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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2211 Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 105 ILCS 5/21-11.3 | from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3 |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
teacher certification.
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| | SB2211 | | LRB097 08021 NHT 48142 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 21-11.3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21-11.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3)
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| 7 | | Sec. 21-11.3. Resident teacher certificate. A resident |
| 8 | | teacher
certificate shall be valid for 4 years for employment |
| 9 | | as a resident
teacher
in a public school. It shall be issued |
| 10 | | only to persons who have graduated
from a regionally accredited |
| 11 | | institution of higher education
with a bachelor's degree,
who |
| 12 | | are enrolled in a program of preparation approved by the
the |
| 13 | | State
Superintendent of Education in consultation with the |
| 14 | | State Teacher
Certification Board, and who have passed the |
| 15 | | appropriate tests as required
in Section 21-1a and as |
| 16 | | determined by the State Board of
Education. A resident teacher |
| 17 | | certificate may be issued for
teaching children through grade 3 |
| 18 | | or for grades K-9, 6-12, or K-12 in a
special subject area and |
| 19 | | may not be renewed. A resident teacher may teach
only under the |
| 20 | | direction of a certified teacher
as the resident
teacher's |
| 21 | | mentor and shall not teach in place of a certified teacher.
The
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| 22 | | holder of a resident teacher certificate shall be deemed to |
| 23 | | have satisfied
the requirements for the issuance of a Standard |