Legislation sponsored by State Representative Dan Swanson (R-Alpha) which will help streamline background checks on substitute teachers in an effort to help address the substitute teacher shortage impacting school districts throughout Illinois was signed by Governor Pritzker on Friday.
“After hearing from school districts throughout West Central Illinois, I worked with local Superintendents to craft legislation to streamline background checks of substitute teachers in an effort to address this crisis,” said Rep. Dan Swanson. “By allowing better sharing of this data between Regional Offices, we can make this process easier to get qualified substitute teachers into classrooms in which they are most needed.”
Provisions of the legislation allow Regional Offices of Education to share a cleared background check with another neighboring ROE on a substitute teacher applicant to allow substitute teachers to more easily teach in multiple ROE territories without duplication of the same statewide background check in each Region.
74th District residents can learn more about legislation sponsored by Rep. Swanson and other local legislative issues at his website at www.repswanson.com.
***Report Courtesy of the Office of State Representative Dan Swanson***
