Illinois HB 4397: SCH CD-SCH PSYCHOLOGIST-DEGREE

Status: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (as of 2026-05-19)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: HB 4397

Sponsors: Karina Villa, Michael Crawford, David Koehler, Julie A. Morrison, Kimberly Du Buclet, Laura M. Murphy, Lisa Davis, Mark L. Walker, Maurice A. West, II, Sara Feigenholtz, Yolonda Morris

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HB4397 EnrolledLRB104 16299 AAS 29684 b

1 AN ACT concerning education.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections 

514-1.09 and 14-1.09.1 as follows:

6 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.09)

7 Sec. 14-1.09. School psychologist. "School psychologist" 

8means a psychologist who meets the following qualifications: 

9 (1) Until July 1, 2027, the The psychologist: 

10 (A) has graduated with a master's or higher degree 

11 in psychology or educational psychology from an 

12 institution of higher learning that maintains 

13 equipment, courses of study, and standards of 

14 scholarship approved by the State Board of Education, 

15 has had at least one school year of full-time 

16 supervised experience in the delivery of school 

17 psychological services of a character approved by the 

18 State Superintendent of Education, and has such 

19 additional qualifications as may be required by the 

20 State Board of Education; or 

21 (B) holds a valid Nationally Certified School 

22 Psychologist (NCSP) credential. 

23 (1.5) Beginning July 1, 2027, the psychologist:

HB4397 Enrolled- 2 -LRB104 16299 AAS 29684 b

1 (A) (i) has graduated from an institution of 

2 higher learning that maintains equipment, courses of 

3 study, and standards of scholarship approved by the 

4 State Board of Education with (I) a qualifying 

5 master's degree, as determined by the State Board of 

6 Education, with the completion of a minimum of 60 

7 graduate semester hours, (II) a quali

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