Special Education Certification
Teacher Certification Rules
As a result of the Corey H. litigation, the Illinois State
Board of Education has implemented new rules to make the transition
to a new system of certification for special education teachers.
Changes to special education approvals and authorizations
for assignment (PZZs) will take effect January 1, 2002. For
more information, visit www.isbe.net/coreyh/htmls/certchange.htm
or the Corey H. update page at www.isbe.net/coreyh/default.html.
 Special
Education Certification Rules
To receive copies of the rules, please call the Customer
Service Center at 217/-782-2221 or 866/262-6663.
Notice to Special Education Teachers
Under the Transition Rules developed by ISBE in response
to the Corey H. lawsuit, special education teachers who have
not exchanged their current certificates for the new Standard
or Master Certificates and are due to make the exchange in
2002 are allowed to exchange their certificates early. This
"early exchange option" is designed to allow special
education teachers to take advantage of and receive credit
for continuing professional development activities offered
in the area of teaching students with disabilities before
July 1, 2002. In order to receive credit for such activities,
special education teachers must have exchanged their certificates
for the new Standard or Master Certificates and must file
a Certificate Renewal Plan with their local professional development
committee. The requirements for continuing professional development
for special education teachers have changed, effective July
1, 2001, and the ISBE has recently distributed a Revision
to the Certificate Renewal Manual to reflect those changes.
Information regarding the new requirements and the text of
the Revision to the Manual may be found on the ISBE web site
at http://www.isbe.net/certification
Section 25.11(a)(3)(A) of the Transition Rules permits early
exchange for those defined in Section 25.807(a) as "special
education teachers." Section 25.807 includes those with
4-course approvals (Section 226.810) and those teaching on
authorization for assignment (PZZ)(Section 226.820) in the
definition of "special education teacher."
Information regarding knowledge, skills, and certification
standards can be found at the following sites:
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