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Yes: 193 • No: 0
IllinoisHB1368104th General Assembly (2025–2026)HouseWALLET
SCH CD-PROF ED LICENSE RENEW
Sponsored By: Laura Faver Dias (Democratic)
Became Law
elementary & secondary education: administration, licensing & charter schoolsassignmentseducation
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Bill Overview
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7 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 4 mixed.
Keep your Illinois educator license active
You must follow the renewal rules for the job where you spend most of your time. If you do not renew, your license lapses on September 1. An unregistered license is invalid for work after September 1 and will lapse 6 months after your last registration year (or January 1 after first issuance). Pay your next 5-year registration fee in ELIS between April 1 and June 30. If the State Board has your email, it sends a lapse warning no more than 6 months ahead. An Educator License with Stipulations that only has a paraprofessional endorsement does not lapse.
Audits, attestations, extensions, and appeals
When you renew, you must answer the renewal questions under penalty of perjury. The State Board runs random audits; if you cannot verify the required PD, your license is marked lapsed and you may seek reinstatement. If PD options were unavailable, you can ask the Licensure Board for more time by sending proof between April 1 and June 30; your license stays valid during an approved extension. If you get a nonrenewal notice, you can appeal within 30 days by certified mail; the Board reviews within 90 days and mails the decision. If you finish a cycle without required PD, you cannot register but may appeal to the State Superintendent for reinstatement.
Reinstate a lapsed educator license
If your license lapsed, you can reinstate it right away by paying a $50 penalty. Or you can reinstate by completing 9 semester hours in the content area tied to your endorsement at a regionally accredited college. You must also pay any back registration fees owed from expiration to reinstatement.
Training hours and courses to renew
You must complete 120 hours of training every 5 years to renew, and you may use an annual plan that fits your job’s endorsements. NBPTS master teachers need 60 hours each cycle. Administrators in roles requiring that endorsement must take one Administrators’ Academy course each fiscal year and complete 100 hours every 5 years; the Academy course was not required in 2021–2022. A one‑course rule also applied in 2013–2014. If you miss hours or Academy courses, finish them by September 1; you may keep working until then while finishing Academy courses. You can carry over extra hours earned April 1–June 30 of the last year (not Academy hours). For cycles that include 2021–2022, required hours drop by 20%.
Approved PD providers and rules
The law names who can offer qualifying PD (State Board, regional offices, colleges, school districts, charter schools, approved nonprofits, museums, and state agencies). Providers must offer PD that improves practice; starting July 1, 2022, they must also cover student health, safety, and educator ethics. Providers must align to standards, keep records, give proof of completion, collect IEINs, and register each year starting July 1, 2019; literacy PD must follow the state plan. The State Board audits providers and requires yearly impact data; all providers (except districts) are audited at least once every 5 years.
One-year extension for 2020 expirations
If your license expired on June 30, 2020 and you did not renew in 2020, the expiration moved to June 30, 2021.
PD exemptions for part-time, retired, and support staff
If you work in a job that does not require educator licensure or work under 50% time in a year, you are exempt from PD and only pay the registration fee. If you are retired and get Illinois state retirement benefits, your license stays in retired status and cannot lapse; PD is prorated if you worked part of the cycle, and you do not need PD until you return. Returning retired teachers do not pay registration fees. If you are endorsed for school support personnel and hold an active DFPR license or an approved national certification, you meet PD requirements and only pay registration fees.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Laura Faver Dias
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Kimberly A. Lightford
Democratic • Senate
Michelle Mussman
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Third Reading - Passed;
Yes: 58 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/30/2025
Do Pass Education;
Yes: 14 • No: 0
House vote • 4/8/2025
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed
Yes: 112 • No: 0
House vote • 3/5/2025
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools;
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0179
8/15/2025HouseEffective Date August 15, 2025
8/15/2025HouseGovernor Approved
8/15/2025HouseSent to the Governor
6/20/2025HousePassed Both Houses
5/22/2025HouseThird Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
5/22/2025SenateAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
5/21/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
5/20/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2025
5/7/2025SenateSecond Reading
5/7/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2025
4/30/2025SenateDo Pass Education; 014-000-000
4/30/2025SenateAlternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
4/24/2025SenateAssigned to Education
4/23/2025SenateReferred to Assignments
4/14/2025SenateFirst Reading
4/14/2025SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
4/14/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading April 10, 2025
4/9/2025SenateArrive in Senate
4/9/2025SenateThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000
4/8/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/18/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
3/18/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/6/2025HouseDo Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000
3/5/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; by Voice Vote
3/5/2025House
Bill Text
Engrossed
Enrolled
House Amendment 1
Introduced