Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
Filed: 3/24/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3600




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3600 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 changing Section 
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2-3.80a as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.80a)
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    Sec. 2-3.80a. Agricultural Agriculture science teacher 
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education.
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    (a)  Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education 
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shall develop an agricultural science teacher education 
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training continuum beginning at the secondary level and shall 
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provide incentive funding grants to the following:
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        (1)  institutions of higher education that offer 
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    State-approved agricultural science teacher preparation 
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    programs; and
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        (2)  public community colleges in this State that 
 


 






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    provide an articulated agricultural science teacher 
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    education course of study. the agriculture science teacher 
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    education programs located at Illinois State University, 
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    Southern Illinois University, the University of Illinois, 
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    and Western Illinois University.  Public community colleges 
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    in this State that provide an articulated agriculture 
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    science teacher education course of study are also eligible 
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    for funding.
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    (b)  The funds provided by the State Board of Education 
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under subsection (a) of this Section may be used to support the 
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following activities:
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        (1)  Teacher education candidate recruitment and 
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    retention incentives.
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        (2)  Having Master teachers and practitioners assist 
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    with various aspects of the recruitment of potential 
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    candidates and the preparation of those candidates as 
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    skilled and qualified teachers of agricultural education 
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    the preparation, coordination, and supervision of student 
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    teachers.
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        (3)  Establishing, and delivering, arranging for, or 
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    providing financial support for professional development 
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    experiences for new agricultural science teachers during 
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    their first 5 years of teaching.
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        (4)  Professional development for faculty in 
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    universities' agricultural education teacher preparation 
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    programs and for community college agriculture faculty 
 


 






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    responsible for instruction in agricultural education 
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    teacher preparation transfer programs university 
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    agriculture education teacher education staff.

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(Source: P.A. 95-153, eff. 1-1-08.)
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".