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Public Act 103-0193 Public Act 0193 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
Public Act 103-0193 | HB3442 Enrolled | LRB103 29723 RJT 56128 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. 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) an | educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute | teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2023, a short-term | 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 | children with learning disabilities, (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. For an early childhood education | endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student | teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher | preparation program through placement in a setting with | children from birth through grade 2, and the individual | may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The | student teaching experience must meet the requirements of | and be approved by the individual's early childhood |
| teacher preparation program. | 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 and passage of the applicable | content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | (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) (Blank). | (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 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 content area test required under | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | order to complete one full year of serving as a | superintendent or assistant superintendent. | (D) (Blank). | (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 | or an accredited trade and technical institution and | has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience 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. | An individual who holds a valid career and | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's | degree may substitute teach in career and technical | education classrooms. | (F) (Blank). |
| (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) (Blank). | 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 5 | 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 | (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited | institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a | paraprofessional competency test under subsection | (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years | of age and will be using the Educator License with | Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten |
| through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age | of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a | paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this | subparagraph (J). 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. | (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | business official endorsement on an Educator License | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | years of full-time administrative experience in school | business management or 2 years of university-approved | practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | State Board of Education for the preparation of school | business administrators and by passage of the | applicable State tests, including an applicable | content area test. | The chief school business official endorsement may | also be affixed to the Educator License with |
| Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a | master's degree in business administration, finance, | accounting, or public administration and who completes | an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | business management from a regionally accredited | institution of higher education and passes the | applicable State tests, including an applicable | content area test. This endorsement shall be required | for any individual employed as a chief school business | official. | The chief school business official 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 | license holder completes renewal requirements as | required for individuals who hold a Professional | Educator License endorsed for chief school business | official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | Education. | The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules | necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation |
| program at an Illinois institution of higher education | and who has not successfully completed an | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | who meets all of the following requirements: | (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | (ii) Has completed an approved educator | preparation program at an Illinois institution. | (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | minimum score on that assessment, as established | by the State Board of Education in consultation | with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | Board. | A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | be renewed. | (M) (Blank). | (N) Specialized services. A specialized services | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | may be issued as defined and specified by rule. | (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 or must be enrolled in an approved | educator preparation program in this State and have earned | at least 90 credit hours. | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | 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, | 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 that vacant | position the emergency situation . A district may continue | to employ that same substitute teacher in that same vacant | position for 90 calendar days or until the end of the |
| semester, whichever is greater, if, prior to the | expiration of the 30-calendar-day period then current, the | district files a written request with the appropriate | regional office of education for a 30-calendar-day | extension on the basis that the position remains vacant | and the district continues to actively seek qualified | candidates and provides documentation that it has provided | training specific to the position, including training on | meeting the needs of students with disabilities and | English learners if applicable. Each extension request | shall be granted in writing by the regional office of | education. An emergency situation is one in which an | unforeseen vacancy has occurred and (i) a teacher is | unexpectedly unable to fulfill his or her contractual | duties or (ii) teacher capacity needs of the district | exceed previous indications or vacancies are unfilled due | to a lack of qualified candidates , 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 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year | through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 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. | A school district may not require an individual who | holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator | License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2023, the State Board of | Education may issue a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | License. A Short-Term Substitute Teaching License may be | issued to a qualified applicant for substitute teaching in | all grades of the public schools, prekindergarten through | grade 12. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not | eligible for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term | Substitute Teaching License must hold an associate's | degree or have completed at least 60 credit hours from a | regionally accredited institution of higher education. | Short-Term 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, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this | Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. | An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per | licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who | is under contract, a school district may not hire an | individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual | holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must | complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or | 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public | school. This paragraph (4) is inoperative on and after | July 1, 2023.
| (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-220, eff. 8-7-19; | 101-594, eff. 12-5-19; 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-711, eff. | 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22; 102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, | eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; revised 12-13-22.)
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Effective Date: 1/1/2024
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