Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart F - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 25.480 - Supplemental Documentation and Review of Certain License Applications

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Section sets forth the requirements for supplemental
				  documentation and other information that an applicant must submit when the
				  applicant has provided an affirmative response or indicated noncompliance with
				  any of the requirements set forth in Sections
				  25.485 through 25.492 or has
				  knowingly misrepresented any qualifications to obtain a license pursuant to
				  Section 21B-15 of the Code. An application for issuance, renewal,
				  reinstatement, or registration of a license shall not be processed until all
				  supplemental documentation has been received. References to "license" in this
				  Section and any of Sections
				  25.485 through 25.492 shall be
				  understood to mean "certificate" if the sanction affected (or the violation
				  occurred when an individual held) a teaching, administrative, school service
				  personnel or substitute teaching certificate previously issued by the State
				  Board.
a) Personal Statement
When a personal statement is required to be submitted, the
				  applicant shall provide the information required under this subsection (a). A
				  personal statement shall not be afforded full weight by the committee reviewing
				  the application and supplemental documentation if the statement fails to
				  adequately address each of the requirements of this subsection (a) to the
				  degree necessary to enable the review committee to make a determination of
				  whether the applicant has been rehabilitated and should be licensed as a
				  professional educator. Each personal statement shall:
1) be written in the applicant's own words
				(statements written by an attorney or someone other than the applicant shall be
				considered a letter of reference);
2) provide a detailed description of the
				conduct and circumstances that led to the knowing misrepresentation of the
				applicant's qualifications to obtain a license or a detailed description of the
				conduct and circumstances for the license sanction, criminal conviction, the
				indicated report of child abuse or neglect, or adjudication or finding of
				sexual misconduct, as defined under Section 22-85.5 of the Code (whichever is
				applicable);
3) provide evidence
				that the applicant has been rehabilitated, including an explanation of why the
				applicant believes the applicant is of good character, merits receipt of an
				educator license, and would be an asset to the field of professional educators;
				and
4) provide any other
				information that is requested by the State Board that is relevant to the
				agency's review and understanding of the reasons for the knowing
				misrepresentation of the applicant's qualifications to obtain a license, the
				license sanction the circumstances of the criminal conviction, the indicated
				report of child abuse or neglect, or adjudication or finding of sexual
				misconduct, as defined under Section 22-85.5 of the Code (whichever is
				applicable).