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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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 This Act is repealed on January 1,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.