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92_SB1707
LRB9215398NTsb
1 AN ACT relating 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 21-11.3 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3)
7 Sec. 21-11.3. Resident teacher certificate. A resident
8 teacher certificate shall be valid for 3 2 years for
9 employment as a resident teacher in a public school. It
10 shall be issued only to persons who have graduated from a
11 regionally accredited institution of higher education with a
12 bachelor's degree, who are enrolled in a program of
13 preparation approved by the State Superintendent of Education
14 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
15 and who have passed the appropriate tests as required in
16 Section 21-1a and as determined by the State Board of
17 Education. A resident teacher certificate may be issued for
18 teaching children through grade 3 or for grades K-9, 6-12, or
19 K-12 in a special subject area and may not be renewed. A
20 resident teacher may teach only in conjunction with and under
21 the direction of a certified teacher as the resident
22 teacher's mentor and shall not teach in place of a certified
23 teacher.
24 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.