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Public Act 098-0751 Public Act 0751 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
Public Act 098-0751 | SB0587 Enrolled | LRB098 04787 NHT 34815 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 21B-20 as follows: | (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. Before July 1, 2013, the | State Board of Education shall implement a system of educator | licensure, whereby individuals employed in school districts | who are required to be licensed must have one of the following | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) a | professional educator license with stipulations; or (iii) a | substitute teaching license. References in law regarding | individuals certified or certificated or required to be | certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall | also include individuals licensed or required to be licensed | under this Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June | 30 following one full year of the license being issued. | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | licenses and endorsements under this Section. | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) |
| have successfully completed an approved educator | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | the exceptional child, including without limitation the | learning disabled, (iv) have successfully completed | coursework in methods of reading and reading in the content | area, and (v) have met all other criteria established by | rule of the State Board of Education shall be issued a | Professional Educator License. All Professional Educator | Licenses are valid until June 30 immediately following 5 | years of the license being issued. The Professional | Educator License shall be endorsed with specific areas and | grade levels in which the individual is eligible to | practice. | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | in the endorsement area, unless otherwise specified by | rule, and passage of the applicable content area test. | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | that limits the license holder to one particular position |
| or does not require completion of an approved educator | program or both. | An individual with an Educator License with | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | with the following endorsements: | (A) Provisional educator. A provisional educator | endorsement in a specific content area or areas on an | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | applicant who holds an educator license with a minimum | of 15 semester hours in content coursework from another | state, U.S. territory, or foreign country and who, at | the time of applying for an Illinois license, does not | meet the minimum requirements under Section 21B-35 of | this Code, but does, at a minimum, meet both of the | following requirements: | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a | bachelor's degree, unless a master's degree is | required for the endorsement, from a regionally | accredited college or university or, for | individuals educated in a country other than the | United States, the equivalent of a minimum of a | bachelor's degree issued in the United States, | unless a master's degree is required for the |
| endorsement. | (ii) Has passed a test of basic skills and | content area test, as required by Section 21B-30 of | this Code. | However, a provisional educator endorsement for | principals may not be issued, nor may any person with a | provisional educator endorsement serve as a principal | in a public school in this State. In addition, | out-of-state applicants shall not receive a | provisional educator endorsement if the person | completed an alternative licensure program in another | state, unless the program has been determined to be | equivalent to Illinois program requirements. | Notwithstanding any other requirements of this | Section, a service member or spouse of a service member | may obtain a Professional Educator License with | Stipulations, and a provisional educator endorsement | in a specific content area or areas, if he or she holds | a valid teaching certificate or license in good | standing from another state, meets the qualifications | of educators outlined in Section 21B-15 of this Code, | and has not engaged in any misconduct that would | prohibit an individual from obtaining a license | pursuant to Illinois law, including without limitation | any administrative rules of the State Board of | Education; however, the service member or spouse may |
| not serve as a principal under the Professional | Educator License with Stipulations or provisional | educator endorsement. | In this Section, "service member" means any person | who, at the time of application under this Section, is | an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces | or any reserve component of the United States Armed | Forces or the National Guard of any state, | commonwealth, or territory of the United States or the | District of Columbia. | A provisional educator endorsement is valid until | June 30 immediately following 2 years of the license | being issued, during which time any remaining testing | and coursework deficiencies must be met. Failure to | satisfy all stated deficiencies shall mean the | individual, including any service member or spouse who | has obtained a Professional Educator License with | Stipulations and a provisional educator endorsement in | a specific content area or areas, is ineligible to | receive a Professional Educator License at that time. A | provisional educator endorsement on an Educator | License with Stipulations shall not be renewed. | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | applicant who, at the time of applying for the |
| endorsement, has done all of the following: | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | college or university with a minimum of a | bachelor's degree. | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | Code. | (iii) Passed a test of basic skills and content | area test, as required under Section 21B-30 of this | Code. | The alternative provisional educator endorsement | is valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for | a third year by an individual meeting the requirements | set forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | superintendent in a school district's central office. | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | done all of the following: | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | college or university with a minimum of a master's | degree in a management field other than education. |
| (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | years in a management level position in a field | other than education. | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | of an alternative route to superintendent | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 | of this Code. | (iv) Passed a test of basic skills and content | area tests required under Section 21B-30 of this | Code. | The endorsement may be registered for 2 fiscal | years in order to complete one full year of serving as | a superintendent or assistant superintendent. | (D) Resident teacher endorsement. A resident | teacher endorsement on an Educator License with | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who, at the | time of applying for the endorsement, has done all of | the following: | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | institution of higher education with a minimum of a | bachelor's degree. | (ii) Enrolled in an approved Illinois educator | preparation program. | (iii) Passed a test of basic skills and content | area test, as required under Section 21B-30 of this | Code. |
| The resident teacher endorsement on an Educator | License with Stipulations is valid for 4 years of | teaching and shall not be renewed. | A resident teacher may teach only under the | direction of a licensed teacher, who shall act as the | resident mentor teacher, and may not teach in place of | a licensed teacher.
A resident teacher endorsement on | an Educator License with Stipulations shall no longer | be valid after June 30, 2017. | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has | a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | regionally accredited institution of higher education , | has passed a test of basic skills required under | Section 21B-30 of this Code, and has a minimum of 2,000 | hours of experience in the last 10 years outside of | education in each area to be taught. | The career and technical educator endorsement on | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the | individual passes a test of basic skills, as required | under Section 21B-30 of this Code . | (F) Part-time provisional career and technical | educator or provisional career and technical educator. |
| A part-time provisional career and technical educator | endorsement or a provisional career and technical | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who has a | minimum of 8,000 hours of work experience in the skill | for which the applicant is seeking the endorsement. It | is the responsibility of each employing school board | and regional office of education to provide | verification, in writing, to the State Superintendent | of Education at the time the application is submitted | that no qualified teacher holding a Professional | Educator License or an Educator License with | Stipulations with a career and technical educator | endorsement is available and that actual circumstances | require such issuance. | The provisional career and technical educator | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of | the endorsement being issued and may be renewed only | one time for 5 years if the individual passes a test of | basic skills, as required under Section 21B-30 of this | Code, and has completed a minimum of 20 semester hours | from a regionally accredited institution. | A part-time provisional career and technical | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | Stipulations may be issued for teaching no more than 2 |
| courses of study for grades 6 through 12. The part-time | provisional career and technical educator endorsement | on an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | endorsement being issued and may be renewed for 5 years | if the individual makes application for renewal. | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all | of the following requirements: | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | writing ability in the language other than English | in which transitional bilingual education is | offered. | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | communicate in English. | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | comparable teaching certificate or comparable | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | a foreign country that the State Educator |
| Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | regionally accredited institution of higher | learning in the United States. | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, is | valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of | the endorsement being issued, and shall not be renewed. | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | replaced for any reason. | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | other than English in the public schools, an individual | who holds an Educator License with Stipulations may | also apply for a language endorsement, provided that | the applicant provides satisfactory evidence that he | or she meets all of the following requirements: | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | endorsement. | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | language for which the endorsement is to be issued | by passing the applicable language content test | required by the State Board of Education. | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from |
| a regionally accredited institution of higher | education or, for individuals educated in a | country other than the United States, holds a | degree from an institution of higher learning in a | foreign country that the State Educator | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | regionally accredited institution of higher | learning in the United States. | (iv) Has passed a test of basic skills, as | required under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | individual's transitional bilingual educator | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | and shall not be renewed. | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | international educator endorsement on an Educator | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | individual who is being recruited by a particular | school district that conducts formal recruitment | programs outside of the United States to secure the | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of the | following requirements: | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a |
| bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | subject to be taught. | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | language. | A holder of a visiting international educator | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | programs in the language that was the medium of | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | provided that he or she passes the English Language | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | skills in English identified by the State Board of | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | Preparation and Licensure Board. | A visiting international educator endorsement on | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 3 | years and shall not be renewed. | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | either holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited |
| institution of higher education or has passed a test of | basic skills required under Section 21B-30 of this | Code. The paraprofessional educator endorsement is | valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years of | the endorsement being issued and may be renewed through | application and payment of the appropriate fee, as | required under Section 21B-40 of this Code. An | individual who holds only a paraprofessional educator | endorsement is not subject to additional requirements | in order to renew the endorsement. | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's degree | or higher from a regionally accredited institution of | higher education. | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years and | may be renewed if the individual has passed a test of basic | skills, as authorized under Section 21B-30 of this Code. An | individual who has passed a test of basic skills for the | first licensure renewal is not required to retake the test | again for further renewals. | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual |
| has had his or her Professional Educator License or | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked or | has not met the renewal requirements for licensure, then | that individual is not eligible to obtain a Substitute | Teaching License. | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | contract because of an emergency situation, then a district | may employ a substitute teacher for no longer than 30 | calendar days per each vacant position in the district if | the district notifies the appropriate regional office of | education within 5 business days after the employment of | the substitute teacher in the emergency situation. An | emergency situation is one in which an unforeseen vacancy | has occurred and (i) a teacher is unable to fulfill his or | her contractual duties or (ii) teacher capacity needs of | the district exceed previous indications, and the district | is actively engaged in advertising to hire a fully licensed | teacher for the vacant position. | There is no limit on the number of days that a | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | than 90 school days for any one licensed teacher under | contract in the same school year. A substitute teacher who | holds a Professional Educator License or Educator License |
| with Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | same school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on | the number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do | not apply to any school district operating under Article 34 | of this Code.
| (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; 97-710, eff. 1-1-13; 98-28, | eff. 7-1-13.)
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Effective Date: 1/1/2015
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