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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2950 Introduced , by Rep. Laura Faver Dias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index Amends the School Code. Allows, if an assessment is determined to be non-uniform, a provisional in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations to be issued to a candidate who has completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois institution of higher education and who has not successfully completed an applicable content area test but who: holds at least a bachelor's degree; has completed an approved educator preparation program at an Illinois institution; has passed an evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness; and has attempted an applicable content area test that has been determined to be non-uniform and has not attempted any uniform content area tests. Provides that the process by which the State Board of Education evaluates content area tests shall be public information and shall be made available on the website of the State Board. Requires the State Board to evaluate each content area test after it has been administered for at least 10 months, but not more than 12 months, and shall determine that a content test is non-uniform. Provides that if a content test is determined to be non-uniform, the State Board shall: convene one or more committees to review the content, bias, and passing score requirements of that content test and recommend changes to improve uniformity; offer the most recent uniform content area test for the same license or endorsement as an option until the new assessment is determined to be uniform; provide an opportunity to attempt the most recent uniform content area test for the same license or endorsement to candidates who attempted but did not pass the most recent version of the content area test; and implement a process by which candidates who attempted but did not pass the content test may apply for provisional licensure. Provides that if the State Board finds that the content area test forms available as of January 1, 2025 are not uniform in the level of difficulty as compared to previous forms of those exams, any candidate for licensure who attempted any content area test in the form that was available as of January 1, 2025, and whose best scores in each subsection of the same content area exam, taken across multiple attempts on the same form of the exam, equal or exceed the passing score for that content area exam as of January 1, 2025, shall be determined to have passed that content area exam. LRB104 08422 LNS 18474 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2950 Introduced , by Rep. Laura Faver Dias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index See Index Amends the School Code. Allows, if an assessment is determined to be non-uniform, a provisional in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations to be issued to a candidate who has completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois institution of higher education and who has not successfully completed an applicable content area test but who: holds at least a bachelor's degree; has completed an approved educator preparation program at an Illinois institution; has passed an evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness; and has attempted an applicable content area test that has been determined to be non-uniform and has not attempted any uniform content area tests. Provides that the process by which the State Board of Education evaluates content area tests shall be public information and shall be made available on the website of the State Board. Requires the State Board to evaluate each content area test after it has been administered for at least 10 months, but not more than 12 months, and shall determine that a content test is non-uniform. Provides that if a content test is determined to be non-uniform, the State Board shall: convene one or more committees to review the content, bias, and passing score requirements of that content test and recommend changes to improve uniformity; offer the most recent uniform content area test for the same license or endorsement as an option until the new assessment is determined to be uniform; provide an opportunity to attempt the most recent uniform content area test for the same license or endorsement to candidates who attempted but did not pass the most recent version of the content area test; and implement a process by which candidates who attempted but did not pass the content test may apply for provisional licensure. Provides that if the State Board finds that the content area test forms available as of January 1, 2025 are not uniform in the level of difficulty as compared to previous forms of those exams, any candidate for licensure who attempted any content area test in the form that was available as of January 1, 2025, and whose best scores in each subsection of the same content area exam, taken across multiple attempts on the same form of the exam, equal or exceed the passing score for that content area exam as of January 1, 2025, shall be determined to have passed that content area exam. LRB104 08422 LNS 18474 b LRB104 08422 LNS 18474 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the School Code. Allows, if an assessment is determined to be non-uniform, a provisional in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations to be issued to a candidate who has completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois institution of higher education and who has not successfully completed an applicable content area test but who: holds at least a bachelor's degree; has completed an approved educator preparation program at an Illinois institution; has passed an evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness; and has attempted an applicable content area test that has been determined to be non-uniform and has not attempted any uniform content area tests. Provides that the process by which the State Board of Education evaluates content area tests shall be public information and shall be made available on the website of the State Board. Requires the State Board to evaluate each content area test after it has been administered for at least 10 months, but not more than 12 months, and shall determine that a content test is non-uniform. Provides that if a content test is determined to be non-uniform, the State Board shall: convene one or more committees to review the content, bias, and passing score requirements of that content test and recommend changes to improve uniformity; offer the most recent uniform content area test for the same license or endorsement as an option until the new assessment is determined to be uniform; provide an opportunity to attempt the most recent uniform content area test for the same license or endorsement to candidates who attempted but did not pass the most recent version of the content area test; and implement a process by which candidates who attempted but did not pass the content test may apply for provisional licensure. Provides that if the State Board finds that the content area test forms available as of January 1, 2025 are not uniform in the level of difficulty as compared to previous forms of those exams, any candidate for licensure who attempted any content area test in the form that was available as of January 1, 2025, and whose best scores in each subsection of the same content area exam, taken across multiple attempts on the same form of the exam, equal or exceed the passing score for that content area exam as of January 1, 2025, shall be determined to have passed that content area exam.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning education.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
15	15	5 21B-20 and 21B-30 as follows:
16	16	6 (105 ILCS 5/21B-20)
17	17	7 Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of
18	18	8 Education shall implement a system of educator licensure,
19	19	9 whereby individuals employed in school districts who are
20	20	10 required to be licensed must have one of the following
21	21	11 licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an
22	22	12 educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute
23	23	13 teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2028, a short-term
24	24	14 substitute teaching license. References in law regarding
25	25	15 individuals certified or certificated or required to be
26	26	16 certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall
27	27	17 also include individuals licensed or required to be licensed
28	28	18 under this Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June
29	29	19 30 following one full year of the license being issued.
30	30	20 The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
31	31	21 State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such
32	32	22 rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for
33	33	23 licenses and endorsements under this Section.
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40	40	Amends the School Code. Allows, if an assessment is determined to be non-uniform, a provisional in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations to be issued to a candidate who has completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois institution of higher education and who has not successfully completed an applicable content area test but who: holds at least a bachelor's degree; has completed an approved educator preparation program at an Illinois institution; has passed an evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness; and has attempted an applicable content area test that has been determined to be non-uniform and has not attempted any uniform content area tests. Provides that the process by which the State Board of Education evaluates content area tests shall be public information and shall be made available on the website of the State Board. Requires the State Board to evaluate each content area test after it has been administered for at least 10 months, but not more than 12 months, and shall determine that a content test is non-uniform. Provides that if a content test is determined to be non-uniform, the State Board shall: convene one or more committees to review the content, bias, and passing score requirements of that content test and recommend changes to improve uniformity; offer the most recent uniform content area test for the same license or endorsement as an option until the new assessment is determined to be uniform; provide an opportunity to attempt the most recent uniform content area test for the same license or endorsement to candidates who attempted but did not pass the most recent version of the content area test; and implement a process by which candidates who attempted but did not pass the content test may apply for provisional licensure. Provides that if the State Board finds that the content area test forms available as of January 1, 2025 are not uniform in the level of difficulty as compared to previous forms of those exams, any candidate for licensure who attempted any content area test in the form that was available as of January 1, 2025, and whose best scores in each subsection of the same content area exam, taken across multiple attempts on the same form of the exam, equal or exceed the passing score for that content area exam as of January 1, 2025, shall be determined to have passed that content area exam.
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68	68	1 (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i)
69	69	2 have successfully completed an approved educator
70	70	3 preparation program and are recommended for licensure by
71	71	4 the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation
72	72	5 program, (ii) have successfully completed the required
73	73	6 testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have
74	74	7 successfully completed coursework on the psychology of,
75	75	8 the identification of, and the methods of instruction for
76	76	9 the exceptional child, including, without limitation,
77	77	10 children with learning disabilities, (iv) have
78	78	11 successfully completed coursework in methods of reading
79	79	12 and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other
80	80	13 criteria established by rule of the State Board of
81	81	14 Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License.
82	82	15 All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30
83	83	16 immediately following 5 years of the license being issued.
84	84	17 The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with
85	85	18 specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is
86	86	19 eligible to practice. For an early childhood education
87	87	20 endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student
88	88	21 teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher
89	89	22 preparation program through placement in a setting with
90	90	23 children from birth through grade 2, and the individual
91	91	24 may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The
92	92	25 student teaching experience must meet the requirements of
93	93	26 and be approved by the individual's early childhood
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104	104	1 teacher preparation program.
105	105	2 Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the
106	106	3 Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements
107	107	4 shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework
108	108	5 in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable
109	109	6 content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule.
110	110	7 (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator
111	111	8 License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement
112	112	9 that limits the license holder to one particular position
113	113	10 or does not require completion of an approved educator
114	114	11 program or both.
115	115	12 An individual with an Educator License with
116	116	13 Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or
117	117	14 any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher
118	118	15 who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason.
119	119	16 An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued
120	120	17 with the following endorsements:
121	121	18 (A) (Blank).
122	122	19 (B) Alternative provisional educator. An
123	123	20 alternative provisional educator endorsement on an
124	124	21 Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an
125	125	22 applicant who, at the time of applying for the
126	126	23 endorsement, has done all of the following:
127	127	24 (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited
128	128	25 college or university with a minimum of a
129	129	26 bachelor's degree.
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140	140	1 (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of
141	141	2 the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for
142	142	3 Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this
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144	144	5 (iii) Passed a content area test, as required
145	145	6 under Section 21B-30 of this Code.
146	146	7 The alternative provisional educator endorsement is
147	147	8 valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a
148	148	9 third year by an individual meeting the requirements set
149	149	10 forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code.
150	150	11 (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An
151	151	12 alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on
152	152	13 an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the
153	153	14 holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant
154	154	15 superintendent in a school district's central office.
155	155	16 This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant
156	156	17 who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has
157	157	18 done all of the following:
158	158	19 (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited
159	159	20 college or university with a minimum of a master's
160	160	21 degree in a management field other than education.
161	161	22 (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5
162	162	23 years in a management level position in a field
163	163	24 other than education.
164	164	25 (iii) Successfully completed the first phase
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176	176	1 endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55
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178	178	3 (iv) Passed a content area test required under
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180	180	5 The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in
181	181	6 order to complete one full year of serving as a
182	182	7 superintendent or assistant superintendent.
183	183	8 (D) (Blank).
184	184	9 (E) Career and technical educator. A career and
185	185	10 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
186	186	11 with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who
187	187	12 has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a
188	188	13 regionally accredited institution of higher education
189	189	14 or an accredited trade and technical institution and
190	190	15 has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of
191	191	16 education in each area to be taught.
192	192	17 The career and technical educator endorsement on
193	193	18 an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until
194	194	19 June 30 immediately following 5 years of the
195	195	20 endorsement being issued and may be renewed.
196	196	21 An individual who holds a valid career and
197	197	22 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
198	198	23 with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's
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201	201	26 An individual who holds a valid career and
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212	212	1 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
213	213	2 with Stipulations is entitled to all of the rights and
214	214	3 privileges granted to a holder of a Professional
215	215	4 Educator License.
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217	217	6 (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A
218	218	7 transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an
219	219	8 Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for
220	220	9 the purpose of providing instruction in accordance
221	221	10 with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who
222	222	11 provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets
223	223	12 all of the following requirements:
224	224	13 (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and
225	225	14 writing ability in the language other than English
226	226	15 in which transitional bilingual education is
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228	228	17 (ii) Has the ability to successfully
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230	230	19 (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years
231	231	20 previous to his or her applying for a transitional
232	232	21 bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and
233	233	22 comparable teaching certificate or comparable
234	234	23 authorization issued by a foreign country or holds
235	235	24 a degree from an institution of higher learning in
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248	248	1 the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a
249	249	2 regionally accredited institution of higher
250	250	3 learning in the United States.
251	251	4 A transitional bilingual educator endorsement
252	252	5 shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12,
253	253	6 is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years
254	254	7 of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be
255	255	8 renewed.
256	256	9 Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator
257	257	10 endorsement shall not be employed to replace any
258	258	11 presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be
259	259	12 replaced for any reason.
260	260	13 (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to
261	261	14 alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language
262	262	15 other than English in the public schools, an
263	263	16 individual who holds an Educator License with
264	264	17 Stipulations may also apply for a language
265	265	18 endorsement, provided that the applicant provides
266	266	19 satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the
267	267	20 following requirements:
268	268	21 (i) Holds a transitional bilingual
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270	270	23 (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the
271	271	24 language for which the endorsement is to be issued
272	272	25 by passing the applicable language content test
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284	284	1 (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from
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287	287	4 country other than the United States, holds a
288	288	5 degree from an institution of higher learning in a
289	289	6 foreign country that the State Educator
290	290	7 Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be
291	291	8 the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a
292	292	9 regionally accredited institution of higher
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295	295	12 A language endorsement on an Educator License with
296	296	13 Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through
297	297	14 grade 12 for the same validity period as the
298	298	15 individual's transitional bilingual educator
299	299	16 endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations
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301	301	18 (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting
302	302	19 international educator endorsement on an Educator
303	303	20 License with Stipulations may be issued to an
304	304	21 individual who is being recruited by a particular
305	305	22 school district that conducts formal recruitment
306	306	23 programs outside of the United States to secure the
307	307	24 services of qualified teachers and who meets all of
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320	320	1 bachelor's degree issued in the United States.
321	321	2 (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the
322	322	3 grade level for which he or she will be employed.
323	323	4 (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the
324	324	5 subject to be taught.
325	325	6 (iv) Has an adequate command of the English
326	326	7 language.
327	327	8 A holder of a visiting international educator
328	328	9 endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations
329	329	10 shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education
330	330	11 programs in the language that was the medium of
331	331	12 instruction in his or her teacher preparation program,
332	332	13 provided that he or she passes the English Language
333	333	14 Proficiency Examination or another test of writing
334	334	15 skills in English identified by the State Board of
335	335	16 Education, in consultation with the State Educator
336	336	17 Preparation and Licensure Board.
337	337	18 A visiting international educator endorsement on
338	338	19 an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5
339	339	20 years and shall not be renewed.
340	340	21 (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional
341	341	22 educator endorsement on an Educator License with
342	342	23 Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a
343	343	24 high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and
344	344	25 (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60
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356	356	1 institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a
357	357	2 paraprofessional competency test under subsection
358	358	3 (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years
359	359	4 of age and will be using the Educator License with
360	360	5 Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten
361	361	6 through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age
362	362	7 of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a
363	363	8 paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this
364	364	9 subparagraph (J). The paraprofessional educator
365	365	10 endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately
366	366	11 following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and
367	367	12 may be renewed through application and payment of the
368	368	13 appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of
369	369	14 this Code. An individual who holds only a
370	370	15 paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject
371	371	16 to additional requirements in order to renew the
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373	373	18 (K) Chief school business official. A chief school
374	374	19 business official endorsement on an Educator License
375	375	20 with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who
376	376	21 qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2
377	377	22 years of full-time administrative experience in school
378	378	23 business management or 2 years of university-approved
379	379	24 practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester
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392	392	1 business administrators and by passage of the
393	393	2 applicable State tests, including an applicable
394	394	3 content area test.
395	395	4 The chief school business official endorsement may
396	396	5 also be affixed to the Educator License with
397	397	6 Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a
398	398	7 master's degree in business administration, finance,
399	399	8 accounting, or public administration and who completes
400	400	9 an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school
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402	402	11 institution of higher education and passes the
403	403	12 applicable State tests, including an applicable
404	404	13 content area test. This endorsement shall be required
405	405	14 for any individual employed as a chief school business
406	406	15 official.
407	407	16 The chief school business official endorsement on
408	408	17 an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until
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410	410	19 endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the
411	411	20 license holder completes renewal requirements as
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414	414	23 official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such
415	415	24 rules as may be adopted by the State Board of
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428	428	1 necessary to implement Public Act 100-288.
429	429	2 (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional
430	430	3 in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License
431	431	4 with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has
432	432	5 completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation
433	433	6 program at an Illinois institution of higher education
434	434	7 and who has not successfully completed an
435	435	8 evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but
436	436	9 who meets all of the following requirements:
437	437	10 (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree.
438	438	11 (ii) Has completed an approved educator
439	439	12 preparation program at an Illinois institution.
440	440	13 (iii) Has passed an applicable content area
441	441	14 test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code.
442	442	15 (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based
443	443	16 assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a
444	444	17 minimum score on that assessment, as established
445	445	18 by the State Board of Education in consultation
446	446	19 with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
447	447	20 Board.
448	448	21 A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an
449	449	22 Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one
450	450	23 full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not
451	451	24 be renewed.
452	452	25 (M) Provisional in-state educator. If an
453	453	26 assessment is determined to be non-uniform according
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464	464	1 to subsection (i-5) of 21B-30, a provisional in-state
465	465	2 educator endorsement on an Educator License with
466	466	3 Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has
467	467	4 completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation
468	468	5 program at an Illinois institution of higher education
469	469	6 and who has not successfully completed an applicable
470	470	7 content area test but who meets all of the following
471	471	8 requirements:
472	472	9 (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree.
473	473	10 (ii) Has completed an approved educator
474	474	11 preparation program at an Illinois institution.
475	475	12 (iii) Has passed an evidence-based assessment
476	476	13 of teacher effectiveness, as required by Section
477	477	14 21B-30. If an evidence-based assessment of teacher
478	478	15 effectiveness is not required by Section 21B-30 at
479	479	16 the time a candidate applies for this provisional
480	480	17 in-state educator endorsement on an Educator
481	481	18 License with Stipulations, candidates shall not be
482	482	19 eligible under this subsection.
483	483	20 (iv) Has attempted an applicable content area
484	484	21 test that has been determined to be non-uniform
485	485	22 per subsection (i-5) of 21B-30 and has not
486	486	23 attempted any uniform content area tests.
487	487	24 A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an
488	488	25 Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one
489	489	26 full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not
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500	500	1 be renewed. (Blank).
501	501	2 (N) Specialized services. A specialized services
502	502	3 endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations
503	503	4 may be issued as defined and specified by rule.
504	504	5 (O) Provisional career and technical educator. A
505	505	6 provisional career and technical educator endorsement
506	506	7 on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued
507	507	8 to an applicant who has a minimum of 8,000 hours of
508	508	9 work experience in the skill for which the applicant
509	509	10 is seeking the endorsement. Each employing school
510	510	11 board and regional office of education shall provide
511	511	12 verification, in writing, to the State Superintendent
512	512	13 of Education at the time the application is submitted
513	513	14 that no qualified teacher holding a Professional
514	514	15 Educator License or an Educator License with
515	515	16 Stipulations with a career and technical educator
516	516	17 endorsement is available to teach and that actual
517	517	18 circumstances require such issuance.
518	518	19 A provisional career and technical educator
519	519	20 endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations
520	520	21 is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years
521	521	22 of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed.
522	522	23 An individual who holds a provisional career and
523	523	24 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
524	524	25 with Stipulations may teach as a substitute teacher in
525	525	26 career and technical education classrooms.
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536	536	1 An individual who holds a provisional career and
537	537	2 technical educator endorsement on an Educator License
538	538	3 with Stipulations is entitled to all of the rights and
539	539	4 privileges granted to a holder of a Professional
540	540	5 Educator License.
541	541	6 (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching
542	542	7 License may be issued to qualified applicants for
543	543	8 substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools,
544	544	9 prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching
545	545	10 Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for
546	546	11 a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's
547	547	12 degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution
548	548	13 of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved
549	549	14 educator preparation program in this State and have earned
550	550	15 at least 90 credit hours.
551	551	16 Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years.
552	552	17 Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute
553	553	18 teaching in every county of this State. If an individual
554	554	19 has had his or her Professional Educator License or
555	555	20 Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked,
556	556	21 then that individual is not eligible to obtain a
557	557	22 Substitute Teaching License.
558	558	23 A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a
559	559	24 licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing
560	560	25 board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under
561	561	26 contract because of an emergency situation, then a
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572	572	1 district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer
573	573	2 than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the
574	574	3 district if the district notifies the appropriate regional
575	575	4 office of education within 5 business days after the
576	576	5 employment of the substitute teacher in that vacant
577	577	6 position. A district may continue to employ that same
578	578	7 substitute teacher in that same vacant position for 90
579	579	8 calendar days or until the end of the semester, whichever
580	580	9 is greater, if, prior to the expiration of the
581	581	10 30-calendar-day period then current, the district files a
582	582	11 written request with the appropriate regional office of
583	583	12 education for a 30-calendar-day extension on the basis
584	584	13 that the position remains vacant and the district
585	585	14 continues to actively seek qualified candidates and
586	586	15 provides documentation that it has provided training
587	587	16 specific to the position, including training on meeting
588	588	17 the needs of students with disabilities and English
589	589	18 learners if applicable. Each extension request shall be
590	590	19 granted in writing by the regional office of education. An
591	591	20 emergency situation is one in which an unforeseen vacancy
592	592	21 has occurred and (i) a teacher is unexpectedly unable to
593	593	22 fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) teacher
594	594	23 capacity needs of the district exceed previous indications
595	595	24 or vacancies are unfilled due to a lack of qualified
596	596	25 candidates, and the district is actively engaged in
597	597	26 advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the
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608	608	1 vacant position.
609	609	2 There is no limit on the number of days that a
610	610	3 substitute teacher may teach in a single school district,
611	611	4 provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer
612	612	5 than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year
613	613	6 through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school
614	614	7 days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the
615	615	8 same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a
616	616	9 Professional Educator License or Educator License with
617	617	10 Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days
618	618	11 for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same
619	619	12 school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on the
620	620	13 number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not
621	621	14 apply to any school district operating under Article 34 of
622	622	15 this Code.
623	623	16 A school district may not require an individual who
624	624	17 holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator
625	625	18 License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute
626	626	19 Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher.
627	627	20 (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning
628	628	21 on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2028, applicants may
629	629	22 apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of a
630	630	23 Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. A Short-Term
631	631	24 Substitute Teaching License may be issued to a qualified
632	632	25 applicant for substitute teaching in all grades of the
633	633	26 public schools, prekindergarten through grade 12.
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644	644	1 Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not eligible
645	645	2 for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term Substitute
646	646	3 Teaching License must hold an associate's degree or have
647	647	4 completed at least 60 credit hours from a regionally
648	648	5 accredited institution of higher education.
649	649	6 Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for
650	650	7 substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an
651	651	8 individual has had his or her Professional Educator
652	652	9 License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or
653	653	10 revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a
654	654	11 Short-Term Substitute Teaching License.
655	655	12 The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this
656	656	13 Code apply to short-term substitute teachers.
657	657	14 An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching
658	658	15 License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per
659	659	16 licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher
660	660	17 absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who
661	661	18 is under contract, a school district may not hire an
662	662	19 individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching
663	663	20 License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due
664	664	21 to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the
665	665	22 Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual
666	666	23 holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must
667	667	24 complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or
668	668	25 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public
669	669	26 school. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses under this
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680	680	1 Section are valid for 5 years.
681	681	2 (Source: P.A. 102-711, eff. 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22;
682	682	3 102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff.
683	683	4 5-20-22; 103-111, eff. 6-29-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23;
684	684	5 103-193, eff. 1-1-24; 103-564, eff. 11-17-23; 103-617, eff.
685	685	6 7-1-24.)
686	686	7 (105 ILCS 5/21B-30)
687	687	8 Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing.
688	688	9 (a) (Blank).
689	689	10 (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
690	690	11 State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design
691	691	12 and implement a system of examinations, which shall be
692	692	13 required prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These
693	693	14 examinations and indicators must be based on national and
694	694	15 State professional teaching standards, as determined by the
695	695	16 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
696	696	17 Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. The State Board of
697	697	18 Education may adopt such rules as may be necessary to
698	698	19 implement and administer this Section.
699	699	20 (c) (Blank).
700	700	21 (c-5) The State Board must adopt rules to implement a
701	701	22 paraprofessional competency test. This test would allow an
702	702	23 applicant seeking an Educator License with Stipulations with a
703	703	24 paraprofessional educator endorsement to obtain the
704	704	25 endorsement if he or she passes the test and meets the other
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715	715	1 requirements of subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of Section
716	716	2 21B-20 other than the higher education requirements.
717	717	3 (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be
718	718	4 required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area
719	719	5 of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There
720	720	6 shall be no exception to this requirement.
721	721	7 (d-5) The State Board shall consult with any applicable
722	722	8 vendors within 90 days after July 28, 2023 (the effective date
723	723	9 of Public Act 103-402) to develop a plan to transition the test
724	724	10 of content area knowledge in the endorsement area of
725	725	11 elementary education, grades one through 6, by July 1, 2026 to
726	726	12 a content area test that contains testing elements that cover
727	727	13 bilingualism, biliteracy, oral language development,
728	728	14 foundational literacy skills, and developmentally appropriate
729	729	15 higher-order comprehension and on which a valid and reliable
730	730	16 language and literacy subscore can be determined. The State
731	731	17 Board shall base its rules concerning the passing subscore on
732	732	18 the language and literacy portion of the test on the
733	733	19 recommended cut-score determined in the formal
734	734	20 standard-setting process. Candidates need not achieve a
735	735	21 particular subscore in the area of language and literacy. The
736	736	22 State Board shall aggregate and publish the number of
737	737	23 candidates in each preparation program who take the test and
738	738	24 the number who pass the language and literacy portion.
739	739	25 (e) (Blank).
740	740	26 (f) Beginning on August 4, 2023 (the effective date of
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751	751	1 Public Act 103-488) through August 31, 2025, no candidate
752	752	2 completing a teacher preparation program in this State or
753	753	3 candidate subject to Section 21B-35 of this Code is required
754	754	4 to pass a teacher performance assessment. Except as otherwise
755	755	5 provided in this Article, beginning on September 1, 2015 until
756	756	6 August 4, 2023 (the effective date of Public Act 103-488) and
757	757	7 beginning again on September 1, 2025, all candidates
758	758	8 completing teacher preparation programs in this State and all
759	759	9 candidates subject to Section 21B-35 of this Code are required
760	760	10 to pass a teacher performance assessment approved by the State
761	761	11 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator
762	762	12 Preparation and Licensure Board. A candidate may not be
763	763	13 required to submit test materials by video submission. Subject
764	764	14 to appropriation, an individual who holds a Professional
765	765	15 Educator License and is employed for a minimum of one school
766	766	16 year by a school district designated as Tier 1 under Section
767	767	17 18-8.15 may, after application to the State Board, receive
768	768	18 from the State Board a refund for any costs associated with
769	769	19 completing the teacher performance assessment under this
770	770	20 subsection.
771	771	21 (f-5) The Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force is
772	772	22 created to evaluate potential performance-based and objective
773	773	23 teacher performance assessment systems for implementation
774	774	24 across all educator preparation programs in this State, with
775	775	25 the intention of ensuring consistency across programs and
776	776	26 supporting a thoughtful and well-rounded licensure system.
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787	787	1 Members appointed to the Task Force must reflect the racial,
788	788	2 ethnic, and geographic diversity of this State. The Task Force
789	789	3 shall consist of all of the following members:
790	790	4 (1) One member of the Senate, appointed by the
791	791	5 President of the Senate.
792	792	6 (2) One member of the Senate, appointed by the
793	793	7 Minority Leader of the Senate.
794	794	8 (3) One member of the House of Representatives,
795	795	9 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
796	796	10 (4) One member of the House of Representatives,
797	797	11 appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
798	798	12 Representatives.
799	799	13 (5) One member who represents a statewide professional
800	800	14 teachers' organization, appointed by the State
801	801	15 Superintendent of Education.
802	802	16 (6) One member who represents a different statewide
803	803	17 professional teachers' organization, appointed by the
804	804	18 State Superintendent of Education.
805	805	19 (7) One member from a statewide organization
806	806	20 representing school principals, appointed by the State
807	807	21 Superintendent of Education.
808	808	22 (8) One member from a statewide organization
809	809	23 representing regional superintendents of schools,
810	810	24 appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
811	811	25 (9) One member from a statewide organization
812	812	26 representing school administrators, appointed by the State
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823	823	1 Superintendent of Education.
824	824	2 (10) One member representing a school district
825	825	3 organized under Article 34 of this Code, appointed by the
826	826	4 State Superintendent of Education.
827	827	5 (11) One member of an association representing rural
828	828	6 and small schools, appointed by the State Superintendent
829	829	7 of Education.
830	830	8 (12) One member representing a suburban school
831	831	9 district, appointed by the State Superintendent of
832	832	10 Education.
833	833	11 (13) One member from a statewide organization
834	834	12 representing school districts in the southern suburbs of
835	835	13 the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent
836	836	14 of Education.
837	837	15 (14) One member from a statewide organization
838	838	16 representing large unit school districts, appointed by the
839	839	17 State Superintendent of Education.
840	840	18 (15) One member from a statewide organization
841	841	19 representing school districts in the collar counties of
842	842	20 the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent
843	843	21 of Education.
844	844	22 (16) Three members, each representing a different
845	845	23 public university in this State and each a current member
846	846	24 of the faculty of an approved educator preparation
847	847	25 program, appointed by the State Superintendent of
848	848	26 Education.
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859	859	1 (17) Three members, each representing a different
860	860	2 4-year nonpublic university or college in this State and
861	861	3 each a current member of the faculty of an approved
862	862	4 educator preparation program, appointed by the State
863	863	5 Superintendent of Education.
864	864	6 (18) One member of the Board of Higher Education,
865	865	7 appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
866	866	8 (19) One member representing a statewide policy
867	867	9 organization advocating on behalf of multilingual students
868	868	10 and families, appointed by the State Superintendent of
869	869	11 Education.
870	870	12 (20) One member representing a statewide organization
871	871	13 focused on research-based education policy to support a
872	872	14 school system that prepares all students for college, a
873	873	15 career, and democratic citizenship, appointed by the State
874	874	16 Superintendent of Education.
875	875	17 (21) Two members representing an early childhood
876	876	18 advocacy organization, appointed by the State
877	877	19 Superintendent of Education.
878	878	20 (22) One member representing a statewide organization
879	879	21 that partners with educator preparation programs and
880	880	22 school districts to support the growth and development of
881	881	23 preservice teachers, appointed by the State Superintendent
882	882	24 of Education.
883	883	25 (23) One member representing a statewide organization
884	884	26 that advocates for educational equity and racial justice
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895	895	1 in schools, appointed by the State Superintendent of
896	896	2 Education.
897	897	3 (24) One member representing a statewide organization
898	898	4 that represents school boards, appointed by the State
899	899	5 Superintendent of Education.
900	900	6 (25) One member who has, within the last 5 years,
901	901	7 served as a cooperating teacher, appointed by the State
902	902	8 Superintendent of Education.
903	903	9 Members of the Task Force shall serve without
904	904	10 compensation. The Task Force shall first meet at the call of
905	905	11 the State Superintendent of Education, and each subsequent
906	906	12 meeting shall be called by the chairperson of the Task Force,
907	907	13 who shall be designated by the State Superintendent of
908	908	14 Education. The State Board of Education shall provide
909	909	15 administrative and other support to the Task Force.
910	910	16 On or before October 31, 2024, the Task Force shall report
911	911	17 on its work, including recommendations on a teacher
912	912	18 performance assessment system in this State, to the State
913	913	19 Board of Education and the General Assembly. The Task Force is
914	914	20 dissolved upon submission of this report.
915	915	21 (g) The content area knowledge test and the teacher
916	916	22 performance assessment shall be the tests that from time to
917	917	23 time are designated by the State Board of Education, in
918	918	24 consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
919	919	25 Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing
920	920	26 organization or tests designed by the State Board of
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931	931	1 Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation
932	932	2 and Licensure Board. The test of content area knowledge shall
933	933	3 assess content knowledge in a specific subject field. The
934	934	4 tests must be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no
935	935	5 person taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis
936	936	6 of race, color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to
937	937	7 the person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The
938	938	8 score required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State
939	939	9 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator
940	940	10 Preparation and Licensure Board. The State Board of
941	941	11 Education's rules for scoring the content area knowledge test
942	942	12 may include scoring and retaking of each test section
943	943	13 separately and independently. The tests shall be administered
944	944	14 not fewer than 3 times a year at such time and place as may be
945	945	15 designated by the State Board of Education, in consultation
946	946	16 with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board.
947	947	17 The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess
948	948	18 the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of
949	949	19 applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under
950	950	20 subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this
951	951	21 Code in the English language and in the language of the
952	952	22 transitional bilingual education program requested by the
953	953	23 applicant.
954	954	24 (g-5) The process by which the State Board of Education,
955	955	25 or any entity designated by the State Board of Education,
956	956	26 evaluates content area tests to determine content validity,
957	957
958	958
959	959
960	960
961	961
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963	963
964	964
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967	967	1 absence of bias, or scores required to pass shall be public
968	968	2 information and shall be made available on the website of the
969	969	3 State Board of Education, including, but not limited to:
970	970	4 (1) details related to the process by which members
971	971	5 are selected to form a committee or group to make such
972	972	6 determinations;
973	973	7 (2) the names, titles, and organizational affiliations
974	974	8 of the members of any such group;
975	975	9 (3) the agendas and minutes of each meeting of any
976	976	10 such group, except that the complete text of individual
977	977	11 test questions shall not be public information if they
978	978	12 remain in the bank of questions to be used in active
979	979	13 content area tests; however, minutes of the discussion of
980	980	14 the content of those individual questions shall be public
981	981	15 to the maximum extent practicable that does not provide
982	982	16 candidates an advantage in correctly answering those
983	983	17 questions; and
984	984	18 (4) any determinations, recommendations, or decisions
985	985	19 made by any such group regarding tests or individual test
986	986	20 items.
987	987	21 (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the
988	988	22 provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school
989	989	23 district subject to Article 34 of this Code.
990	990	24 (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the
991	991	25 testing requirements under this Section shall include, without
992	992	26 limitation, provisions governing test selection, test
993	993
994	994
995	995
996	996
997	997
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999	999
1000	1000
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1003	1003	1 validation, and determination of a passing score,
1004	1004	2 administration of the tests, frequency of administration,
1005	1005	3 applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the
1006	1006	4 years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special
1007	1007	5 accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop
1008	1008	6 such rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to
1009	1009	7 year in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment.
1010	1010	8 (i-5) The State Board shall evaluate each content area
1011	1011	9 test after it has been administered for at least 10 months, but
1012	1012	10 not more than 12 months, and shall determine that a content
1013	1013	11 test is non-uniform if, in the first fiscal year in which it is
1014	1014	12 available:
1015	1015	13 (1) the overall percentage of candidates passing that
1016	1016	14 form of the content area test is 10 or more percentage
1017	1017	15 points lower than the percentage of candidates who passed
1018	1018	16 the most recent uniform content area test required by the
1019	1019	17 State Board for the same license or endorsement in either
1020	1020	18 of the 2 preceding fiscal years; or
1021	1021	19 (2) the percentage of candidates, in any demographic
1022	1022	20 subgroup comprising at least 10 total test attempts,
1023	1023	21 passing that form of the content area test is 15 or more
1024	1024	22 percentage points lower than the percentage of candidates
1025	1025	23 in that demographic subgroup who passed the previous form
1026	1026	24 of that content area test in either of the 2 preceding
1027	1027	25 fiscal years for which that demographic subgroup comprised
1028	1028	26 at least 10 total test attempts.
1029	1029
1030	1030
1031	1031
1032	1032
1033	1033
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1035	1035
1036	1036
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1039	1039	1 An assessment first introduced prior to January 1, 2017
1040	1040	2 shall be considered uniform, and an assessment introduced on
1041	1041	3 or after January 1, 2017 that does not meet the criteria in
1042	1042	4 paragraph (1) or (2) shall be considered uniform.
1043	1043	5 If a content test is determined to be non-uniform as
1044	1044	6 described in this Section, the State Board of Education shall:
1045	1045	7 (1) convene, or require any applicable vendors to
1046	1046	8 convene, one or more committees to review the content,
1047	1047	9 bias, and passing score requirements of that content test
1048	1048	10 and recommend changes to improve uniformity, subject to
1049	1049	11 the transparency guidelines in subsection (g-5);
1050	1050	12 (2) offer, or require any applicable vendors to offer,
1051	1051	13 the most recent uniform content area test required by the
1052	1052	14 State Board for the same license or endorsement as an
1053	1053	15 option until the new assessment is determined to be
1054	1054	16 uniform;
1055	1055	17 (3) provide, or require any applicable vendors to
1056	1056	18 provide, an opportunity to attempt the most recent uniform
1057	1057	19 content area test required by the State Board for the same
1058	1058	20 license or endorsement to candidates who attempted but did
1059	1059	21 not pass the most recent version of the content area test,
1060	1060	22 at no cost to these candidates; and
1061	1061	23 (4) implement a process by which candidates who
1062	1062	24 attempted but did not pass the content test may apply for
1063	1063	25 provisional licensure as described in paragraph (M) of
1064	1064	26 subsection (2) of Section 21-20B.
1065	1065
1066	1066
1067	1067
1068	1068
1069	1069
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1071	1071
1072	1072
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1075	1075	1 (i-10) If the State Board finds that the content area test
1076	1076	2 forms available as of January 1, 2025 are not uniform in the
1077	1077	3 level of difficulty as compared to previous forms of those
1078	1078	4 exams, any candidate for licensure who attempted any content
1079	1079	5 area test in the form that was available as of January 1, 2025,
1080	1080	6 and whose best scores in each subsection of the same content
1081	1081	7 area exam, taken across multiple attempts on the same form of
1082	1082	8 the exam, equal or exceed the passing score for that content
1083	1083	9 area exam as of January 1, 2025, shall be determined to have
1084	1084	10 passed that content area exam.
1085	1085	11 This subsection is inoperable when each of the content
1086	1086	12 area test forms available as of January 1, 2025 have been
1087	1087	13 replaced by a new and uniform version of that content area
1088	1088	14 test.
1089	1089	15 (Source: P.A. 102-301, eff. 8-26-21; 103-402, eff. 7-28-23;
1090	1090	16 103-488, eff. 8-4-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-780, eff.
1091	1091	17 8-2-24; 103-811, eff. 8-9-24; 103-846, eff. 8-9-24.)
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1095	1095	1 INDEX
1096	1096	2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
1097	1097
1098	1098
1099	1099
1100	1100
1101	1101
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1103	1103
1104	1104
1105	1105
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1109	1109	2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
1110	1110
1111	1111
1112	1112
1113	1113
1114	1114
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