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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:



 
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    Section 5. The Grow
  Your Own Teacher Education Act is 
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amended  by changing Sections 10 and 30 and by adding Section 13 
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as follows:
 
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    (110 ILCS 48/10)
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    Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
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    "Accredited teacher preparation program" means a
  
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regionally accredited, Illinois approved teacher education 
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program authorized to
  prepare individuals to fulfill all of the 
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requirements to
  receive an Illinois initial teaching 
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certificate.
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    "Cohort" means a group of teacher education candidates who 
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are enrolled in and share experiences in the same program and 
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are linked by their desire to become Illinois teachers in 
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hard-to-staff schools and by their need for the services and 
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supports offered by the Initiative.
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    "Community organization" means a nonprofit organization 
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that has a demonstrated capacity to train, develop, and 
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organize parents and community leaders into a constituency that 
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will hold the school and the school district accountable for 
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achieving high academic standards; in addition to 
 


 






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organizations with a geographic focus, "community 
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organization" includes general parent organizations, 
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organizations of special education or bilingual education 
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parents, and school employee unions. 
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    "Developmental classes" means classes in basic skill 
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areas, such as mathematics and language arts that are 
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prerequisite to, but not counted towards, degree requirements 
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of a teacher preparation program.

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    "Eligible school" means a public elementary, middle, or 
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secondary school in this State that serves a substantial 
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percentage of low-income students and that is either hard to 
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staff or has hard-to-staff teaching positions.

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    "Hard-to-staff school" means a public elementary, middle, 
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or secondary school in this State that, based on data compiled 
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by the State Board of Education in conjunction with the Board 
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of Higher Education, serves a substantial percentage of 
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low-income students, as defined by the State Board.
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    "Hard-to-staff teaching position" means a teaching
  
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category (such as special education, bilingual education, 
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mathematics, or science)
  in which statewide data compiled by 
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the State Board of Education
  in conjunction with the Board of 
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Higher Education indicates a multi-year pattern of substantial
  
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teacher shortage or that has been identified as a critical need 
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by the local school board.
      
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    "Initiative" means the Grow Your Own Teacher Education
  
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Initiative created under this Act.
 


 






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    "Paraeducator" means an individual with a history of
  
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demonstrated accomplishments in school staff positions (such
  
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as teacher assistants, school-community liaisons, school
  
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clerks, and security aides) in schools that meet the definition 
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of a hard-to-staff school under this Section.
      
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    "Parent and community leader" means an individual who has 
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or had a child enrolled in a school or schools that meet the 
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definition of a hard-to-staff school under this Section and who 
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has a history of active involvement in the school or who has a 
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history of working to improve schools serving a
  substantial 
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percentage of low-income students, including membership in a 
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community organization.
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    "Program" means a Grow Your  Own Teacher preparation program
  
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established by a consortium under this Act.
      
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    "Schools serving a substantial percentage of low-income
  
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students" means  schools that maintain any of grades 
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pre-kindergarten through 8, in which at least 35% of the 
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students are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches 
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and schools that maintain any of grades 9 through 12, in which 
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at least 25% of the students are eligible to receive free or 
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reduced price lunches.
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    "State Board" means the State Board of Higher Education.

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(Source: P.A. 95-476, eff. 1-1-08; 96-144, eff. 8-7-09.)
 
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    (110 ILCS 48/13 new)
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    Sec. 13. Transfer of powers and duties to the Board of 
 


 






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Higher Education.   On July 1, 2010, all powers and duties of 
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the State Board of Education under this Act shall be 
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transferred to the Board of Higher Education.  All rules, 
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standards, guidelines, and procedures adopted by the State 
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Board of Education under this Act shall continue in effect as 
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the rules, standards, guidelines, and procedures of the Board 
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of Higher Education, until they are modified or abolished by 
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the Board of Higher Education.
 
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    (110 ILCS 48/30)
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    Sec. 30. Implementation of Initiative. The State Board 
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shall develop guidelines and application procedures for the 
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Initiative in fiscal year 2011 2005.  The State Board may, if it 
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chooses, award a small number of planning grants during any

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fiscal year to potential consortia. Other than existing 
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cohorts, the first programs under the Initiative shall be 
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awarded grants in such a way as to allow candidates to begin 
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their work at the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year.  
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(Source: P.A. 93-802, eff. 1-1-05; 94-979, eff. 6-30-06.)
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2010.