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92_HB2425
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1 AN ACT with regard to education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Section 21-9 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-9)
7 Sec. 21-9. Substitute certificates and substitute
8 teaching.
9 (a) A substitute teacher's certificate may be issued for
10 teaching in all grades of the common schools. Such
11 certificate may be issued upon request of the regional
12 superintendent of schools of any region in which the teacher
13 is to teach. A substitute teacher's certificate is valid for
14 teaching in the public schools of any county. Such
15 certificate may be issued to persons who either (a) hold a
16 certificate valid for teaching in the common schools as
17 shown on the face of the certificate, (b) hold a bachelor of
18 arts degree from an institution of higher learning accredited
19 by the North Central Association or other comparable regional
20 accrediting association or have been graduated from a
21 recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
22 degree, or (c) have had 2 years of teaching experience and
23 meet such other rules and regulations as may be adopted by
24 the State Board of Education in consultation with the State
25 Teacher Certification Board. Such certificate shall expire
26 on June 30 in the fourth year from date of issue. Substitute
27 teacher's certificates are not subject to endorsement as
28 described in Section 21-1b of this Code.
29 (b) A teacher holding a substitute teacher's certificate
30 may teach only in the place of a certified teacher who is
31 under contract with the employing board and may teach only
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1 when no appropriate fully certified teacher is available to
2 teach in a substitute capacity. A teacher holding an early
3 childhood certificate, an elementary certificate, a high
4 school certificate, or a special certificate may also
5 substitute teach in grades K-12 but only in the place of a
6 certified teacher who is under contract with the employing
7 board. A substitute teacher may teach for an unlimited
8 number of days in a school district, provided that if the
9 substitute teacher teaches for a period exceeding 90 paid
10 school days or 450 paid school hours in the district in a
11 school term for 4 consecutive years, he or she must hold a
12 certificate issued under Section 21-2 of this Code to
13 continue to substitute teach. A substitute teacher may teach
14 only for a period not to exceed 90 paid school days or 450
15 paid school hours in any one school district in any one
16 school term. Where such teaching is partly on a daily and
17 partly on an hourly basis, a school day shall be considered
18 as 5 hours. The teaching limitations imposed by this
19 subsection upon teachers holding substitute certificates
20 shall not apply in any school district operating under
21 Article 34.
22 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.