Does the Seal of Biliteracy waive the language proficiency exam?

Modified on Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 3:50 PM

The Illinois State Seal and Global Seal of Biliteracy can be used to waive the language proficiency exam for the following areas:

  • Subsequent bilingual endorsement on a Professional Educator License (PEL)
  • Subsequent world language endorsement on a PEL
  • ELS-TBE license exam requirements (except for the English Language Proficiency exam)
  • World language endorsement on an existing ELS-TBE license

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