Sen. David Luechtefeld
Filed: 5/27/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 762




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 762, AS AMENDED, 
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with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. 
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Section 2-3.52A and"; and

 
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on page 1, immediately below line 5, by inserting the 
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following:
 



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    "(105 ILCS 5/2-3.52A)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.52A)



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    Sec. 2-3.52A. Pilot programs. 
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    (a) To improve the quality of
teaching as a profession the 
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State Board of Education  may,
pursuant to appropriations for 
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such purposes, establish pilot
programs for teachers relating 
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to clinical schools, restructuring
the teaching workplace, and 
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providing special assistance and support
to beginning 
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teachers.  Such programs shall be conducted in accordance
with 
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rules adopted by the State Board of Education.  Such rules shall

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provide for, but not be limited to, advisory councils and 
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annual
reports on the progress of the pilot programs.

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    (b) Beginning July 1, 2004 and continuing for 3 years, the 
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State Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification 
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Board are authorized to administer a pilot project designed to 
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improve math and science achievement of fifth grade students. 
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With annual joint approval by the State Board of Education and 
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the State Teacher Certification Board, teachers who hold a 6-12 
 


 






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certificate endorsed in mathematics or science and who hold a 
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middle grades endorsement or qualify for teaching in the middle 
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grades may teach fifth grade students in the area of their 
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endorsement, provided that no teacher otherwise assigned to 
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teach those students is, as a direct result of the use of such 
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teachers, subject to reduction in force.

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(Source: P.A. 85-322.)".