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| Bill | SCH CD-TECHNICAL EDUCATOR TEST | Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a career and technical educator or a part-time provisional career and technical educator endorsement may be issued to an applicant who, among other requirements, has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or an accredited trade and technical institution (rather than just a regionally accredited institution of higher education). Allows individuals seeking these endorsements to pass a test of basic skills or a test of work proficiency. Allows individuals holding a provisional career and technical educator endorsement to renew their endorsement more than one time. Reduces the semester hour requirement for a provisional career and technical educator endorsement from 20 to 15. Effective July 1, 2017. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 100th | HB 2470 | Illinois HB 2470 (100th) |
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enacted | 3 | 42 | 2 | 2017-02-07 | 2017-06-30 | openstates | ocd-bill/6069199a-6b1e-4c9e-b0b9-1eba7b9697a1 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2470&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=103498&SessionID=91&GA=100 | 8efc8ff838c117c5ac6f0ccd88a484d12fc655240040a5f9a3f0a81e227b9201 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 2470 (100th) — SCH CD-TECHNICAL EDUCATOR TEST
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a career and technical educator or a part-time provisional career and technical educator endorsement may be issued to an applicant who, among other requirements, has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or an accredited trade and technical institution (rather than just a regionally accredited institution of higher education). Allows individuals seeking these endorsements to pass a test of basic skills or a test of work proficiency. Allows individuals holding a provisional career and technical educator endorsement to renew their endorsement more than one time. Reduces the semester hour requirement for a provisional career and technical educator endorsement from 20 to 15. Effective July 1, 2017.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
filing - 2017-02-08 First Reading
reading-1 - 2017-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2017-02-22 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight
referral-committee - 2017-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
amendment-introduction - 2017-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2017-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- 2017-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- 2017-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight
- 2017-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2017-03-15 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2017-03-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2017-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- 2017-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Cavaletto
- 2017-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- 2017-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
- 2017-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- 2017-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
- 2017-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2017-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2017-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2017-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2017-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- 2017-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
- 2017-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- 2017-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- 2017-03-29 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2017-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2017
reading-1 - 2017-03-29 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
- 2017-03-30 First Reading
reading-1 - 2017-03-30 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2017-04-25 Assigned to Education
referral-committee - 2017-05-03 Do Pass Education; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2017-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2017
- 2017-05-15 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2017-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2017
- 2017-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2017-05-19 Passed Both Houses
- 2017-06-16 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-06-30 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2017-06-30 Effective Date July 1, 2017
- 2017-06-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0008
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6069199a-6b1e-4c9e-b0b9-1eba7b9697a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).