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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Grow | ||||||
| 5 | Your Own STEM and Vocational Education Teachers Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "public institution of | ||||||
| 7 | higher education" means the University of Illinois, Southern | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois | ||||||
| 10 | State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois University, Western Illinois University, or any other | ||||||
| 12 | public university or college, other than a community college, | ||||||
| 13 | new or hereafter established or authorized by the General | ||||||
| 14 | Assembly. | ||||||
| 15 | Section 10. Grow Your Own STEM and Vocational Education | ||||||
| 16 | Teachers Program. Subject to any tuition waiver limitation | ||||||
| 17 | established by the Board of Higher Education, a public | ||||||
| 18 | institution of higher education shall, if funds are | ||||||
| 19 | appropriated to the Board of Higher Education under this Act, | ||||||
| 20 | waive any tuition, fees, and on-campus housing costs for a | ||||||
| 21 | student who does all of the following: | ||||||
| 22 | (1) Agrees to pursue a minimum of a bachelor's degree | ||||||
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| 1 | in agriculture, science, technology, engineering, or | ||||||
| 2 | mathematics for a teaching occupation that includes, but is | ||||||
| 3 | not limited to, mathematics, natural sciences, or career | ||||||
| 4 | and vocational education in the areas of agriculture | ||||||
| 5 | education teacher, technology teacher, industrial arts | ||||||
| 6 | teacher, trade teacher, health care teacher, or | ||||||
| 7 | information technology teacher. | ||||||
| 8 | (2) Agrees to attend a public institution of higher | ||||||
| 9 | education to pursue an undergraduate degree or an advanced | ||||||
| 10 | degree in one of the concentrations set forth under | ||||||
| 11 | paragraph (1) of this Section. | ||||||
| 12 | (3) Agrees to teach at a hard-to-staff school, as | ||||||
| 13 | determined by the Board of Higher Education. | ||||||
| 14 | (4) Maintains a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point | ||||||
| 15 | average (or its equivalent) at all times. | ||||||
| 16 | (5) Agrees to fully reimburse the public institution of | ||||||
| 17 | higher education for any waived tuition, fees, or costs if | ||||||
| 18 | the student fails to teach at least 3 years at a high | ||||||
| 19 | school located in this State or less than 5 years at a | ||||||
| 20 | public institution of higher education or a public | ||||||
| 21 | community college located in this State. | ||||||
| 22 | Section 15. Grow Your Own Dual Credit Teachers Program. | ||||||
| 23 | Subject to any tuition waiver limitation established by the | ||||||
| 24 | Board of Higher Education, a public institution of higher | ||||||
| 25 | education shall, if funds are appropriated to the Board of | ||||||
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| 1 | Higher Education under this Act, waive any tuition and fees for | ||||||
| 2 | a student who is a licensed Illinois teacher with a master's | ||||||
| 3 | degree and who does all of the following: | ||||||
| 4 | (1) Agrees to pursue up to a maximum of 18 graduate | ||||||
| 5 | hours necessary to qualify the student to teach dual credit | ||||||
| 6 | consistent with applicable accreditation and State | ||||||
| 7 | standards for dual credit faculty. These credit hours shall | ||||||
| 8 | be in disciplines consistent with the general education | ||||||
| 9 | areas specified in the General Education Core Curriculum or | ||||||
| 10 | with the student's major in the Illinois Articulation | ||||||
| 11 | Initiative, provided the institution has those courses. | ||||||
| 12 | (2) Agrees to fully reimburse the public institution of | ||||||
| 13 | higher education for any waived tuition or fees if the | ||||||
| 14 | student fails to teach at least 5 years at a high school | ||||||
| 15 | located in this State after the completion of the graduate | ||||||
| 16 | hours. | ||||||
| 17 | Section 20. Funding. Funding for this Act shall come from | ||||||
| 18 | the General Revenue Fund and shall be subject to appropriation. | ||||||
| 19 | Section 90. Rules. The Board of Higher Education shall | ||||||
| 20 | adopt rules it determines are necessary for the administration | ||||||
| 21 | of this Act.
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 23 | 2019.
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