ILLINOIS REGISTER 7698
09
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
1) is approved as a degree-granting institution by the Illinois Board of Higher
Education, if the institution is subject to provisions of the Institution of
Learning Powers Act [110 ILCS 50];
2) sponsors a course of study leading to an appropriate baccalaureate or
higher degree and awards the degree; and
3) conducts or proposes to conduct at least one approved program that will
prepare professional educators.
b) An educational unit shall be accredited if its accreditation visit occurs prior to the
fall of 2008 and the institution meets the standards enumerated in "Professional
Standards for the Accreditation of Schools, Colleges, and Departments of
Education" (2002), published by the National Council for the Accreditation of
Teacher Education (NCATE), 2010 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 500,
Washington, D.C. 20036-1023 (no later amendments to or editions of these
standards are incorporated by this Section). Beginning with accreditation visits in
the fall of 2008, the 2008 edition of these standards shall apply; no later
amendments or editions are incorporated.
c) A preparation program shall be approved if it meets the applicable content
standards established by the State Board of Education and the standards set forth
at 23 Ill. Adm. Code 24 (Standards for All Illinois Teachers) or 23 Ill. Adm. Code
29.100 (Illinois Professional School Leader Standards), as applicable, except as
provided in Section 25.135 of this Part.
d) The accreditation of an educational unit and the approval of its programs shall be
subject to review five years after the unit's original State accreditation and every
seven years thereafter, except that no accreditation reviews shall be conducted in
2009 and each institution's first scheduled review after January 1, 2009, shall be
deferred for one additional year. For an institution already accredited by the State
that subsequently receives accreditation from NCATE, the next accreditation
review shall be due five years after receipt of that accreditation, after which
review the institution shall be returned to a seven-year cycle. Accreditation
Review shall be conducted as provided in Sections 25.125 and 25.127 of this Part
and decisions regarding continued accreditation and approval shall be made as
provided in those Sections. The State Superintendent shall alter the timing of an
institution's review at the institution's request if the Superintendent determines
that the request is based on unforeseen circumstances that were beyond the
