105 ILCS 5/10-22.34
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34)Sec. 10-22.34.     Non-certificated personnel.(a) School Boards may employ non-teaching personnel or utilize volunteer  personnel for:  (1) non-teaching duties not requiring instructional  judgment or evaluation of pupils; and (2) supervising study halls, long  distance teaching reception areas used incident to instructional programs  transmitted by electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,  and detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored extracurricular  activities.(b) School boards may further utilize volunteer non-certificated  personnel or employ non-certificated personnel to assist in the  instruction of pupils under the immediate supervision of a teacher,  holding a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching subject matter  or conducting activities. The teacher shall be continuously aware of the  non-certificated persons' activities and shall be able to control or  modify them. The State Board of Education, in consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board, shall determine  qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules for  determining the duties and activities to be assigned to such personnel.  In the determination of qualifications of such personnel, the State Board  of Education shall accept coursework earned in a recognized institution  or from an institution of higher learning accredited by the North Central  Association or other comparable regional accrediting association and shall  accept qualifications based on relevant life experiences as determined by the  State Board of Education by rule.(b-5) A school board may utilize volunteer personnel from a  regional School Crisis Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part of the  Safe to Learn Program established pursuant to Section 25 of the Illinois  Violence Prevention Act of 1995, to provide assistance to schools in times  of violence or other traumatic incidents within a school community by  providing crisis intervention services to lessen the effects of emotional  trauma on individuals and the community. The School Crisis Assistance  Team Steering Committee shall determine the qualifications for  volunteers.(c) School boards may also employ students holding a bachelor's degree  from a recognized institution of higher learning as teaching  interns when such students are enrolled in a college or university  internship program, which has prior approval by  the State Board of Education,  in consultation with the State Teacher Certification  Board, leading to a masters degree.Regional offices of education have the authority to initiate and  collaborate with institutions of higher learning to establish internship  programs referenced in this subsection (c).  The State Board of Education  has 90 days from receiving a written proposal to establish the internship  program to seek the State Teacher Certification Board's consultation on  the internship program.  If the State Board of Education does not consult  the State Teacher Certification Board within 90 days, the regional office  of education may seek the State Teacher Certification Board's  consultation without the State Board of Education's approval.(d) Nothing in this Section shall require constant supervision of a  student teacher enrolled in a student teaching course at a college or  university, provided such activity has the prior approval of the  representative of the higher education institution and teaching plans  have previously been discussed with and approved by the supervising  teacher and further provided that such teaching is within guidelines  established by the State Board of Education in consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board.    (Source: P.A. 92-200, eff. 1-1-02; 92-724, eff. 7-25-02; 93-332, eff. 1-1-04.)