105 ILCS 5/14-9.01
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 14 - Children With Disabilities

 (from Ch. 122, par. 14-9.01)Sec. 14-9.01. Qualifications of teachers, other professional personnel  and necessary workers.   No person shall be employed to teach any class or  program authorized by this Article who does not hold a valid teacher's  license as provided by law and unless he has had such special training  as the State Board of Education may require.  No special license or  endorsement to a special license issued under Section 21B-30 of this Code shall be valid for teaching students with visual  disabilities unless the person to whom the license or endorsement is issued  has attained satisfactory performance on an examination that is designed to  assess competency in Braille reading and writing skills according to standards  that the State Board of Education may adopt.  Evidence of successfully  completing the examination of Braille reading and writing skills must be  submitted to the State Board of Education prior to an applicant's taking   of the content area test required under Section 21B-30 of this Code.  In addition to other requirements, a candidate for a teaching  license in the area of the deaf and hard of hearing granted by the  Illinois State Board of Education for teaching deaf and hard of hearing  students in grades pre-school through grade 12 must demonstrate a minimum  proficiency in sign language as determined by the Illinois State Board of  Education.  All other professional personnel employed in any class, service,  or program authorized by this Article shall hold such licenses and shall  have had such special training as the State Board of Education may require;  provided that in a school district organized under Article 34, the school  district may employ speech and language pathologists who are licensed under the  Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act but who do not  hold a license issued under this Code if the district certifies that  a chronic shortage of certified personnel exists.  Nothing contained in this  Act prohibits the school board from employing necessary workers to assist the  teacher with the special educational facilities, except that all such necessary  workers must have had such training as the State Board of Education may  require.No later than January 1, 1993, the State Board of Education shall develop,  in consultation with the Advisory Council on the Education of Children with  Disabilities and the Advisory Council on Bilingual Education, rules governing  the qualifications for certification of teachers and school service personnel  providing services to English learners receiving special  education and related services.The employment of any teacher in a special education program provided  for in Sections 14-1.01 to 14-14.01, inclusive, shall be subject to  the provisions of Sections 24-11 to 24-16, inclusive.  Any teacher  employed in a special education program, prior to the effective date of  this amendatory Act of 1987, in which 2 or more districts  participate shall enter upon contractual continued service in each of  the participating districts subject to the provisions of Sections 24-11  to 24-16, inclusive.  (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15.)