Full Text of HB4882 100th General Assembly
HB4882eng 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Grow
Your Own Teacher Education Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 10 and 20 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 48/10) | 7 | | Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act: | 8 | | "Accredited teacher preparation program" means a
| 9 | | regionally accredited, Illinois approved teacher education | 10 | | program authorized to
prepare individuals to fulfill all of the | 11 | | requirements to
receive an Illinois initial teaching | 12 | | certificate. | 13 | | "Cohort" means a group of teacher education candidates who | 14 | | are enrolled in and share experiences in the same program and | 15 | | are linked by their desire to become Illinois teachers in | 16 | | hard-to-staff schools and by their need for the services and | 17 | | supports offered by the Initiative. A cohort may include a high | 18 | | school student enrolled in a dual credit course offered by a | 19 | | participating institution of higher education. | 20 | | "Community organization" means a nonprofit organization | 21 | | that has a demonstrated capacity to train, develop, and | 22 | | organize parents and community leaders into a constituency that | 23 | | will hold the school and the school district accountable for |
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| 1 | | achieving high academic standards; in addition to | 2 | | organizations with a geographic focus, "community | 3 | | organization" includes general parent organizations, | 4 | | organizations of special education or bilingual education | 5 | | parents, and school employee unions. | 6 | | "Developmental classes" means classes in basic skill | 7 | | areas, such as mathematics and language arts that are | 8 | | prerequisite to, but not counted towards, degree requirements | 9 | | of a teacher preparation program.
| 10 | | "Dual credit course" has the meaning given to that term | 11 | | under the Dual Credit Quality Act. | 12 | | "Eligible school" means an early childhood program in which | 13 | | no less than 60% of the children it serves are receiving | 14 | | subsidized care under the Department of Human Services' Child | 15 | | Care Assistance Program or a public elementary, middle, or | 16 | | secondary school in this State that serves a substantial | 17 | | percentage of low-income students and that is either hard to | 18 | | staff or has hard-to-staff teaching positions.
| 19 | | "Hard-to-staff school" means an early childhood program in | 20 | | which no less than 60% of the children it serves are receiving | 21 | | subsidized care under the Department of Human Services' Child | 22 | | Care Assistance Program or a public elementary, middle, or | 23 | | secondary school in this State that, based on data compiled by | 24 | | the State Board of Education in conjunction with the Board of | 25 | | Higher Education, serves a substantial percentage of | 26 | | low-income students, as defined by the Board of Higher |
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| 1 | | Education. | 2 | | "Hard-to-staff teaching position" means a teaching
| 3 | | category (such as special education, bilingual education, | 4 | | mathematics, or science)
in which statewide data compiled by | 5 | | the State Board of Education
in conjunction with the Board of | 6 | | Higher Education indicates a multi-year pattern of substantial
| 7 | | teacher shortage or that has been identified as a critical need | 8 | | by the local school board.
| 9 | | "Initiative" means the Grow Your Own Teacher Education
| 10 | | Initiative created under this Act. | 11 | | "Para educator" means an individual with a history of
| 12 | | demonstrated accomplishments in school staff positions (such
| 13 | | as teacher assistants, school-community liaisons, school
| 14 | | clerks, and security aides) in schools that meet the definition | 15 | | of a hard-to-staff school under this Section.
| 16 | | "Parent and community leader" means an individual who has | 17 | | or had a child enrolled in a school or schools that meet the | 18 | | definition of a hard-to-staff school under this Section and who | 19 | | has a history of active involvement in the school or who has a | 20 | | history of working to improve schools serving a
substantial | 21 | | percentage of low-income students, including membership in a | 22 | | community organization. | 23 | | "Program" means a Grow Your Own Teacher preparation program
| 24 | | established by a consortium under this Act.
| 25 | | "Schools serving a substantial percentage of low-income
| 26 | | students" means schools that maintain any of grades |
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| 1 | | pre-kindergarten through 8, in which at least 35% of the | 2 | | students are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches | 3 | | and schools that maintain any of grades 9 through 12, in which | 4 | | at least 25% of the students are eligible to receive free or | 5 | | reduced price lunches. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1036, eff. 1-1-15 .) | 7 | | (110 ILCS 48/20) | 8 | | Sec. 20. Selection of grantees. The Board of Higher | 9 | | Education shall award grants to qualified consortia that | 10 | | reflect the distribution and diversity of hard-to-staff | 11 | | schools and hard-to-staff positions across this State. In | 12 | | awarding grants, the Board of Higher Education shall select | 13 | | programs that successfully address Initiative criteria and | 14 | | that reflect a diversity of strategies in terms of serving | 15 | | urban areas, serving rural areas, the nature of the | 16 | | participating institutions of higher education, and the nature | 17 | | of hard-to-staff schools and
hard-to-staff teaching positions | 18 | | on which a program is focused.
| 19 | | The Board of Higher Education shall select consortia that | 20 | | meet the following requirements:
| 21 | | (1) A consortium shall be composed of at least one | 22 | | 4-year institution of higher education with an Illinois | 23 | | approved teacher preparation program, at least one school | 24 | | district or group of schools, and one or more community | 25 | | organizations. The consortium membership may also include |
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| 1 | | a 2-year institution of higher education, a school employee | 2 | | union, or a regional office of education.
| 3 | | (2) The 4-year institution of higher education | 4 | | participating in the consortium shall have past, | 5 | | demonstrated success in preparing teachers for elementary | 6 | | or secondary schools serving a substantial percentage of | 7 | | low-income students. | 8 | | (3) The consortium shall focus on a clearly defined set | 9 | | of eligible schools that will participate in the program. | 10 | | The consortium shall articulate the steps that it will | 11 | | carry out in preparing teachers for its participating
| 12 | | schools and in preparing teachers for one or more | 13 | | hard-to-staff teaching positions in those
schools. | 14 | | (4) The consortium shall recruit potential candidates | 15 | | for the program and shall take into consideration when | 16 | | selecting a candidate whether the candidate: | 17 | | (A) holds a high school diploma or its equivalent | 18 | | or is a high school student enrolled in a dual credit | 19 | | course offered by a participating institution of | 20 | | higher education ; | 21 | | (B) meets either the definition of "parent and | 22 | | community leader" or the definition of "para educator" | 23 | | contained in Section 10 of this Act; | 24 | | (C) (blank); has experienced an interruption in | 25 | | his or her college education; | 26 | | (D) exhibits a willingness to be a teacher in a |
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| 1 | | hard-to-staff school with the goal of maintaining | 2 | | academic excellence; | 3 | | (E) shows an interest in postsecondary education | 4 | | and may hold an associate's degree, a bachelor's | 5 | | degree, or another postsecondary degree, but a | 6 | | postsecondary education is not required; | 7 | | (F) is a parent, a para educator, a community | 8 | | leader, or any other individual from a community with a | 9 | | hard-to-staff school; | 10 | | (G) commits to completing and passing all State | 11 | | standards, including the licensure test to obtain an | 12 | | educator license; | 13 | | (H) shows a willingness to set high standards of | 14 | | performance for himself or herself and students; and | 15 | | (I) demonstrates commitment to the program by: | 16 | | (i) maintaining a cumulative grade point | 17 | | average of at least a 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (or the | 18 | | equivalent as determined by the Board of Higher | 19 | | Education); | 20 | | (ii) attending monthly cohort meetings; and | 21 | | (iii) applying for financial aid from all | 22 | | other financial aid resources before applying for | 23 | | assistance from the program. | 24 | | (5) The consortium shall employ effective procedures | 25 | | for teaching the skills and knowledge needed to prepare | 26 | | highly competent teachers. Professional preparation shall |
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| 1 | | include on-going direct experience in target schools and | 2 | | evaluation of this experience. | 3 | | (6) The consortium shall offer the program to cohorts | 4 | | of candidates, as defined in Section 10 of this Act, on a | 5 | | schedule that enables candidates to work full time while | 6 | | participating in the program and allows para educators to | 7 | | continue in their current positions. In any fiscal year in | 8 | | which an appropriation for the Initiative is made, the
| 9 | | consortium shall guarantee that support will be available | 10 | | to an admitted cohort for the cohort's education for that | 11 | | fiscal year. At the beginning of the Initiative, programs | 12 | | that are already operating and existing cohorts of | 13 | | candidates under this model shall be eligible for funding. | 14 | | (7) The institutions of higher education participating | 15 | | in the consortium shall document and agree to expend the | 16 | | same amount of funds in implementing the program that these | 17 | | institutions spend per student on similar educational | 18 | | programs. Grants received by the consortium shall | 19 | | supplement and not supplant these amounts. | 20 | | (8) The Board of Higher Education shall establish | 21 | | additional criteria for review of proposals, including | 22 | | criteria that address the following issues: | 23 | | (A) Previous experience of the institutions of | 24 | | higher education in preparing candidates for | 25 | | hard-to-staff schools and positions and in working | 26 | | with students with non-traditional backgrounds. |
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| 1 | | (B) The quality of the implementation plan, | 2 | | including strategies for overcoming institutional | 3 | | barriers to the progress of non-traditional | 4 | | candidates. | 5 | | (C) If a community college is a participant, the | 6 | | nature and extent of existing articulation agreements | 7 | | and guarantees between the community college and the | 8 | | 4-year institution of higher education. | 9 | | (D) The number of candidates to be educated in the | 10 | | planned cohort or cohorts and the capacity of the | 11 | | consortium for adding cohorts in future cycles. | 12 | | (E) Experience of the community organization or | 13 | | organizations in organizing parents and community | 14 | | leaders to achieve school improvement and a strong | 15 | | relational school culture. | 16 | | (F) The qualifications of the person or persons | 17 | | designated by the 4-year institution of higher | 18 | | education to be responsible for cohort support and the | 19 | | development of a shared learning and social | 20 | | environment among candidates. | 21 | | (G) The consortium's plan for collective | 22 | | consortium decision-making, involving all consortium | 23 | | members, including mechanisms for candidate input. | 24 | | (H) The consortium's plan for direct impact of the | 25 | | program on the quality of education in the eligible | 26 | | schools. |
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| 1 | | (I) The relevance of the curriculum to the needs of | 2 | | the eligible schools and positions, and the use in | 3 | | curriculum and instructional planning of principles | 4 | | for effective education for adults. | 5 | | (J) The availability of classes under the program | 6 | | in places and times accessible to the candidates. | 7 | | (K) Provision of a level of performance to be | 8 | | maintained by candidates as a condition of continuing | 9 | | in the program. | 10 | | (L) The plan of the 4-year institution of higher | 11 | | education to ensure that candidates take advantage of | 12 | | existing financial aid resources before using the loan | 13 | | funds described in Section 25 of this Act. | 14 | | (M) The availability of supportive services, | 15 | | including, but not limited to, counseling, tutoring, | 16 | | transportation, technology and technology support, and | 17 | | child care. | 18 | | (N) A plan for continued participation of | 19 | | graduates of the program in a program of support for at | 20 | | least 2 years, including mentoring and group meetings. | 21 | | (O) A plan for testing and qualitative evaluation | 22 | | of candidates' teaching skills that ensures that | 23 | | graduates of the program are as prepared for teaching | 24 | | as other individuals completing the institution of | 25 | | higher education's preparation program for the | 26 | | certificate sought. |
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| 1 | | (P) A plan for internal evaluation that provides | 2 | | reports at least yearly on the progress of candidates | 3 | | towards graduation and the impact of the program on the | 4 | | target schools and their communities. | 5 | | (Q) Contributions from schools, school districts, | 6 | | and other consortia members to the program, including | 7 | | stipends for candidates during their student teaching. | 8 | | (R) Consortium commitment for sustaining the | 9 | | program over time, as evidenced by plans for reduced | 10 | | requirements for external funding, in subsequent | 11 | | cycles.
| 12 | | (S) The inclusion in the planned program of | 13 | | strategies derived from community organizing that will | 14 | | help candidates develop tools for working with parents | 15 | | and other community members.
| 16 | | Subject to the requirements under the Dual Credit Quality | 17 | | Act, a participating institution of higher education may offer | 18 | | a high school student a dual credit course under the program. | 19 | | The Board of Higher Education may not adopt rules regarding | 20 | | candidate eligibility that are more restrictive than this | 21 | | Section. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1036, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law. |
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