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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 | - | 2-3.25o, 2-3.71, 10-20.12a, 10-20.67, 21B-20, and 21B-50 as | |
9 | - | follows: | |
10 | - | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25o) | |
11 | - | Sec. 2-3.25o. Registration and recognition of non-public | |
12 | - | elementary and secondary schools. | |
13 | - | (a) Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares (i) | |
14 | - | that the Constitution of the State of Illinois provides that a | |
15 | - | "fundamental goal of the People of the State is the | |
16 | - | educational development of all persons to the limits of their | |
17 | - | capacities" and (ii) that the educational development of every | |
18 | - | school student serves the public purposes of the State. In | |
19 | - | order to ensure that all Illinois students and teachers have | |
20 | - | the opportunity to enroll and work in State-approved | |
21 | - | educational institutions and programs, the State Board of | |
22 | - | Education shall provide for the voluntary registration and | |
23 | - | recognition of non-public elementary and secondary schools. | |
24 | - | (b) Registration. All non-public elementary and secondary | |
25 | - | schools in the State of Illinois may voluntarily register with | |
26 | - | the State Board of Education on an annual basis. Registration | |
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 2-3.25o, 2-3.71, 10-20.12a, 10-20.67, 21B-20, and 21B-50 as | |
8 | + | 6 follows: | |
9 | + | 7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25o) | |
10 | + | 8 Sec. 2-3.25o. Registration and recognition of non-public | |
11 | + | 9 elementary and secondary schools. | |
12 | + | 10 (a) Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares (i) | |
13 | + | 11 that the Constitution of the State of Illinois provides that a | |
14 | + | 12 "fundamental goal of the People of the State is the | |
15 | + | 13 educational development of all persons to the limits of their | |
16 | + | 14 capacities" and (ii) that the educational development of every | |
17 | + | 15 school student serves the public purposes of the State. In | |
18 | + | 16 order to ensure that all Illinois students and teachers have | |
19 | + | 17 the opportunity to enroll and work in State-approved | |
20 | + | 18 educational institutions and programs, the State Board of | |
21 | + | 19 Education shall provide for the voluntary registration and | |
22 | + | 20 recognition of non-public elementary and secondary schools. | |
23 | + | 21 (b) Registration. All non-public elementary and secondary | |
24 | + | 22 schools in the State of Illinois may voluntarily register with | |
25 | + | 23 the State Board of Education on an annual basis. Registration | |
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33 | - | shall be completed in conformance with procedures prescribed | |
34 | - | by the State Board of Education. Information required for | |
35 | - | registration shall include assurances of compliance (i) with | |
36 | - | federal and State laws regarding health examination and | |
37 | - | immunization, attendance, length of term, and | |
38 | - | nondiscrimination, including assurances that the school will | |
39 | - | not prohibit hairstyles historically associated with race, | |
40 | - | ethnicity, or hair texture, including, but not limited to, | |
41 | - | protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists, and | |
42 | - | (ii) with applicable fire and health safety requirements. | |
43 | - | (c) Recognition. All non-public elementary and secondary | |
44 | - | schools in the State of Illinois may voluntarily seek the | |
45 | - | status of "Non-public School Recognition" from the State Board | |
46 | - | of Education. This status may be obtained by compliance with | |
47 | - | administrative guidelines and review procedures as prescribed | |
48 | - | by the State Board of Education. The guidelines and procedures | |
49 | - | must recognize that some of the aims and the financial bases of | |
50 | - | non-public schools are different from public schools and will | |
51 | - | not be identical to those for public schools, nor will they be | |
52 | - | more burdensome. The guidelines and procedures must also | |
53 | - | recognize the diversity of non-public schools and shall not | |
54 | - | impinge upon the noneducational relationships between those | |
55 | - | schools and their clientele. | |
56 | - | (c-5) Prohibition against recognition. A non-public | |
57 | - | elementary or secondary school may not obtain "Non-public | |
58 | - | School Recognition" status unless the school requires all | |
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34 | + | 1 shall be completed in conformance with procedures prescribed | |
35 | + | 2 by the State Board of Education. Information required for | |
36 | + | 3 registration shall include assurances of compliance (i) with | |
37 | + | 4 federal and State laws regarding health examination and | |
38 | + | 5 immunization, attendance, length of term, and | |
39 | + | 6 nondiscrimination, including assurances that the school will | |
40 | + | 7 not prohibit hairstyles historically associated with race, | |
41 | + | 8 ethnicity, or hair texture, including, but not limited to, | |
42 | + | 9 protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists, and | |
43 | + | 10 (ii) with applicable fire and health safety requirements. | |
44 | + | 11 (c) Recognition. All non-public elementary and secondary | |
45 | + | 12 schools in the State of Illinois may voluntarily seek the | |
46 | + | 13 status of "Non-public School Recognition" from the State Board | |
47 | + | 14 of Education. This status may be obtained by compliance with | |
48 | + | 15 administrative guidelines and review procedures as prescribed | |
49 | + | 16 by the State Board of Education. The guidelines and procedures | |
50 | + | 17 must recognize that some of the aims and the financial bases of | |
51 | + | 18 non-public schools are different from public schools and will | |
52 | + | 19 not be identical to those for public schools, nor will they be | |
53 | + | 20 more burdensome. The guidelines and procedures must also | |
54 | + | 21 recognize the diversity of non-public schools and shall not | |
55 | + | 22 impinge upon the noneducational relationships between those | |
56 | + | 23 schools and their clientele. | |
57 | + | 24 (c-5) Prohibition against recognition. A non-public | |
58 | + | 25 elementary or secondary school may not obtain "Non-public | |
59 | + | 26 School Recognition" status unless the school requires all | |
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61 | - | certified and non-certified applicants for employment with the | |
62 | - | school, after July 1, 2007, to authorize a fingerprint-based | |
63 | - | criminal history records check as a condition of employment to | |
64 | - | determine if such applicants have been convicted of any of the | |
65 | - | enumerated criminal or drug offenses set forth in Section | |
66 | - | 21B-80 of this Code or have been convicted, within 7 years of | |
67 | - | the application for employment, of any other felony under the | |
68 | - | laws of this State or of any offense committed or attempted in | |
69 | - | any other state or against the laws of the United States that, | |
70 | - | if committed or attempted in this State, would have been | |
71 | - | punishable as a felony under the laws of this State. | |
72 | - | Authorization for the check shall be furnished by the | |
73 | - | applicant to the school, except that if the applicant is a | |
74 | - | substitute teacher seeking employment in more than one | |
75 | - | non-public school, a teacher seeking concurrent part-time | |
76 | - | employment positions with more than one non-public school (as | |
77 | - | a reading specialist, special education teacher, or | |
78 | - | otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee | |
79 | - | seeking employment positions with more than one non-public | |
80 | - | school, then only one of the non-public schools employing the | |
81 | - | individual shall request the authorization. Upon receipt of | |
82 | - | this authorization, the non-public school shall submit the | |
83 | - | applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth, social security | |
84 | - | number, fingerprint images, and other identifiers, as | |
85 | - | prescribed by the Illinois State Police, to the Illinois State | |
86 | - | Police. | |
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89 | - | The Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of | |
90 | - | Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based | |
91 | - | criminal history records check, records of convictions, | |
92 | - | forever and hereafter, until expunged, to the president or | |
93 | - | principal of the non-public school that requested the check. | |
94 | - | The Illinois State Police shall charge that school a fee for | |
95 | - | conducting such check, which fee must be deposited into the | |
96 | - | State Police Services Fund and must not exceed the cost of the | |
97 | - | inquiry. Subject to appropriations for these purposes, the | |
98 | - | State Superintendent of Education shall reimburse non-public | |
99 | - | schools for fees paid to obtain criminal history records | |
100 | - | checks under this Section. | |
101 | - | A non-public school may not obtain recognition status | |
102 | - | unless the school also performs a check of the Statewide Sex | |
103 | - | Offender Database, as authorized by the Sex Offender Community | |
104 | - | Notification Law, and the Statewide Murderer and Violent | |
105 | - | Offender Against Youth Database, as authorized by the Murderer | |
106 | - | and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, for each | |
107 | - | applicant for employment, after July 1, 2007, to determine | |
108 | - | whether the applicant has been adjudicated of a sex offense or | |
109 | - | of a murder or other violent crime against youth. The checks of | |
110 | - | the Statewide Sex Offender Database and the Stateside Murderer | |
111 | - | and Violent Offender Against Youth Database must be conducted | |
112 | - | by the non-public school once for every 5 years that an | |
113 | - | applicant remains employed by the non-public school. a sex | |
114 | - | offender. | |
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117 | - | Any information concerning the record of convictions | |
118 | - | obtained by a non-public school's president or principal under | |
119 | - | this Section is confidential and may be disseminated only to | |
120 | - | the governing body of the non-public school or any other | |
121 | - | person necessary to the decision of hiring the applicant for | |
122 | - | employment. A copy of the record of convictions obtained from | |
123 | - | the Illinois State Police shall be provided to the applicant | |
124 | - | for employment. Upon a check of the Statewide Sex Offender | |
125 | - | Database, the non-public school shall notify the applicant as | |
126 | - | to whether or not the applicant has been identified in the Sex | |
127 | - | Offender Database as a sex offender. Any information | |
128 | - | concerning the records of conviction obtained by the | |
129 | - | non-public school's president or principal under this Section | |
130 | - | for a substitute teacher seeking employment in more than one | |
131 | - | non-public school, a teacher seeking concurrent part-time | |
132 | - | employment positions with more than one non-public school (as | |
133 | - | a reading specialist, special education teacher, or | |
134 | - | otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee | |
135 | - | seeking employment positions with more than one non-public | |
136 | - | school may be shared with another non-public school's | |
137 | - | principal or president to which the applicant seeks | |
138 | - | employment. Any unauthorized release of confidential | |
139 | - | information may be a violation of Section 7 of the Criminal | |
140 | - | Identification Act. | |
141 | - | No non-public school may obtain recognition status that | |
142 | - | knowingly employs a person, hired after July 1, 2007, for whom | |
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70 | + | 1 certified and non-certified applicants for employment with the | |
71 | + | 2 school, after July 1, 2007, to authorize a fingerprint-based | |
72 | + | 3 criminal history records check as a condition of employment to | |
73 | + | 4 determine if such applicants have been convicted of any of the | |
74 | + | 5 enumerated criminal or drug offenses set forth in Section | |
75 | + | 6 21B-80 of this Code or have been convicted, within 7 years of | |
76 | + | 7 the application for employment, of any other felony under the | |
77 | + | 8 laws of this State or of any offense committed or attempted in | |
78 | + | 9 any other state or against the laws of the United States that, | |
79 | + | 10 if committed or attempted in this State, would have been | |
80 | + | 11 punishable as a felony under the laws of this State. | |
81 | + | 12 Authorization for the check shall be furnished by the | |
82 | + | 13 applicant to the school, except that if the applicant is a | |
83 | + | 14 substitute teacher seeking employment in more than one | |
84 | + | 15 non-public school, a teacher seeking concurrent part-time | |
85 | + | 16 employment positions with more than one non-public school (as | |
86 | + | 17 a reading specialist, special education teacher, or | |
87 | + | 18 otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee | |
88 | + | 19 seeking employment positions with more than one non-public | |
89 | + | 20 school, then only one of the non-public schools employing the | |
90 | + | 21 individual shall request the authorization. Upon receipt of | |
91 | + | 22 this authorization, the non-public school shall submit the | |
92 | + | 23 applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth, social security | |
93 | + | 24 number, fingerprint images, and other identifiers, as | |
94 | + | 25 prescribed by the Illinois State Police, to the Illinois State | |
95 | + | 26 Police. | |
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145 | - | an Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
146 | - | fingerprint-based criminal history records check and a | |
147 | - | Statewide Sex Offender Database check has not been initiated | |
148 | - | or who has been convicted of any offense enumerated in Section | |
149 | - | 21B-80 of this Code or any offense committed or attempted in | |
150 | - | any other state or against the laws of the United States that, | |
151 | - | if committed or attempted in this State, would have been | |
152 | - | punishable as one or more of those offenses. No non-public | |
153 | - | school may obtain recognition status under this Section that | |
154 | - | knowingly employs a person who has been found to be the | |
155 | - | perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of a minor under 18 | |
156 | - | years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the | |
157 | - | Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | |
158 | - | In order to obtain recognition status under this Section, | |
159 | - | a non-public school must require compliance with the | |
160 | - | provisions of this subsection (c-5) from all employees of | |
161 | - | persons or firms holding contracts with the school, including, | |
162 | - | but not limited to, food service workers, school bus drivers, | |
163 | - | and other transportation employees, who have direct, daily | |
164 | - | contact with pupils. Any information concerning the records of | |
165 | - | conviction or identification as a sex offender of any such | |
166 | - | employee obtained by the non-public school principal or | |
167 | - | president must be promptly reported to the school's governing | |
168 | - | body. | |
169 | - | Prior to the commencement of any student teaching | |
170 | - | experience or required internship (which is referred to as | |
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173 | - | student teaching in this Section) in any non-public elementary | |
174 | - | or secondary school that has obtained or seeks to obtain | |
175 | - | recognition status under this Section, a student teacher is | |
176 | - | required to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history | |
177 | - | records check. Authorization for and payment of the costs of | |
178 | - | the check must be furnished by the student teacher to the chief | |
179 | - | administrative officer of the non-public school where the | |
180 | - | student teaching is to be completed. Upon receipt of this | |
181 | - | authorization and payment, the chief administrative officer of | |
182 | - | the non-public school shall submit the student teacher's name, | |
183 | - | sex, race, date of birth, social security number, fingerprint | |
184 | - | images, and other identifiers, as prescribed by the Illinois | |
185 | - | State Police, to the Illinois State Police. The Illinois State | |
186 | - | Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall furnish, | |
187 | - | pursuant to a fingerprint-based criminal history records | |
188 | - | check, records of convictions, forever and hereinafter, until | |
189 | - | expunged, to the chief administrative officer of the | |
190 | - | non-public school that requested the check. The Illinois State | |
191 | - | Police shall charge the school a fee for conducting the check, | |
192 | - | which fee must be passed on to the student teacher, must not | |
193 | - | exceed the cost of the inquiry, and must be deposited into the | |
194 | - | State Police Services Fund. The school shall further perform a | |
195 | - | check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, as authorized by | |
196 | - | the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, and of the | |
197 | - | Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth | |
198 | - | Database, as authorized by the Murderer and Violent Offender | |
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201 | - | Against Youth Registration Act, for each student teacher. No | |
202 | - | school that has obtained or seeks to obtain recognition status | |
203 | - | under this Section may knowingly allow a person to student | |
204 | - | teach for whom a criminal history records check, a Statewide | |
205 | - | Sex Offender Database check, and a Statewide Murderer and | |
206 | - | Violent Offender Against Youth Database check have not been | |
207 | - | completed and reviewed by the chief administrative officer of | |
208 | - | the non-public school. | |
209 | - | A copy of the record of convictions obtained from the | |
210 | - | Illinois State Police must be provided to the student teacher. | |
211 | - | Any information concerning the record of convictions obtained | |
212 | - | by the chief administrative officer of the non-public school | |
213 | - | is confidential and may be transmitted only to the chief | |
214 | - | administrative officer of the non-public school or his or her | |
215 | - | designee, the State Superintendent of Education, the State | |
216 | - | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, or, for | |
217 | - | clarification purposes, the Illinois State Police or the | |
218 | - | Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide Murderer and | |
219 | - | Violent Offender Against Youth Database. Any unauthorized | |
220 | - | release of confidential information may be a violation of | |
221 | - | Section 7 of the Criminal Identification Act. | |
222 | - | No school that has obtained or seeks to obtain recognition | |
223 | - | status under this Section may knowingly allow a person to | |
224 | - | student teach who has been convicted of any offense that would | |
225 | - | subject him or her to license suspension or revocation | |
226 | - | pursuant to Section 21B-80 of this Code or who has been found | |
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106 | + | 1 The Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of | |
107 | + | 2 Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based | |
108 | + | 3 criminal history records check, records of convictions, | |
109 | + | 4 forever and hereafter, until expunged, to the president or | |
110 | + | 5 principal of the non-public school that requested the check. | |
111 | + | 6 The Illinois State Police shall charge that school a fee for | |
112 | + | 7 conducting such check, which fee must be deposited into the | |
113 | + | 8 State Police Services Fund and must not exceed the cost of the | |
114 | + | 9 inquiry. Subject to appropriations for these purposes, the | |
115 | + | 10 State Superintendent of Education shall reimburse non-public | |
116 | + | 11 schools for fees paid to obtain criminal history records | |
117 | + | 12 checks under this Section. | |
118 | + | 13 A non-public school may not obtain recognition status | |
119 | + | 14 unless the school also performs a check of the Statewide Sex | |
120 | + | 15 Offender Database, as authorized by the Sex Offender Community | |
121 | + | 16 Notification Law, and the Statewide Murderer and Violent | |
122 | + | 17 Offender Against Youth Database, as authorized by the Murderer | |
123 | + | 18 and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, for each | |
124 | + | 19 applicant for employment, after July 1, 2007, to determine | |
125 | + | 20 whether the applicant has been adjudicated of a sex offense or | |
126 | + | 21 of a murder or other violent crime against youth. The checks of | |
127 | + | 22 the Statewide Sex Offender Database and the Stateside Murderer | |
128 | + | 23 and Violent Offender Against Youth Database must be conducted | |
129 | + | 24 by the non-public school once for every 5 years that an | |
130 | + | 25 applicant remains employed by the non-public school. a sex | |
131 | + | 26 offender. | |
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229 | - | to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of a minor | |
230 | - | under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II | |
231 | - | of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | |
232 | - | Any school that has obtained or seeks to obtain | |
233 | - | recognition status under this Section may not prohibit | |
234 | - | hairstyles historically associated with race, ethnicity, or | |
235 | - | hair texture, including, but not limited to, protective | |
236 | - | hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists. | |
237 | - | (d) Public purposes. The provisions of this Section are in | |
238 | - | the public interest, for the public benefit, and serve secular | |
239 | - | public purposes. | |
240 | - | (e) Definition. For purposes of this Section, a non-public | |
241 | - | school means any non-profit, non-home-based, and non-public | |
242 | - | elementary or secondary school that is in compliance with | |
243 | - | Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at | |
244 | - | which satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of this Code. | |
245 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; | |
246 | - | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.) | |
247 | - | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.71) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.71) | |
248 | - | Sec. 2-3.71. Grants for preschool educational programs. | |
249 | - | (a) Preschool program. | |
250 | - | (1) The State Board of Education shall implement and | |
251 | - | administer a grant program under the provisions of this | |
252 | - | subsection which shall consist of grants to public school | |
253 | - | districts and other eligible entities, as defined by the | |
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256 | - | State Board of Education, to conduct voluntary preschool | |
257 | - | educational programs for children ages 3 to 5 which | |
258 | - | include a parent education component. A public school | |
259 | - | district which receives grants under this subsection may | |
260 | - | subcontract with other entities that are eligible to | |
261 | - | conduct a preschool educational program. These grants must | |
262 | - | be used to supplement, not supplant, funds received from | |
263 | - | any other source. | |
264 | - | (2) (Blank). | |
265 | - | (3) Except as otherwise provided under this subsection | |
266 | - | (a), any teacher of preschool children in the program | |
267 | - | authorized by this subsection shall hold a Professional | |
268 | - | Educator License with an early childhood education | |
269 | - | endorsement. | |
270 | - | (3.5) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year and | |
271 | - | until the 2028-2029 2023-2024 school year, an individual | |
272 | - | may teach preschool children in an early childhood program | |
273 | - | under this Section if he or she holds a Professional | |
274 | - | Educator License with an early childhood education | |
275 | - | endorsement or with short-term approval for early | |
276 | - | childhood education or he or she pursues a Professional | |
277 | - | Educator License and holds any of the following: | |
278 | - | (A) An ECE Credential Level of 5 awarded by the | |
279 | - | Department of Human Services under the Gateways to | |
280 | - | Opportunity Program developed under Section 10-70 of | |
281 | - | the Department of Human Services Act. | |
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284 | - | (B) An Educator License with Stipulations with a | |
285 | - | transitional bilingual educator endorsement and he or | |
286 | - | she has (i) passed an early childhood education | |
287 | - | content test or (ii) completed no less than 9 semester | |
288 | - | hours of postsecondary coursework in the area of early | |
289 | - | childhood education. | |
290 | - | (4) (Blank). | |
291 | - | (4.5) The State Board of Education shall provide the | |
292 | - | primary source of funding through appropriations for the | |
293 | - | program. Such funds shall be distributed to achieve a goal | |
294 | - | of "Preschool for All Children" for the benefit of all | |
295 | - | children whose families choose to participate in the | |
296 | - | program. Based on available appropriations, newly funded | |
297 | - | programs shall be selected through a process giving first | |
298 | - | priority to qualified programs serving primarily at-risk | |
299 | - | children and second priority to qualified programs serving | |
300 | - | primarily children with a family income of less than 4 | |
301 | - | times the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the | |
302 | - | Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and | |
303 | - | Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2). | |
304 | - | For purposes of this paragraph (4.5), at-risk children are | |
305 | - | those who because of their home and community environment | |
306 | - | are subject to such language, cultural, economic and like | |
307 | - | disadvantages to cause them to have been determined as a | |
308 | - | result of screening procedures to be at risk of academic | |
309 | - | failure. Such screening procedures shall be based on | |
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142 | + | 1 Any information concerning the record of convictions | |
143 | + | 2 obtained by a non-public school's president or principal under | |
144 | + | 3 this Section is confidential and may be disseminated only to | |
145 | + | 4 the governing body of the non-public school or any other | |
146 | + | 5 person necessary to the decision of hiring the applicant for | |
147 | + | 6 employment. A copy of the record of convictions obtained from | |
148 | + | 7 the Illinois State Police shall be provided to the applicant | |
149 | + | 8 for employment. Upon a check of the Statewide Sex Offender | |
150 | + | 9 Database, the non-public school shall notify the applicant as | |
151 | + | 10 to whether or not the applicant has been identified in the Sex | |
152 | + | 11 Offender Database as a sex offender. Any information | |
153 | + | 12 concerning the records of conviction obtained by the | |
154 | + | 13 non-public school's president or principal under this Section | |
155 | + | 14 for a substitute teacher seeking employment in more than one | |
156 | + | 15 non-public school, a teacher seeking concurrent part-time | |
157 | + | 16 employment positions with more than one non-public school (as | |
158 | + | 17 a reading specialist, special education teacher, or | |
159 | + | 18 otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee | |
160 | + | 19 seeking employment positions with more than one non-public | |
161 | + | 20 school may be shared with another non-public school's | |
162 | + | 21 principal or president to which the applicant seeks | |
163 | + | 22 employment. Any unauthorized release of confidential | |
164 | + | 23 information may be a violation of Section 7 of the Criminal | |
165 | + | 24 Identification Act. | |
166 | + | 25 No non-public school may obtain recognition status that | |
167 | + | 26 knowingly employs a person, hired after July 1, 2007, for whom | |
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312 | - | criteria established by the State Board of Education. | |
313 | - | Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (4.5), | |
314 | - | grantees under the program must enter into a memorandum of | |
315 | - | understanding with the appropriate local Head Start | |
316 | - | agency. This memorandum must be entered into no later than | |
317 | - | 3 months after the award of a grantee's grant under the | |
318 | - | program, except that, in the case of the 2009-2010 program | |
319 | - | year, the memorandum must be entered into no later than | |
320 | - | the deadline set by the State Board of Education for | |
321 | - | applications to participate in the program in fiscal year | |
322 | - | 2011, and must address collaboration between the grantee's | |
323 | - | program and the local Head Start agency on certain issues, | |
324 | - | which shall include without limitation the following: | |
325 | - | (A) educational activities, curricular objectives, | |
326 | - | and instruction; | |
327 | - | (B) public information dissemination and access to | |
328 | - | programs for families contacting programs; | |
329 | - | (C) service areas; | |
330 | - | (D) selection priorities for eligible children to | |
331 | - | be served by programs; | |
332 | - | (E) maximizing the impact of federal and State | |
333 | - | funding to benefit young children; | |
334 | - | (F) staff training, including opportunities for | |
335 | - | joint staff training; | |
336 | - | (G) technical assistance; | |
337 | - | (H) communication and parent outreach for smooth | |
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340 | - | transitions to kindergarten; | |
341 | - | (I) provision and use of facilities, | |
342 | - | transportation, and other program elements; | |
343 | - | (J) facilitating each program's fulfillment of its | |
344 | - | statutory and regulatory requirements; | |
345 | - | (K) improving local planning and collaboration; | |
346 | - | and | |
347 | - | (L) providing comprehensive services for the | |
348 | - | neediest Illinois children and families. | |
349 | - | If the appropriate local Head Start agency is unable or | |
350 | - | unwilling to enter into a memorandum of understanding as | |
351 | - | required under this paragraph (4.5), the memorandum of | |
352 | - | understanding requirement shall not apply and the grantee | |
353 | - | under the program must notify the State Board of Education | |
354 | - | in writing of the Head Start agency's inability or | |
355 | - | unwillingness. The State Board of Education shall compile | |
356 | - | all such written notices and make them available to the | |
357 | - | public. | |
358 | - | (5) The State Board of Education shall develop and | |
359 | - | provide evaluation tools, including tests, that school | |
360 | - | districts and other eligible entities may use to evaluate | |
361 | - | children for school readiness prior to age 5. The State | |
362 | - | Board of Education shall require school districts and | |
363 | - | other eligible entities to obtain consent from the parents | |
364 | - | or guardians of children before any evaluations are | |
365 | - | conducted. The State Board of Education shall encourage | |
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368 | - | local school districts and other eligible entities to | |
369 | - | evaluate the population of preschool children in their | |
370 | - | communities and provide preschool programs, pursuant to | |
371 | - | this subsection, where appropriate. | |
372 | - | (6) The State Board of Education shall report to the | |
373 | - | General Assembly by November 1, 2018 and every 2 years | |
374 | - | thereafter on the results and progress of students who | |
375 | - | were enrolled in preschool educational programs, including | |
376 | - | an assessment of which programs have been most successful | |
377 | - | in promoting academic excellence and alleviating academic | |
378 | - | failure. The State Board of Education shall assess the | |
379 | - | academic progress of all students who have been enrolled | |
380 | - | in preschool educational programs. | |
381 | - | On or before November 1 of each fiscal year in which | |
382 | - | the General Assembly provides funding for new programs | |
383 | - | under paragraph (4.5) of this Section, the State Board of | |
384 | - | Education shall report to the General Assembly on what | |
385 | - | percentage of new funding was provided to programs serving | |
386 | - | primarily at-risk children, what percentage of new funding | |
387 | - | was provided to programs serving primarily children with a | |
388 | - | family income of less than 4 times the federal poverty | |
389 | - | level, and what percentage of new funding was provided to | |
390 | - | other programs. | |
391 | - | (7) Due to evidence that expulsion practices in the | |
392 | - | preschool years are linked to poor child outcomes and are | |
393 | - | employed inconsistently across racial and gender groups, | |
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178 | + | 1 an Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
179 | + | 2 fingerprint-based criminal history records check and a | |
180 | + | 3 Statewide Sex Offender Database check has not been initiated | |
181 | + | 4 or who has been convicted of any offense enumerated in Section | |
182 | + | 5 21B-80 of this Code or any offense committed or attempted in | |
183 | + | 6 any other state or against the laws of the United States that, | |
184 | + | 7 if committed or attempted in this State, would have been | |
185 | + | 8 punishable as one or more of those offenses. No non-public | |
186 | + | 9 school may obtain recognition status under this Section that | |
187 | + | 10 knowingly employs a person who has been found to be the | |
188 | + | 11 perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of a minor under 18 | |
189 | + | 12 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the | |
190 | + | 13 Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | |
191 | + | 14 In order to obtain recognition status under this Section, | |
192 | + | 15 a non-public school must require compliance with the | |
193 | + | 16 provisions of this subsection (c-5) from all employees of | |
194 | + | 17 persons or firms holding contracts with the school, including, | |
195 | + | 18 but not limited to, food service workers, school bus drivers, | |
196 | + | 19 and other transportation employees, who have direct, daily | |
197 | + | 20 contact with pupils. Any information concerning the records of | |
198 | + | 21 conviction or identification as a sex offender of any such | |
199 | + | 22 employee obtained by the non-public school principal or | |
200 | + | 23 president must be promptly reported to the school's governing | |
201 | + | 24 body. | |
202 | + | 25 Prior to the commencement of any student teaching | |
203 | + | 26 experience or required internship (which is referred to as | |
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396 | - | early childhood programs receiving State funds under this | |
397 | - | subsection (a) shall prohibit expulsions. Planned | |
398 | - | transitions to settings that are able to better meet a | |
399 | - | child's needs are not considered expulsion under this | |
400 | - | paragraph (7). | |
401 | - | (A) When persistent and serious challenging | |
402 | - | behaviors emerge, the early childhood program shall | |
403 | - | document steps taken to ensure that the child can | |
404 | - | participate safely in the program; including | |
405 | - | observations of initial and ongoing challenging | |
406 | - | behaviors, strategies for remediation and intervention | |
407 | - | plans to address the behaviors, and communication with | |
408 | - | the parent or legal guardian, including participation | |
409 | - | of the parent or legal guardian in planning and | |
410 | - | decision-making. | |
411 | - | (B) The early childhood program shall, with | |
412 | - | parental or legal guardian consent as required, | |
413 | - | utilize a range of community resources, if available | |
414 | - | and deemed necessary, including, but not limited to, | |
415 | - | developmental screenings, referrals to programs and | |
416 | - | services administered by a local educational agency or | |
417 | - | early intervention agency under Parts B and C of the | |
418 | - | federal Individual with Disabilities Education Act, | |
419 | - | and consultation with infant and early childhood | |
420 | - | mental health consultants and the child's health care | |
421 | - | provider. The program shall document attempts to | |
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424 | - | engage these resources, including parent or legal | |
425 | - | guardian participation and consent attempted and | |
426 | - | obtained. Communication with the parent or legal | |
427 | - | guardian shall take place in a culturally and | |
428 | - | linguistically competent manner. | |
429 | - | (C) If there is documented evidence that all | |
430 | - | available interventions and supports recommended by a | |
431 | - | qualified professional have been exhausted and the | |
432 | - | program determines in its professional judgment that | |
433 | - | transitioning a child to another program is necessary | |
434 | - | for the well-being of the child or his or her peers and | |
435 | - | staff, with parent or legal guardian permission, both | |
436 | - | the current and pending programs shall create a | |
437 | - | transition plan designed to ensure continuity of | |
438 | - | services and the comprehensive development of the | |
439 | - | child. Communication with families shall occur in a | |
440 | - | culturally and linguistically competent manner. | |
441 | - | (D) Nothing in this paragraph (7) shall preclude a | |
442 | - | parent's or legal guardian's right to voluntarily | |
443 | - | withdraw his or her child from an early childhood | |
444 | - | program. Early childhood programs shall request and | |
445 | - | keep on file, when received, a written statement from | |
446 | - | the parent or legal guardian stating the reason for | |
447 | - | his or her decision to withdraw his or her child. | |
448 | - | (E) In the case of the determination of a serious | |
449 | - | safety threat to a child or others or in the case of | |
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452 | - | behaviors listed in subsection (d) of Section 10-22.6 | |
453 | - | of this Code, the temporary removal of a child from | |
454 | - | attendance in group settings may be used. Temporary | |
455 | - | removal of a child from attendance in a group setting | |
456 | - | shall trigger the process detailed in subparagraphs | |
457 | - | (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph (7), with the child | |
458 | - | placed back in a group setting as quickly as possible. | |
459 | - | (F) Early childhood programs may utilize and the | |
460 | - | State Board of Education, the Department of Human | |
461 | - | Services, and the Department of Children and Family | |
462 | - | Services shall recommend training, technical support, | |
463 | - | and professional development resources to improve the | |
464 | - | ability of teachers, administrators, program | |
465 | - | directors, and other staff to promote social-emotional | |
466 | - | development and behavioral health, to address | |
467 | - | challenging behaviors, and to understand trauma and | |
468 | - | trauma-informed care, cultural competence, family | |
469 | - | engagement with diverse populations, the impact of | |
470 | - | implicit bias on adult behavior, and the use of | |
471 | - | reflective practice techniques. Support shall include | |
472 | - | the availability of resources to contract with infant | |
473 | - | and early childhood mental health consultants. | |
474 | - | (G) Beginning on July 1, 2018, early childhood | |
475 | - | programs shall annually report to the State Board of | |
476 | - | Education, and, beginning in fiscal year 2020, the | |
477 | - | State Board of Education shall make available on a | |
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214 | + | 1 student teaching in this Section) in any non-public elementary | |
215 | + | 2 or secondary school that has obtained or seeks to obtain | |
216 | + | 3 recognition status under this Section, a student teacher is | |
217 | + | 4 required to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history | |
218 | + | 5 records check. Authorization for and payment of the costs of | |
219 | + | 6 the check must be furnished by the student teacher to the chief | |
220 | + | 7 administrative officer of the non-public school where the | |
221 | + | 8 student teaching is to be completed. Upon receipt of this | |
222 | + | 9 authorization and payment, the chief administrative officer of | |
223 | + | 10 the non-public school shall submit the student teacher's name, | |
224 | + | 11 sex, race, date of birth, social security number, fingerprint | |
225 | + | 12 images, and other identifiers, as prescribed by the Illinois | |
226 | + | 13 State Police, to the Illinois State Police. The Illinois State | |
227 | + | 14 Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall furnish, | |
228 | + | 15 pursuant to a fingerprint-based criminal history records | |
229 | + | 16 check, records of convictions, forever and hereinafter, until | |
230 | + | 17 expunged, to the chief administrative officer of the | |
231 | + | 18 non-public school that requested the check. The Illinois State | |
232 | + | 19 Police shall charge the school a fee for conducting the check, | |
233 | + | 20 which fee must be passed on to the student teacher, must not | |
234 | + | 21 exceed the cost of the inquiry, and must be deposited into the | |
235 | + | 22 State Police Services Fund. The school shall further perform a | |
236 | + | 23 check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, as authorized by | |
237 | + | 24 the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, and of the | |
238 | + | 25 Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth | |
239 | + | 26 Database, as authorized by the Murderer and Violent Offender | |
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480 | - | biennial basis, in an existing report, all of the | |
481 | - | following data for children from birth to age 5 who are | |
482 | - | served by the program: | |
483 | - | (i) Total number served over the course of the | |
484 | - | program year and the total number of children who | |
485 | - | left the program during the program year. | |
486 | - | (ii) Number of planned transitions to another | |
487 | - | program due to children's behavior, by children's | |
488 | - | race, gender, disability, language, class/group | |
489 | - | size, teacher-child ratio, and length of program | |
490 | - | day. | |
491 | - | (iii) Number of temporary removals of a child | |
492 | - | from attendance in group settings due to a serious | |
493 | - | safety threat under subparagraph (E) of this | |
494 | - | paragraph (7), by children's race, gender, | |
495 | - | disability, language, class/group size, | |
496 | - | teacher-child ratio, and length of program day. | |
497 | - | (iv) Hours of infant and early childhood | |
498 | - | mental health consultant contact with program | |
499 | - | leaders, staff, and families over the program | |
500 | - | year. | |
501 | - | (H) Changes to services for children with an | |
502 | - | individualized education program or individual family | |
503 | - | service plan shall be construed in a manner consistent | |
504 | - | with the federal Individuals with Disabilities | |
505 | - | Education Act. | |
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508 | - | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | |
509 | - | Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development and the | |
510 | - | Department of Children and Family Services, shall adopt | |
511 | - | rules to administer this paragraph (7). | |
512 | - | (b) (Blank). | |
513 | - | (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, | |
514 | - | grantees may serve children ages 0 to 12 of essential workers | |
515 | - | if the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | |
516 | - | emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | |
517 | - | Management Agency Act. For the purposes of this subsection, | |
518 | - | essential workers include those outlined in Executive Order | |
519 | - | 20-8 and school employees. The State Board of Education shall | |
520 | - | adopt rules to administer this subsection. | |
521 | - | (Source: P.A. 100-105, eff. 1-1-18; 100-645, eff. 7-27-18; | |
522 | - | 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.) | |
523 | - | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.12a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.12a) | |
524 | - | Sec. 10-20.12a. Tuition for non-resident pupils. | |
525 | - | (a) To charge non-resident pupils who attend the schools | |
526 | - | of the district tuition in an amount not exceeding 110% of the | |
527 | - | per capita cost of maintaining the schools of the district for | |
528 | - | the preceding school year. | |
529 | - | Such per capita cost shall be computed by dividing the | |
530 | - | total cost of conducting and maintaining the schools of the | |
531 | - | district by the average daily attendance, including tuition | |
532 | - | pupils. Depreciation on the buildings and equipment of the | |
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535 | - | schools of the district, and the amount of annual depreciation | |
536 | - | on such buildings and equipment shall be dependent upon the | |
537 | - | useful life of such property. | |
538 | - | The tuition charged shall in no case exceed 110% of the per | |
539 | - | capita cost of conducting and maintaining the schools of the | |
540 | - | district attended, as determined with reference to the most | |
541 | - | recent audit prepared under Section 3-7 which is available at | |
542 | - | the commencement of the current school year. Non-resident | |
543 | - | pupils attending the schools of the district for less than the | |
544 | - | school term shall have their tuition apportioned, however | |
545 | - | pupils who become non-resident during a school term shall not | |
546 | - | be charged tuition for the remainder of the school term in | |
547 | - | which they became non-resident pupils. | |
548 | - | Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a school | |
549 | - | district may adopt a policy to waive tuition costs for a | |
550 | - | non-resident pupil if the pupil is a child of a district | |
551 | - | employee. For purposes of this paragraph, "child" means a | |
552 | - | district employee's child who is a biological child, adopted | |
553 | - | child, foster child, stepchild, or a child for which the | |
554 | - | employee serves as a legal guardian. | |
555 | - | (b) Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties involved and | |
556 | - | where the educational services are not otherwise provided for, | |
557 | - | educational services for an Illinois student under the age of | |
558 | - | 21 (and not eligible for services pursuant to Article 14 of | |
559 | - | this Code) in any residential program shall be provided by the | |
560 | - | district in which the facility is located and financed as | |
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250 | + | 1 Against Youth Registration Act, for each student teacher. No | |
251 | + | 2 school that has obtained or seeks to obtain recognition status | |
252 | + | 3 under this Section may knowingly allow a person to student | |
253 | + | 4 teach for whom a criminal history records check, a Statewide | |
254 | + | 5 Sex Offender Database check, and a Statewide Murderer and | |
255 | + | 6 Violent Offender Against Youth Database check have not been | |
256 | + | 7 completed and reviewed by the chief administrative officer of | |
257 | + | 8 the non-public school. | |
258 | + | 9 A copy of the record of convictions obtained from the | |
259 | + | 10 Illinois State Police must be provided to the student teacher. | |
260 | + | 11 Any information concerning the record of convictions obtained | |
261 | + | 12 by the chief administrative officer of the non-public school | |
262 | + | 13 is confidential and may be transmitted only to the chief | |
263 | + | 14 administrative officer of the non-public school or his or her | |
264 | + | 15 designee, the State Superintendent of Education, the State | |
265 | + | 16 Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, or, for | |
266 | + | 17 clarification purposes, the Illinois State Police or the | |
267 | + | 18 Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide Murderer and | |
268 | + | 19 Violent Offender Against Youth Database. Any unauthorized | |
269 | + | 20 release of confidential information may be a violation of | |
270 | + | 21 Section 7 of the Criminal Identification Act. | |
271 | + | 22 No school that has obtained or seeks to obtain recognition | |
272 | + | 23 status under this Section may knowingly allow a person to | |
273 | + | 24 student teach who has been convicted of any offense that would | |
274 | + | 25 subject him or her to license suspension or revocation | |
275 | + | 26 pursuant to Section 21B-80 of this Code or who has been found | |
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563 | - | follows. The cost of educational services shall be paid by the | |
564 | - | district in which the student resides in an amount equal to the | |
565 | - | cost of providing educational services in the residential | |
566 | - | facility. Payments shall be made by the district of the | |
567 | - | student's residence and shall be made to the district wherein | |
568 | - | the facility is located no less than once per month unless | |
569 | - | otherwise agreed to by the parties. | |
570 | - | The funding provision of this subsection (b) applies to | |
571 | - | all Illinois students under the age of 21 (and not eligible for | |
572 | - | services pursuant to Article 14 of this Code) receiving | |
573 | - | educational services in residential facilities, irrespective | |
574 | - | of whether the student was placed therein pursuant to this | |
575 | - | Code or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or by an Illinois public | |
576 | - | agency or a court. The changes to this subsection (b) made by | |
577 | - | this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly apply to all | |
578 | - | placements in effect on July 1, 2007 and all placements | |
579 | - | thereafter. For purposes of this subsection (b), a student's | |
580 | - | district of residence shall be determined in accordance with | |
581 | - | subsection (a) of Section 10-20.12b of this Code. The | |
582 | - | placement of a student in a residential facility shall not | |
583 | - | affect the residency of the student. When a dispute arises | |
584 | - | over the determination of the district of residence under this | |
585 | - | subsection (b), any person or entity, including without | |
586 | - | limitation a school district or residential facility, may make | |
587 | - | a written request for a residency decision to the State | |
588 | - | Superintendent of Education, who, upon review of materials | |
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591 | - | submitted and any other items or information he or she may | |
592 | - | request for submission, shall issue his or her decision in | |
593 | - | writing. The decision of the State Superintendent of Education | |
594 | - | is final. | |
595 | - | (Source: P.A. 95-844, eff. 8-15-08; 95-938, eff. 8-29-08.) | |
596 | - | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.67) | |
597 | - | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2023) | |
598 | - | Sec. 10-20.67. Short-term substitute teacher training. | |
599 | - | (a) Each school board shall, in collaboration with its | |
600 | - | teachers or, if applicable, the exclusive bargaining | |
601 | - | representative of its teachers, jointly develop a short-term | |
602 | - | substitute teacher training program that provides individuals | |
603 | - | who hold a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License under | |
604 | - | Section 21B-20 of this Code with information on curriculum, | |
605 | - | classroom management techniques, school safety, and district | |
606 | - | and building operations. The State Board of Education may | |
607 | - | develop a model short-term substitute teacher training program | |
608 | - | for use by a school board under this subsection (a) if the | |
609 | - | school board and its teachers or, if applicable, the exclusive | |
610 | - | bargaining representative of its teachers agree to use the | |
611 | - | State Board's model. A school board with a substitute teacher | |
612 | - | training program in place before July 1, 2018 (the effective | |
613 | - | date of Public Act 100-596) may utilize that program to | |
614 | - | satisfy the requirements of this subsection (a). | |
615 | - | (b) Nothing in this Section prohibits a school board from | |
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618 | - | offering substitute training to substitute teachers licensed | |
619 | - | under paragraph (3) of Section 21B-20 of this Code or to | |
620 | - | substitute teachers holding a Professional Educator License. | |
621 | - | (c) (Blank) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2023. | |
622 | - | (Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.) | |
623 | - | (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | |
624 | - | Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of | |
625 | - | Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, | |
626 | - | whereby individuals employed in school districts who are | |
627 | - | required to be licensed must have one of the following | |
628 | - | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an | |
629 | - | educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute | |
630 | - | teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2028 2023, a | |
631 | - | short-term substitute teaching license. References in law | |
632 | - | regarding individuals certified or certificated or required to | |
633 | - | be certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code | |
634 | - | shall also include individuals licensed or required to be | |
635 | - | licensed under this Article. The first year of all licenses | |
636 | - | ends on June 30 following one full year of the license being | |
637 | - | issued. | |
638 | - | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | |
639 | - | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | |
640 | - | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | |
641 | - | licenses and endorsements under this Section. | |
642 | - | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) | |
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286 | + | 1 to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of a minor | |
287 | + | 2 under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II | |
288 | + | 3 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | |
289 | + | 4 Any school that has obtained or seeks to obtain | |
290 | + | 5 recognition status under this Section may not prohibit | |
291 | + | 6 hairstyles historically associated with race, ethnicity, or | |
292 | + | 7 hair texture, including, but not limited to, protective | |
293 | + | 8 hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists. | |
294 | + | 9 (d) Public purposes. The provisions of this Section are in | |
295 | + | 10 the public interest, for the public benefit, and serve secular | |
296 | + | 11 public purposes. | |
297 | + | 12 (e) Definition. For purposes of this Section, a non-public | |
298 | + | 13 school means any non-profit, non-home-based, and non-public | |
299 | + | 14 elementary or secondary school that is in compliance with | |
300 | + | 15 Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at | |
301 | + | 16 which satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of this Code. | |
302 | + | 17 (Source: P.A. 102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; | |
303 | + | 18 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.) | |
304 | + | 19 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.71) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.71) | |
305 | + | 20 Sec. 2-3.71. Grants for preschool educational programs. | |
306 | + | 21 (a) Preschool program. | |
307 | + | 22 (1) The State Board of Education shall implement and | |
308 | + | 23 administer a grant program under the provisions of this | |
309 | + | 24 subsection which shall consist of grants to public school | |
310 | + | 25 districts and other eligible entities, as defined by the | |
643 | 311 | ||
644 | 312 | ||
645 | - | have successfully completed an approved educator | |
646 | - | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | |
647 | - | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | |
648 | - | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | |
649 | - | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | |
650 | - | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | |
651 | - | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | |
652 | - | the exceptional child, including without limitation | |
653 | - | children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | |
654 | - | successfully completed coursework in methods of reading | |
655 | - | and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other | |
656 | - | criteria established by rule of the State Board of | |
657 | - | Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License. | |
658 | - | All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30 | |
659 | - | immediately following 5 years of the license being issued. | |
660 | - | The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with | |
661 | - | specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is | |
662 | - | eligible to practice. For an early childhood education | |
663 | - | endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student | |
664 | - | teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher | |
665 | - | preparation program through placement in a setting with | |
666 | - | children from birth through grade 2, and the individual | |
667 | - | may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The | |
668 | - | student teaching experience must meet the requirements of | |
669 | - | and be approved by the individual's early childhood | |
670 | - | teacher preparation program. | |
671 | 313 | ||
672 | 314 | ||
673 | - | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | |
674 | - | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | |
675 | - | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | |
676 | - | in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable | |
677 | - | content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | |
678 | - | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | |
679 | - | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | |
680 | - | that limits the license holder to one particular position | |
681 | - | or does not require completion of an approved educator | |
682 | - | program or both. | |
683 | - | An individual with an Educator License with | |
684 | - | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | |
685 | - | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | |
686 | - | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | |
687 | - | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | |
688 | - | with the following endorsements: | |
689 | - | (A) (Blank). | |
690 | - | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | |
691 | - | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | |
692 | - | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | |
693 | - | applicant who, at the time of applying for the | |
694 | - | endorsement, has done all of the following: | |
695 | - | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | |
696 | - | college or university with a minimum of a | |
697 | - | bachelor's degree. | |
698 | - | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | |
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701 | - | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | |
702 | - | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | |
703 | - | Code. | |
704 | - | (iii) Passed a content area test, as required | |
705 | - | under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
706 | - | The alternative provisional educator endorsement is | |
707 | - | valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a | |
708 | - | third year by an individual meeting the requirements set | |
709 | - | forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | |
710 | - | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | |
711 | - | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | |
712 | - | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | |
713 | - | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | |
714 | - | superintendent in a school district's central office. | |
715 | - | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | |
716 | - | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | |
717 | - | done all of the following: | |
718 | - | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | |
719 | - | college or university with a minimum of a master's | |
720 | - | degree in a management field other than education. | |
721 | - | (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | |
722 | - | years in a management level position in a field | |
723 | - | other than education. | |
724 | - | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | |
725 | - | of an alternative route to superintendent | |
726 | - | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 | |
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321 | + | 1 State Board of Education, to conduct voluntary preschool | |
322 | + | 2 educational programs for children ages 3 to 5 which | |
323 | + | 3 include a parent education component. A public school | |
324 | + | 4 district which receives grants under this subsection may | |
325 | + | 5 subcontract with other entities that are eligible to | |
326 | + | 6 conduct a preschool educational program. These grants must | |
327 | + | 7 be used to supplement, not supplant, funds received from | |
328 | + | 8 any other source. | |
329 | + | 9 (2) (Blank). | |
330 | + | 10 (3) Except as otherwise provided under this subsection | |
331 | + | 11 (a), any teacher of preschool children in the program | |
332 | + | 12 authorized by this subsection shall hold a Professional | |
333 | + | 13 Educator License with an early childhood education | |
334 | + | 14 endorsement. | |
335 | + | 15 (3.5) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year and | |
336 | + | 16 until the 2028-2029 2023-2024 school year, an individual | |
337 | + | 17 may teach preschool children in an early childhood program | |
338 | + | 18 under this Section if he or she holds a Professional | |
339 | + | 19 Educator License with an early childhood education | |
340 | + | 20 endorsement or with short-term approval for early | |
341 | + | 21 childhood education or he or she pursues a Professional | |
342 | + | 22 Educator License and holds any of the following: | |
343 | + | 23 (A) An ECE Credential Level of 5 awarded by the | |
344 | + | 24 Department of Human Services under the Gateways to | |
345 | + | 25 Opportunity Program developed under Section 10-70 of | |
346 | + | 26 the Department of Human Services Act. | |
727 | 347 | ||
728 | 348 | ||
729 | - | of this Code. | |
730 | - | (iv) Passed a content area test required under | |
731 | - | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
732 | - | The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | |
733 | - | order to complete one full year of serving as a | |
734 | - | superintendent or assistant superintendent. | |
735 | - | (D) (Blank). | |
736 | - | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | |
737 | - | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
738 | - | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | |
739 | - | has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | |
740 | - | regionally accredited institution of higher education | |
741 | - | or an accredited trade and technical institution and | |
742 | - | has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | |
743 | - | education in each area to be taught. | |
744 | - | The career and technical educator endorsement on | |
745 | - | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | |
746 | - | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | |
747 | - | endorsement being issued and may be renewed. | |
748 | - | An individual who holds a valid career and | |
749 | - | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
750 | - | with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's | |
751 | - | degree may substitute teach in career and technical | |
752 | - | education classrooms. | |
753 | - | (F) (Blank). | |
754 | - | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | |
755 | 349 | ||
756 | 350 | ||
757 | - | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | |
758 | - | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | |
759 | - | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | |
760 | - | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | |
761 | - | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets | |
762 | - | all of the following requirements: | |
763 | - | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | |
764 | - | writing ability in the language other than English | |
765 | - | in which transitional bilingual education is | |
766 | - | offered. | |
767 | - | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | |
768 | - | communicate in English. | |
769 | - | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | |
770 | - | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | |
771 | - | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | |
772 | - | comparable teaching certificate or comparable | |
773 | - | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | |
774 | - | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | |
775 | - | a foreign country that the State Educator | |
776 | - | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | |
777 | - | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | |
778 | - | regionally accredited institution of higher | |
779 | - | learning in the United States. | |
780 | - | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | |
781 | - | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, | |
782 | - | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | |
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785 | - | of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be | |
786 | - | renewed. | |
787 | - | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | |
788 | - | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | |
789 | - | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | |
790 | - | replaced for any reason. | |
791 | - | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | |
792 | - | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | |
793 | - | other than English in the public schools, an | |
794 | - | individual who holds an Educator License with | |
795 | - | Stipulations may also apply for a language | |
796 | - | endorsement, provided that the applicant provides | |
797 | - | satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the | |
798 | - | following requirements: | |
799 | - | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | |
800 | - | endorsement. | |
801 | - | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | |
802 | - | language for which the endorsement is to be issued | |
803 | - | by passing the applicable language content test | |
804 | - | required by the State Board of Education. | |
805 | - | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | |
806 | - | a regionally accredited institution of higher | |
807 | - | education or, for individuals educated in a | |
808 | - | country other than the United States, holds a | |
809 | - | degree from an institution of higher learning in a | |
810 | - | foreign country that the State Educator | |
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357 | + | 1 (B) An Educator License with Stipulations with a | |
358 | + | 2 transitional bilingual educator endorsement and he or | |
359 | + | 3 she has (i) passed an early childhood education | |
360 | + | 4 content test or (ii) completed no less than 9 semester | |
361 | + | 5 hours of postsecondary coursework in the area of early | |
362 | + | 6 childhood education. | |
363 | + | 7 (4) (Blank). | |
364 | + | 8 (4.5) The State Board of Education shall provide the | |
365 | + | 9 primary source of funding through appropriations for the | |
366 | + | 10 program. Such funds shall be distributed to achieve a goal | |
367 | + | 11 of "Preschool for All Children" for the benefit of all | |
368 | + | 12 children whose families choose to participate in the | |
369 | + | 13 program. Based on available appropriations, newly funded | |
370 | + | 14 programs shall be selected through a process giving first | |
371 | + | 15 priority to qualified programs serving primarily at-risk | |
372 | + | 16 children and second priority to qualified programs serving | |
373 | + | 17 primarily children with a family income of less than 4 | |
374 | + | 18 times the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the | |
375 | + | 19 Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and | |
376 | + | 20 Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2). | |
377 | + | 21 For purposes of this paragraph (4.5), at-risk children are | |
378 | + | 22 those who because of their home and community environment | |
379 | + | 23 are subject to such language, cultural, economic and like | |
380 | + | 24 disadvantages to cause them to have been determined as a | |
381 | + | 25 result of screening procedures to be at risk of academic | |
382 | + | 26 failure. Such screening procedures shall be based on | |
811 | 383 | ||
812 | 384 | ||
813 | - | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | |
814 | - | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | |
815 | - | regionally accredited institution of higher | |
816 | - | learning in the United States. | |
817 | - | (iv) (Blank). | |
818 | - | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | |
819 | - | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | |
820 | - | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | |
821 | - | individual's transitional bilingual educator | |
822 | - | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | |
823 | - | and shall not be renewed. | |
824 | - | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | |
825 | - | international educator endorsement on an Educator | |
826 | - | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | |
827 | - | individual who is being recruited by a particular | |
828 | - | school district that conducts formal recruitment | |
829 | - | programs outside of the United States to secure the | |
830 | - | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of | |
831 | - | the following requirements: | |
832 | - | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | |
833 | - | bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | |
834 | - | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | |
835 | - | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | |
836 | - | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | |
837 | - | subject to be taught. | |
838 | - | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | |
839 | 385 | ||
840 | 386 | ||
841 | - | language. | |
842 | - | A holder of a visiting international educator | |
843 | - | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | |
844 | - | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | |
845 | - | programs in the language that was the medium of | |
846 | - | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | |
847 | - | provided that he or she passes the English Language | |
848 | - | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | |
849 | - | skills in English identified by the State Board of | |
850 | - | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | |
851 | - | Preparation and Licensure Board. | |
852 | - | A visiting international educator endorsement on | |
853 | - | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5 | |
854 | - | years and shall not be renewed. | |
855 | - | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | |
856 | - | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | |
857 | - | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | |
858 | - | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | |
859 | - | (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | |
860 | - | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | |
861 | - | institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a | |
862 | - | paraprofessional competency test under subsection | |
863 | - | (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years | |
864 | - | of age and will be using the Educator License with | |
865 | - | Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten | |
866 | - | through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age | |
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868 | 390 | ||
869 | - | of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a | |
870 | - | paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this | |
871 | - | subparagraph (J). The paraprofessional educator | |
872 | - | endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | |
873 | - | following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and | |
874 | - | may be renewed through application and payment of the | |
875 | - | appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of | |
876 | - | this Code. An individual who holds only a | |
877 | - | paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject | |
878 | - | to additional requirements in order to renew the | |
879 | - | endorsement. | |
880 | - | (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | |
881 | - | business official endorsement on an Educator License | |
882 | - | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | |
883 | - | qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | |
884 | - | years of full-time administrative experience in school | |
885 | - | business management or 2 years of university-approved | |
886 | - | practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | |
887 | - | hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | |
888 | - | State Board of Education for the preparation of school | |
889 | - | business administrators and by passage of the | |
890 | - | applicable State tests, including an applicable | |
891 | - | content area test. | |
892 | - | The chief school business official endorsement may | |
893 | - | also be affixed to the Educator License with | |
894 | - | Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a | |
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393 | + | 1 criteria established by the State Board of Education. | |
394 | + | 2 Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (4.5), | |
395 | + | 3 grantees under the program must enter into a memorandum of | |
396 | + | 4 understanding with the appropriate local Head Start | |
397 | + | 5 agency. This memorandum must be entered into no later than | |
398 | + | 6 3 months after the award of a grantee's grant under the | |
399 | + | 7 program, except that, in the case of the 2009-2010 program | |
400 | + | 8 year, the memorandum must be entered into no later than | |
401 | + | 9 the deadline set by the State Board of Education for | |
402 | + | 10 applications to participate in the program in fiscal year | |
403 | + | 11 2011, and must address collaboration between the grantee's | |
404 | + | 12 program and the local Head Start agency on certain issues, | |
405 | + | 13 which shall include without limitation the following: | |
406 | + | 14 (A) educational activities, curricular objectives, | |
407 | + | 15 and instruction; | |
408 | + | 16 (B) public information dissemination and access to | |
409 | + | 17 programs for families contacting programs; | |
410 | + | 18 (C) service areas; | |
411 | + | 19 (D) selection priorities for eligible children to | |
412 | + | 20 be served by programs; | |
413 | + | 21 (E) maximizing the impact of federal and State | |
414 | + | 22 funding to benefit young children; | |
415 | + | 23 (F) staff training, including opportunities for | |
416 | + | 24 joint staff training; | |
417 | + | 25 (G) technical assistance; | |
418 | + | 26 (H) communication and parent outreach for smooth | |
895 | 419 | ||
896 | 420 | ||
897 | - | master's degree in business administration, finance, | |
898 | - | accounting, or public administration and who completes | |
899 | - | an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | |
900 | - | business management from a regionally accredited | |
901 | - | institution of higher education and passes the | |
902 | - | applicable State tests, including an applicable | |
903 | - | content area test. This endorsement shall be required | |
904 | - | for any individual employed as a chief school business | |
905 | - | official. | |
906 | - | The chief school business official endorsement on | |
907 | - | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | |
908 | - | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | |
909 | - | endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the | |
910 | - | license holder completes renewal requirements as | |
911 | - | required for individuals who hold a Professional | |
912 | - | Educator License endorsed for chief school business | |
913 | - | official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | |
914 | - | rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | |
915 | - | Education. | |
916 | - | The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules | |
917 | - | necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | |
918 | - | (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | |
919 | - | in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
920 | - | with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | |
921 | - | completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation | |
922 | - | program at an Illinois institution of higher education | |
923 | 421 | ||
924 | 422 | ||
925 | - | and who has not successfully completed an | |
926 | - | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | |
927 | - | who meets all of the following requirements: | |
928 | - | (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | |
929 | - | (ii) Has completed an approved educator | |
930 | - | preparation program at an Illinois institution. | |
931 | - | (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | |
932 | - | test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
933 | - | (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | |
934 | - | assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | |
935 | - | minimum score on that assessment, as established | |
936 | - | by the State Board of Education in consultation | |
937 | - | with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | |
938 | - | Board. | |
939 | - | A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | |
940 | - | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | |
941 | - | full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | |
942 | - | be renewed. | |
943 | - | (M) (Blank). | |
944 | - | (N) Specialized services. A specialized services | |
945 | - | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | |
946 | - | may be issued as defined and specified by rule. | |
947 | - | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | |
948 | - | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | |
949 | - | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | |
950 | - | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | |
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953 | - | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | |
954 | - | a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's | |
955 | - | degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution | |
956 | - | of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved | |
957 | - | educator preparation program in this State and have earned | |
958 | - | at least 90 credit hours. | |
959 | - | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | |
960 | - | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | |
961 | - | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | |
962 | - | has had his or her Professional Educator License or | |
963 | - | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, | |
964 | - | then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | |
965 | - | Substitute Teaching License. | |
966 | - | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | |
967 | - | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | |
968 | - | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | |
969 | - | contract because of an emergency situation, then a | |
970 | - | district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer | |
971 | - | than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the | |
972 | - | district if the district notifies the appropriate regional | |
973 | - | office of education within 5 business days after the | |
974 | - | employment of the substitute teacher in the emergency | |
975 | - | situation. An emergency situation is one in which an | |
976 | - | unforeseen vacancy has occurred and (i) a teacher is | |
977 | - | unable to fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) | |
978 | - | teacher capacity needs of the district exceed previous | |
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429 | + | 1 transitions to kindergarten; | |
430 | + | 2 (I) provision and use of facilities, | |
431 | + | 3 transportation, and other program elements; | |
432 | + | 4 (J) facilitating each program's fulfillment of its | |
433 | + | 5 statutory and regulatory requirements; | |
434 | + | 6 (K) improving local planning and collaboration; | |
435 | + | 7 and | |
436 | + | 8 (L) providing comprehensive services for the | |
437 | + | 9 neediest Illinois children and families. | |
438 | + | 10 If the appropriate local Head Start agency is unable or | |
439 | + | 11 unwilling to enter into a memorandum of understanding as | |
440 | + | 12 required under this paragraph (4.5), the memorandum of | |
441 | + | 13 understanding requirement shall not apply and the grantee | |
442 | + | 14 under the program must notify the State Board of Education | |
443 | + | 15 in writing of the Head Start agency's inability or | |
444 | + | 16 unwillingness. The State Board of Education shall compile | |
445 | + | 17 all such written notices and make them available to the | |
446 | + | 18 public. | |
447 | + | 19 (5) The State Board of Education shall develop and | |
448 | + | 20 provide evaluation tools, including tests, that school | |
449 | + | 21 districts and other eligible entities may use to evaluate | |
450 | + | 22 children for school readiness prior to age 5. The State | |
451 | + | 23 Board of Education shall require school districts and | |
452 | + | 24 other eligible entities to obtain consent from the parents | |
453 | + | 25 or guardians of children before any evaluations are | |
454 | + | 26 conducted. The State Board of Education shall encourage | |
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981 | - | indications, and the district is actively engaged in | |
982 | - | advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the | |
983 | - | vacant position. | |
984 | - | There is no limit on the number of days that a | |
985 | - | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | |
986 | - | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | |
987 | - | than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year | |
988 | - | through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school | |
989 | - | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | |
990 | - | same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a | |
991 | - | Professional Educator License or Educator License with | |
992 | - | Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days | |
993 | - | for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same | |
994 | - | school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on the | |
995 | - | number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not | |
996 | - | apply to any school district operating under Article 34 of | |
997 | - | this Code. | |
998 | - | A school district may not require an individual who | |
999 | - | holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator | |
1000 | - | License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | |
1001 | - | Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | |
1002 | - | (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | |
1003 | - | on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2028 2023, applicants | |
1004 | - | may apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of | |
1005 | - | may issue a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. A | |
1006 | - | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License may be issued to a | |
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1009 | - | qualified applicant for substitute teaching in all grades | |
1010 | - | of the public schools, prekindergarten through grade 12. | |
1011 | - | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not eligible | |
1012 | - | for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term Substitute | |
1013 | - | Teaching License must hold an associate's degree or have | |
1014 | - | completed at least 60 credit hours from a regionally | |
1015 | - | accredited institution of higher education. | |
1016 | - | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for | |
1017 | - | substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an | |
1018 | - | individual has had his or her Professional Educator | |
1019 | - | License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or | |
1020 | - | revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | |
1021 | - | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | |
1022 | - | The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this | |
1023 | - | Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. | |
1024 | - | An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | |
1025 | - | License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per | |
1026 | - | licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | |
1027 | - | absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who | |
1028 | - | is under contract, a school district may not hire an | |
1029 | - | individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | |
1030 | - | License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due | |
1031 | - | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | |
1032 | - | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual | |
1033 | - | holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must | |
1034 | - | complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or | |
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1037 | - | 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public | |
1038 | - | school. Short-term substitute teaching licenses under this | |
1039 | - | Section are valid for 5 years. This paragraph (4) is | |
1040 | - | inoperative on and after July 1, 2023. | |
1041 | - | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; | |
1042 | - | 101-594, eff. 12-5-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-711, eff. | |
1043 | - | 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22; 102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, | |
1044 | - | eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; revised 12-13-22.) | |
1045 | - | (105 ILCS 5/21B-50) | |
1046 | - | Sec. 21B-50. Alternative Educator Licensure Program. | |
1047 | - | (a) There is established an alternative educator licensure | |
1048 | - | program, to be known as the Alternative Educator Licensure | |
1049 | - | Program for Teachers. | |
1050 | - | (b) The Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | |
1051 | - | Teachers may be offered by a recognized institution approved | |
1052 | - | to offer educator preparation programs by the State Board of | |
1053 | - | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | |
1054 | - | and Licensure Board. | |
1055 | - | The program shall be comprised of up to 3 4 phases: | |
1056 | - | (1) A course of study that at a minimum includes | |
1057 | - | instructional planning; instructional strategies, | |
1058 | - | including special education, reading, and English language | |
1059 | - | learning; classroom management; and the assessment of | |
1060 | - | students and use of data to drive instruction. | |
1061 | - | (2) A year of residency, which is a candidate's | |
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465 | + | 1 local school districts and other eligible entities to | |
466 | + | 2 evaluate the population of preschool children in their | |
467 | + | 3 communities and provide preschool programs, pursuant to | |
468 | + | 4 this subsection, where appropriate. | |
469 | + | 5 (6) The State Board of Education shall report to the | |
470 | + | 6 General Assembly by November 1, 2018 and every 2 years | |
471 | + | 7 thereafter on the results and progress of students who | |
472 | + | 8 were enrolled in preschool educational programs, including | |
473 | + | 9 an assessment of which programs have been most successful | |
474 | + | 10 in promoting academic excellence and alleviating academic | |
475 | + | 11 failure. The State Board of Education shall assess the | |
476 | + | 12 academic progress of all students who have been enrolled | |
477 | + | 13 in preschool educational programs. | |
478 | + | 14 On or before November 1 of each fiscal year in which | |
479 | + | 15 the General Assembly provides funding for new programs | |
480 | + | 16 under paragraph (4.5) of this Section, the State Board of | |
481 | + | 17 Education shall report to the General Assembly on what | |
482 | + | 18 percentage of new funding was provided to programs serving | |
483 | + | 19 primarily at-risk children, what percentage of new funding | |
484 | + | 20 was provided to programs serving primarily children with a | |
485 | + | 21 family income of less than 4 times the federal poverty | |
486 | + | 22 level, and what percentage of new funding was provided to | |
487 | + | 23 other programs. | |
488 | + | 24 (7) Due to evidence that expulsion practices in the | |
489 | + | 25 preschool years are linked to poor child outcomes and are | |
490 | + | 26 employed inconsistently across racial and gender groups, | |
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1064 | - | assignment to a full-time teaching position or as a | |
1065 | - | co-teacher for one full school year. An individual must | |
1066 | - | hold an Educator License with Stipulations with an | |
1067 | - | alternative provisional educator endorsement in order to | |
1068 | - | enter the residency. In residency, the candidate must: be | |
1069 | - | assigned an effective, fully licensed teacher by the | |
1070 | - | principal or principal equivalent to act as a mentor and | |
1071 | - | coach the candidate through residency, and must complete | |
1072 | - | additional program requirements that address required | |
1073 | - | State and national standards, pass the State Board's | |
1074 | - | teacher performance assessment no later than the end of | |
1075 | - | the first semester of the second year of residency, as | |
1076 | - | required under phase (3) of this subsection (b), and be | |
1077 | - | recommended by the principal or qualified equivalent of a | |
1078 | - | principal, as required under subsection (d) of this | |
1079 | - | Section, and the program coordinator to be recommended for | |
1080 | - | full licensure or to continue with a the second year of the | |
1081 | - | residency. | |
1082 | - | (3) (Blank). A second year of residency, which shall | |
1083 | - | include the candidate's assignment to a full-time teaching | |
1084 | - | position for one school year. The candidate must be | |
1085 | - | assigned an experienced teacher to act as a mentor and | |
1086 | - | coach the candidate through the second year of residency. | |
1087 | - | (4) A comprehensive assessment of the candidate's | |
1088 | - | teaching effectiveness, as evaluated by the principal or | |
1089 | - | qualified equivalent of a principal, as required under | |
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1092 | - | subsection (d) of this Section, and the program | |
1093 | - | coordinator, at the end of either the first or the second | |
1094 | - | year of residency. If there is disagreement between the 2 | |
1095 | - | evaluators about the candidate's teaching effectiveness at | |
1096 | - | the end of the first year of residency, a second year of | |
1097 | - | residency shall be required. If there is disagreement | |
1098 | - | between the 2 evaluators at the end of the second year of | |
1099 | - | residency, the candidate may complete one additional year | |
1100 | - | of residency teaching under a professional development | |
1101 | - | plan developed by the principal or qualified equivalent | |
1102 | - | and the preparation program. At the completion of the | |
1103 | - | third year, a candidate must have positive evaluations and | |
1104 | - | a recommendation for full licensure from both the | |
1105 | - | principal or qualified equivalent and the program | |
1106 | - | coordinator or no Professional Educator License shall be | |
1107 | - | issued. | |
1108 | - | Successful completion of the program shall be deemed to | |
1109 | - | satisfy any other practice or student teaching and content | |
1110 | - | matter requirements established by law. | |
1111 | - | (c) An alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | |
1112 | - | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for up to 2 years | |
1113 | - | of teaching in the public schools, including without | |
1114 | - | limitation a preschool educational program under Section | |
1115 | - | 2-3.71 of this Code or charter school, or in a | |
1116 | - | State-recognized nonpublic school in which the chief | |
1117 | - | administrator is required to have the licensure necessary to | |
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1120 | - | be a principal in a public school in this State and in which a | |
1121 | - | majority of the teachers are required to have the licensure | |
1122 | - | necessary to be instructors in a public school in this State, | |
1123 | - | but may be renewed for a third year if needed to complete the | |
1124 | - | Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers. The | |
1125 | - | endorsement shall be issued only once to an individual who | |
1126 | - | meets all of the following requirements: | |
1127 | - | (1) Has graduated from a regionally accredited college | |
1128 | - | or university with a bachelor's degree or higher. | |
1129 | - | (2) (Blank). | |
1130 | - | (3) Has completed a major in the content area if | |
1131 | - | seeking a middle or secondary level endorsement or, if | |
1132 | - | seeking an early childhood, elementary, or special | |
1133 | - | education endorsement, has completed a major in the | |
1134 | - | content area of early childhood reading, English/language | |
1135 | - | arts, mathematics, or one of the sciences. If the | |
1136 | - | individual does not have a major in a content area for any | |
1137 | - | level of teaching, he or she must submit transcripts to | |
1138 | - | the State Board of Education to be reviewed for | |
1139 | - | equivalency. | |
1140 | - | (4) Has successfully completed phase (1) of subsection | |
1141 | - | (b) of this Section. | |
1142 | - | (5) Has passed a content area test required for the | |
1143 | - | specific endorsement for admission into the program, as | |
1144 | - | required under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
1145 | - | A candidate possessing the alternative provisional | |
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501 | + | 1 early childhood programs receiving State funds under this | |
502 | + | 2 subsection (a) shall prohibit expulsions. Planned | |
503 | + | 3 transitions to settings that are able to better meet a | |
504 | + | 4 child's needs are not considered expulsion under this | |
505 | + | 5 paragraph (7). | |
506 | + | 6 (A) When persistent and serious challenging | |
507 | + | 7 behaviors emerge, the early childhood program shall | |
508 | + | 8 document steps taken to ensure that the child can | |
509 | + | 9 participate safely in the program; including | |
510 | + | 10 observations of initial and ongoing challenging | |
511 | + | 11 behaviors, strategies for remediation and intervention | |
512 | + | 12 plans to address the behaviors, and communication with | |
513 | + | 13 the parent or legal guardian, including participation | |
514 | + | 14 of the parent or legal guardian in planning and | |
515 | + | 15 decision-making. | |
516 | + | 16 (B) The early childhood program shall, with | |
517 | + | 17 parental or legal guardian consent as required, | |
518 | + | 18 utilize a range of community resources, if available | |
519 | + | 19 and deemed necessary, including, but not limited to, | |
520 | + | 20 developmental screenings, referrals to programs and | |
521 | + | 21 services administered by a local educational agency or | |
522 | + | 22 early intervention agency under Parts B and C of the | |
523 | + | 23 federal Individual with Disabilities Education Act, | |
524 | + | 24 and consultation with infant and early childhood | |
525 | + | 25 mental health consultants and the child's health care | |
526 | + | 26 provider. The program shall document attempts to | |
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1148 | - | educator endorsement may receive a salary, benefits, and any | |
1149 | - | other terms of employment offered to teachers in the school | |
1150 | - | who are members of an exclusive bargaining representative, if | |
1151 | - | any, but a school is not required to provide these benefits | |
1152 | - | during the years of residency if the candidate is serving only | |
1153 | - | as a co-teacher. If the candidate is serving as the teacher of | |
1154 | - | record, the candidate must receive a salary, benefits, and any | |
1155 | - | other terms of employment. Residency experiences must not be | |
1156 | - | counted towards tenure. | |
1157 | - | (d) The recognized institution offering the Alternative | |
1158 | - | Educator Licensure Program for Teachers must partner with a | |
1159 | - | school district, including without limitation a preschool | |
1160 | - | educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this Code or | |
1161 | - | charter school, or a State-recognized, nonpublic school in | |
1162 | - | this State in which the chief administrator is required to | |
1163 | - | have the licensure necessary to be a principal in a public | |
1164 | - | school in this State and in which a majority of the teachers | |
1165 | - | are required to have the licensure necessary to be instructors | |
1166 | - | in a public school in this State. A recognized institution | |
1167 | - | that partners with a public school district administering a | |
1168 | - | preschool educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this | |
1169 | - | Code must require a principal to recommend or evaluate | |
1170 | - | candidates in the program. A recognized institution that | |
1171 | - | partners with an eligible entity administering a preschool | |
1172 | - | educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this Code and that | |
1173 | - | is not a public school district must require a principal or | |
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1176 | - | qualified equivalent of a principal to recommend or evaluate | |
1177 | - | candidates in the program. The program presented for approval | |
1178 | - | by the State Board of Education must demonstrate the supports | |
1179 | - | that are to be provided to assist the provisional teacher | |
1180 | - | during the 1-year or 2-year residency period and if the | |
1181 | - | residency period is to be less than 2 years in length, | |
1182 | - | assurances from the partner school districts to provide | |
1183 | - | intensive mentoring and supports through at least the end of | |
1184 | - | the second full year of teaching for educators who completed | |
1185 | - | the Alternative Educators Licensure Program in less than 2 | |
1186 | - | years. These supports must, at a minimum, provide additional | |
1187 | - | contact hours with mentors during the first year of residency. | |
1188 | - | (e) Upon completion of the 4 phases under paragraphs (1), | |
1189 | - | (2), (4), and, if needed, (3) outlined in subsection (b) of | |
1190 | - | this Section and all assessments required under Section 21B-30 | |
1191 | - | of this Code, an individual shall receive a Professional | |
1192 | - | Educator License. | |
1193 | - | (f) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | |
1194 | - | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | |
1195 | - | rules as may be necessary to establish and implement the | |
1196 | - | Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers. | |
1197 | - | (Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-822, eff. 1-1-19; | |
1198 | - | 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; 101-570, eff. 8-23-19; 101-643, eff. | |
1199 | - | 6-18-20; 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.) | |
1200 | - | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |
1201 | - | becoming law. | |
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537 | + | 1 engage these resources, including parent or legal | |
538 | + | 2 guardian participation and consent attempted and | |
539 | + | 3 obtained. Communication with the parent or legal | |
540 | + | 4 guardian shall take place in a culturally and | |
541 | + | 5 linguistically competent manner. | |
542 | + | 6 (C) If there is documented evidence that all | |
543 | + | 7 available interventions and supports recommended by a | |
544 | + | 8 qualified professional have been exhausted and the | |
545 | + | 9 program determines in its professional judgment that | |
546 | + | 10 transitioning a child to another program is necessary | |
547 | + | 11 for the well-being of the child or his or her peers and | |
548 | + | 12 staff, with parent or legal guardian permission, both | |
549 | + | 13 the current and pending programs shall create a | |
550 | + | 14 transition plan designed to ensure continuity of | |
551 | + | 15 services and the comprehensive development of the | |
552 | + | 16 child. Communication with families shall occur in a | |
553 | + | 17 culturally and linguistically competent manner. | |
554 | + | 18 (D) Nothing in this paragraph (7) shall preclude a | |
555 | + | 19 parent's or legal guardian's right to voluntarily | |
556 | + | 20 withdraw his or her child from an early childhood | |
557 | + | 21 program. Early childhood programs shall request and | |
558 | + | 22 keep on file, when received, a written statement from | |
559 | + | 23 the parent or legal guardian stating the reason for | |
560 | + | 24 his or her decision to withdraw his or her child. | |
561 | + | 25 (E) In the case of the determination of a serious | |
562 | + | 26 safety threat to a child or others or in the case of | |
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573 | + | 1 behaviors listed in subsection (d) of Section 10-22.6 | |
574 | + | 2 of this Code, the temporary removal of a child from | |
575 | + | 3 attendance in group settings may be used. Temporary | |
576 | + | 4 removal of a child from attendance in a group setting | |
577 | + | 5 shall trigger the process detailed in subparagraphs | |
578 | + | 6 (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph (7), with the child | |
579 | + | 7 placed back in a group setting as quickly as possible. | |
580 | + | 8 (F) Early childhood programs may utilize and the | |
581 | + | 9 State Board of Education, the Department of Human | |
582 | + | 10 Services, and the Department of Children and Family | |
583 | + | 11 Services shall recommend training, technical support, | |
584 | + | 12 and professional development resources to improve the | |
585 | + | 13 ability of teachers, administrators, program | |
586 | + | 14 directors, and other staff to promote social-emotional | |
587 | + | 15 development and behavioral health, to address | |
588 | + | 16 challenging behaviors, and to understand trauma and | |
589 | + | 17 trauma-informed care, cultural competence, family | |
590 | + | 18 engagement with diverse populations, the impact of | |
591 | + | 19 implicit bias on adult behavior, and the use of | |
592 | + | 20 reflective practice techniques. Support shall include | |
593 | + | 21 the availability of resources to contract with infant | |
594 | + | 22 and early childhood mental health consultants. | |
595 | + | 23 (G) Beginning on July 1, 2018, early childhood | |
596 | + | 24 programs shall annually report to the State Board of | |
597 | + | 25 Education, and, beginning in fiscal year 2020, the | |
598 | + | 26 State Board of Education shall make available on a | |
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609 | + | 1 biennial basis, in an existing report, all of the | |
610 | + | 2 following data for children from birth to age 5 who are | |
611 | + | 3 served by the program: | |
612 | + | 4 (i) Total number served over the course of the | |
613 | + | 5 program year and the total number of children who | |
614 | + | 6 left the program during the program year. | |
615 | + | 7 (ii) Number of planned transitions to another | |
616 | + | 8 program due to children's behavior, by children's | |
617 | + | 9 race, gender, disability, language, class/group | |
618 | + | 10 size, teacher-child ratio, and length of program | |
619 | + | 11 day. | |
620 | + | 12 (iii) Number of temporary removals of a child | |
621 | + | 13 from attendance in group settings due to a serious | |
622 | + | 14 safety threat under subparagraph (E) of this | |
623 | + | 15 paragraph (7), by children's race, gender, | |
624 | + | 16 disability, language, class/group size, | |
625 | + | 17 teacher-child ratio, and length of program day. | |
626 | + | 18 (iv) Hours of infant and early childhood | |
627 | + | 19 mental health consultant contact with program | |
628 | + | 20 leaders, staff, and families over the program | |
629 | + | 21 year. | |
630 | + | 22 (H) Changes to services for children with an | |
631 | + | 23 individualized education program or individual family | |
632 | + | 24 service plan shall be construed in a manner consistent | |
633 | + | 25 with the federal Individuals with Disabilities | |
634 | + | 26 Education Act. | |
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645 | + | 1 The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | |
646 | + | 2 Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development and the | |
647 | + | 3 Department of Children and Family Services, shall adopt | |
648 | + | 4 rules to administer this paragraph (7). | |
649 | + | 5 (b) (Blank). | |
650 | + | 6 (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, | |
651 | + | 7 grantees may serve children ages 0 to 12 of essential workers | |
652 | + | 8 if the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | |
653 | + | 9 emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | |
654 | + | 10 Management Agency Act. For the purposes of this subsection, | |
655 | + | 11 essential workers include those outlined in Executive Order | |
656 | + | 12 20-8 and school employees. The State Board of Education shall | |
657 | + | 13 adopt rules to administer this subsection. | |
658 | + | 14 (Source: P.A. 100-105, eff. 1-1-18; 100-645, eff. 7-27-18; | |
659 | + | 15 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.) | |
660 | + | 16 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.12a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.12a) | |
661 | + | 17 Sec. 10-20.12a. Tuition for non-resident pupils. | |
662 | + | 18 (a) To charge non-resident pupils who attend the schools | |
663 | + | 19 of the district tuition in an amount not exceeding 110% of the | |
664 | + | 20 per capita cost of maintaining the schools of the district for | |
665 | + | 21 the preceding school year. | |
666 | + | 22 Such per capita cost shall be computed by dividing the | |
667 | + | 23 total cost of conducting and maintaining the schools of the | |
668 | + | 24 district by the average daily attendance, including tuition | |
669 | + | 25 pupils. Depreciation on the buildings and equipment of the | |
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680 | + | 1 schools of the district, and the amount of annual depreciation | |
681 | + | 2 on such buildings and equipment shall be dependent upon the | |
682 | + | 3 useful life of such property. | |
683 | + | 4 The tuition charged shall in no case exceed 110% of the per | |
684 | + | 5 capita cost of conducting and maintaining the schools of the | |
685 | + | 6 district attended, as determined with reference to the most | |
686 | + | 7 recent audit prepared under Section 3-7 which is available at | |
687 | + | 8 the commencement of the current school year. Non-resident | |
688 | + | 9 pupils attending the schools of the district for less than the | |
689 | + | 10 school term shall have their tuition apportioned, however | |
690 | + | 11 pupils who become non-resident during a school term shall not | |
691 | + | 12 be charged tuition for the remainder of the school term in | |
692 | + | 13 which they became non-resident pupils. | |
693 | + | 14 Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a school | |
694 | + | 15 district may adopt a policy to waive tuition costs for a | |
695 | + | 16 non-resident pupil if the pupil is a child of a district | |
696 | + | 17 employee. For purposes of this paragraph, "child" means a | |
697 | + | 18 district employee's child who is a biological child, adopted | |
698 | + | 19 child, foster child, stepchild, or a child for which the | |
699 | + | 20 employee serves as a legal guardian. | |
700 | + | 21 (b) Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties involved and | |
701 | + | 22 where the educational services are not otherwise provided for, | |
702 | + | 23 educational services for an Illinois student under the age of | |
703 | + | 24 21 (and not eligible for services pursuant to Article 14 of | |
704 | + | 25 this Code) in any residential program shall be provided by the | |
705 | + | 26 district in which the facility is located and financed as | |
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716 | + | 1 follows. The cost of educational services shall be paid by the | |
717 | + | 2 district in which the student resides in an amount equal to the | |
718 | + | 3 cost of providing educational services in the residential | |
719 | + | 4 facility. Payments shall be made by the district of the | |
720 | + | 5 student's residence and shall be made to the district wherein | |
721 | + | 6 the facility is located no less than once per month unless | |
722 | + | 7 otherwise agreed to by the parties. | |
723 | + | 8 The funding provision of this subsection (b) applies to | |
724 | + | 9 all Illinois students under the age of 21 (and not eligible for | |
725 | + | 10 services pursuant to Article 14 of this Code) receiving | |
726 | + | 11 educational services in residential facilities, irrespective | |
727 | + | 12 of whether the student was placed therein pursuant to this | |
728 | + | 13 Code or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or by an Illinois public | |
729 | + | 14 agency or a court. The changes to this subsection (b) made by | |
730 | + | 15 this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly apply to all | |
731 | + | 16 placements in effect on July 1, 2007 and all placements | |
732 | + | 17 thereafter. For purposes of this subsection (b), a student's | |
733 | + | 18 district of residence shall be determined in accordance with | |
734 | + | 19 subsection (a) of Section 10-20.12b of this Code. The | |
735 | + | 20 placement of a student in a residential facility shall not | |
736 | + | 21 affect the residency of the student. When a dispute arises | |
737 | + | 22 over the determination of the district of residence under this | |
738 | + | 23 subsection (b), any person or entity, including without | |
739 | + | 24 limitation a school district or residential facility, may make | |
740 | + | 25 a written request for a residency decision to the State | |
741 | + | 26 Superintendent of Education, who, upon review of materials | |
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752 | + | 1 submitted and any other items or information he or she may | |
753 | + | 2 request for submission, shall issue his or her decision in | |
754 | + | 3 writing. The decision of the State Superintendent of Education | |
755 | + | 4 is final. | |
756 | + | 5 (Source: P.A. 95-844, eff. 8-15-08; 95-938, eff. 8-29-08.) | |
757 | + | 6 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.67) | |
758 | + | 7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2023) | |
759 | + | 8 Sec. 10-20.67. Short-term substitute teacher training. | |
760 | + | 9 (a) Each school board shall, in collaboration with its | |
761 | + | 10 teachers or, if applicable, the exclusive bargaining | |
762 | + | 11 representative of its teachers, jointly develop a short-term | |
763 | + | 12 substitute teacher training program that provides individuals | |
764 | + | 13 who hold a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License under | |
765 | + | 14 Section 21B-20 of this Code with information on curriculum, | |
766 | + | 15 classroom management techniques, school safety, and district | |
767 | + | 16 and building operations. The State Board of Education may | |
768 | + | 17 develop a model short-term substitute teacher training program | |
769 | + | 18 for use by a school board under this subsection (a) if the | |
770 | + | 19 school board and its teachers or, if applicable, the exclusive | |
771 | + | 20 bargaining representative of its teachers agree to use the | |
772 | + | 21 State Board's model. A school board with a substitute teacher | |
773 | + | 22 training program in place before July 1, 2018 (the effective | |
774 | + | 23 date of Public Act 100-596) may utilize that program to | |
775 | + | 24 satisfy the requirements of this subsection (a). | |
776 | + | 25 (b) Nothing in this Section prohibits a school board from | |
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787 | + | 1 offering substitute training to substitute teachers licensed | |
788 | + | 2 under paragraph (3) of Section 21B-20 of this Code or to | |
789 | + | 3 substitute teachers holding a Professional Educator License. | |
790 | + | 4 (c) (Blank) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2023. | |
791 | + | 5 (Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.) | |
792 | + | 6 (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | |
793 | + | 7 Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of | |
794 | + | 8 Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, | |
795 | + | 9 whereby individuals employed in school districts who are | |
796 | + | 10 required to be licensed must have one of the following | |
797 | + | 11 licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an | |
798 | + | 12 educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute | |
799 | + | 13 teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2028 2023, a | |
800 | + | 14 short-term substitute teaching license. References in law | |
801 | + | 15 regarding individuals certified or certificated or required to | |
802 | + | 16 be certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code | |
803 | + | 17 shall also include individuals licensed or required to be | |
804 | + | 18 licensed under this Article. The first year of all licenses | |
805 | + | 19 ends on June 30 following one full year of the license being | |
806 | + | 20 issued. | |
807 | + | 21 The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | |
808 | + | 22 State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | |
809 | + | 23 rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | |
810 | + | 24 licenses and endorsements under this Section. | |
811 | + | 25 (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) | |
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822 | + | 1 have successfully completed an approved educator | |
823 | + | 2 preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | |
824 | + | 3 the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | |
825 | + | 4 program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | |
826 | + | 5 testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | |
827 | + | 6 successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | |
828 | + | 7 the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | |
829 | + | 8 the exceptional child, including without limitation | |
830 | + | 9 children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | |
831 | + | 10 successfully completed coursework in methods of reading | |
832 | + | 11 and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other | |
833 | + | 12 criteria established by rule of the State Board of | |
834 | + | 13 Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License. | |
835 | + | 14 All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30 | |
836 | + | 15 immediately following 5 years of the license being issued. | |
837 | + | 16 The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with | |
838 | + | 17 specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is | |
839 | + | 18 eligible to practice. For an early childhood education | |
840 | + | 19 endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student | |
841 | + | 20 teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher | |
842 | + | 21 preparation program through placement in a setting with | |
843 | + | 22 children from birth through grade 2, and the individual | |
844 | + | 23 may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The | |
845 | + | 24 student teaching experience must meet the requirements of | |
846 | + | 25 and be approved by the individual's early childhood | |
847 | + | 26 teacher preparation program. | |
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858 | + | 1 Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | |
859 | + | 2 Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | |
860 | + | 3 shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | |
861 | + | 4 in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable | |
862 | + | 5 content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | |
863 | + | 6 (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | |
864 | + | 7 License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | |
865 | + | 8 that limits the license holder to one particular position | |
866 | + | 9 or does not require completion of an approved educator | |
867 | + | 10 program or both. | |
868 | + | 11 An individual with an Educator License with | |
869 | + | 12 Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | |
870 | + | 13 any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | |
871 | + | 14 who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | |
872 | + | 15 An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | |
873 | + | 16 with the following endorsements: | |
874 | + | 17 (A) (Blank). | |
875 | + | 18 (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | |
876 | + | 19 alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | |
877 | + | 20 Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | |
878 | + | 21 applicant who, at the time of applying for the | |
879 | + | 22 endorsement, has done all of the following: | |
880 | + | 23 (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | |
881 | + | 24 college or university with a minimum of a | |
882 | + | 25 bachelor's degree. | |
883 | + | 26 (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | |
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894 | + | 1 the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | |
895 | + | 2 Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | |
896 | + | 3 Code. | |
897 | + | 4 (iii) Passed a content area test, as required | |
898 | + | 5 under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
899 | + | 6 The alternative provisional educator endorsement is | |
900 | + | 7 valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a | |
901 | + | 8 third year by an individual meeting the requirements set | |
902 | + | 9 forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | |
903 | + | 10 (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | |
904 | + | 11 alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | |
905 | + | 12 an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | |
906 | + | 13 holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | |
907 | + | 14 superintendent in a school district's central office. | |
908 | + | 15 This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | |
909 | + | 16 who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | |
910 | + | 17 done all of the following: | |
911 | + | 18 (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | |
912 | + | 19 college or university with a minimum of a master's | |
913 | + | 20 degree in a management field other than education. | |
914 | + | 21 (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | |
915 | + | 22 years in a management level position in a field | |
916 | + | 23 other than education. | |
917 | + | 24 (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | |
918 | + | 25 of an alternative route to superintendent | |
919 | + | 26 endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 | |
920 | + | ||
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930 | + | 1 of this Code. | |
931 | + | 2 (iv) Passed a content area test required under | |
932 | + | 3 Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
933 | + | 4 The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | |
934 | + | 5 order to complete one full year of serving as a | |
935 | + | 6 superintendent or assistant superintendent. | |
936 | + | 7 (D) (Blank). | |
937 | + | 8 (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | |
938 | + | 9 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
939 | + | 10 with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | |
940 | + | 11 has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | |
941 | + | 12 regionally accredited institution of higher education | |
942 | + | 13 or an accredited trade and technical institution and | |
943 | + | 14 has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | |
944 | + | 15 education in each area to be taught. | |
945 | + | 16 The career and technical educator endorsement on | |
946 | + | 17 an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | |
947 | + | 18 June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | |
948 | + | 19 endorsement being issued and may be renewed. | |
949 | + | 20 An individual who holds a valid career and | |
950 | + | 21 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
951 | + | 22 with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's | |
952 | + | 23 degree may substitute teach in career and technical | |
953 | + | 24 education classrooms. | |
954 | + | 25 (F) (Blank). | |
955 | + | 26 (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | |
956 | + | ||
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966 | + | 1 transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | |
967 | + | 2 Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | |
968 | + | 3 the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | |
969 | + | 4 with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | |
970 | + | 5 provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets | |
971 | + | 6 all of the following requirements: | |
972 | + | 7 (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | |
973 | + | 8 writing ability in the language other than English | |
974 | + | 9 in which transitional bilingual education is | |
975 | + | 10 offered. | |
976 | + | 11 (ii) Has the ability to successfully | |
977 | + | 12 communicate in English. | |
978 | + | 13 (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | |
979 | + | 14 previous to his or her applying for a transitional | |
980 | + | 15 bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | |
981 | + | 16 comparable teaching certificate or comparable | |
982 | + | 17 authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | |
983 | + | 18 a degree from an institution of higher learning in | |
984 | + | 19 a foreign country that the State Educator | |
985 | + | 20 Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | |
986 | + | 21 the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | |
987 | + | 22 regionally accredited institution of higher | |
988 | + | 23 learning in the United States. | |
989 | + | 24 A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | |
990 | + | 25 shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, | |
991 | + | 26 is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | |
992 | + | ||
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1002 | + | 1 of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be | |
1003 | + | 2 renewed. | |
1004 | + | 3 Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | |
1005 | + | 4 endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | |
1006 | + | 5 presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | |
1007 | + | 6 replaced for any reason. | |
1008 | + | 7 (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | |
1009 | + | 8 alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | |
1010 | + | 9 other than English in the public schools, an | |
1011 | + | 10 individual who holds an Educator License with | |
1012 | + | 11 Stipulations may also apply for a language | |
1013 | + | 12 endorsement, provided that the applicant provides | |
1014 | + | 13 satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the | |
1015 | + | 14 following requirements: | |
1016 | + | 15 (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | |
1017 | + | 16 endorsement. | |
1018 | + | 17 (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | |
1019 | + | 18 language for which the endorsement is to be issued | |
1020 | + | 19 by passing the applicable language content test | |
1021 | + | 20 required by the State Board of Education. | |
1022 | + | 21 (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | |
1023 | + | 22 a regionally accredited institution of higher | |
1024 | + | 23 education or, for individuals educated in a | |
1025 | + | 24 country other than the United States, holds a | |
1026 | + | 25 degree from an institution of higher learning in a | |
1027 | + | 26 foreign country that the State Educator | |
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1038 | + | 1 Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | |
1039 | + | 2 the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | |
1040 | + | 3 regionally accredited institution of higher | |
1041 | + | 4 learning in the United States. | |
1042 | + | 5 (iv) (Blank). | |
1043 | + | 6 A language endorsement on an Educator License with | |
1044 | + | 7 Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | |
1045 | + | 8 grade 12 for the same validity period as the | |
1046 | + | 9 individual's transitional bilingual educator | |
1047 | + | 10 endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | |
1048 | + | 11 and shall not be renewed. | |
1049 | + | 12 (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | |
1050 | + | 13 international educator endorsement on an Educator | |
1051 | + | 14 License with Stipulations may be issued to an | |
1052 | + | 15 individual who is being recruited by a particular | |
1053 | + | 16 school district that conducts formal recruitment | |
1054 | + | 17 programs outside of the United States to secure the | |
1055 | + | 18 services of qualified teachers and who meets all of | |
1056 | + | 19 the following requirements: | |
1057 | + | 20 (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | |
1058 | + | 21 bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | |
1059 | + | 22 (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | |
1060 | + | 23 grade level for which he or she will be employed. | |
1061 | + | 24 (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | |
1062 | + | 25 subject to be taught. | |
1063 | + | 26 (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | |
1064 | + | ||
1065 | + | ||
1066 | + | ||
1067 | + | ||
1068 | + | ||
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1074 | + | 1 language. | |
1075 | + | 2 A holder of a visiting international educator | |
1076 | + | 3 endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | |
1077 | + | 4 shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | |
1078 | + | 5 programs in the language that was the medium of | |
1079 | + | 6 instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | |
1080 | + | 7 provided that he or she passes the English Language | |
1081 | + | 8 Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | |
1082 | + | 9 skills in English identified by the State Board of | |
1083 | + | 10 Education, in consultation with the State Educator | |
1084 | + | 11 Preparation and Licensure Board. | |
1085 | + | 12 A visiting international educator endorsement on | |
1086 | + | 13 an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5 | |
1087 | + | 14 years and shall not be renewed. | |
1088 | + | 15 (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | |
1089 | + | 16 educator endorsement on an Educator License with | |
1090 | + | 17 Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | |
1091 | + | 18 high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | |
1092 | + | 19 (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | |
1093 | + | 20 semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | |
1094 | + | 21 institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a | |
1095 | + | 22 paraprofessional competency test under subsection | |
1096 | + | 23 (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years | |
1097 | + | 24 of age and will be using the Educator License with | |
1098 | + | 25 Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten | |
1099 | + | 26 through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age | |
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1110 | + | 1 of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a | |
1111 | + | 2 paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this | |
1112 | + | 3 subparagraph (J). The paraprofessional educator | |
1113 | + | 4 endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | |
1114 | + | 5 following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and | |
1115 | + | 6 may be renewed through application and payment of the | |
1116 | + | 7 appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of | |
1117 | + | 8 this Code. An individual who holds only a | |
1118 | + | 9 paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject | |
1119 | + | 10 to additional requirements in order to renew the | |
1120 | + | 11 endorsement. | |
1121 | + | 12 (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | |
1122 | + | 13 business official endorsement on an Educator License | |
1123 | + | 14 with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | |
1124 | + | 15 qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | |
1125 | + | 16 years of full-time administrative experience in school | |
1126 | + | 17 business management or 2 years of university-approved | |
1127 | + | 18 practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | |
1128 | + | 19 hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | |
1129 | + | 20 State Board of Education for the preparation of school | |
1130 | + | 21 business administrators and by passage of the | |
1131 | + | 22 applicable State tests, including an applicable | |
1132 | + | 23 content area test. | |
1133 | + | 24 The chief school business official endorsement may | |
1134 | + | 25 also be affixed to the Educator License with | |
1135 | + | 26 Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a | |
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1146 | + | 1 master's degree in business administration, finance, | |
1147 | + | 2 accounting, or public administration and who completes | |
1148 | + | 3 an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | |
1149 | + | 4 business management from a regionally accredited | |
1150 | + | 5 institution of higher education and passes the | |
1151 | + | 6 applicable State tests, including an applicable | |
1152 | + | 7 content area test. This endorsement shall be required | |
1153 | + | 8 for any individual employed as a chief school business | |
1154 | + | 9 official. | |
1155 | + | 10 The chief school business official endorsement on | |
1156 | + | 11 an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | |
1157 | + | 12 June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | |
1158 | + | 13 endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the | |
1159 | + | 14 license holder completes renewal requirements as | |
1160 | + | 15 required for individuals who hold a Professional | |
1161 | + | 16 Educator License endorsed for chief school business | |
1162 | + | 17 official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | |
1163 | + | 18 rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | |
1164 | + | 19 Education. | |
1165 | + | 20 The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules | |
1166 | + | 21 necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | |
1167 | + | 22 (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | |
1168 | + | 23 in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | |
1169 | + | 24 with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | |
1170 | + | 25 completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation | |
1171 | + | 26 program at an Illinois institution of higher education | |
1172 | + | ||
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1176 | + | ||
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1182 | + | 1 and who has not successfully completed an | |
1183 | + | 2 evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | |
1184 | + | 3 who meets all of the following requirements: | |
1185 | + | 4 (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | |
1186 | + | 5 (ii) Has completed an approved educator | |
1187 | + | 6 preparation program at an Illinois institution. | |
1188 | + | 7 (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | |
1189 | + | 8 test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
1190 | + | 9 (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | |
1191 | + | 10 assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | |
1192 | + | 11 minimum score on that assessment, as established | |
1193 | + | 12 by the State Board of Education in consultation | |
1194 | + | 13 with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | |
1195 | + | 14 Board. | |
1196 | + | 15 A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | |
1197 | + | 16 Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | |
1198 | + | 17 full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | |
1199 | + | 18 be renewed. | |
1200 | + | 19 (M) (Blank). | |
1201 | + | 20 (N) Specialized services. A specialized services | |
1202 | + | 21 endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | |
1203 | + | 22 may be issued as defined and specified by rule. | |
1204 | + | 23 (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | |
1205 | + | 24 License may be issued to qualified applicants for | |
1206 | + | 25 substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | |
1207 | + | 26 prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | |
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1218 | + | 1 Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | |
1219 | + | 2 a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's | |
1220 | + | 3 degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution | |
1221 | + | 4 of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved | |
1222 | + | 5 educator preparation program in this State and have earned | |
1223 | + | 6 at least 90 credit hours. | |
1224 | + | 7 Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | |
1225 | + | 8 Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | |
1226 | + | 9 teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | |
1227 | + | 10 has had his or her Professional Educator License or | |
1228 | + | 11 Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, | |
1229 | + | 12 then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | |
1230 | + | 13 Substitute Teaching License. | |
1231 | + | 14 A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | |
1232 | + | 15 licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | |
1233 | + | 16 board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | |
1234 | + | 17 contract because of an emergency situation, then a | |
1235 | + | 18 district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer | |
1236 | + | 19 than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the | |
1237 | + | 20 district if the district notifies the appropriate regional | |
1238 | + | 21 office of education within 5 business days after the | |
1239 | + | 22 employment of the substitute teacher in the emergency | |
1240 | + | 23 situation. An emergency situation is one in which an | |
1241 | + | 24 unforeseen vacancy has occurred and (i) a teacher is | |
1242 | + | 25 unable to fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) | |
1243 | + | 26 teacher capacity needs of the district exceed previous | |
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1254 | + | 1 indications, and the district is actively engaged in | |
1255 | + | 2 advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the | |
1256 | + | 3 vacant position. | |
1257 | + | 4 There is no limit on the number of days that a | |
1258 | + | 5 substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | |
1259 | + | 6 provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | |
1260 | + | 7 than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year | |
1261 | + | 8 through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school | |
1262 | + | 9 days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | |
1263 | + | 10 same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a | |
1264 | + | 11 Professional Educator License or Educator License with | |
1265 | + | 12 Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days | |
1266 | + | 13 for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same | |
1267 | + | 14 school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on the | |
1268 | + | 15 number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not | |
1269 | + | 16 apply to any school district operating under Article 34 of | |
1270 | + | 17 this Code. | |
1271 | + | 18 A school district may not require an individual who | |
1272 | + | 19 holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator | |
1273 | + | 20 License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | |
1274 | + | 21 Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | |
1275 | + | 22 (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | |
1276 | + | 23 on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2028 2023, applicants | |
1277 | + | 24 may apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of | |
1278 | + | 25 may issue a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. A | |
1279 | + | 26 Short-Term Substitute Teaching License may be issued to a | |
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1290 | + | 1 qualified applicant for substitute teaching in all grades | |
1291 | + | 2 of the public schools, prekindergarten through grade 12. | |
1292 | + | 3 Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not eligible | |
1293 | + | 4 for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term Substitute | |
1294 | + | 5 Teaching License must hold an associate's degree or have | |
1295 | + | 6 completed at least 60 credit hours from a regionally | |
1296 | + | 7 accredited institution of higher education. | |
1297 | + | 8 Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for | |
1298 | + | 9 substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an | |
1299 | + | 10 individual has had his or her Professional Educator | |
1300 | + | 11 License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or | |
1301 | + | 12 revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | |
1302 | + | 13 Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | |
1303 | + | 14 The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this | |
1304 | + | 15 Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. | |
1305 | + | 16 An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | |
1306 | + | 17 License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per | |
1307 | + | 18 licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | |
1308 | + | 19 absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who | |
1309 | + | 20 is under contract, a school district may not hire an | |
1310 | + | 21 individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | |
1311 | + | 22 License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due | |
1312 | + | 23 to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | |
1313 | + | 24 Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual | |
1314 | + | 25 holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must | |
1315 | + | 26 complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or | |
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1326 | + | 1 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public | |
1327 | + | 2 school. Short-term substitute teaching licenses under this | |
1328 | + | 3 Section are valid for 5 years. This paragraph (4) is | |
1329 | + | 4 inoperative on and after July 1, 2023. | |
1330 | + | 5 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; | |
1331 | + | 6 101-594, eff. 12-5-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-711, eff. | |
1332 | + | 7 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22; 102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, | |
1333 | + | 8 eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; revised 12-13-22.) | |
1334 | + | 9 (105 ILCS 5/21B-50) | |
1335 | + | 10 Sec. 21B-50. Alternative Educator Licensure Program. | |
1336 | + | 11 (a) There is established an alternative educator licensure | |
1337 | + | 12 program, to be known as the Alternative Educator Licensure | |
1338 | + | 13 Program for Teachers. | |
1339 | + | 14 (b) The Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | |
1340 | + | 15 Teachers may be offered by a recognized institution approved | |
1341 | + | 16 to offer educator preparation programs by the State Board of | |
1342 | + | 17 Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | |
1343 | + | 18 and Licensure Board. | |
1344 | + | 19 The program shall be comprised of up to 3 4 phases: | |
1345 | + | 20 (1) A course of study that at a minimum includes | |
1346 | + | 21 instructional planning; instructional strategies, | |
1347 | + | 22 including special education, reading, and English language | |
1348 | + | 23 learning; classroom management; and the assessment of | |
1349 | + | 24 students and use of data to drive instruction. | |
1350 | + | 25 (2) A year of residency, which is a candidate's | |
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1361 | + | 1 assignment to a full-time teaching position or as a | |
1362 | + | 2 co-teacher for one full school year. An individual must | |
1363 | + | 3 hold an Educator License with Stipulations with an | |
1364 | + | 4 alternative provisional educator endorsement in order to | |
1365 | + | 5 enter the residency. In residency, the candidate must: be | |
1366 | + | 6 assigned an effective, fully licensed teacher by the | |
1367 | + | 7 principal or principal equivalent to act as a mentor and | |
1368 | + | 8 coach the candidate through residency, and must complete | |
1369 | + | 9 additional program requirements that address required | |
1370 | + | 10 State and national standards, pass the State Board's | |
1371 | + | 11 teacher performance assessment no later than the end of | |
1372 | + | 12 the first semester of the second year of residency, as | |
1373 | + | 13 required under phase (3) of this subsection (b), and be | |
1374 | + | 14 recommended by the principal or qualified equivalent of a | |
1375 | + | 15 principal, as required under subsection (d) of this | |
1376 | + | 16 Section, and the program coordinator to be recommended for | |
1377 | + | 17 full licensure or to continue with a the second year of the | |
1378 | + | 18 residency. | |
1379 | + | 19 (3) (Blank). A second year of residency, which shall | |
1380 | + | 20 include the candidate's assignment to a full-time teaching | |
1381 | + | 21 position for one school year. The candidate must be | |
1382 | + | 22 assigned an experienced teacher to act as a mentor and | |
1383 | + | 23 coach the candidate through the second year of residency. | |
1384 | + | 24 (4) A comprehensive assessment of the candidate's | |
1385 | + | 25 teaching effectiveness, as evaluated by the principal or | |
1386 | + | 26 qualified equivalent of a principal, as required under | |
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1397 | + | 1 subsection (d) of this Section, and the program | |
1398 | + | 2 coordinator, at the end of either the first or the second | |
1399 | + | 3 year of residency. If there is disagreement between the 2 | |
1400 | + | 4 evaluators about the candidate's teaching effectiveness at | |
1401 | + | 5 the end of the first year of residency, a second year of | |
1402 | + | 6 residency shall be required. If there is disagreement | |
1403 | + | 7 between the 2 evaluators at the end of the second year of | |
1404 | + | 8 residency, the candidate may complete one additional year | |
1405 | + | 9 of residency teaching under a professional development | |
1406 | + | 10 plan developed by the principal or qualified equivalent | |
1407 | + | 11 and the preparation program. At the completion of the | |
1408 | + | 12 third year, a candidate must have positive evaluations and | |
1409 | + | 13 a recommendation for full licensure from both the | |
1410 | + | 14 principal or qualified equivalent and the program | |
1411 | + | 15 coordinator or no Professional Educator License shall be | |
1412 | + | 16 issued. | |
1413 | + | 17 Successful completion of the program shall be deemed to | |
1414 | + | 18 satisfy any other practice or student teaching and content | |
1415 | + | 19 matter requirements established by law. | |
1416 | + | 20 (c) An alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | |
1417 | + | 21 Educator License with Stipulations is valid for up to 2 years | |
1418 | + | 22 of teaching in the public schools, including without | |
1419 | + | 23 limitation a preschool educational program under Section | |
1420 | + | 24 2-3.71 of this Code or charter school, or in a | |
1421 | + | 25 State-recognized nonpublic school in which the chief | |
1422 | + | 26 administrator is required to have the licensure necessary to | |
1423 | + | ||
1424 | + | ||
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1433 | + | 1 be a principal in a public school in this State and in which a | |
1434 | + | 2 majority of the teachers are required to have the licensure | |
1435 | + | 3 necessary to be instructors in a public school in this State, | |
1436 | + | 4 but may be renewed for a third year if needed to complete the | |
1437 | + | 5 Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers. The | |
1438 | + | 6 endorsement shall be issued only once to an individual who | |
1439 | + | 7 meets all of the following requirements: | |
1440 | + | 8 (1) Has graduated from a regionally accredited college | |
1441 | + | 9 or university with a bachelor's degree or higher. | |
1442 | + | 10 (2) (Blank). | |
1443 | + | 11 (3) Has completed a major in the content area if | |
1444 | + | 12 seeking a middle or secondary level endorsement or, if | |
1445 | + | 13 seeking an early childhood, elementary, or special | |
1446 | + | 14 education endorsement, has completed a major in the | |
1447 | + | 15 content area of early childhood reading, English/language | |
1448 | + | 16 arts, mathematics, or one of the sciences. If the | |
1449 | + | 17 individual does not have a major in a content area for any | |
1450 | + | 18 level of teaching, he or she must submit transcripts to | |
1451 | + | 19 the State Board of Education to be reviewed for | |
1452 | + | 20 equivalency. | |
1453 | + | 21 (4) Has successfully completed phase (1) of subsection | |
1454 | + | 22 (b) of this Section. | |
1455 | + | 23 (5) Has passed a content area test required for the | |
1456 | + | 24 specific endorsement for admission into the program, as | |
1457 | + | 25 required under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | |
1458 | + | 26 A candidate possessing the alternative provisional | |
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1469 | + | 1 educator endorsement may receive a salary, benefits, and any | |
1470 | + | 2 other terms of employment offered to teachers in the school | |
1471 | + | 3 who are members of an exclusive bargaining representative, if | |
1472 | + | 4 any, but a school is not required to provide these benefits | |
1473 | + | 5 during the years of residency if the candidate is serving only | |
1474 | + | 6 as a co-teacher. If the candidate is serving as the teacher of | |
1475 | + | 7 record, the candidate must receive a salary, benefits, and any | |
1476 | + | 8 other terms of employment. Residency experiences must not be | |
1477 | + | 9 counted towards tenure. | |
1478 | + | 10 (d) The recognized institution offering the Alternative | |
1479 | + | 11 Educator Licensure Program for Teachers must partner with a | |
1480 | + | 12 school district, including without limitation a preschool | |
1481 | + | 13 educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this Code or | |
1482 | + | 14 charter school, or a State-recognized, nonpublic school in | |
1483 | + | 15 this State in which the chief administrator is required to | |
1484 | + | 16 have the licensure necessary to be a principal in a public | |
1485 | + | 17 school in this State and in which a majority of the teachers | |
1486 | + | 18 are required to have the licensure necessary to be instructors | |
1487 | + | 19 in a public school in this State. A recognized institution | |
1488 | + | 20 that partners with a public school district administering a | |
1489 | + | 21 preschool educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this | |
1490 | + | 22 Code must require a principal to recommend or evaluate | |
1491 | + | 23 candidates in the program. A recognized institution that | |
1492 | + | 24 partners with an eligible entity administering a preschool | |
1493 | + | 25 educational program under Section 2-3.71 of this Code and that | |
1494 | + | 26 is not a public school district must require a principal or | |
1495 | + | ||
1496 | + | ||
1497 | + | ||
1498 | + | ||
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1505 | + | 1 qualified equivalent of a principal to recommend or evaluate | |
1506 | + | 2 candidates in the program. The program presented for approval | |
1507 | + | 3 by the State Board of Education must demonstrate the supports | |
1508 | + | 4 that are to be provided to assist the provisional teacher | |
1509 | + | 5 during the 1-year or 2-year residency period and if the | |
1510 | + | 6 residency period is to be less than 2 years in length, | |
1511 | + | 7 assurances from the partner school districts to provide | |
1512 | + | 8 intensive mentoring and supports through at least the end of | |
1513 | + | 9 the second full year of teaching for educators who completed | |
1514 | + | 10 the Alternative Educators Licensure Program in less than 2 | |
1515 | + | 11 years. These supports must, at a minimum, provide additional | |
1516 | + | 12 contact hours with mentors during the first year of residency. | |
1517 | + | 13 (e) Upon completion of the 4 phases under paragraphs (1), | |
1518 | + | 14 (2), (4), and, if needed, (3) outlined in subsection (b) of | |
1519 | + | 15 this Section and all assessments required under Section 21B-30 | |
1520 | + | 16 of this Code, an individual shall receive a Professional | |
1521 | + | 17 Educator License. | |
1522 | + | 18 (f) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | |
1523 | + | 19 State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | |
1524 | + | 20 rules as may be necessary to establish and implement the | |
1525 | + | 21 Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers. | |
1526 | + | 22 (Source: P.A. 100-596, eff. 7-1-18; 100-822, eff. 1-1-19; | |
1527 | + | 23 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; 101-570, eff. 8-23-19; 101-643, eff. | |
1528 | + | 24 6-18-20; 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.) | |
1529 | + | 25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |
1530 | + | 26 becoming law. | |
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