon contractual continued service in the | |
528 | - | district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally | |
529 | - | qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice | |
530 | - | of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by | |
531 | - | the employing board on or before April 15: | |
532 | - | (1) 4 consecutive school terms of service in which the | |
533 | - | teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator | |
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536 | - | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | |
537 | - | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | |
538 | - | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | |
539 | - | educator endorsement and receives overall annual | |
540 | - | evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" in the last | |
541 | - | school term and at least "Proficient" in either the second | |
542 | - | or third school terms; | |
543 | - | (2) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the | |
544 | - | teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator | |
545 | - | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | |
546 | - | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | |
547 | - | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | |
548 | - | educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | |
549 | - | evaluations of "Excellent"; or | |
550 | - | (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | |
551 | - | teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator | |
552 | - | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | |
553 | - | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | |
554 | - | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | |
555 | - | educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | |
556 | - | evaluations of "Excellent" service, but only if the | |
557 | - | teacher (i) previously attained contractual continued | |
558 | - | service in a different school district or program in this | |
559 | - | State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was honorably | |
560 | - | dismissed from that school district or program in the | |
561 | - | school term immediately prior to the teacher's first | |
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250 | + | 1 (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | |
251 | + | 2 a regionally accredited institution of higher | |
252 | + | 3 education or, for individuals educated in a | |
253 | + | 4 country other than the United States, holds a | |
254 | + | 5 degree from an institution of higher learning in a | |
255 | + | 6 foreign country that the State Educator | |
256 | + | 7 Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | |
257 | + | 8 the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | |
258 | + | 9 regionally accredited institution of higher | |
259 | + | 10 learning in the United States. | |
260 | + | 11 (iv) (Blank). | |
261 | + | 12 A language endorsement on an Educator License with | |
262 | + | 13 Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | |
263 | + | 14 grade 12 for the same validity period as the | |
264 | + | 15 individual's transitional bilingual educator | |
265 | + | 16 endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | |
266 | + | 17 and shall not be renewed. | |
267 | + | 18 (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | |
268 | + | 19 international educator endorsement on an Educator | |
269 | + | 20 License with Stipulations may be issued to an | |
270 | + | 21 individual who is being recruited by a particular | |
271 | + | 22 school district that conducts formal recruitment | |
272 | + | 23 programs outside of the United States to secure the | |
273 | + | 24 services of qualified teachers and who meets all of | |
274 | + | 25 the following requirements: | |
275 | + | 26 (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | |
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564 | - | school term of service applicable to the attainment of | |
565 | - | contractual continued service under this subdivision (3), | |
566 | - | and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent overall | |
567 | - | annual or biennial evaluations from the prior school | |
568 | - | district or program, ratings of at least "Proficient", | |
569 | - | with both such ratings occurring after the school | |
570 | - | district's or program's PERA implementation date. For a | |
571 | - | teacher to attain contractual continued service under this | |
572 | - | subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide official copies | |
573 | - | of his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial | |
574 | - | evaluations from the prior school district or program to | |
575 | - | the new school district or program within 60 days from the | |
576 | - | teacher's first day of service with the new school | |
577 | - | district or program. The prior school district or program | |
578 | - | must provide the teacher with official copies of his or | |
579 | - | her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial evaluations | |
580 | - | within 14 days after the teacher's request. If a teacher | |
581 | - | has requested such official copies prior to 45 days after | |
582 | - | the teacher's first day of service with the new school | |
583 | - | district or program and the teacher's prior school | |
584 | - | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | |
585 | - | official copies required under this subdivision (3), then | |
586 | - | the time period for the teacher to submit the official | |
587 | - | copies to his or her new school district or program must be | |
588 | - | extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from | |
589 | - | the prior school district or program. If the prior school | |
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592 | - | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | |
593 | - | official copies required under this subdivision (3) within | |
594 | - | 90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the | |
595 | - | new school district or program, then the new school | |
596 | - | district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own | |
597 | - | copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this | |
598 | - | subdivision (3). | |
599 | - | If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations | |
600 | - | of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility | |
601 | - | to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in | |
602 | - | subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d), the teacher | |
603 | - | shall be eligible for contractual continued service pursuant | |
604 | - | to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d). If, at the | |
605 | - | conclusion of 4 consecutive school terms of service that count | |
606 | - | toward attainment of contractual continued service, the | |
607 | - | teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for | |
608 | - | contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this | |
609 | - | subsection (d), then the teacher shall not enter upon | |
610 | - | contractual continued service and shall be dismissed. If a | |
611 | - | performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term | |
612 | - | when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section | |
613 | - | 24A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation | |
614 | - | rating for such school term for purposes of determining the | |
615 | - | attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed | |
616 | - | "Proficient", except that, during any time in which the | |
617 | - | Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | |
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620 | - | emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | |
621 | - | Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not | |
622 | - | apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual | |
623 | - | continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her | |
624 | - | most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor | |
625 | - | has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency | |
626 | - | pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management | |
627 | - | Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive | |
628 | - | bargaining representative have completed the performance | |
629 | - | rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate | |
630 | - | performance rating, any teacher who has entered into | |
631 | - | contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation | |
632 | - | was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is | |
633 | - | not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted | |
634 | - | shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed | |
635 | - | "Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining | |
636 | - | representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance | |
637 | - | rating for teachers not in contractual continued service | |
638 | - | during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster | |
639 | - | due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | |
640 | - | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the | |
641 | - | agreement is in writing. | |
642 | - | (d-5) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | |
643 | - | teacher in a school district or program on or after July 1, | |
644 | - | 2023, the probationary period shall be one of the following | |
645 | - | periods, based upon the teacher's school terms of service and | |
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286 | + | 1 bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | |
287 | + | 2 (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | |
288 | + | 3 grade level for which he or she will be employed. | |
289 | + | 4 (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | |
290 | + | 5 subject to be taught. | |
291 | + | 6 (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | |
292 | + | 7 language. | |
293 | + | 8 A holder of a visiting international educator | |
294 | + | 9 endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | |
295 | + | 10 shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | |
296 | + | 11 programs in the language that was the medium of | |
297 | + | 12 instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | |
298 | + | 13 provided that he or she passes the English Language | |
299 | + | 14 Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | |
300 | + | 15 skills in English identified by the State Board of | |
301 | + | 16 Education, in consultation with the State Educator | |
302 | + | 17 Preparation and Licensure Board. | |
303 | + | 18 A visiting international educator endorsement on | |
304 | + | 19 an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5 | |
305 | + | 20 years and shall not be renewed. | |
306 | + | 21 (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | |
307 | + | 22 educator endorsement on an Educator License with | |
308 | + | 23 Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | |
309 | + | 24 high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | |
310 | + | 25 (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | |
311 | + | 26 semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | |
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648 | - | performance, before the teacher shall enter upon contractual | |
649 | - | continued service in the district or in all of the programs | |
650 | - | that the teacher is legally qualified to hold, unless the | |
651 | - | teacher is given written notice of dismissal by certified | |
652 | - | mail, return receipt requested, by the employing board on or | |
653 | - | before April 15: | |
654 | - | (1) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the | |
655 | - | teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator | |
656 | - | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | |
657 | - | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | |
658 | - | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | |
659 | - | educator endorsement and receives overall annual | |
660 | - | evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" in the second | |
661 | - | and third school terms; | |
662 | - | (2) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | |
663 | - | teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator | |
664 | - | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | |
665 | - | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | |
666 | - | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | |
667 | - | educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | |
668 | - | evaluations of "Excellent"; or | |
669 | - | (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | |
670 | - | teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator | |
671 | - | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | |
672 | - | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | |
673 | - | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | |
674 | 314 | ||
675 | 315 | ||
676 | - | educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | |
677 | - | evaluations of "Excellent" service, but only if the | |
678 | - | teacher (i) previously attained contractual continued | |
679 | - | service in a different school district or program in this | |
680 | - | State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was honorably | |
681 | - | dismissed from that school district or program in the | |
682 | - | school term immediately prior to the teacher's first | |
683 | - | school term of service applicable to the attainment of | |
684 | - | contractual continued service under this subdivision (3), | |
685 | - | and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent overall | |
686 | - | annual or biennial evaluations from the prior school | |
687 | - | district or program, ratings of at least "Proficient", | |
688 | - | with both such ratings occurring after the school | |
689 | - | district's or program's PERA implementation date. For a | |
690 | - | teacher to attain contractual continued service under this | |
691 | - | subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide official copies | |
692 | - | of his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial | |
693 | - | evaluations from the prior school district or program to | |
694 | - | the new school district or program within 60 days from the | |
695 | - | teacher's first day of service with the new school | |
696 | - | district or program. The prior school district or program | |
697 | - | must provide the teacher with official copies of his or | |
698 | - | her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial evaluations | |
699 | - | within 14 days after the teacher's request. If a teacher | |
700 | - | has requested such official copies prior to 45 days after | |
701 | - | the teacher's first day of service with the new school | |
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704 | - | district or program and the teacher's prior school | |
705 | - | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | |
706 | - | official copies required under this subdivision (3), then | |
707 | - | the time period for the teacher to submit the official | |
708 | - | copies to his or her new school district or program must be | |
709 | - | extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from | |
710 | - | the prior school district or program. If the prior school | |
711 | - | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | |
712 | - | official copies required under this subdivision (3) within | |
713 | - | 90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the | |
714 | - | new school district or program, then the new school | |
715 | - | district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own | |
716 | - | copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this | |
717 | - | subdivision (3). | |
718 | - | If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations | |
719 | - | of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility | |
720 | - | to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in | |
721 | - | subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d-5) (d), the | |
722 | - | teacher shall be eligible for contractual continued service | |
723 | - | pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d-5) (d). If, | |
724 | - | at the conclusion of 3 consecutive school terms of service | |
725 | - | that count toward attainment of contractual continued service, | |
726 | - | the teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for | |
727 | - | contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this | |
728 | - | subsection (d-5) (d), then the teacher shall not enter upon | |
729 | - | contractual continued service and shall be dismissed. If a | |
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322 | + | 1 institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a | |
323 | + | 2 paraprofessional competency test under subsection | |
324 | + | 3 (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years | |
325 | + | 4 of age and will be using the Educator License with | |
326 | + | 5 Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten | |
327 | + | 6 through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age | |
328 | + | 7 of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a | |
329 | + | 8 paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this | |
330 | + | 9 subparagraph (J). The paraprofessional educator | |
331 | + | 10 endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | |
332 | + | 11 following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and | |
333 | + | 12 may be renewed through application and payment of the | |
334 | + | 13 appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of | |
335 | + | 14 this Code. An individual who holds only a | |
336 | + | 15 paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject | |
337 | + | 16 to additional requirements in order to renew the | |
338 | + | 17 endorsement. | |
339 | + | 18 (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | |
340 | + | 19 business official endorsement on an Educator License | |
341 | + | 20 with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | |
342 | + | 21 qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | |
343 | + | 22 years of full-time administrative experience in school | |
344 | + | 23 business management or 2 years of university-approved | |
345 | + | 24 practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | |
346 | + | 25 hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | |
347 | + | 26 State Board of Education for the preparation of school | |
730 | 348 | ||
731 | 349 | ||
732 | - | performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term | |
733 | - | when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section | |
734 | - | 24A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation | |
735 | - | rating for such school term for purposes of determining the | |
736 | - | attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed | |
737 | - | "Proficient", except that, during any time in which the | |
738 | - | Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | |
739 | - | emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | |
740 | - | Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not | |
741 | - | apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual | |
742 | - | continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her | |
743 | - | most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor | |
744 | - | has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency | |
745 | - | pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management | |
746 | - | Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive | |
747 | - | bargaining representative have completed the performance | |
748 | - | rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate | |
749 | - | performance rating, any teacher who has entered into | |
750 | - | contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation | |
751 | - | was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is | |
752 | - | not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted | |
753 | - | shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed | |
754 | - | "Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining | |
755 | - | representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance | |
756 | - | rating for teachers not in contractual continued service | |
757 | - | during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster | |
758 | 350 | ||
759 | 351 | ||
760 | - | due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | |
761 | - | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the | |
762 | - | agreement is in writing. | |
763 | - | (e) For the purposes of determining contractual continued | |
764 | - | service, a school term shall be counted only toward attainment | |
765 | - | of contractual continued service if the teacher actually | |
766 | - | teaches or is otherwise present and participating in the | |
767 | - | district's or program's educational program for 120 days or | |
768 | - | more, provided that the days of leave under the federal Family | |
769 | - | Medical Leave Act that the teacher is required to take until | |
770 | - | the end of the school term shall be considered days of teaching | |
771 | - | or participation in the district's or program's educational | |
772 | - | program. A school term that is not counted toward attainment | |
773 | - | of contractual continued service shall not be considered a | |
774 | - | break in service for purposes of determining whether a teacher | |
775 | - | has been employed for consecutive school terms, provided that | |
776 | - | the teacher actually teaches or is otherwise present and | |
777 | - | participating in the district's or program's educational | |
778 | - | program in the following school term. | |
779 | - | (f) If the employing board determines to dismiss the | |
780 | - | teacher in the last year of the probationary period as | |
781 | - | provided in subsection (c) of this Section or subdivision (1) | |
782 | - | or (2) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (1) or | |
783 | - | (2) of subsection (d-5) of this Section, but not subdivision | |
784 | - | (3) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (3) of | |
785 | - | subsection (d-5) of this Section, the written notice of | |
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787 | 355 | ||
788 | - | dismissal provided by the employing board must contain | |
789 | - | specific reasons for dismissal. Any full-time teacher who does | |
790 | - | not receive written notice from the employing board on or | |
791 | - | before April 15 as provided in this Section and whose | |
792 | - | performance does not require dismissal after the fourth | |
793 | - | probationary year pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section | |
794 | - | or the third probationary year pursuant to subsection (d-5) of | |
795 | - | this Section shall be re-employed for the following school | |
796 | - | term. | |
797 | - | (g) Contractual continued service shall continue in effect | |
798 | - | the terms and provisions of the contract with the teacher | |
799 | - | during the last school term of the probationary period, | |
800 | - | subject to this Act and the lawful regulations of the | |
801 | - | employing board. This Section and succeeding Sections do not | |
802 | - | modify any existing power of the board except with respect to | |
803 | - | the procedure of the discharge of a teacher and reductions in | |
804 | - | salary as hereinafter provided. Contractual continued service | |
805 | - | status shall not restrict the power of the board to transfer a | |
806 | - | teacher to a position which the teacher is qualified to fill or | |
807 | - | to make such salary adjustments as it deems desirable, but | |
808 | - | unless reductions in salary are uniform or based upon some | |
809 | - | reasonable classification, any teacher whose salary is reduced | |
810 | - | shall be entitled to a notice and a hearing as hereinafter | |
811 | - | provided in the case of certain dismissals or removals. | |
812 | - | (h) If, by reason of any change in the boundaries of school | |
813 | - | districts, by reason of a special education cooperative | |
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358 | + | 1 business administrators and by passage of the | |
359 | + | 2 applicable State tests, including an applicable | |
360 | + | 3 content area test. | |
361 | + | 4 The chief school business official endorsement may | |
362 | + | 5 also be affixed to the Educator License with | |
363 | + | 6 Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a | |
364 | + | 7 master's degree in business administration, finance, | |
365 | + | 8 accounting, or public administration and who completes | |
366 | + | 9 an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | |
367 | + | 10 business management from a regionally accredited | |
368 | + | 11 institution of higher education and passes the | |
369 | + | 12 applicable State tests, including an applicable | |
370 | + | 13 content area test. This endorsement shall be required | |
371 | + | 14 for any individual employed as a chief school business | |
372 | + | 15 official. | |
373 | + | 16 The chief school business official endorsement on | |
374 | + | 17 an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | |
375 | + | 18 June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | |
376 | + | 19 endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the | |
377 | + | 20 license holder completes renewal requirements as | |
378 | + | 21 required for individuals who hold a Professional | |
379 | + | 22 Educator License endorsed for chief school business | |
380 | + | 23 official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | |
381 | + | 24 rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | |
382 | + | 25 Education. | |
383 | + | 26 The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules | |
814 | 384 | ||
815 | 385 | ||
816 | - | reorganization or dissolution in accordance with Section | |
817 | - | 10-22.31 of this Code, or by reason of the creation of a new | |
818 | - | school district, the position held by any teacher having a | |
819 | - | contractual continued service status is transferred from one | |
820 | - | board to the control of a new or different board, then the | |
821 | - | contractual continued service status of the teacher is not | |
822 | - | thereby lost, and such new or different board is subject to | |
823 | - | this Code with respect to the teacher in the same manner as if | |
824 | - | the teacher were its employee and had been its employee during | |
825 | - | the time the teacher was actually employed by the board from | |
826 | - | whose control the position was transferred. | |
827 | - | (i) The employment of any teacher in a program of a special | |
828 | - | education joint agreement established under Section 3-15.14, | |
829 | - | 10-22.31 or 10-22.31a shall be governed by this and succeeding | |
830 | - | Sections of this Article. For purposes of attaining and | |
831 | - | maintaining contractual continued service and computing length | |
832 | - | of continuing service as referred to in this Section and | |
833 | - | Section 24-12, employment in a special educational joint | |
834 | - | program shall be deemed a continuation of all previous | |
835 | - | licensed employment of such teacher for such joint agreement | |
836 | - | whether the employer of the teacher was the joint agreement, | |
837 | - | the regional superintendent, or one of the participating | |
838 | - | districts in the joint agreement. | |
839 | - | (j) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a | |
840 | - | full-time teacher in a program of a special education joint | |
841 | - | agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint | |
842 | 386 | ||
843 | 387 | ||
844 | - | agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | |
845 | - | agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of | |
846 | - | programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the | |
847 | - | notice of dismissal is provided on or before the end of the | |
848 | - | 2010-2011 school term, the teacher in contractual continued | |
849 | - | service is eligible for employment in the joint agreement | |
850 | - | programs for which the teacher is legally qualified in order | |
851 | - | of greater length of continuing service in the joint | |
852 | - | agreement, unless an alternative method of determining the | |
853 | - | sequence of dismissal is established in a collective | |
854 | - | bargaining agreement. For any teacher employed after July 1, | |
855 | - | 1987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a special education | |
856 | - | joint agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint | |
857 | - | agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | |
858 | - | agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of | |
859 | - | programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the | |
860 | - | notice of dismissal is provided during the 2011-2012 school | |
861 | - | term or a subsequent school term, the teacher shall be | |
862 | - | included on the honorable dismissal lists of all joint | |
863 | - | agreement programs for positions for which the teacher is | |
864 | - | qualified and is eligible for employment in such programs in | |
865 | - | accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of | |
866 | - | this Code and the applicable honorable dismissal policies of | |
867 | - | the joint agreement. | |
868 | - | (k) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a | |
869 | - | full-time teacher in a program of a special education joint | |
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871 | 391 | ||
872 | - | agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint | |
873 | - | agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | |
874 | - | agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a joint | |
875 | - | agreement, in which the notice to teachers of the dissolution | |
876 | - | is provided during the 2010-2011 school term, the teacher in | |
877 | - | contractual continued service who is legally qualified shall | |
878 | - | be assigned to any comparable position in a member district | |
879 | - | currently held by a teacher who has not entered upon | |
880 | - | contractual continued service or held by a teacher who has | |
881 | - | entered upon contractual continued service with a shorter | |
882 | - | length of contractual continued service. Any teacher employed | |
883 | - | after July 1, 1987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a | |
884 | - | special education joint agreement, whether the program is | |
885 | - | operated by the joint agreement or a member district on behalf | |
886 | - | of the joint agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a | |
887 | - | joint agreement in which the notice to teachers of the | |
888 | - | dissolution is provided during the 2011-2012 school term or a | |
889 | - | subsequent school term, the teacher who is qualified shall be | |
890 | - | included on the order of honorable dismissal lists of each | |
891 | - | member district and shall be assigned to any comparable | |
892 | - | position in any such district in accordance with subsections | |
893 | - | (b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of this Code and the applicable | |
894 | - | honorable dismissal policies of each member district. | |
895 | - | (l) The governing board of the joint agreement, or the | |
896 | - | administrative district, if so authorized by the articles of | |
897 | - | agreement of the joint agreement, rather than the board of | |
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394 | + | 1 necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | |
395 | + | 2 (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | |
396 | + | 3 in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
397 | + | 4 with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | |
398 | + | 5 completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation | |
399 | + | 6 program at an Illinois institution of higher education | |
400 | + | 7 and who has not successfully completed an | |
401 | + | 8 evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | |
402 | + | 9 who meets all of the following requirements: | |
403 | + | 10 (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | |
404 | + | 11 (ii) Has completed an approved educator | |
405 | + | 12 preparation program at an Illinois institution. | |
406 | + | 13 (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | |
407 | + | 14 test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
408 | + | 15 (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | |
409 | + | 16 assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | |
410 | + | 17 minimum score on that assessment, as established | |
411 | + | 18 by the State Board of Education in consultation | |
412 | + | 19 with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | |
413 | + | 20 Board. | |
414 | + | 21 A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | |
415 | + | 22 Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | |
416 | + | 23 full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | |
417 | + | 24 be renewed. | |
418 | + | 25 (M) (Blank). | |
419 | + | 26 (N) Specialized services. A specialized services | |
898 | 420 | ||
899 | 421 | ||
900 | - | education of a school district, may carry out employment and | |
901 | - | termination actions including dismissals under this Section | |
902 | - | and Section 24-12. | |
903 | - | (m) The employment of any teacher in a special education | |
904 | - | program authorized by Section 14-1.01 through 14-14.01, or a | |
905 | - | joint educational program established under Section 10-22.31a, | |
906 | - | shall be under this and the succeeding Sections of this | |
907 | - | Article, and such employment shall be deemed a continuation of | |
908 | - | the previous employment of such teacher in any of the | |
909 | - | participating districts, regardless of the participation of | |
910 | - | other districts in the program. | |
911 | - | (n) Any teacher employed as a full-time teacher in a | |
912 | - | special education program prior to September 23, 1987 in which | |
913 | - | 2 or more school districts participate for a probationary | |
914 | - | period of 2 consecutive years shall enter upon contractual | |
915 | - | continued service in each of the participating districts, | |
916 | - | subject to this and the succeeding Sections of this Article, | |
917 | - | and, notwithstanding Section 24-1.5 of this Code, in the event | |
918 | - | of the termination of the program shall be eligible for any | |
919 | - | vacant position in any of such districts for which such | |
920 | - | teacher is qualified. | |
921 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-552, eff. 1-1-22; 102-854, eff. 5-13-22; | |
922 | - | 103-500, eff. 8-4-23.) | |
923 | - | (105 ILCS 5/24A-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7) | |
924 | - | Sec. 24A-7. Rules. | |
925 | 422 | ||
926 | 423 | ||
927 | - | (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to adopt | |
928 | - | such rules as are deemed necessary to implement and accomplish | |
929 | - | the purposes and provisions of this Article, including, but | |
930 | - | not limited to, rules: | |
931 | - | (1) relating to the methods for measuring student | |
932 | - | growth (including, but not limited to, limitations on the | |
933 | - | age of usable data; the amount of data needed to reliably | |
934 | - | and validly measure growth for the purpose of teacher and | |
935 | - | principal evaluations; and whether and at what time annual | |
936 | - | State assessments may be used as one of multiple measures | |
937 | - | of student growth); | |
938 | - | (2) defining the term "significant factor" for | |
939 | - | purposes of including consideration of student growth in | |
940 | - | performance ratings; | |
941 | - | (3) controlling for such factors as student | |
942 | - | characteristics (including, but not limited to, students | |
943 | - | receiving special education and English Learner services), | |
944 | - | student attendance, and student mobility so as to best | |
945 | - | measure the impact that a teacher, principal, school and | |
946 | - | school district has on students' academic achievement; | |
947 | - | (4) establishing minimum requirements for district | |
948 | - | teacher and principal evaluation instruments and | |
949 | - | procedures; and | |
950 | - | (5) establishing a model evaluation plan for use by | |
951 | - | school districts in which student growth shall comprise | |
952 | - | 50% of the performance rating. | |
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955 | - | Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section, such | |
956 | - | rules shall not preclude a school district having 500,000 or | |
957 | - | more inhabitants from using an annual State assessment as the | |
958 | - | sole measure of student growth for purposes of teacher or | |
959 | - | principal evaluations. | |
960 | - | (b) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a | |
961 | - | Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, which shall be | |
962 | - | staffed by the State Board of Education. Members of the | |
963 | - | Council shall be selected by the State Superintendent and | |
964 | - | include, without limitation, representatives of teacher unions | |
965 | - | and school district management, persons with expertise in | |
966 | - | performance evaluation processes and systems, as well as other | |
967 | - | stakeholders. The Council shall meet at least quarterly and | |
968 | - | may also meet at the call of the chairperson of the Council, | |
969 | - | following August 18, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act | |
970 | - | 100-211) until December 31 June 30, 2024. The Council shall | |
971 | - | advise the State Board of Education on the ongoing | |
972 | - | implementation of performance evaluations in this State, which | |
973 | - | may include gathering public feedback, sharing best practices, | |
974 | - | consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes | |
975 | - | regarding evaluations, and other subjects as determined by the | |
976 | - | chairperson of the Council. | |
977 | - | (c) On July 1, 2024, the State Superintendent of Education | |
978 | - | shall convene a Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee for | |
979 | - | the purpose of maintaining and improving the evaluator | |
980 | - | training and pre-qualification program in this State under | |
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430 | + | 1 endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | |
431 | + | 2 may be issued as defined and specified by rule. | |
432 | + | 3 (O) Provisional career and technical educator. A | |
433 | + | 4 provisional career and technical educator endorsement | |
434 | + | 5 on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | |
435 | + | 6 to an applicant who has a minimum of 8,000 hours of | |
436 | + | 7 work experience in the skill for which the applicant | |
437 | + | 8 is seeking the endorsement. Each employing school | |
438 | + | 9 board and regional office of education shall provide | |
439 | + | 10 verification, in writing, to the State Superintendent | |
440 | + | 11 of Education at the time the application is submitted | |
441 | + | 12 that no qualified teacher holding a Professional | |
442 | + | 13 Educator License or an Educator License with | |
443 | + | 14 Stipulations with a career and technical educator | |
444 | + | 15 endorsement is available to teach and that actual | |
445 | + | 16 circumstances require such issuance. | |
446 | + | 17 A provisional career and technical educator | |
447 | + | 18 endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | |
448 | + | 19 is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | |
449 | + | 20 of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed. | |
450 | + | 21 An individual who holds a provisional career and | |
451 | + | 22 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
452 | + | 23 with Stipulations may teach as a substitute teacher in | |
453 | + | 24 career and technical education classrooms. | |
454 | + | 25 An individual who holds a provisional career and | |
455 | + | 26 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
981 | 456 | ||
982 | 457 | ||
983 | - | Section 24A-3. The Committee shall be staffed by the State | |
984 | - | Board of Education. Members of the Committee shall include, | |
985 | - | without limitation, representatives from providers of the | |
986 | - | evaluator retraining and pre-qualification program in this | |
987 | - | State, which include teacher unions, school district | |
988 | - | management, including a school district organized under | |
989 | - | Article 34, and a statewide organization representing regional | |
990 | - | offices of education. Members of the Committee shall be | |
991 | - | nominated by the providers and appointed by the State | |
992 | - | Superintendent. | |
993 | - | The Committee shall meet initially at the call of the | |
994 | - | State Superintendent and shall select one member as | |
995 | - | chairperson at its initial meeting. The Committee shall meet | |
996 | - | at least quarterly and may also meet at the call of the | |
997 | - | chairperson of the Committee. | |
998 | - | The Committee shall advise the State Board of Education on | |
999 | - | the continued implementation of the evaluator training and | |
1000 | - | pre-qualification program in this State, which may include the | |
1001 | - | development and delivery of the program's existing and new | |
1002 | - | administrators' academies, gathering feedback from program | |
1003 | - | instructors and participants, sharing best practices, | |
1004 | - | consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes | |
1005 | - | regarding evaluator training, and other subjects as determined | |
1006 | - | by the chairperson of the Committee. | |
1007 | - | (d) Prior to the applicable implementation date, the these | |
1008 | - | rules shall not apply to teachers assigned to schools | |
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1011 | - | identified in an agreement entered into between the board of a | |
1012 | - | school district operating under Article 34 of this Code and | |
1013 | - | the exclusive representative of the district's teachers in | |
1014 | - | accordance with Section 34-85c of this Code. | |
1015 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-252, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.) | |
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466 | + | 1 with Stipulations is entitled to all of the rights and | |
467 | + | 2 privileges granted to a holder of a Professional | |
468 | + | 3 Educator License. | |
469 | + | 4 (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | |
470 | + | 5 License may be issued to qualified applicants for | |
471 | + | 6 substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | |
472 | + | 7 prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | |
473 | + | 8 Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | |
474 | + | 9 a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's | |
475 | + | 10 degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution | |
476 | + | 11 of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved | |
477 | + | 12 educator preparation program in this State and have earned | |
478 | + | 13 at least 90 credit hours. | |
479 | + | 14 Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | |
480 | + | 15 Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | |
481 | + | 16 teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | |
482 | + | 17 has had his or her Professional Educator License or | |
483 | + | 18 Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, | |
484 | + | 19 then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | |
485 | + | 20 Substitute Teaching License. | |
486 | + | 21 A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | |
487 | + | 22 licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | |
488 | + | 23 board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | |
489 | + | 24 contract because of an emergency situation, then a | |
490 | + | 25 district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer | |
491 | + | 26 than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the | |
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502 | + | 1 district if the district notifies the appropriate regional | |
503 | + | 2 office of education within 5 business days after the | |
504 | + | 3 employment of the substitute teacher in that vacant | |
505 | + | 4 position. A district may continue to employ that same | |
506 | + | 5 substitute teacher in that same vacant position for 90 | |
507 | + | 6 calendar days or until the end of the semester, whichever | |
508 | + | 7 is greater, if, prior to the expiration of the | |
509 | + | 8 30-calendar-day period then current, the district files a | |
510 | + | 9 written request with the appropriate regional office of | |
511 | + | 10 education for a 30-calendar-day extension on the basis | |
512 | + | 11 that the position remains vacant and the district | |
513 | + | 12 continues to actively seek qualified candidates and | |
514 | + | 13 provides documentation that it has provided training | |
515 | + | 14 specific to the position, including training on meeting | |
516 | + | 15 the needs of students with disabilities and English | |
517 | + | 16 learners if applicable. Each extension request shall be | |
518 | + | 17 granted in writing by the regional office of education. An | |
519 | + | 18 emergency situation is one in which an unforeseen vacancy | |
520 | + | 19 has occurred and (i) a teacher is unexpectedly unable to | |
521 | + | 20 fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) teacher | |
522 | + | 21 capacity needs of the district exceed previous indications | |
523 | + | 22 or vacancies are unfilled due to a lack of qualified | |
524 | + | 23 candidates, and the district is actively engaged in | |
525 | + | 24 advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the | |
526 | + | 25 vacant position. | |
527 | + | 26 There is no limit on the number of days that a | |
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538 | + | 1 substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | |
539 | + | 2 provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | |
540 | + | 3 than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year | |
541 | + | 4 through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school | |
542 | + | 5 days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | |
543 | + | 6 same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a | |
544 | + | 7 Professional Educator License or Educator License with | |
545 | + | 8 Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days | |
546 | + | 9 for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same | |
547 | + | 10 school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on the | |
548 | + | 11 number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not | |
549 | + | 12 apply to any school district operating under Article 34 of | |
550 | + | 13 this Code. | |
551 | + | 14 A school district may not require an individual who | |
552 | + | 15 holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator | |
553 | + | 16 License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | |
554 | + | 17 Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | |
555 | + | 18 (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | |
556 | + | 19 on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2028, applicants may | |
557 | + | 20 apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of a | |
558 | + | 21 Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. A Short-Term | |
559 | + | 22 Substitute Teaching License may be issued to a qualified | |
560 | + | 23 applicant for substitute teaching in all grades of the | |
561 | + | 24 public schools, prekindergarten through grade 12. | |
562 | + | 25 Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not eligible | |
563 | + | 26 for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term Substitute | |
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574 | + | 1 Teaching License must hold an associate's degree or have | |
575 | + | 2 completed at least 60 credit hours from a regionally | |
576 | + | 3 accredited institution of higher education. | |
577 | + | 4 Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for | |
578 | + | 5 substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an | |
579 | + | 6 individual has had his or her Professional Educator | |
580 | + | 7 License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or | |
581 | + | 8 revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | |
582 | + | 9 Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | |
583 | + | 10 The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this | |
584 | + | 11 Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. | |
585 | + | 12 An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | |
586 | + | 13 License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per | |
587 | + | 14 licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | |
588 | + | 15 absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who | |
589 | + | 16 is under contract, a school district may not hire an | |
590 | + | 17 individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | |
591 | + | 18 License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due | |
592 | + | 19 to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | |
593 | + | 20 Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual | |
594 | + | 21 holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must | |
595 | + | 22 complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or | |
596 | + | 23 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public | |
597 | + | 24 school. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses under this | |
598 | + | 25 Section are valid for 5 years. | |
599 | + | 26 (Source: P.A. 102-711, eff. 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22; | |
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610 | + | 1 102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff. | |
611 | + | 2 5-20-22; 103-111, eff. 6-29-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; | |
612 | + | 3 103-193, eff. 1-1-24; 103-564, eff. 11-17-23.) | |
613 | + | 4 (105 ILCS 5/24-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-11) | |
614 | + | 5 Sec. 24-11. Boards of Education - Boards of School | |
615 | + | 6 Inspectors - Contractual continued service. | |
616 | + | 7 (a) As used in this and the succeeding Sections of this | |
617 | + | 8 Article: | |
618 | + | 9 "Teacher" means any or all school district employees | |
619 | + | 10 regularly required to be licensed under laws relating to the | |
620 | + | 11 licensure of teachers. | |
621 | + | 12 "Board" means board of directors, board of education, or | |
622 | + | 13 board of school inspectors, as the case may be. | |
623 | + | 14 "School term" means that portion of the school year, July | |
624 | + | 15 1 to the following June 30, when school is in actual session. | |
625 | + | 16 "Program" means a program of a special education joint | |
626 | + | 17 agreement. | |
627 | + | 18 "Program of a special education joint agreement" means | |
628 | + | 19 instructional, consultative, supervisory, administrative, | |
629 | + | 20 diagnostic, and related services that are managed by a special | |
630 | + | 21 educational joint agreement designed to service 2 or more | |
631 | + | 22 school districts that are members of the joint agreement. | |
632 | + | 23 "PERA implementation date" means the implementation date | |
633 | + | 24 of an evaluation system for teachers as specified by Section | |
634 | + | 25 24A-2.5 of this Code for all schools within a school district | |
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645 | + | 1 or all programs of a special education joint agreement. | |
646 | + | 2 (b) This Section and Sections 24-12 through 24-16 of this | |
647 | + | 3 Article apply only to school districts having less than | |
648 | + | 4 500,000 inhabitants. | |
649 | + | 5 (c) Any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | |
650 | + | 6 teacher in a school district or program prior to the PERA | |
651 | + | 7 implementation date and who is employed in that district or | |
652 | + | 8 program for a probationary period of 4 consecutive school | |
653 | + | 9 terms shall enter upon contractual continued service in the | |
654 | + | 10 district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally | |
655 | + | 11 qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice | |
656 | + | 12 of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by | |
657 | + | 13 the employing board at least 45 days before the end of any | |
658 | + | 14 school term within such period. | |
659 | + | 15 (d) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | |
660 | + | 16 teacher in a school district or program on or after the PERA | |
661 | + | 17 implementation date but before July 1, 2023, the probationary | |
662 | + | 18 period shall be one of the following periods, based upon the | |
663 | + | 19 teacher's school terms of service and performance, before the | |
664 | + | 20 teacher shall enter upon contractual continued service in the | |
665 | + | 21 district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally | |
666 | + | 22 qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice | |
667 | + | 23 of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by | |
668 | + | 24 the employing board on or before April 15: | |
669 | + | 25 (1) 4 consecutive school terms of service in which the | |
670 | + | 26 teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator | |
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681 | + | 1 License with Stipulations with a career and technical | |
682 | + | 2 educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | |
683 | + | 3 Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | |
684 | + | 4 educator endorsement and receives overall annual | |
685 | + | 5 evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" in the last | |
686 | + | 6 school term and at least "Proficient" in either the second | |
687 | + | 7 or third school terms; | |
688 | + | 8 (2) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the | |
689 | + | 9 teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator | |
690 | + | 10 License with Stipulations with a career and technical | |
691 | + | 11 educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | |
692 | + | 12 Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | |
693 | + | 13 educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | |
694 | + | 14 evaluations of "Excellent"; or | |
695 | + | 15 (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | |
696 | + | 16 teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator | |
697 | + | 17 License with Stipulations with a career and technical | |
698 | + | 18 educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | |
699 | + | 19 Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | |
700 | + | 20 educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | |
701 | + | 21 evaluations of "Excellent" service, but only if the | |
702 | + | 22 teacher (i) previously attained contractual continued | |
703 | + | 23 service in a different school district or program in this | |
704 | + | 24 State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was honorably | |
705 | + | 25 dismissed from that school district or program in the | |
706 | + | 26 school term immediately prior to the teacher's first | |
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717 | + | 1 school term of service applicable to the attainment of | |
718 | + | 2 contractual continued service under this subdivision (3), | |
719 | + | 3 and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent overall | |
720 | + | 4 annual or biennial evaluations from the prior school | |
721 | + | 5 district or program, ratings of at least "Proficient", | |
722 | + | 6 with both such ratings occurring after the school | |
723 | + | 7 district's or program's PERA implementation date. For a | |
724 | + | 8 teacher to attain contractual continued service under this | |
725 | + | 9 subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide official copies | |
726 | + | 10 of his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial | |
727 | + | 11 evaluations from the prior school district or program to | |
728 | + | 12 the new school district or program within 60 days from the | |
729 | + | 13 teacher's first day of service with the new school | |
730 | + | 14 district or program. The prior school district or program | |
731 | + | 15 must provide the teacher with official copies of his or | |
732 | + | 16 her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial evaluations | |
733 | + | 17 within 14 days after the teacher's request. If a teacher | |
734 | + | 18 has requested such official copies prior to 45 days after | |
735 | + | 19 the teacher's first day of service with the new school | |
736 | + | 20 district or program and the teacher's prior school | |
737 | + | 21 district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | |
738 | + | 22 official copies required under this subdivision (3), then | |
739 | + | 23 the time period for the teacher to submit the official | |
740 | + | 24 copies to his or her new school district or program must be | |
741 | + | 25 extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from | |
742 | + | 26 the prior school district or program. If the prior school | |
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753 | + | 1 district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | |
754 | + | 2 official copies required under this subdivision (3) within | |
755 | + | 3 90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the | |
756 | + | 4 new school district or program, then the new school | |
757 | + | 5 district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own | |
758 | + | 6 copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this | |
759 | + | 7 subdivision (3). | |
760 | + | 8 If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations | |
761 | + | 9 of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility | |
762 | + | 10 to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in | |
763 | + | 11 subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d), the teacher | |
764 | + | 12 shall be eligible for contractual continued service pursuant | |
765 | + | 13 to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d). If, at the | |
766 | + | 14 conclusion of 4 consecutive school terms of service that count | |
767 | + | 15 toward attainment of contractual continued service, the | |
768 | + | 16 teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for | |
769 | + | 17 contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this | |
770 | + | 18 subsection (d), then the teacher shall not enter upon | |
771 | + | 19 contractual continued service and shall be dismissed. If a | |
772 | + | 20 performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term | |
773 | + | 21 when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section | |
774 | + | 22 24A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation | |
775 | + | 23 rating for such school term for purposes of determining the | |
776 | + | 24 attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed | |
777 | + | 25 "Proficient", except that, during any time in which the | |
778 | + | 26 Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | |
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789 | + | 1 emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | |
790 | + | 2 Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not | |
791 | + | 3 apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual | |
792 | + | 4 continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her | |
793 | + | 5 most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor | |
794 | + | 6 has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency | |
795 | + | 7 pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management | |
796 | + | 8 Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive | |
797 | + | 9 bargaining representative have completed the performance | |
798 | + | 10 rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate | |
799 | + | 11 performance rating, any teacher who has entered into | |
800 | + | 12 contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation | |
801 | + | 13 was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is | |
802 | + | 14 not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted | |
803 | + | 15 shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed | |
804 | + | 16 "Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining | |
805 | + | 17 representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance | |
806 | + | 18 rating for teachers not in contractual continued service | |
807 | + | 19 during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster | |
808 | + | 20 due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | |
809 | + | 21 Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the | |
810 | + | 22 agreement is in writing. | |
811 | + | 23 (d-5) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | |
812 | + | 24 teacher in a school district or program on or after July 1, | |
813 | + | 25 2023, the probationary period shall be one of the following | |
814 | + | 26 periods, based upon the teacher's school terms of service and | |
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825 | + | 1 performance, before the teacher shall enter upon contractual | |
826 | + | 2 continued service in the district or in all of the programs | |
827 | + | 3 that the teacher is legally qualified to hold, unless the | |
828 | + | 4 teacher is given written notice of dismissal by certified | |
829 | + | 5 mail, return receipt requested, by the employing board on or | |
830 | + | 6 before April 15: | |
831 | + | 7 (1) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the | |
832 | + | 8 teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator | |
833 | + | 9 License with Stipulations with a career and technical | |
834 | + | 10 educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | |
835 | + | 11 Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | |
836 | + | 12 educator endorsement and receives overall annual | |
837 | + | 13 evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" in the second | |
838 | + | 14 and third school terms; | |
839 | + | 15 (2) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | |
840 | + | 16 teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator | |
841 | + | 17 License with Stipulations with a career and technical | |
842 | + | 18 educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | |
843 | + | 19 Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | |
844 | + | 20 educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | |
845 | + | 21 evaluations of "Excellent"; or | |
846 | + | 22 (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | |
847 | + | 23 teacher holds a Professional Educator License, an Educator | |
848 | + | 24 License with Stipulations with a career and technical | |
849 | + | 25 educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | |
850 | + | 26 Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | |
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861 | + | 1 educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | |
862 | + | 2 evaluations of "Excellent" service, but only if the | |
863 | + | 3 teacher (i) previously attained contractual continued | |
864 | + | 4 service in a different school district or program in this | |
865 | + | 5 State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was honorably | |
866 | + | 6 dismissed from that school district or program in the | |
867 | + | 7 school term immediately prior to the teacher's first | |
868 | + | 8 school term of service applicable to the attainment of | |
869 | + | 9 contractual continued service under this subdivision (3), | |
870 | + | 10 and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent overall | |
871 | + | 11 annual or biennial evaluations from the prior school | |
872 | + | 12 district or program, ratings of at least "Proficient", | |
873 | + | 13 with both such ratings occurring after the school | |
874 | + | 14 district's or program's PERA implementation date. For a | |
875 | + | 15 teacher to attain contractual continued service under this | |
876 | + | 16 subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide official copies | |
877 | + | 17 of his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial | |
878 | + | 18 evaluations from the prior school district or program to | |
879 | + | 19 the new school district or program within 60 days from the | |
880 | + | 20 teacher's first day of service with the new school | |
881 | + | 21 district or program. The prior school district or program | |
882 | + | 22 must provide the teacher with official copies of his or | |
883 | + | 23 her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial evaluations | |
884 | + | 24 within 14 days after the teacher's request. If a teacher | |
885 | + | 25 has requested such official copies prior to 45 days after | |
886 | + | 26 the teacher's first day of service with the new school | |
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897 | + | 1 district or program and the teacher's prior school | |
898 | + | 2 district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | |
899 | + | 3 official copies required under this subdivision (3), then | |
900 | + | 4 the time period for the teacher to submit the official | |
901 | + | 5 copies to his or her new school district or program must be | |
902 | + | 6 extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from | |
903 | + | 7 the prior school district or program. If the prior school | |
904 | + | 8 district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | |
905 | + | 9 official copies required under this subdivision (3) within | |
906 | + | 10 90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the | |
907 | + | 11 new school district or program, then the new school | |
908 | + | 12 district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own | |
909 | + | 13 copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this | |
910 | + | 14 subdivision (3). | |
911 | + | 15 If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations | |
912 | + | 16 of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility | |
913 | + | 17 to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in | |
914 | + | 18 subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d-5) (d), the | |
915 | + | 19 teacher shall be eligible for contractual continued service | |
916 | + | 20 pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d-5) (d). If, | |
917 | + | 21 at the conclusion of 3 consecutive school terms of service | |
918 | + | 22 that count toward attainment of contractual continued service, | |
919 | + | 23 the teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for | |
920 | + | 24 contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this | |
921 | + | 25 subsection (d-5) (d), then the teacher shall not enter upon | |
922 | + | 26 contractual continued service and shall be dismissed. If a | |
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932 | + | SB0463 Enrolled - 27 - LRB103 02914 RJT 47920 b | |
933 | + | 1 performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term | |
934 | + | 2 when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section | |
935 | + | 3 24A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation | |
936 | + | 4 rating for such school term for purposes of determining the | |
937 | + | 5 attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed | |
938 | + | 6 "Proficient", except that, during any time in which the | |
939 | + | 7 Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | |
940 | + | 8 emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | |
941 | + | 9 Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not | |
942 | + | 10 apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual | |
943 | + | 11 continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her | |
944 | + | 12 most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor | |
945 | + | 13 has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency | |
946 | + | 14 pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management | |
947 | + | 15 Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive | |
948 | + | 16 bargaining representative have completed the performance | |
949 | + | 17 rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate | |
950 | + | 18 performance rating, any teacher who has entered into | |
951 | + | 19 contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation | |
952 | + | 20 was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is | |
953 | + | 21 not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted | |
954 | + | 22 shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed | |
955 | + | 23 "Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining | |
956 | + | 24 representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance | |
957 | + | 25 rating for teachers not in contractual continued service | |
958 | + | 26 during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster | |
959 | + | ||
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968 | + | SB0463 Enrolled - 28 - LRB103 02914 RJT 47920 b | |
969 | + | 1 due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | |
970 | + | 2 Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the | |
971 | + | 3 agreement is in writing. | |
972 | + | 4 (e) For the purposes of determining contractual continued | |
973 | + | 5 service, a school term shall be counted only toward attainment | |
974 | + | 6 of contractual continued service if the teacher actually | |
975 | + | 7 teaches or is otherwise present and participating in the | |
976 | + | 8 district's or program's educational program for 120 days or | |
977 | + | 9 more, provided that the days of leave under the federal Family | |
978 | + | 10 Medical Leave Act that the teacher is required to take until | |
979 | + | 11 the end of the school term shall be considered days of teaching | |
980 | + | 12 or participation in the district's or program's educational | |
981 | + | 13 program. A school term that is not counted toward attainment | |
982 | + | 14 of contractual continued service shall not be considered a | |
983 | + | 15 break in service for purposes of determining whether a teacher | |
984 | + | 16 has been employed for consecutive school terms, provided that | |
985 | + | 17 the teacher actually teaches or is otherwise present and | |
986 | + | 18 participating in the district's or program's educational | |
987 | + | 19 program in the following school term. | |
988 | + | 20 (f) If the employing board determines to dismiss the | |
989 | + | 21 teacher in the last year of the probationary period as | |
990 | + | 22 provided in subsection (c) of this Section or subdivision (1) | |
991 | + | 23 or (2) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (1) or | |
992 | + | 24 (2) of subsection (d-5) of this Section, but not subdivision | |
993 | + | 25 (3) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (3) of | |
994 | + | 26 subsection (d-5) of this Section, the written notice of | |
995 | + | ||
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1005 | + | 1 dismissal provided by the employing board must contain | |
1006 | + | 2 specific reasons for dismissal. Any full-time teacher who does | |
1007 | + | 3 not receive written notice from the employing board on or | |
1008 | + | 4 before April 15 as provided in this Section and whose | |
1009 | + | 5 performance does not require dismissal after the fourth | |
1010 | + | 6 probationary year pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section | |
1011 | + | 7 or the third probationary year pursuant to subsection (d-5) of | |
1012 | + | 8 this Section shall be re-employed for the following school | |
1013 | + | 9 term. | |
1014 | + | 10 (g) Contractual continued service shall continue in effect | |
1015 | + | 11 the terms and provisions of the contract with the teacher | |
1016 | + | 12 during the last school term of the probationary period, | |
1017 | + | 13 subject to this Act and the lawful regulations of the | |
1018 | + | 14 employing board. This Section and succeeding Sections do not | |
1019 | + | 15 modify any existing power of the board except with respect to | |
1020 | + | 16 the procedure of the discharge of a teacher and reductions in | |
1021 | + | 17 salary as hereinafter provided. Contractual continued service | |
1022 | + | 18 status shall not restrict the power of the board to transfer a | |
1023 | + | 19 teacher to a position which the teacher is qualified to fill or | |
1024 | + | 20 to make such salary adjustments as it deems desirable, but | |
1025 | + | 21 unless reductions in salary are uniform or based upon some | |
1026 | + | 22 reasonable classification, any teacher whose salary is reduced | |
1027 | + | 23 shall be entitled to a notice and a hearing as hereinafter | |
1028 | + | 24 provided in the case of certain dismissals or removals. | |
1029 | + | 25 (h) If, by reason of any change in the boundaries of school | |
1030 | + | 26 districts, by reason of a special education cooperative | |
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1040 | + | SB0463 Enrolled - 30 - LRB103 02914 RJT 47920 b | |
1041 | + | 1 reorganization or dissolution in accordance with Section | |
1042 | + | 2 10-22.31 of this Code, or by reason of the creation of a new | |
1043 | + | 3 school district, the position held by any teacher having a | |
1044 | + | 4 contractual continued service status is transferred from one | |
1045 | + | 5 board to the control of a new or different board, then the | |
1046 | + | 6 contractual continued service status of the teacher is not | |
1047 | + | 7 thereby lost, and such new or different board is subject to | |
1048 | + | 8 this Code with respect to the teacher in the same manner as if | |
1049 | + | 9 the teacher were its employee and had been its employee during | |
1050 | + | 10 the time the teacher was actually employed by the board from | |
1051 | + | 11 whose control the position was transferred. | |
1052 | + | 12 (i) The employment of any teacher in a program of a special | |
1053 | + | 13 education joint agreement established under Section 3-15.14, | |
1054 | + | 14 10-22.31 or 10-22.31a shall be governed by this and succeeding | |
1055 | + | 15 Sections of this Article. For purposes of attaining and | |
1056 | + | 16 maintaining contractual continued service and computing length | |
1057 | + | 17 of continuing service as referred to in this Section and | |
1058 | + | 18 Section 24-12, employment in a special educational joint | |
1059 | + | 19 program shall be deemed a continuation of all previous | |
1060 | + | 20 licensed employment of such teacher for such joint agreement | |
1061 | + | 21 whether the employer of the teacher was the joint agreement, | |
1062 | + | 22 the regional superintendent, or one of the participating | |
1063 | + | 23 districts in the joint agreement. | |
1064 | + | 24 (j) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a | |
1065 | + | 25 full-time teacher in a program of a special education joint | |
1066 | + | 26 agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint | |
1067 | + | ||
1068 | + | ||
1069 | + | ||
1070 | + | ||
1071 | + | ||
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1075 | + | SB0463 Enrolled- 31 -LRB103 02914 RJT 47920 b SB0463 Enrolled - 31 - LRB103 02914 RJT 47920 b | |
1076 | + | SB0463 Enrolled - 31 - LRB103 02914 RJT 47920 b | |
1077 | + | 1 agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | |
1078 | + | 2 agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of | |
1079 | + | 3 programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the | |
1080 | + | 4 notice of dismissal is provided on or before the end of the | |
1081 | + | 5 2010-2011 school term, the teacher in contractual continued | |
1082 | + | 6 service is eligible for employment in the joint agreement | |
1083 | + | 7 programs for which the teacher is legally qualified in order | |
1084 | + | 8 of greater length of continuing service in the joint | |
1085 | + | 9 agreement, unless an alternative method of determining the | |
1086 | + | 10 sequence of dismissal is established in a collective | |
1087 | + | 11 bargaining agreement. For any teacher employed after July 1, | |
1088 | + | 12 1987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a special education | |
1089 | + | 13 joint agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint | |
1090 | + | 14 agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | |
1091 | + | 15 agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of | |
1092 | + | 16 programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the | |
1093 | + | 17 notice of dismissal is provided during the 2011-2012 school | |
1094 | + | 18 term or a subsequent school term, the teacher shall be | |
1095 | + | 19 included on the honorable dismissal lists of all joint | |
1096 | + | 20 agreement programs for positions for which the teacher is | |
1097 | + | 21 qualified and is eligible for employment in such programs in | |
1098 | + | 22 accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of | |
1099 | + | 23 this Code and the applicable honorable dismissal policies of | |
1100 | + | 24 the joint agreement. | |
1101 | + | 25 (k) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a | |
1102 | + | 26 full-time teacher in a program of a special education joint | |
1103 | + | ||
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1105 | + | ||
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1107 | + | ||
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1112 | + | SB0463 Enrolled - 32 - LRB103 02914 RJT 47920 b | |
1113 | + | 1 agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint | |
1114 | + | 2 agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | |
1115 | + | 3 agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a joint | |
1116 | + | 4 agreement, in which the notice to teachers of the dissolution | |
1117 | + | 5 is provided during the 2010-2011 school term, the teacher in | |
1118 | + | 6 contractual continued service who is legally qualified shall | |
1119 | + | 7 be assigned to any comparable position in a member district | |
1120 | + | 8 currently held by a teacher who has not entered upon | |
1121 | + | 9 contractual continued service or held by a teacher who has | |
1122 | + | 10 entered upon contractual continued service with a shorter | |
1123 | + | 11 length of contractual continued service. Any teacher employed | |
1124 | + | 12 after July 1, 1987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a | |
1125 | + | 13 special education joint agreement, whether the program is | |
1126 | + | 14 operated by the joint agreement or a member district on behalf | |
1127 | + | 15 of the joint agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a | |
1128 | + | 16 joint agreement in which the notice to teachers of the | |
1129 | + | 17 dissolution is provided during the 2011-2012 school term or a | |
1130 | + | 18 subsequent school term, the teacher who is qualified shall be | |
1131 | + | 19 included on the order of honorable dismissal lists of each | |
1132 | + | 20 member district and shall be assigned to any comparable | |
1133 | + | 21 position in any such district in accordance with subsections | |
1134 | + | 22 (b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of this Code and the applicable | |
1135 | + | 23 honorable dismissal policies of each member district. | |
1136 | + | 24 (l) The governing board of the joint agreement, or the | |
1137 | + | 25 administrative district, if so authorized by the articles of | |
1138 | + | 26 agreement of the joint agreement, rather than the board of | |
1139 | + | ||
1140 | + | ||
1141 | + | ||
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1143 | + | ||
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1148 | + | SB0463 Enrolled - 33 - LRB103 02914 RJT 47920 b | |
1149 | + | 1 education of a school district, may carry out employment and | |
1150 | + | 2 termination actions including dismissals under this Section | |
1151 | + | 3 and Section 24-12. | |
1152 | + | 4 (m) The employment of any teacher in a special education | |
1153 | + | 5 program authorized by Section 14-1.01 through 14-14.01, or a | |
1154 | + | 6 joint educational program established under Section 10-22.31a, | |
1155 | + | 7 shall be under this and the succeeding Sections of this | |
1156 | + | 8 Article, and such employment shall be deemed a continuation of | |
1157 | + | 9 the previous employment of such teacher in any of the | |
1158 | + | 10 participating districts, regardless of the participation of | |
1159 | + | 11 other districts in the program. | |
1160 | + | 12 (n) Any teacher employed as a full-time teacher in a | |
1161 | + | 13 special education program prior to September 23, 1987 in which | |
1162 | + | 14 2 or more school districts participate for a probationary | |
1163 | + | 15 period of 2 consecutive years shall enter upon contractual | |
1164 | + | 16 continued service in each of the participating districts, | |
1165 | + | 17 subject to this and the succeeding Sections of this Article, | |
1166 | + | 18 and, notwithstanding Section 24-1.5 of this Code, in the event | |
1167 | + | 19 of the termination of the program shall be eligible for any | |
1168 | + | 20 vacant position in any of such districts for which such | |
1169 | + | 21 teacher is qualified. | |
1170 | + | 22 (Source: P.A. 102-552, eff. 1-1-22; 102-854, eff. 5-13-22; | |
1171 | + | 23 103-500, eff. 8-4-23.) | |
1172 | + | 24 (105 ILCS 5/24A-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7) | |
1173 | + | 25 Sec. 24A-7. Rules. | |
1174 | + | ||
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1183 | + | SB0463 Enrolled - 34 - LRB103 02914 RJT 47920 b | |
1184 | + | 1 (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to adopt | |
1185 | + | 2 such rules as are deemed necessary to implement and accomplish | |
1186 | + | 3 the purposes and provisions of this Article, including, but | |
1187 | + | 4 not limited to, rules: | |
1188 | + | 5 (1) relating to the methods for measuring student | |
1189 | + | 6 growth (including, but not limited to, limitations on the | |
1190 | + | 7 age of usable data; the amount of data needed to reliably | |
1191 | + | 8 and validly measure growth for the purpose of teacher and | |
1192 | + | 9 principal evaluations; and whether and at what time annual | |
1193 | + | 10 State assessments may be used as one of multiple measures | |
1194 | + | 11 of student growth); | |
1195 | + | 12 (2) defining the term "significant factor" for | |
1196 | + | 13 purposes of including consideration of student growth in | |
1197 | + | 14 performance ratings; | |
1198 | + | 15 (3) controlling for such factors as student | |
1199 | + | 16 characteristics (including, but not limited to, students | |
1200 | + | 17 receiving special education and English Learner services), | |
1201 | + | 18 student attendance, and student mobility so as to best | |
1202 | + | 19 measure the impact that a teacher, principal, school and | |
1203 | + | 20 school district has on students' academic achievement; | |
1204 | + | 21 (4) establishing minimum requirements for district | |
1205 | + | 22 teacher and principal evaluation instruments and | |
1206 | + | 23 procedures; and | |
1207 | + | 24 (5) establishing a model evaluation plan for use by | |
1208 | + | 25 school districts in which student growth shall comprise | |
1209 | + | 26 50% of the performance rating. | |
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1219 | + | SB0463 Enrolled - 35 - LRB103 02914 RJT 47920 b | |
1220 | + | 1 Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section, such | |
1221 | + | 2 rules shall not preclude a school district having 500,000 or | |
1222 | + | 3 more inhabitants from using an annual State assessment as the | |
1223 | + | 4 sole measure of student growth for purposes of teacher or | |
1224 | + | 5 principal evaluations. | |
1225 | + | 6 (b) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a | |
1226 | + | 7 Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, which shall be | |
1227 | + | 8 staffed by the State Board of Education. Members of the | |
1228 | + | 9 Council shall be selected by the State Superintendent and | |
1229 | + | 10 include, without limitation, representatives of teacher unions | |
1230 | + | 11 and school district management, persons with expertise in | |
1231 | + | 12 performance evaluation processes and systems, as well as other | |
1232 | + | 13 stakeholders. The Council shall meet at least quarterly and | |
1233 | + | 14 may also meet at the call of the chairperson of the Council, | |
1234 | + | 15 following August 18, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act | |
1235 | + | 16 100-211) until December 31 June 30, 2024. The Council shall | |
1236 | + | 17 advise the State Board of Education on the ongoing | |
1237 | + | 18 implementation of performance evaluations in this State, which | |
1238 | + | 19 may include gathering public feedback, sharing best practices, | |
1239 | + | 20 consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes | |
1240 | + | 21 regarding evaluations, and other subjects as determined by the | |
1241 | + | 22 chairperson of the Council. | |
1242 | + | 23 (c) On July 1, 2024, the State Superintendent of Education | |
1243 | + | 24 shall convene a Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee for | |
1244 | + | 25 the purpose of maintaining and improving the evaluator | |
1245 | + | 26 training and pre-qualification program in this State under | |
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1250 | + | ||
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1255 | + | SB0463 Enrolled - 36 - LRB103 02914 RJT 47920 b | |
1256 | + | 1 Section 24A-3. The Committee shall be staffed by the State | |
1257 | + | 2 Board of Education. Members of the Committee shall include, | |
1258 | + | 3 without limitation, representatives from providers of the | |
1259 | + | 4 evaluator retraining and pre-qualification program in this | |
1260 | + | 5 State, which include teacher unions, school district | |
1261 | + | 6 management, including a school district organized under | |
1262 | + | 7 Article 34, and a statewide organization representing regional | |
1263 | + | 8 offices of education. Members of the Committee shall be | |
1264 | + | 9 nominated by the providers and appointed by the State | |
1265 | + | 10 Superintendent. | |
1266 | + | 11 The Committee shall meet initially at the call of the | |
1267 | + | 12 State Superintendent and shall select one member as | |
1268 | + | 13 chairperson at its initial meeting. The Committee shall meet | |
1269 | + | 14 at least quarterly and may also meet at the call of the | |
1270 | + | 15 chairperson of the Committee. | |
1271 | + | 16 The Committee shall advise the State Board of Education on | |
1272 | + | 17 the continued implementation of the evaluator training and | |
1273 | + | 18 pre-qualification program in this State, which may include the | |
1274 | + | 19 development and delivery of the program's existing and new | |
1275 | + | 20 administrators' academies, gathering feedback from program | |
1276 | + | 21 instructors and participants, sharing best practices, | |
1277 | + | 22 consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes | |
1278 | + | 23 regarding evaluator training, and other subjects as determined | |
1279 | + | 24 by the chairperson of the Committee. | |
1280 | + | 25 (d) Prior to the applicable implementation date, the these | |
1281 | + | 26 rules shall not apply to teachers assigned to schools | |
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1286 | + | ||
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1292 | + | 1 identified in an agreement entered into between the board of a | |
1293 | + | 2 school district operating under Article 34 of this Code and | |
1294 | + | 3 the exclusive representative of the district's teachers in | |
1295 | + | 4 accordance with Section 34-85c of this Code. | |
1296 | + | 5 (Source: P.A. 102-252, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.) | |
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