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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 3/14/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3654
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3654 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Grow
Your Own Teacher Education Act is |
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| amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 20, and 25 as follows: |
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| (110 ILCS 48/5)
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| Sec. 5. Purpose. The Grow Your Own Teacher preparation
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| programs established under this Act shall comprise a major new
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| statewide initiative, known as the Grow Your Own Teacher
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| Education Initiative, to prepare highly skilled, committed
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| teachers who will teach in hard-to-staff schools and
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| hard-to-staff teaching positions and who will remain in these
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| schools for substantial periods of time. |
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The Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative shall
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| effectively recruit and prepare parent and community leaders
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| and paraeducators to become effective teachers statewide in |
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| hard-to-staff schools serving a substantial percentage of |
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| low-income students and
hard-to-staff teaching positions in |
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| schools
serving a substantial percentage of low-income |
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| students.
Further, the Initiative shall increase the diversity |
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teachers, including diversity based on race, ethnicity, and
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| disability.
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| The Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative shall ensure
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| educational rigor by effectively preparing candidates in
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| accredited bachelor's degree programs in teaching, through
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| which graduates shall meet the requirements to secure an
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| Illinois initial teaching certificate.
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| The goal of the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative |
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| is to add 1,000 teachers to low-income ,
and other hard-to-staff |
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| Illinois schools by 2016 with an average retention period of 7 |
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| years, as opposed to the current rate of 2.5 years for new |
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| teachers in such areas.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-802, eff. 1-1-05; 94-979, eff. 6-30-06.) |
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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 State or
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| regionally accredited higher education program authorized to
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| prepare individuals to fulfill all of the requirements to
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| receive an Illinois initial teaching certificate. |
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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 or secondary |
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| school in this State that serves a substantial percentage of |
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| low-income students and that is either hard to staff or has |
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| hard-to-staff teaching positions.
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| "Hard-to-staff school" means a public school in this State
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| an elementary or secondary
school that , based on data compiled |
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| by the State Board of Education,
ranks in the upper third among |
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| public schools of its type (elementary, middle, or secondary) |
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| in terms of rate of attrition of its teachers
of schools in |
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| this State on
a combined index measuring the percentage of the |
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| school's
teachers who are not fully certified and the |
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| percentage of the
school's teachers who leave their positions |
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| annually . |
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| "Hard-to-staff teaching position" means a teaching
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| category (such as special education, mathematics, or science)
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| in which statewide data compiled by the State Board of |
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| 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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| "Paraeducators" means individuals 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 serving a substantial
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| percentage of low-income students.
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| "Parent and community leaders" means individuals with 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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| "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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| "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 Education.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-802, eff. 1-1-05; 94-979, eff. 6-30-06.) |
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| (110 ILCS 48/20)
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| Sec. 20. Selection of grantees. The State Board shall award |
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| grants to qualified consortia that reflect the distribution and |
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| diversity of hard-to-staff schools and hard-to-staff positions |
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| across this State. In awarding grants, the State Board shall |
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| select programs that successfully address Initiative criteria |
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| and that reflect a diversity of strategies in terms of serving |
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| urban areas, serving rural areas, the nature of the |
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| participating institutions of higher education, and the nature |
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| of hard-to-staff schools and
hard-to-staff teaching positions |
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| on which a program is focused.
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| The State Board shall select consortia that meet the |
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| following requirements:
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| (1) A consortium shall be composed of at least one |
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| 4-year institution of higher education with an accredited |
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| teacher preparation program, at least one school district |
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| or group of schools, and one or more community |
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| organizations. The consortium may also include a 2-year |
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| institution of higher education or a school employee union |
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| or both.
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| (2) The 4-year institution of higher education |
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| participating in the consortium shall have past, |
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| demonstrated success in preparing teachers for elementary |
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| or secondary schools serving a substantial percentage of |
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| low-income students. |
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| (3) The consortium shall focus on a clearly defined set |
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| of eligible
target schools serving a substantial |
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| percentage of low-income students that will participate in
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| be the primary focus of the program. The consortium shall |
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| articulate the steps that it will carry out in preparing |
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| teachers for its participating
target hard-to-staff
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| schools and in preparing teachers for one or more |
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| hard-to-staff teaching positions in those
its target
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| schools. |
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| (4) A candidate
Candidate in a program under the |
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| Initiative must hold a high school diploma or its |
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| equivalent and must meet either the definition of "parent |
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| and community leaders" or the definition of |
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| "paraeducators" contained in Section 10 of this Act. |
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| (5) The consortium shall employ effective procedures |
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| for teaching the skills and knowledge needed to prepare |
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| highly competent teachers. Professional preparation shall |
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| include on-going direct experience in target schools and |
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| evaluation of this experience. |
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| (6) The consortium shall offer the program to cohorts |
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| of candidates who begin by moving through the program |
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| together. The program shall be offered on a schedule that |
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| enables candidates to work full time while participating in |
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| the program and allows paraeducators to continue in their |
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| current positions. In any fiscal year in which an |
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| appropriation for the Initiative is made, the
The
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| consortium shall guarantee that support will be available |
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| to an admitted cohort for the cohort's training for that |
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| fiscal year
through the cohort's full period of training . |
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| At the beginning of the Initiative, programs that are |
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| already operating and existing cohorts of candidates under |
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| this model shall be eligible for funding. |
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| (7) The institutions of higher education participating |
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| in the consortium shall document and agree to expend the |
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| same amount of funds in implementing the program that these |
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| institutions spend per student on similar educational |
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| programs. Grants received by the consortium shall |
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| supplement and not supplant these amounts. |
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| (8) The State Board shall establish additional |
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| criteria for review of proposals, including criteria that |
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| address the following issues: |
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| (A) Previous experience of the institutions of |
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| higher education in preparing candidates for |
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| hard-to-staff schools and positions and in working |
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| with students with non-traditional backgrounds. |
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| (B) The quality of the implementation plan, |
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| including strategies for overcoming institutional |
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| barriers to the progress of non-traditional |
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| candidates. |
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| (C) If a community college is a participant, the |
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| nature and extent of existing articulation agreements |
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| and guarantees between the community college and the |
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| 4-year institution of higher education. |
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| (D) The number of candidates to be trained in the |
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| planned cohort or cohorts and the capacity of the |
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| consortium for adding cohorts in future cycles. |
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| (E) Experience of the community organization or |
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| organizations in organizing parents and community |
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| leaders to achieve school improvement and a strong |
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| relational school culture. |
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| (F) The qualifications of the person or persons |
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| designated by the 4-year institution of higher |
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| education to be responsible for cohort support and the |
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| development of a shared learning and social |
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| environment among candidates. |
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| (G) The consortium's plan for collective |
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| consortium decision-making, including mechanisms for |
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| community and candidate input. |
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| (H) The consortium's plan for direct impact of the |
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| program on the quality of education in the eligible
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| target schools. |
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| (I) The relevance of the curriculum to the needs of |
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| the eligible
targeted schools and positions, and the |
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| use in curriculum and instructional planning of |
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| principles for effective education for adults. |
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| (J) The availability of classes under the program |
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| in places and times accessible to the candidates. |
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| (K) Provision of a level of performance to be |
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| maintained by candidates as a condition of continuing |
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| in the program. |
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| (L) The plan of the 4-year institution of higher |
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| education to ensure that candidates take advantage of |
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| existing financial aid resources before using the loan |
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| funds described in Section 25 of this Act. |
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| (M) The availability of supportive services, |
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| including counseling, tutoring, and child care. |
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| (N) A plan for continued participation of |
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| graduates of the program in a program of support for at |
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| least 2 years, including mentoring and group meetings. |
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| (O) A plan for testing and qualitative evaluation |
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| of candidates' teaching skills that ensures that |
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| graduates of the program are as prepared for teaching |
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| as other individuals completing the institution of |
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| higher education's preparation program for the |
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| certificate sought. |
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| (P) A plan for internal evaluation that provides |
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| reports at least yearly on the progress of candidates |
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| towards graduation and the impact of the program on the |
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| target schools and their communities. |
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| (Q) Contributions from schools, school districts, |
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| and other consortia members to the program, including |
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| stipends for candidates during their student teaching. |
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| (R) Consortium commitment for sustaining the |
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| program over time, as evidenced by plans for reduced |
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| requirements for external funding in subsequent |
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| cycles.
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| (S) The inclusion in the planned program of |
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| strategies derived from community organizing that will |
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| help candidates develop tools for working with parents |
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| and other community members.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-802, eff. 1-1-05; 94-979, eff. 6-30-06.) |
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| (110 ILCS 48/25)
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| Sec. 25. Expenditures under the Initiative. |
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| (a) Every program under the Initiative shall implement a |
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| program of forgivable loans to cover any portion of tuition and |
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| direct expenses of candidates under the program in excess of |
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| grants-in-aid and other forgivable loans received. All |
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| students admitted to a cohort shall be eligible for such loans. |
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| Loans shall be fully forgiven if a graduate completes 5 years |
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| of service in hard-to-staff schools
or hard-to-staff teaching |
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| positions, with partial forgiveness for shorter periods of |
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| service. The State Board shall establish standards for the |
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| approval of requests for waivers or deferrals of
from programs |
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| to waive this obligation for individual candidates and for |
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| deferral of repayment for work interruptions after |
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| certification . The State Board shall also define standards for |
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| the fiscal management of these loan funds. |
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| (b) Grants under the Initiative shall be awarded in such a |
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| way as to provide the required support for a cohort of |
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| candidates for any fiscal year in which an appropriation for |
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| the Initiative is made
the cohort's entire training period . |
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| Program budgets must show expenditures and needed funds for the |
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| entire period that candidates are expected to be enrolled. |
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| (c) No funds under the Initiative may be used to supplant |
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| the average per-capita expenditures by the institution of |
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| higher education for candidates. |
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| (d) Where necessary, program budgets shall include the |
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| costs of child care and other indirect expenses that are |
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| necessary to permit candidates to maintain their
a full class |
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| schedules
schedule . Grant funds may be used by any member of a |
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| consortium to offset such costs, whether the needed services |
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| are
Child care may be provided by the community organization or |
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| organizations , are provided by another member of the |
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| consortium, or are
be independently contracted for. |
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| (e) The institution of higher education may expend grant |
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| funds to cover the additional costs of offering classes in |
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| community settings and for tutoring services. |
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| (f) The community organization or organizations may |
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| receive a portion of the grant money for the expenses of |
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| recruitment, community orientation, and counseling of |
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| potential candidates, for providing space in the community, and |
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| for working with school personnel to facilitate individual work |
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| experiences and support of candidates. |
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| (g) The school district or school employee union or both |
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| may receive a portion of the grant money for expenses of |
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| supporting the work experiences of candidates and providing |
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| mentors for graduates.
Notwithstanding the provisions of |
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| Section 10-20.15 of the School Code, school districts may also |
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| use these or other applicable public funds to pay participants |
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| in programs under the Initiative for student teaching required |
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| by an accredited teacher preparation program. |
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| (h) One member of the consortium may expend funds to cover |
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| the salary of a site-based cohort coordinator. |
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| (i) Grant funds may also be expended to pay directly for |
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| required developmental classes for candidates beginning a |
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| program.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-802, eff. 1-1-05; 94-979, eff. 6-30-06.)".
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