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Rep. Milton Patterson
Filed: 4/26/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2233
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2233 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 2-3.142 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.142 new) |
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| Sec. 2-3.142. Exemplary Teacher Grant Program. Subject to |
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| appropriation, the State Board of Education shall create the |
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| Exemplary Teacher Grant Program under which 10 grants in the |
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| amount of $5,000 each shall annually be awarded to selected |
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| teachers. A grant recipient shall use the grant for his or her |
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| classroom in any reasonable way that he or she sees fit for the |
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| purpose of further educating his or her students. |
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| Each school district may nominate one teacher for receipt |
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| of a grant under the Program. The State Board of Education |
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| shall establish an advisory panel of State legislators to |