105 ILCS 5/34-83
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 34 - Cities Of Over 500,000 Inhabitants - Board Of Education

 (from Ch. 122, par. 34-83)Sec. 34-83.     Board of examiners - Certificates - Examinations.     A board of 3 examiners shall examine all applicants required to hold  certificates to teach and the board of education shall issue gratuitously  to those who pass a required test of character, scholarship and general  fitness, such certificates to teach as they are found entitled to receive.  No person may be granted or continue to hold a teaching certificate who has  knowingly altered or misrepresented his or her teaching  qualifications in  order to acquire the certificate.  Any other certificate held by such  person may be suspended or revoked by the board of examiners, depending  upon the severity of the alteration or misrepresentation.  The board of examiners shall consist of the general superintendent of schools  and 2 persons approved and appointed by  the board of education upon the nomination of the general superintendent  of schools. The board of  examiners shall hold such examinations as the board of education may  prescribe, upon the recommendation of the general superintendent of schools  and shall prepare all necessary eligible lists, which shall be kept in the  office of the general superintendent of schools and be open to public  inspection. Members of the board of examiners shall hold office for a term  of 2 years.The board of examiners created herein is abolished effective July 1,  1988.  Commencing July 1, 1988, all new teachers employed by the  board shall hold teaching certificates issued by the State  Teacher Certification Board under Article 21.  The State Board of Education  in consultation with the board of examiners  and the  State Teacher Certification Board shall develop procedures  whereby teachers currently holding valid certificates issued by the board  of examiners, and all teachers employed by the board  after August 1,  1985 and prior to July 1, 1988, shall no later than July 1, 1988 exchange  certificates issued by the board of examiners for comparable certificates  issued by the State Teacher Certification Board.  On the exchange of a  certificate on or before July 1, 1988, the State Teacher Certification  Board shall not require any additional qualifications for the issuance of  the comparable certificate.  If prior to July 1, 1988 the board of examiners has issued types of  teaching certificates which  are not comparable to the types of certificates issued by the State Teacher  Certification Board, such certificates shall continue to be valid for and  shall be renewable by the holders thereof, and no additional qualifications  shall be required by the State Teacher Certification Board for any such  renewal; however, no individual who received a letter of  continuing eligibility shall be issued an Initial or Standard Teaching  Certificate, as provided in Section 21-2 of this Code,  unless that individual also holds  such a valid and renewable certificate.The State Board of Education shall report by July 1, 1986, to the  Illinois General Assembly on the procedures for exchange it has developed  in consultation with the board of examiners and the State Teacher  Certification Board as required in this Section.    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)