Bill Status of HB 2950   104th General Assembly

Short Description:  SCH CD-EDUCATOR LICENSURE

House Sponsors
Rep. Laura Faver Dias, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Lindsey LaPointe, Maurice A. West, II, Nicolle Grasse, Nabeela Syed, Maura Hirschauer, Carol Ammons and Camille Y. Lilly

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  4/11/2025HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
105 ILCS 5/21B-20
105 ILCS 5/21B-30

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the School Code. Allows, if an assessment is determined to be non-uniform, a provisional in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations to be issued to a candidate who has completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois institution of higher education and who has not successfully completed an applicable content area test but who: holds at least a bachelor's degree; has completed an approved educator preparation program at an Illinois institution; has passed an evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness; and has attempted an applicable content area test that has been determined to be non-uniform and has not attempted any uniform content area tests. Provides that the process by which the State Board of Education evaluates content area tests shall be public information and shall be made available on the website of the State Board. Requires the State Board to evaluate each content area test after it has been administered for at least 10 months, but not more than 12 months, and shall determine that a content test is non-uniform. Provides that if a content test is determined to be non-uniform, the State Board shall: convene one or more committees to review the content, bias, and passing score requirements of that content test and recommend changes to improve uniformity; offer the most recent uniform content area test for the same license or endorsement as an option until the new assessment is determined to be uniform; provide an opportunity to attempt the most recent uniform content area test for the same license or endorsement to candidates who attempted but did not pass the most recent version of the content area test; and implement a process by which candidates who attempted but did not pass the content test may apply for provisional licensure. Provides that if the State Board finds that the content area test forms available as of January 1, 2025 are not uniform in the level of difficulty as compared to previous forms of those exams, any candidate for licensure who attempted any content area test in the form that was available as of January 1, 2025, and whose best scores in each subsection of the same content area exam, taken across multiple attempts on the same form of the exam, equal or exceed the passing score for that content area exam as of January 1, 2025, shall be determined to have passed that content area exam.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/5/2025HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
  2/6/2025HouseFirst Reading
  2/6/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/18/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
  3/4/2025HouseAssigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
  3/6/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
  3/6/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
  3/6/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
  3/6/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
  3/6/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
  3/19/2025HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 006-003-000
  3/20/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  3/25/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
  3/26/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  3/26/2025HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
  4/8/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
  4/11/2025HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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