Provisional Certificates
A provisional certificate may be issued when an applicant
who holds a valid comparable certificate from another state
does not meet all Illinois requirements. A provisional certificate
is valid for two fiscal years, provided the holder meets
the testing requirement within 9 months of the date of issue. A fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 of the
next calendar year. The first year of a provisional certificate
expires on June 30 following the date of issue.
A provisional certificate may be used during the period
of its validity for appropriate employment. During the validity
period, the holder must remove all listed deficiencies. Before
requesting a provisional, the applicant should be aware of
the following:
If all deficiencies are removed during the fiscal year in
which the certificate was issued, the provisional will be
exchanged for a regular certificate; no additional fee is
required. If deficiencies are removed after June 30, a new
application and fee are required for issue of the regular
certificate.
- If a provisional is deficient for state tests, the holder
has 9 months to pass all tests. If tests are not passed during that period, the provisional will be
canceled.
- If the holder passes the required tests within 9 months
of the date of issue, he or she has 2 years from the
date of issue to remove the remaining deficiencies.
- To receive a full first year on the provisional, applicants
should request that it be issued after July 1.
- To have a full year of teaching before tests must be
passed, applicants may request that the provisional be
issued after
August 15.
- State law prohibits issue of a second provisional certificate
of the same kind.
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