Illinois Compiled Statutes 105 Schools: Article 21B - Educator Licensure

• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-5
  Licensure powers of the State Board of Education. (a) Recognizing that the education of our citizens is the single most important influence on the prosperity...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-10
  State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. (a) The State Teacher Certification Board, which had been established under Section 21-13 of the School Code prior to...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-15
  Qualifications of educators. (a) No one may be licensed to teach or supervise or be otherwise employed in the public schools of this State who...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-20
  Types of licenses. Before July 1, 2013, the State Board of Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, whereby individuals employed in school districts...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-25
  Endorsement on licenses. All licenses issued under paragraph (1) of Section 21B-20 of this Code shall be specifically endorsed by the State Board of Education...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-30
  Educator testing. (a) This Section applies beginning on July 1, 2012. (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-35
  Minimum requirements for educators trained in other states or countries. (a) All out-of-state applicants applying for a Professional Educator License must meet all of the...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-40
  Fees. (a) Beginning with the start of the new licensure system established pursuant to this Article, the following fees shall be charged to applicants: (1)...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-45
  Professional Educator License renewal. (a) Individuals holding a Professional Educator License are required to complete the licensure renewal requirements as specified in this Section, unless...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-50
  Alternative educator licensure program. (a) There is established an alternative educator licensure program, to be known as the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers. (b)...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-55
  Alternative route to superintendent endorsement. (a) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may approve programs designed...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-60
  Principal preparation programs. (a) It is the policy of this State that an essential element of improving student learning is supporting and employing highly effective...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-65
  National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Individuals holding certification issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards shall be issued a National Board for...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-70
  Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. (a) As used in this Section: "Poverty or low-performing school" means a school in academic early warning status or academic watch...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-75
  Suspension or revocation of license. (a) As used in this Section, "teacher" means any school district employee regularly required to be licensed, as provided in...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-80
  Conviction of certain offenses as grounds for revocation of license. (a) As used in this Section: "Narcotics offense" means any one or more of the...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-85
  Conviction of felony. (a) Whenever the holder of any license issued under this Article is employed by the school board of a school district, including...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-90
  Administrative Review Law. In this Section, "administrative decision" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-95
  Denial of recommendation for licensure. Each college or university providing an educator preparation program approved and recognized pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-100
  Licensure officers at higher education institutions. Licensure officers at higher education institutions shall adhere to this Code and any administrative rules adopted to implement this...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-105
  Granting of recognition; regional accreditation; definitions. (a) "Recognized", as used in this Article in connection with the word "school" or "institution", means such college, university,...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 21B-200
  Highly qualified teachers; physical and health education. A teacher who teaches physical education or health education in the public schools may meet the requirements for...

Last modified: February 18, 2015