Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
The short-term emergency approval shall be available until
June 30, 2026. The provisions of this Section shall apply to school districts,
special education cooperatives and joint agreements, regional superintendents
of schools, nonpublic special education facilities approved by the State Board
pursuant to 23 Ill. Adm. Code 401 (Special Education Facilities Under Section
14-7.02 of the Code), and certain other facilities pursuant to 23 Ill. Adm.
Code 405 (Payments to Certain Facilities under Section 14-7.05 of the
Code).
a) An individual who wishes to
receive a short-term emergency approval endorsed for LBS I shall:
1) hold a valid PEL with an early childhood,
elementary, middle grades, secondary, or special teaching endorsement or a
valid educator license with stipulations endorsed for transitional bilingual
educator;
2) present evidence of
having completed college-level coursework encompassing a "survey of exceptional
children" as well as any one of the three other areas required pursuant to
Section 25.43(e);
and
3) submit the required fee
along with an application to the State Board, on a form designed by the State
Superintendent.
4) The employing
entity shall provide the following:
A) a
statement of assurance that supervision will be provided by an individual who
holds a PEL endorsed for special education supervision pursuant to Section
25.497 or administration plus an
LBS I endorsement, which must include a description of the supervision the
individual will receive.
B) a
statement of assurance that the employing entity has exhausted all recruitment
efforts and has been unable to secure the services of an individual who is
appropriately licensed for the teaching position in question.
b) An individual who
wishes to receive a short-term emergency approval endorsed for either early
childhood special education, deaf or hard of hearing, or blind or visually
impaired shall:
1) hold a valid PEL with an
early childhood, elementary, middle grades, secondary, or special teaching
endorsement or hold a valid educator license with stipulations endorsed for
transitional bilingual educator. If an individual is pursuing the early
childhood special education approval, an endorsement in early childhood
education or LBSI must be held;
2)
present evidence of having completed college-level coursework encompassing the
following topics:
A) for teaching students who
are blind or visually impaired:
i) anatomy and
pathology of eye conditions;
ii)
functional vision assessment and learning media assessment;
iii) basic assistive technology;
iv) methodology in teaching students who are
blind or visually impaired; and
v)
basic orientation and mobility;
B) for teaching students who are deaf or hard
of hearing:
i) assessment and developing
Individualized Education Programs (IEPs);
ii) language and literacy;
iii) audiology;
iv) impact of hearing loss on academic,
behavior, speech, language, and aural habilitation skills; and
v) methodology in teaching students who are
deaf or hard of hearing;
C) for teaching students in early childhood
special education, two areas of coursework from the four areas required by 23
Ill. Adm. Code 226.810;
3) provide evidence, as defined by the State
Superintendent, of proficiency in Braille (if teaching students who are blind
or visually impaired) or sign language (if teaching students who are deaf or
hard of hearing);
4) submit the
required fee, along with an application, to the State Board, on a form designed
by the State Superintendent; and
5)
provide evidence of passing the required content tests pursuant to Section
25.720.
c) For approvals specified under subsection
(b), the employing entity shall provide the following to its ROE, which shall
upload the information specified in this subsection on a form supplied by the
State Superintendent into the ELIS account of the applicant prior the State
Superintendent issuing the application:
1) a
statement of assurance that supervision will be provided by an individual who
holds a PEL endorsed for director of special education that includes a
description of the supervision the individual will receive;
2) a statement of assurance that the
employing entity has exhausted all recruitment efforts and has been unable to
secure the services of an individual who is appropriately licensed for the
teaching position in question; and
3) verification of enrollment or intent to
enroll in coursework required as part of a State-approved educator preparation
program, signed by the applicant.
d) The short-term approvals described in
subsection (b) may be applied for until June 30, 2026.
e) Approval of an individual's application
shall be specific to the teaching assignment and employer described in the
application but shall be transferrable to a new employer, provided that the
conditions of subsection (a)(4) are met by the new employer.
f) Upon approval of an application by the
State Superintendent, the individual shall have three full fiscal years in
which to complete the remaining coursework described in Section
25.43(b), (d),
or (e) or in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 226.810, as applicable, and receive the
endorsement under Section 25.43.
g)
The short-term emergency approval for a holder of an educator license with
stipulations endorsed for transitional bilingual educator will not expire when
the transitional bilingual educator endorsement expires; however, for the
short-term approval to remain in effect, the holder must hold a valid
PEL.
h) The short-term emergency
approval shall not be renewed. An individual who does not obtain the
endorsement identified in Section
25.43 within the time allotted
shall not be assigned to a special education teaching position.
