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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 6000         </title>
<shortdesc>SCH CD-SUBSTITUTE TEACHING LIC</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Carol Sente</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/10/2017</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>105 ILCS 5/21B-20</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. With respect to Substitute Teaching Licenses, provides that an applicant may receive a limited Substitute Teaching License without holding a bachelor's degree or higher if he or she will be employed by a specific school district to work each school year for 5 or fewer consecutive days in the same classroom teaching the same group of students and has a high school diploma, valuable work experience as determined by the school district, and a minimum of 60 semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or he or she meets such other more stringent requirements as the school district may require. Provides that the holder of a limited Substitute Teaching License may have the limited Substitute Teaching License renewed without having passed a test of basic skills. Effective immediately.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/11/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carol Sente</action>
<statusdate>2/11/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/11/2016</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/10/2017</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</actions>
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