Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1584 Compare Versions

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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1584 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/21B-23 new Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to allow an individual who has received a short-term approval license under the Illinois Administrative Code to extend the validity of the short-term approval license beyond the expiration date if the individual has taken leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Requires the State Board of Education to allow an extension beyond the expiration date equal to or greater than the number of days the individual took for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. LRB104 05031 LNS 15059 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1584 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/21B-23 new 105 ILCS 5/21B-23 new Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to allow an individual who has received a short-term approval license under the Illinois Administrative Code to extend the validity of the short-term approval license beyond the expiration date if the individual has taken leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Requires the State Board of Education to allow an extension beyond the expiration date equal to or greater than the number of days the individual took for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. LRB104 05031 LNS 15059 b LRB104 05031 LNS 15059 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1584 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	3	+	105 ILCS 5/21B-23 new 105 ILCS 5/21B-23 new
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	5	+	Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to allow an individual who has received a short-term approval license under the Illinois Administrative Code to extend the validity of the short-term approval license beyond the expiration date if the individual has taken leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Requires the State Board of Education to allow an extension beyond the expiration date equal to or greater than the number of days the individual took for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning education.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
7		-	5 21B-120 as follows:
8		-	6 (105 ILCS 5/21B-120 new)
9		-	7 Sec. 21B-120. Short-Term Approval credential.
10		-	8 (a) As used in this Section, "serious health condition"
11		-	9 has the same meaning as set forth in the federal Family and
12		-	10 Medical Leave Act of 1993.
13		-	11 (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
14		-	12 State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may develop,
15		-	13 by rules, a credential valid for an individual to serve as an
16		-	14 educator in a specific education area or grade range for a
17		-	15 temporary period of time and upon meeting the conditions set
18		-	16 forth in those rules. Such a credential shall be known as a
19		-	17 Short-Term Approval. A Short-Term Approval may be issued on an
20		-	18 existing educator license or may stand alone, as applicable to
21		-	19 the particular Short-Term Approval.
22		-	20 (c) A Short-Term Approval shall have an expiration date
23		-	21 without the ability to renew. Before the expiration of an
24		-	22 educator's Short-Term Approval, the educator must obtain a
25		-	23 license or endorsement in the same specific education area or
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34		-	1 grade range as the Short-Term Approval. If the educator does
35		-	2 not obtain the required license or endorsement in the specific
36		-	3 education area or grade range and the Short-Term Approval
37		-	4 expires, the educator is not eligible to continue serving as
38		-	5 an educator in the specific education area or grade range.
39		-	6 The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
40		-	7 State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may consider
41		-	8 extending the expiration date of the educator's Short-Term
42		-	9 Approval if the educator can demonstrate that a serious health
43		-	10 condition inhibited the educator's ability to timely apply for
44		-	11 and receive the license or endorsement for the specific
45		-	12 education area or grade range for which the Short-Term
46		-	13 Approval was issued. An educator may receive only one
47		-	14 extension for each Short-Term Approval, and the extension must
48		-	15 not exceed one year.
	19	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1584 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	20	+	105 ILCS 5/21B-23 new 105 ILCS 5/21B-23 new
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	22	+	Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to allow an individual who has received a short-term approval license under the Illinois Administrative Code to extend the validity of the short-term approval license beyond the expiration date if the individual has taken leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Requires the State Board of Education to allow an extension beyond the expiration date equal to or greater than the number of days the individual took for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
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