97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4047
 
Introduced , by Rep. Esther Golar
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 


110 ILCS 48/5
110 ILCS 48/95 new

     Amends the Grow
  Your Own Teacher Education Act. Deletes language that provides that the goal of the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative is to add 1,000 teachers to low-income, hard-to-staff Illinois schools by 2016. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2017.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Grow
  Your Own Teacher Education Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 5 and  by adding Section 95 as 
6follows:
 


7    (110 ILCS 48/5)


8    Sec. 5. Purpose.  The Grow Your Own Teacher preparation
  
9programs established under this Act shall comprise a major new
  
10statewide initiative, known as the Grow Your Own Teacher
  
11Education Initiative, to prepare highly skilled, committed
  
12teachers who will teach in hard-to-staff schools, including 
13within the Department of Juvenile Justice School District, and
  
14hard-to-staff teaching positions and who will remain in these
  
15schools for substantial periods of time.
16    
      The Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative shall
  
17effectively recruit and prepare parent and community leaders
  
18and paraeducators to become effective teachers statewide in 
19hard-to-staff schools serving a substantial percentage of 
20low-income students and
  hard-to-staff teaching positions in 
21schools
  serving a substantial percentage of low-income 
22students.
  Further, the Initiative shall increase the diversity 
23of
  teachers, including diversity based on race and ethnicity.
      
 
 
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1    The Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative shall ensure
  
2educational rigor by effectively preparing candidates in
  
3accredited bachelor's degree programs in teaching, through
  
4which graduates shall meet the requirements to secure an
  
5Illinois initial teaching certificate.
  
6    The goal of the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative 
7is to add 1,000 teachers to low-income, hard-to-staff Illinois 
8schools by 2016.



9(Source: P.A. 95-476, eff. 1-1-08; 96-144, eff. 8-7-09; 96-414, 
10eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)

 
11    (110 ILCS 48/95 new)
12    Sec. 95. Expiration. This Act is repealed on January 1, 
132017.