Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE › Subpart C - APPROVING PROGRAMS THAT PREPARE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS › Section 25.130 - Interventions by the State Board of Education and State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The provisions of this Section shall apply when the State
				  Superintendent receives information through any of the reports required under
				  this Subpart C, or by other means indicating that any recognized EPP or
				  approved educator preparation program may not be addressing any applicable
				  standard or may otherwise be failing to offer candidates any of the learning
				  opportunities that are necessary to their preparation as professional
				  educators.
a) The State Superintendent
				or designee shall inform the affected EPP of the areas of concern and invite
				the EPP's representatives to appear on a date specified by SEPLB to discuss the
				concerns identified. At the meeting, State Board staff shall provide evidence
				of the concerns identified and a recommendation for how SEPLB should
				proceed.
b) If SEPLB determines,
				either after the EPP's appearance or in advance of the appearance, that the
				concerns raised were unfounded or that the issues have been remedied, SEPLB
				shall recommend to the State Superintendent that no further action is needed
				with regard to the matter, and the State Superintendent or designee shall
				notify the institution accordingly.
c) If the institution does not respond to or
				declines the invitation to appear before SEPLB, or if SEPLB concludes that the
				institution, after its appearance, has not satisfied the concerns raised, SEPLB
				shall recommend to the State Superintendent or designee that the EPP and one or
				more of its programs be placed on probation. For the purposes of this
				subsection, "probation" is the period of time in which no new candidates shall
				be enrolled in the EPP or any of its programs, regardless of whether an
				individual program has received "probation" status. The State Superintendent
				shall notify the institution of the probation status of the EPP and one or more
				of its programs.
1) An EPP and one or more of
				its programs placed on probation shall submit the applicable report required
				under subsection (c)(1)(A) or (c)(1)(B) (in a format to be specified by the
				State Superintendent) to the State Superintendent or designee, who shall
				forward the report to SEPLB for consideration. The required report shall be
				submitted within one year after the date on which the EPP was scheduled to
				appear before SEPLB pursuant to subsection (a). If no report is received within
				this year, then the approval of the program or recognition of the EPP and
				approval of all of its programs shall be revoked.
A) In the case of one or more individual
				programs being placed on probation, each program about which concerns have been
				identified shall submit to SEPLB a program report that details the areas of
				concern identified by SEPLB and procedures the program will take to remedy the
				concerns.
B) In the case of both an
				EPP and one or more of its programs being placed on probation, the EPP shall
				submit both the report requested in subsection (c)(1)(A) and a report that
				details the identified concerns and the solutions that have been put into place
				to remedy those concerns.