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91_HB2660
LRB9100417NTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 14-1.09.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 14-1.09.1 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1)
8 Sec. 14-1.09.1. School psychological services. In the
9 public schools, school psychological services provided by
10 qualified specialists who hold Type 73 School Service
11 Personnel Certificates endorsed for school psychology issued
12 by the State Teacher Certification Board may include, but are
13 not limited to: (i) administration and interpretation of
14 psychological and educational evaluations; (ii) developing
15 school-based prevention programs, including violence
16 prevention programs; (iii) counseling with students, parents,
17 and teachers on educational and mental health issues; (iv)
18 acting as liaisons between public schools and community
19 agencies; (v) evaluating program effectiveness; (vi)
20 providing crisis intervention within the school setting;
21 (vii) helping teachers, parents, and others involved in the
22 educational process to provide optimum teaching and learning
23 conditions for all students; (viii) supervising school
24 psychologist interns enrolled in school psychology programs
25 that meet the standards established by the State Board of
26 Education; and (ix) screening of school enrollments to
27 identify children who should be referred for individual
28 study. Nothing in this Section prohibits other qualified
29 professionals, including licensed clinical psychologists,
30 from providing those services listed for which they are
31 appropriately trained.
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1 (Source: P.A. 89-339, eff. 8-17-95.)
2 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.