SPRINGFIELD, ILL (WICS/WRSP) — While house bill 5057 aims to make it easier to for people to become a teacher, educators think this isn’t the answer to solving the teacher shortage.

We spoke with educators to see if this is something they feel would be beneficial in the long run.

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Representative Sue Scherer said the passing rates for the test are very low, hoping this bill will remove the final barrier for people qualified to teach.

But educators we spoke to disagree. They said while this bill is a start, it isn’t going to solve the shortage completely.

"We have people willing to teach, they may have severe test anxiety or financially they may not be able to keep retaking these tests," said Rep.

Representative Scherer feels increased passing rates would put more educators in the classroom.

“It costs a lot of money every single time. So not only the financial barrier but also the anxiety and the preparation. Taking up time to study all the parts that they really need to study on," she said.

Quincy Public Schools superintendent Todd Pettit said this bill would help those who may have test anxiety because it is a difficult exam to pass.

However, he’s unsure if it would help with the shortage in the long run.

"Will that assist us with, you know, teacher recruitment and retention? Of course, more people that are in the pool of applicants, that [would] certainly assist us in filling those open positions. But I think that would remain to be seen," Pettit said.

Pettit feels incentives like higher wages and teacher support are the answer to solving the shortage.

“It’s really about what can we offer for teachers in terms of, you know, a culture and climate at a school," He said. "Being able to be competitive, you know, in salary and benefits.”

The Jacksonville superintendent, Steve Ptacek, said this won’t help district find quality teachers, saying in a statement quote:

I do not think that this will help us in finding quality teachers. This is the absolute wrong response from our legislators. There are multiple reasons we have seen a dramatic reduction in teacher candidates, but the most important is that our government continues to facilitate a hostile work environment for educators by removing any sense of parent and student accountability.

The Illinois Education Association president, Al Llorens, also opposes the bill saying in a statement:

We are opposed to HB 5057 because we believe strongly that we need to protect the profession and make sure our teachers are being held to the high standards our students deserve. The amendment requires removing music theory, college algebra and statistics from all content area tests. By removing these requirements from our tests, the quality of our students’ education will suffer. Music educators need music theory as part of their test, as do elementary educators whose license includes the preparation needed to teach elementary music; and our state standards include algebra and statistics concepts from elementary through high school.

Rep. Scherer said the bill would remove higher level math, college statistics and music theory from the content test for those looking to teach 1st through 6th grade.

The bill has currently passed out of the house and now heads to the senate for further consideration.