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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart G - PARAPROFESSIONALS; OTHER PERSONNEL › Section 25.560 - Approval of Interveners for Students Who Are Deaf-Blind

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Each intervener who serves students with deaf-blindness in
				  the public schools shall be of good character, as defined in Section 21B-15 of
				  the Code. Each intervener shall be subject to that portion of Section 24-5 of
				  the Code that requires physical fitness and freedom from tuberculosis as may be
				  required by Illinois Department of Public Health rules (77 Ill. Adm. Code 696;
				  Control of Tuberculosis Code). Each intervener shall hold a statement of
				  approval from the State Superintendent, which shall be identified as a valid
				  intervener. Each individual who is required to hold a statement of approval
				  shall submit an application to the State Superintendent, accompanied by the fee
				  required by Section 21B-40 of the Code and evidence that the individual meets
				  the requirements applicable to the type of approval sought.
a) Approval Criteria
1) Each applicant for approval as an
				intervener shall:
A) have completed 60
				semester hours of college credit from one or more regionally accredited
				institutions of higher education;
B) hold an associate's degree issued by a
				regionally accredited institution of higher education; or
C) hold a high school diploma or its
				recognized equivalent and have achieved the score identified as passing by the
				State Board of Education on one of the examinations for paraprofessionals
				discussed in Section
				25.510(b).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart H - CLINICAL EXPERIENCES › Section 25.620 - Student Teaching

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a) The
				SEPLB recognizes and accepts student teaching only when it is earned during the
				candidate's final year of an educator preparation program and conducted in a
				public school, a nonpublic school recognized or seeking recognition pursuant to
				23 Ill. Adm. Code 425 (Voluntary Registration and Recognition of Nonpublic
				Schools), a community-based early childhood education setting, or an
				out-of-state or international school.
b) Student teaching shall be structured as
				part of comprehensive field experiences and clinical practice, as a supervised
				part of a teacher preparation program approved pursuant to Subpart C, and in
				accordance with the standards referred to in Section
				25.115(d).
c) Student teaching shall be completed within
				the grade range and in the area of specialization appropriate to the
				endorsement sought on the PEL. For an early childhood education endorsement, an
				individual may satisfy the student teaching requirement of an ECE preparation
				program through placement in a setting with children from birth through grade
				2. (See Section 21B-20(1) of the Code.) Additional student teaching may occur
				in areas for which the candidate meets the relevant requirements related to
				staff qualifications in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.
d) Student teaching must be done under the
				active supervision of a cooperating teacher who is licensed and qualified to
				teach in the area, has three years of teaching experience, has received a
				proficient or above performance rating in the most recent evaluation, and is
				directly engaged in teaching subject matter or conducting learning activities
				in the area of student teaching. The requirements of this subsection (d) do not
				apply in cases in which the student teacher:
1) is serving on an educator license with
				stipulations endorsed for transitional bilingual educator;
2) is working in a school that is not legally
				required to employ teachers with licensure and either has two years of teaching
				experience at that school or presents to the employer the evidence described in
				Section
				25.25(b)
				documenting that the student teacher has two years of teaching experience in
				one or more other schools in which the chief administrator is required to hold
				a PEL endorsed for either general administrative or principal and the majority
				of teachers are required to hold a PEL endorsed for the grade levels and in the
				content area in which they are employed;
3) holds a substitute teaching license and is
				not subject to the limitations of Section 21B-20(3) of the Code; or
4) is completing student teaching in a
				community-based early childhood education setting, charter school, or
				non-public school and the cooperating teacher holds a Gateways Level 5
				credential.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.705 - Purpose - Severability

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a) This
				Subpart establishes procedures and requirements for the Illinois Licensure
				Testing System, as required by Section 21B-30 of the Code.
b) If any provision of this Subpart or
				application of that provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
				its invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this
				Subpart that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application,
				and to this end the provisions of this Subpart are declared to be
				severable.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.715 - Test Validation

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The State Board of Education will validate all tests as part
				  of the Illinois Licensure Testing System, using reviews of test objectives and
				  test items by committees of Illinois educators and a survey of Illinois
				  educators to determine the relationships of these objectives to the knowledge
				  required by entry-level Illinois educators in order to perform their jobs. All
				  validation procedures will conform to the accepted professional standards
				  promulgated by the National Council on Measurement in Education, the American
				  Educational Research Association, and the American Psychological Association,
				  as presented in the "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing"
				  (2014) published by the American Educational Research Association, 1430 K
				  Street, N.W., Suite 1200, Washington, D.C. 20005. No later amendments to or
				  editions of these standards are incorporated.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.717 - Test Equivalence

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a) The
				State Board of Education will implement the following procedures to maintain
				uniformity in the difficulty level of each language proficiency test and each
				content-area test from test-to-test and from year-to-year. These procedures
				will conform to the accepted professional standards for test score
				comparability and equating promulgated by the National Council on Measurement
				in Education, the American Educational Research Association, and the American
				Psychological Association as presented in the "Standards for Educational and
				Psychological Testing" (2014) published by the American Educational Research
				Association, 1430 K Street, N.W., Suite 1200, Washington, D.C. 20005. No later
				amendments to these standards are incorporated by this subsection.
b) To achieve uniformity of test form
				difficulty, all test content advisory committees (see Section
				25.715) shall be
				given identical orientation and training sessions throughout each step in test
				development and in standard setting. As a further measure to maintain test
				equivalence, when a new test form is produced, new items shall be matched to
				the items they are replacing in terms of average item difficulty statistics.
				Following the administration of a new test form, test scores for new test forms
				shall be made comparable in difficulty with the test scores on the previous
				test form by statistical test equating. The method to be used is set forth in
				Appendix A.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.720 - Applicability of Testing Requirement and Scores

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a) It is the individual's responsibility to
				take the appropriate tests. Upon request, the State Board of Education shall
				assist individuals in identifying appropriate tests.
b) Content-Area Tests
1) Each candidate seeking an Illinois
				professional educator license or endorsement on that license, whether a first
				license or endorsement or a subsequent license or endorsement, shall be
				required to pass a content-area test for each endorsement area for which there
				is an applicable test (see Section 21B-30(d) of the Code; also see Section
				25.710). Further, Section
				21B-30(d) of the Code requires passage of this test before a candidate begins
				student teaching or begins serving as a teacher of record in an alternative
				educator preparation program. A person who has passed another state's or
				country's content test as a condition of educator certification or licensure in
				that state or country or admission to a teacher preparation program approved by
				that state or country shall not be required to take the Illinois content test
				before receiving the license or endorsement. (See Section 21B-35 of the
				Code.)
2) A person who has passed a
				test of language proficiency, authorized under Section 21B-30 of the Code, in
				order to qualify for an educator license with stipulations endorsed for
				transitional bilingual educator, and received that license shall not be
				required to retake that test in order to qualify for a bilingual education
				credential on another PEL received later. A person who has passed a test of
				language proficiency as a condition of admission to an Illinois preparation
				program also shall not be required to retake that test.
3) If the Governor declares a disaster due to
				a public health emergency under Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management
				Agency Act, individuals may begin student teaching or enter alternative
				educator preparation programs prior to passing the required content test. If
				the Governor rescinds a disaster declaration, or allows it to expire without
				replacement, this subsection (c)(3) shall remain in effect through the end of
				the calendar year (December 31) or the end of the fiscal year (June 30),
				whichever is later.
4) An
				individual who holds an Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy or who has obtained
				working fluency or higher on the Global Seal of Biliteracy shall be exempt from
				the language proficiency test required for a bilingual education or world
				language endorsement in the same language.
5) Passing scores earned on content area
				tests shall not expire.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.728 - Use of Test Results by Institutions of Higher Education

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a) Each institution shall use the
				content-area tests in the disciplines relevant to individuals' program
				completion as provided in Section 21B-30(d) of the Code.
b) An institution shall have the option of
				requiring passage of the TPA before awarding credit for student teaching. (Also
				see Section
				25.720
				for the requirements that apply.)
c) In using any test that forms part of the
				Illinois Licensure Testing System, institutions shall abide by all the rules
				governing the Testing System set forth in this Subpart, including, but not
				limited to, passing score, registration and fees; and shall make no requirement
				for the use or administration of this test beyond those set forth in this
				Subpart.
d) Institutions shall be
				responsible for informing their students of all requirements related to taking
				the tests and for providing students with any pertinent testing information in
				a timely manner. Neither the State Board of Education nor its testing
				contractor shall assume responsibility for any candidate's inability to
				progress through or complete an approved program because of failure to take one
				or more licensure tests in a timely manner.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.731 - Registration

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Information about the tests and registration will be
				  available from the State Board of Education, 100 North First Street,
				  Springfield, Illinois 62777-0001, and at
www.isbe.net
.
a) Registration shall be accomplished on line
				at the contractor's web site that is applicable to the time period of testing
				and shall be completed no later than 24 hours prior to test administration. An
				individual's registration must include the following:
1) Registrant's name, mailing address, both
				daytime and evening telephone numbers, Social Security number, date of birth,
				and gender;
2) Name and
				identification number of tests;
3)
				An assurance that the registrant will abide by all the conditions of testing
				set forth in Section
				25.750;
4) An assurance that the registrant has not
				had and will not seek access to any secure test materials, either prior to or
				after the test date, and will not disclose any of the content of test materials
				to any individual for a period of 10 years after the date of the test
				administration; and
5) An assurance
				that the facts and assurances presented are true to the best of the
				registrant's knowledge and that the registrant agrees to abide by the testing
				conditions.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.735 - Frequency and Location of Tests

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a)
				Each test will be offered during no fewer than three "testing windows"
				annually, and each examinee may register to take a test at any of the testing
				sites in the United States that are operated by the contractor chosen by the
				State Board. Testing sites and testing windows shall be on the web sites of the
				testing contractor.
b) All test
				sites will be accessible to persons with disabilities.
c) Information relative to the format of a
				particular test at any given time may be found on the ILTS website accessible
				at
https://www.il.nesinc.com/
.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.740 - Accommodation of Persons with Special Needs

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a) Persons with special needs include those
				with visual, physical, or other disabilities who would not be able to take the
				required tests under standard conditions. Each request for an accommodation
				shall be submitted on a form specified by the State Superintendent and made
				available on the web site of the testing contractor. Detailed requirements for
				requesting accommodations may be found on the contractor's website.
b) Each request for an accommodation must
				include a signed statement from a medical or human services professional
				licensed in this or any other state, such as, but not limited to, a physician,
				psychiatrist, or psychologist, describing the condition upon which an
				accommodation is being requested and specifying the exact nature of the needed
				accommodations. All requests and supporting documentation shall be uploaded
				electronically to the testing contractor's website. If required, requests may
				also be sent via mail. Additional documentation may be required per the
				requirements on the testing contractor's website. Requests for special
				accommodations will be honored if possible, subject to appropriate
				documentation provided by the examinee. An examinee needing accommodations is
				advised to register and submit a request well in advance of the applicable
				deadline in order to provide the greatest possible amount of time for the
				testing contractor to make the necessary arrangements. The testing contractor
				will notify each person requesting an accommodation as soon as the disposition
				of the request has been determined.
c) Special test administration procedures may
				include, but will not be limited to:
1)
				testing arrangements for visually impaired persons, such as:
A) a special examiner to read the test or
				execute the examinee's choice of answers;
B) permission to use magnifying devices;
				or
C) the use of a Braille version
				of the test;
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.750 - Conditions of Testing

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All candidates shall abide by the rules of test participation
				  and other terms, conditions, and policies stated on the contractor's web site.
				  These include, but are not limited to, the conditions set forth in this
				  Section.
a) Identification and
				Admission
On the day of the test, each person shall present one piece
				  of current, government-issued identification, issued in the name in which the
				  examinee registered and bearing a photograph and the examinee's
				  signature.
b) On-Site
				Verification of Identity
1) Each person
				taking a test shall be required to provide a digital fingerprint or palm print
				and a digital signature.
2) Any
				person refusing to provide a thumbprint, other fingerprint, palm print, or
				signature in accordance with this subsection (b) shall be refused
				admission.
3) Additional procedures
				that are designed to confirm examinees' identities or provide for test
				security, such as video recordings and repeated photographing of examinees, may
				be employed during test administration. Any person refusing to accede to these
				procedures shall be refused admission.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.755 - Cancellation of Scores; Voiding of Scores

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a) A person shall have the right to cancel
				his/her test scores. A cancellation request must be submitted in writing and
				received by the State Superintendent of Education within seven calendar days
				after the date of the test. However, a person's right to cancel his or her
				scores shall be superseded by the right of the State Superintendent of
				Education to void scores when subsection (b) or (c) applies.
b) A person's scores will be voided by the
				State Superintendent due to violation by the person of any of the conditions of
				testing enumerated in Section
				25.750(g) and
				(k).
c) The State Superintendent will also void
				any affected test score in situations such as, but not limited to, the
				following:
1) any person taking the test
				violates any of the rules of test participation or terms, conditions, or
				policies stated in the current ILTS registration bulletin and website, having
				the purpose or effect of:
A) giving any
				person taking the test an unfair advantage over other examinees;
B) affecting, either positively or
				negatively, the performance of any person taking the test; or
C) representing the performance of the named
				registered examinee by the performance of another person;
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.760 - Passing Score

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a) The passing
				raw score will be established for each test by the State Board, in consultation
				with SEPLB, based upon the professional judgments and recommendations of
				committees of Illinois educators about the acceptable, minimal level of
				performance for entry-level educators in Illinois classrooms.
b) The raw score for each test that forms
				part of the Illinois Licensure Testing System shall be transferred to a scaled
				score ranging from 100 to 300, with 240 established as the passing score. The
				passing raw score shall always be equal to a scaled score of 240. The following
				formula shall be used to transform raw scores to scaled scores, where MAX means
				the maximum raw score, CUT means the passing raw score, and X means the number
				of multiple choice items correctly answered or the number of holistic score
				points assigned to a constructed-response item or section, as applicable:
1) If X is greater than or equal to CUT, then
				the scaled score is 240 + 60 [(X - CUT)/(MAX - CUT)].
2) If X is less than CUT, then the scaled
				score is 100 + 140X/CUT.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.765 - Individual Test Score Reports

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a) The
				State Board of Education will report each individual's test scores only to:
1) the individual candidate earning such
				scores;
2) the Illinois teacher
				education institutions and community colleges to which the candidate requested
				the scores be sent; and
3) any
				other institution, entity, or person authorized or required by law.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.770 - Re-scoring

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a) A person shall
				have the right to request re-scoring of the content-area test, provided the
				request is submitted in writing and received by the State Board within three
				months after the test administration date and is accompanied by payment of the
				applicable fee. A person shall also have the right to request re-scoring of a
				language proficiency test. However, no re-scoring service shall be available
				for the constructed-response portions of a language proficiency test;
				re-scoring on this test shall be limited to the multiple-choice items
				only.
b) In the case of any
				discrepancy discerned as a result of re-scoring, the State Board will correct
				its records and inform all parties to whom the test score was reported as to
				the person's score.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.775 - Institution Test Score Reports

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After each test administration, a report will be provided to
				  each Illinois teacher preparation institution having one or more applicants
				  taking the tests. This report will include aggregate information on pass/fail
				  status, total scores, and subarea scores for all examinees who requested that
				  their scores be sent to the institution, and for the State as a whole for each
				  test.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart I - ILLINOIS LICENSURE TESTING SYSTEM › Section 25.780 - Fees

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Each fee or refund required pursuant to this Section shall be
				  established by the State Superintendent in consultation with the testing
				  contractor and published in all written materials related to the testing
				  program. The fee schedule shall be maintained in the offices of the State Board
				  of Education and shall also be available upon request.
a) Each registration shall be accompanied by
				payment of a fee for each test to be taken. The registration fee for a test to
				be administered by the testing contractor outside the United States may be
				different from other registration fees.
b) Each request for re-scoring of a test
				shall be accompanied by payment of a fee, which shall be refunded if the
				original scoring is found to be in error.
c) Each request for an additional individual
				score report shall be accompanied by payment of a fee.
d) Each request for a change in the tests,
				test date, or test site for which the individual is scheduled, other than
				changes related to testing, shall be accompanied by payment of a fee.
e) Each request to add a test or tests to an
				individual's registration shall be accompanied by payment of a fee.
f) An individual who cancels a registration
				shall receive a partial refund for each test for which the individual had
				registered.
g) A fee of $20 shall
				be charged for any test payment that does not clear.
h) Only cashiers' checks and money orders
				will be accepted for payment of fees by mail; payment of fees associated with
				registration transactions made via the Internet shall be made by Visa or
				MasterCard only. Payment for testing shall be made via the Internet only and by
				VISA or MasterCard only.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart J - RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSES › Section 25.800 - Professional Development Required

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a)
				Pursuant to Section 21B-45 of the Code, renewal of PELs endorsed in a teaching,
				administrative, or school support personnel field or an educator license with
				stipulations endorsed for chief school business official (see Section 21B-20 of
				the Code) or career and technical educator (see Section
				25.805) is contingent upon
				licensees' presentation of proof of professional development activities.
				Specific approvals, as defined in Section 25.805, are also subject to renewal
				requirements set forth in that Section. For the purposes of this Subpart J,
				"5-year renewal cycle" for any license or renewable approval shall include July
				1 following the license's issuance through June 30 following five years of the
				license being issued and every five years thereafter, regardless of whether the
				total validity period exceeds five years. Any portion of an additional year
				beyond five years that is included in the 5-year renewal cycle shall not
				increase the amount of professional development that a licensee is required to
				complete. If a licensee earns more than the required number of professional
				development hours during a renewal cycle, the additional hours earned between
				April 1 and June 30 of the last year of the renewal cycle may be carried over
				and applied to the next renewal cycle. Illinois Administrators' Academy courses
				or hours earned in those courses may not be carried over.
b) Except as provided in Section
				25.880 and in subsection (c) of
				this Section, renewal of an individual's license or approval requires the
				licensee's completion of professional development activities sufficient to
				satisfy the requirements of Section 21B-45 of the Code. Professional
				development hours used to fulfill minimum required hours for a renewal cycle
				shall be applied to one renewal cycle only. Each licensee shall:
1) enter the information required by Section
				21B-45(e) of the Code and Section
				25.805 of this Part into ELIS
				prior to renewal for each activity completed; and
2) present the evidence of completion upon
				request by the regional superintendent or a representative of the State Board
				or if required as part of an appeal under this Subpart J.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart J - RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSES › Section 25.805 - Professional Development Options

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a)
				Activities
1) Professional development
				activities, offered through an Illinois-approved professional development
				provider, shall generate credit for purposes of renewal of a PEL endorsed in a
				teaching, administrative, or school support personnel field or an educator
				license with stipulations endorsed for chief school business official or CTE
				only if they address one or more of the criteria identified in Section
				21B-45(d) of the Code.
2) One
				professional development hour shall be awarded for each clock hour of activity
				attendance, unless otherwise specified in rule.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart J - RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSES › Section 25.830 - Verification of Completed Activities; Renewal Process

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a) A licensee shall enter any professional
				development credit earned
prior to renewal.
The
licensee shall enter electronically into
the
ELIS the
				name, date, and location of the activity, the number of professional
				development hours
earned
, and the provider's name
(Section 21B-45(e) of the Code), except that:
1) any Illinois Administrators' Academy
				course completed shall be entered by the provider rather than the
				licensee;
2) a licensee who holds
				both a PEL endorsed in school support personnel and one of the professional
				licenses listed under Section
				25.805(b)(2)
				shall enter the license as an activity on the Professional Development page of
				ELIS and upload a copy of the valid license into ELIS; and
3) a licensee who completes applicable higher
				education coursework shall enter the coursework using the semester-to-hour
				conversion set forth in Section
				25.805(c)  and
				upload a copy of the transcript into ELIS.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart J - RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSES › Section 25.831 - Educator Professional Development Audits

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a) The State Board of Education shall conduct
				random audits of licensees to verify a licensee's fulfilment of the
				professional development hours required under Section 21B-45 of the
				Code.
b) Educators who do not meet
				required professional development hours or who do not provide sufficient
				evidence of completion will be notified that their license has lapsed and has
				been put into a "hold" status until evidence of completing the required
				professional development has been submitted. Upon submission of the required
				audit documents, the license status shall be changed to "lapsed" and the
				educator may reinstate the license.
c) A lapsed license may be reinstated by
				meeting the requirements set forth in Section 21B-45(b) of the Code.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart J - RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSES › Section 25.835 - Request for Extension

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Section 21B-45(e)(9) of the Code allows a licensee who is
				  unable to complete the required professional development by September 1 of the
				  year in which the license has expired,
due to professional development
				  opportunities being unavailable
, to request that the SEPLB extend the
				  deadline for completing the outstanding professional development beyond August
				  31 of that year.
a) A written request
				for an extension shall be submitted to the State Superintendent no sooner than
				April 1 nor later than June 30 of the last year in the 5-year cycle. (See
				Section 21B-45(e)(9) of the Code.) The request shall indicate the:
1) licensee's name, type of license held
				(including license number), and endorsements placed on the license;
2) number of clock hours of professional
				development or Administrators' Academy courses, as applicable, needed to
				fulfill the requirements;
3) reason
				the licensee is requesting the extension, to include the efforts made to
				complete the required professional development before September 1 of the year
				in which the license would expire; and
4) licensee's plan for completing the
				outstanding professional development, to include a description of the
				professional development in which the licensee will participate and the
				timeline for its completion.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart J - RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSES › Section 25.840 - Appeals to the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board

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a) A licensee may
				appeal the lapse of a license for failure to complete renewal requirements to
				SEPLB. The licensee shall submit a request for an appeal by certified mail,
				return receipt requested, no later than September 30 of the year the license
				lapsed. The appeal request shall be sent to the State Educator Preparation and
				Licensure Board, 100 North First Street, Springfield, Illinois
				62777-0001.
b) Within 90 days after
				receipt of an appeal submitted pursuant to subsection (a), the SEPLB may hold
				an appeal hearing or make a recommendation based on a review of the record, as
				enumerated in Section 21B-45(m) of the Code. If a hearing is to be held, the
				Board shall notify the licensee of the date, time, and place of the hearing.
1) The licensee shall submit to SEPLB any
				additional information as SEPLB determines is necessary to decide the
				appeal.
2) If a hearing is held,
				SEPLB may request that the licensee appear before it. The licensee shall be
				given at least 10 days' notice of the date, time, and place of the
				hearing.
3) In verifying whether
				the licensee has met the renewal criteria set forth in Section 21B-45 of the
				Code and this Subpart J, SEPLB shall consider:
A)
the regional superintendent of
				education's rationale for recommending nonrenewal of the license, if
				applicable;
B)
any
				evidence submitted to the State Superintendent along with the individual's
				electronic statement of assurance for renewal
provided in
				ELIS
;
and
C)
the State Superintendent's rationale for nonrenewal of the
				license.
(See Section 21B-45(m)(2) of the Code.)
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart J - RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSES › Section 25.855 - Approval of Professional Development Providers

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A licensee may not receive credit for professional
				  development activities completed for the purpose of renewing the PEL with
				  respect to activities offered by entities that are not approved under Section
				  21B-45(g) of the Code or this Subpart J. The State Superintendent of Education
				  shall post by July 1 of each year a list of the entities approved for this
				  purpose.
a) A provider meeting the
				requirements of subsection (c) must be granted approval under this Section in
				order to continue to serve as an approved provider for license renewal
				purposes.
b) In accordance with
				Section 21B-45(g), the entities listed in this subsection (b) are deemed
				approved to provide professional development activities for the renewal of the
				PEL. No further approval is necessary.
1) The
				State Board of Education;
2) ROEs
				and intermediate service centers;
3) Regionally accredited institutions of
				higher education that have been approved under Subpart C to offer educator
				preparation programs;
4) Illinois
				public school districts;
5) Charter
				schools authorized under Article 27A of the Code;
6) Joint education programs established under
				Article 10 of the Code for the purposes of providing special education services
				or CTE; and
7) Any other entity as
				identified in Section 21B-45(g) of the Code.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart J - RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSES › Section 25.856 - Registration of Professional Development Providers

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Each provider listed under Section
				  25.855(b)
				  or approved under Section
				  25.855(c)
				  is subject to the requirements of this Section.
a) Prior to July 1 of each year, each
				provider must register electronically with the State Board to offer activities
				in the upcoming fiscal year.
b) The
				annual registration renewal window will open April 1 for the upcoming fiscal
				year.
c) Providers shall not offer
				any activities for educator license renewal prior to being registered with the
				State Board for the applicable time period.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart J - RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSES › Section 25.860 - Reporting by and Audits of Providers

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Each provider listed under Section
				  25.855(b) or
				  approved under Section
				  25.855(c) is
				  subject to the requirements of this Section.
a) During an audit, each provider shall
				submit to the State Board a list of the subcontractors used in the previous 12
				months for professional development activities for which credit was provided in
				accordance with this Subpart. For each subcontractor, the provider shall submit
				the name, date, and summary of each activity provided, and the outcomes
				anticipated.
b) Each provider shall
				submit to the State Board, as part of its audit, any data and other information
				that responds to the requirements of Section 21B-45(j)(2) of the Code. The
				following materials must be provided for each selected activity by the
				timelines specified in subsection (c):
1)
				Attendance rosters, including educator name and IEIN;
2) Evaluation for Workshop, Conference,
				Seminar form data;
3) Approved
				Professional Development Provider Activity Summary form;
4) Approved Provider Report;
5) Additional documentation deemed necessary
				by the State Board.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart J - RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSES › Section 25.865 - Awarding of Credit for Activities with Providers

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The State Board shall develop the requirements for standard
				  forms that shall be used by approved providers. These forms shall serve two
				  purposes: evaluation of the activity by the licensee and evidence of completion
				  for the licensee with respect to the activity. The State Board shall make
				  available information about the required format and contents of these forms so
				  that providers may generate them for their own use.
a) This form shall be provided to each
				participant who completes the activity, who shall maintain it as evidence of
				completion of the professional development activity. In the case of a
				conference, workshop, or other event having more than one session, the sessions
				in whole shall be considered an "activity" for purposes of this Section. The
				providers shall maintain sign-in sheets for each activity.
b) The provider shall complete the standard
				form to indicate the title, time, date, location, nature of the event and clock
				hours of credit earned (i.e., in increments of a quarter hour). Alternately, a
				provider may accept an official transcript in place of the standard form as
				evidence of completion of coursework at a regionally accredited institution of
				higher education that is not approved under Section
				25.855.
c) If the licensee's records are audited
				pursuant to Section 21B-45(j) of the Code and Section
				25.860
				of this Part, credit for professional development activities claimed shall be
				affirmed only when the standard form is presented.
d) In the case of higher education
				coursework, an official transcript shall be maintained as evidence of
				completion in lieu of the form specified in subsection (a).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart J - RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSES › Section 25.880 - "Valid and Exempt" Licenses; Proportionate Reduction; Part-Time Teaching

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a) The requirements
				of this Subpart J regarding professional development are subject to
				proportionate reduction with respect to periods of time during which a license
				is maintained as valid and exempt. The requirements of this Section apply to
				licensees who
are working in a position that does not require educator
				licensure or working in a position for less than 50
percent of
				full-time equivalency
for any particular year
. These licensees
are considered to be exempt and shall be required to pay only the
				registration fee in order to renew and maintain the validity of the
				license
. (Section 21B-45(e)(5) of the Code)
1) Each licensee shall submit written
				verification to the ROE for any year that the licensee was not employed at
				least 50 percent full-time equivalency at an Illinois public or State-operated
				school or cooperative or charter school. Upon verification of the licensee's
				employment status, the ROE shall enter the period of exemption into ELIS and
				the license for that period of time will be determined to be valid and active
				or valid and exempt.
2) Periods of
				exemption shall be established in one-semester increments.
3) Prior to license renewal, each licensee
				shall provide verification of the one semester periods of exemption that
				occurred during the 5-year renewal cycle. The proportionate reduction (i.e., 20
				percent reduction for each year of exemption) that applies to the requirements
				for professional development activities will be reflected in ELIS.
4) Completion of professional development
				activities during a period of exemption shall not affect the proportionate
				reduction in the total number of clock hours required for a licensee, but may
				be credited toward the total amount of professional development needed in the
				5-year renewal cycle.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart L - PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARATION › Section 25.1000 - Definitions

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In this Subpart L:
"Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act" or "IEMA Act"
				  means 20 ILCS 3305.
"School Code" or "Code" means 105 ILCS 5.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart L - PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARATION › Section 25.1010 - Applicability

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This Subpart L applies only during any time in which the
				  Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency under Section
				  7 of the IEMA Act. If the Governor rescinds a disaster declaration, or allows
				  it to expire without replacement, this Subpart L shall remain in effect through
				  the end of the calendar year (December 31) or the end of the fiscal year (June
				  30), whichever is later.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart L - PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARATION › Section 25.1015 - Teacher Performance Assessment

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Notwithstanding any other requirements under this Part, a
				  teaching candidate is not required to complete the teacher performance
				  assessment required under Section 21B-30(f) of the Code and this
				  Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart L - PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARATION › Section 25.1020 - Student Teaching; Field Experience

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Notwithstanding any other requirements of this Part, during
				  the implementation of remote learning days (see Section 10-30 of the Code), a
				  candidate seeking an educator license may complete the following
				  remotely:
a) student teaching or any
				other structured teaching experience;
b) required internships;
c) contact hours, clock hours, clock hours of
				supervised school-based professional experience, or practicum hours;
d) supervised experience;
e) direct service work;
f) administrative experience in school
				business management; and
g)
				university-approved practical experience.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart L - PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARATION › Appendix A - Statistical Test Equating - Licensure Testing System

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The Z-score formula set forth below will be used in all cases
				  except where none of the scorable items on a test form has appeared on any
				  previous test form. In such cases, the linear equating formula will be
				  used.
Z-Score Formula
The following formula is used for z-score equating.
1. Define:
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2. Set zx =
				  zy
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3. In order to find the equivalent passing score
				  on the new form, solve for Xi, where
				  Yi = the passing score on the previous form rounded to
				  one decimal place.
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The linear equating formula is as follows.
1. Define:
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2. Compute estimated descriptive statistics for
				  the total group (i.e., candidates from new and previous test form
				  administrations).
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3. In order to find the equivalent passing score
				  on the new form, solve for Xi, where
				  Yi = the passing score on the previous form rounded to
				  one decimal place.
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