97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4681
 
Introduced 2/3/2012, by Rep. Esther Golar
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
 
110 ILCS 48/5

     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.
  


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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 as follows:
 


6    (110 ILCS 48/5)


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



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