A teacher who has primary responsibility for teaching content in core academic subjects, other than ESL or ENL, in a program of bilingual education will be considered “highly qualified” if he or she:
a) holds an endorsement or approval for bilingual education or a transitional
bilingual certificate and:
1) holds an elementary or special K-12 certificate with an endorsement for
self-contained general elementary education and has passed the
Elementary/Middle Grades test, or2) holds an elementary or a special K-12 certificate valid for the subject
taught and has passed the content-area test applicable to that subject, or3) through Grade 3 only, holds an early childhood certificate that is valid for
the primary grades and has passed the Early Childhood test, or4) holds an elementary or special K-12 certificate with an endorsement for
self-contained general elementary education, or an elementary or a special
K-12 certificate valid for the subjects taught, or, through Grade 3 only, an
early childhood certificate valid for the primary grades and qualifies with
100 points under the Illinois HOUSSE, if applicable; or
b) holds a transitional bilingual certificate and:
1) has passed the content-area test applicable to the subject taught, and
2) is continuously enrolled in an approved teacher preparation program
applicable to the grade levels served, and3) is participating in an induction/mentoring program that conforms to the
definition found in the regulations implementing the federal No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001 at 34 CFR 200.56(a)(2)(ii)(A) (2005), and4) has not exhausted the three-year period permitted under NCLB for
attaining full certification.