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Sen. Scott M. Bennett
Filed: 3/10/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1991
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1991 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 21B-5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-5) |
| 7 | | Sec. 21B-5. Licensure powers of the State Board of |
| 8 | | Education.
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| 9 | | (a) Recognizing that
that the education of our citizens is |
| 10 | | the single most important influence on the prosperity and |
| 11 | | success of this State and recognizing that new developments in |
| 12 | | education require a flexible approach to our educational |
| 13 | | system, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the |
| 14 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall have the |
| 15 | | power and authority to do all of the following: |
| 16 | | (1) Set standards for teaching, supervising, or |
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| 1 | | otherwise holding licensed employment in the public |
| 2 | | schools of this State and administer the licensure process |
| 3 | | as provided in this Article. |
| 4 | | (2) Approve, evaluate, and sanction educator |
| 5 | | preparation programs. |
| 6 | | (3) Enter into agreements with other states relative to |
| 7 | | reciprocal approval of educator preparation programs. |
| 8 | | (4) Establish standards for the issuance of new types |
| 9 | | of educator licenses. |
| 10 | | (5) Establish a code of ethics for all educators. |
| 11 | | (6) Maintain a system of licensure examination aligned |
| 12 | | with standards determined by the State Board of Education. |
| 13 | | (7) Take such other action relating to the improvement |
| 14 | | of instruction in the public schools as is appropriate and |
| 15 | | consistent with applicable laws. |
| 16 | | (b) Only the State Superintendent of Education, acting in |
| 17 | | accordance with the applicable provisions of this Article and |
| 18 | | rules, shall have the authority to issue or endorse any license |
| 19 | | required for teaching, supervising, or otherwise holding |
| 20 | | licensed employment in the public schools; and no other State |
| 21 | | agency shall have any power or authority (i) to establish or |
| 22 | | prescribe any qualifications or other requirements applicable |
| 23 | | to the issuance or endorsement of any such license or (ii) to |
| 24 | | establish or prescribe any licensure or equivalent requirement |
| 25 | | that must be satisfied in order to teach, supervise, or hold |
| 26 | | licensed employment in the public schools.
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