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Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
Filed: 3/3/2025
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1584
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1584 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 21B-120 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-120 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 21B-120. Short-Term Approval credential. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "serious health condition" |
| 9 | | has the same meaning as set forth in the federal Family and |
| 10 | | Medical Leave Act of 1993. |
| 11 | | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the |
| 12 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may develop, |
| 13 | | by rules, a credential valid for an individual to serve as an |
| 14 | | educator in a specific education area or grade range for a |
| 15 | | temporary period of time and upon meeting the conditions set |
| 16 | | forth in those rules. Such a credential shall be known as a |
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| 1 | | Short-Term Approval. A Short-Term Approval may be issued on an |
| 2 | | existing educator license or may stand alone, as applicable to |
| 3 | | the particular Short-Term Approval. |
| 4 | | (c) A Short-Term Approval shall have an expiration date |
| 5 | | without the ability to renew. Before the expiration of an |
| 6 | | educator's Short-Term Approval, the educator must obtain a |
| 7 | | license or endorsement in the same specific education area or |
| 8 | | grade range as the Short-Term Approval. If the educator does |
| 9 | | not obtain the required license or endorsement in the specific |
| 10 | | education area or grade range and the Short-Term Approval |
| 11 | | expires, the educator is not eligible to continue serving as |
| 12 | | an educator in the specific education area or grade range. |
| 13 | | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the |
| 14 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may consider |
| 15 | | extending the expiration date of the educator's Short-Term |
| 16 | | Approval if the educator can demonstrate that a serious health |
| 17 | | condition inhibited the educator's ability to timely apply for |
| 18 | | and receive the license or endorsement for the specific |
| 19 | | education area or grade range for which the Short-Term |
| 20 | | Approval was issued. An educator may receive only one |
| 21 | | extension for each Short-Term Approval, and the extension must |
| 22 | | not exceed one year.". |