Full Text of SB1930 101st General Assembly
SB1930eng 101ST 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 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). | 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 as determined by the Board of | 16 | | Higher Education) at all times. | 17 | | (5) Agrees to fully reimburse the public institution of | 18 | | higher education for any waived tuition, fees, or costs if | 19 | | the student fails to teach at least 3 years at a high | 20 | | school located in this State or at least 5 years at a | 21 | | public institution of higher education or a public | 22 | | community college located in this State. | 23 | | Section 15. Grow Your Own Dual Credit Teachers Program. | 24 | | Subject to any tuition waiver limitation established by the | 25 | | Board of Higher Education, a public institution of higher |
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| 1 | | education shall, if funds are appropriated to the Board of | 2 | | Higher Education under this Act, waive any tuition and fees for | 3 | | a student who is a licensed Illinois teacher with a master's | 4 | | degree and who does all of the following: | 5 | | (1) Agrees to pursue up to a maximum of 18 graduate | 6 | | hours necessary to qualify the student to teach dual credit | 7 | | consistent with applicable accreditation and State | 8 | | standards for dual credit faculty. These credit hours shall | 9 | | be in disciplines consistent with the general education | 10 | | areas specified in the General Education Core Curriculum or | 11 | | with the student's major in the Illinois Articulation | 12 | | Initiative, provided the institution has those courses. | 13 | | (2) Agrees to fully reimburse the public institution of | 14 | | higher education for any waived tuition or fees if the | 15 | | student fails to teach at least 5 years at a high school | 16 | | located in this State after the completion of the graduate | 17 | | hours. | 18 | | Section 20. Funding. Funding for this Act shall come from | 19 | | the General Revenue Fund and shall be subject to appropriation. | 20 | | Section 90. Rules. The Board of Higher Education shall | 21 | | adopt rules it determines are necessary for the administration | 22 | | of this Act.
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 24 | | 2020.
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