Full Text of HB3312 97th General Assembly
HB3312 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB3312 Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Rich Brauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 110 ILCS 48/5 | |
110 ILCS 48/10 | | 110 ILCS 48/20 | | 110 ILCS 48/25 | |
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Amends the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Act. Adds as a purpose of the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative that the Initiative shall effectively recruit and prepare parent and community leaders and paraeducators to become effective teachers statewide in non-public special education facilities. Includes Illinois non-public special education facilities under the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code as an "eligible school" under the Act. Makes related changes.
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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 5, 10, 20, and 25 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 48/5)
| 7 | | Sec. 5. Purpose. The Grow Your Own Teacher preparation
| 8 | | programs established under this Act shall comprise a major new
| 9 | | statewide initiative, known as the Grow Your Own Teacher
| 10 | | Education Initiative, to prepare highly skilled, committed
| 11 | | teachers who will teach in hard-to-staff schools, including | 12 | | within the Department of Juvenile Justice School District, and
| 13 | | hard-to-staff teaching positions , and non-public special | 14 | | education facilities and who will remain in these
schools for | 15 | | substantial periods of time. | 16 | |
The Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative shall
| 17 | | effectively recruit and prepare parent and community leaders
| 18 | | and paraeducators to become effective teachers statewide in | 19 | | hard-to-staff schools serving a substantial percentage of | 20 | | low-income students , and
hard-to-staff teaching positions in | 21 | | schools
serving a substantial percentage of low-income | 22 | | students , and in non-public special education facilities .
| 23 | | Further, the Initiative shall increase the diversity of
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| 1 | | teachers, including diversity based on race and ethnicity.
| 2 | | The Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative shall ensure
| 3 | | educational rigor by effectively preparing candidates in
| 4 | | accredited bachelor's degree programs in teaching, through
| 5 | | which graduates shall meet the requirements to secure an
| 6 | | Illinois initial teaching certificate.
| 7 | | The goal of the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative | 8 | | is to add 1,000 teachers to low-income, hard-to-staff Illinois | 9 | | schools and Illinois non-public special education facilities | 10 | | by 2016.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 95-476, eff. 1-1-08; 96-144, eff. 8-7-09; 96-414, | 12 | | eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
| 13 | | (110 ILCS 48/10) | 14 | | Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act: | 15 | | "Accredited teacher preparation program" means a
| 16 | | regionally accredited, Illinois approved teacher education | 17 | | program authorized to
prepare individuals to fulfill all of the | 18 | | requirements to
receive an Illinois initial teaching | 19 | | certificate. | 20 | | "Cohort" means a group of teacher education candidates who | 21 | | are enrolled in and share experiences in the same program and | 22 | | are linked by their desire to become Illinois teachers in | 23 | | hard-to-staff schools or non-public special education | 24 | | facilities and by their need for the services and supports | 25 | | offered by the Initiative. |
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| 1 | | "Community organization" means a nonprofit organization | 2 | | that has a demonstrated capacity to train, develop, and | 3 | | organize parents and community leaders into a constituency that | 4 | | will hold the school and the school district accountable for | 5 | | achieving high academic standards; in addition to | 6 | | organizations with a geographic focus, "community | 7 | | organization" includes general parent organizations, | 8 | | organizations of special education or bilingual education | 9 | | parents, and school employee unions. | 10 | | "Developmental classes" means classes in basic skill | 11 | | areas, such as mathematics and language arts that are | 12 | | prerequisite to, but not counted towards, degree requirements | 13 | | of a teacher preparation program.
| 14 | | "Eligible school" means a public elementary, middle, or | 15 | | secondary school in this State that serves a substantial | 16 | | percentage of low-income students and that is either hard to | 17 | | staff or has hard-to-staff teaching positions or an Illinois | 18 | | non-public special education facility under Section 14-7.02 of | 19 | | this Code .
| 20 | | "Hard-to-staff school" means a public elementary, middle, | 21 | | or secondary school in this State that, based on data compiled | 22 | | by the State Board of Education in conjunction with the Board | 23 | | of Higher Education, serves a substantial percentage of | 24 | | low-income students, as defined by the State Board. | 25 | | "Hard-to-staff teaching position" means a teaching
| 26 | | category (such as special education, bilingual education, |
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| 1 | | mathematics, or science)
in which statewide data compiled by | 2 | | the State Board of Education
in conjunction with the Board of | 3 | | Higher Education indicates a multi-year pattern of substantial
| 4 | | teacher shortage or that has been identified as a critical need | 5 | | by the local school board.
| 6 | | "Initiative" means the Grow Your Own Teacher Education
| 7 | | Initiative created under this Act. | 8 | | "Paraeducator" means an individual with a history of
| 9 | | demonstrated accomplishments in school staff positions (such
| 10 | | as teacher assistants, school-community liaisons, school
| 11 | | clerks, and security aides) in schools that meet the definition | 12 | | of a hard-to-staff school under this Section or in Illinois | 13 | | non-public special education facilities .
| 14 | | "Parent and community leader" means (i) an individual who | 15 | | has or had a child enrolled in a school or schools that meet | 16 | | the definition of a hard-to-staff school under this Section and | 17 | | who has a history of active involvement in the school or who | 18 | | has a history of working to improve schools serving a
| 19 | | substantial percentage of low-income students, including | 20 | | membership in a community organization , or (ii) an individual | 21 | | who has or had a child enrolled in an Illinois non-public | 22 | | special education facility and who has a history of active | 23 | | involvement in the school or who has a history of working to | 24 | | improve non-public special education facilities, including | 25 | | membership in a community organization . | 26 | | "Program" means a Grow Your Own Teacher preparation program
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| 1 | | established by a consortium under this Act.
| 2 | | "Schools serving a substantial percentage of low-income
| 3 | | students" means schools that maintain any of grades | 4 | | pre-kindergarten through 8, in which at least 35% of the | 5 | | students are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches | 6 | | and schools that maintain any of grades 9 through 12, in which | 7 | | at least 25% of the students are eligible to receive free or | 8 | | reduced price lunches. | 9 | | "State Board" means the Board of Higher Education.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 95-476, eff. 1-1-08; 96-144, eff. 8-7-09; | 11 | | 96-1393, eff. 7-29-10.) | 12 | | (110 ILCS 48/20)
| 13 | | Sec. 20. Selection of grantees. The State Board shall award | 14 | | grants to qualified consortia that reflect the distribution and | 15 | | diversity of hard-to-staff schools , and hard-to-staff | 16 | | positions , and non-public special education facilities across | 17 | | this State. In awarding grants, the State Board shall select | 18 | | programs that successfully address Initiative criteria and | 19 | | that reflect a diversity of strategies in terms of serving | 20 | | urban areas, serving rural areas, the nature of the | 21 | | participating institutions of higher education, and the nature | 22 | | of hard-to-staff schools , and
hard-to-staff teaching | 23 | | positions , and non-public special education facilities on | 24 | | which a program is focused.
| 25 | | The State Board shall select consortia that meet the |
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| 1 | | following requirements:
| 2 | | (1) A consortium shall be composed of at least one | 3 | | 4-year institution of higher education with an Illinois | 4 | | approved teacher preparation program, at least one school | 5 | | district or group of schools, and one or more community | 6 | | organizations. The consortium membership may also include | 7 | | a 2-year institution of higher education, a school employee | 8 | | union, or a regional office of education.
| 9 | | (2) The 4-year institution of higher education | 10 | | participating in the consortium shall have past, | 11 | | demonstrated success in preparing teachers for elementary | 12 | | or secondary schools serving a substantial percentage of | 13 | | low-income students or for non-public special education | 14 | | facilities . | 15 | | (3) The consortium shall focus on a clearly defined set | 16 | | of eligible schools that will participate in the program. | 17 | | The consortium shall articulate the steps that it will | 18 | | carry out in preparing teachers for its participating
| 19 | | schools and in preparing teachers for one or more | 20 | | hard-to-staff teaching positions in those
schools. | 21 | | (4) A candidate in a program under the Initiative must | 22 | | hold a high school diploma or its equivalent, must meet | 23 | | either the definition of "parent and community leader" or | 24 | | the definition of "paraeducator" contained in Section 10 of | 25 | | this Act, must not have attended college right after high | 26 | | school or must have experienced an interruption in his or |
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| 1 | | her college education, and does not hold a bachelor's | 2 | | degree. | 3 | | (5) The consortium shall employ effective procedures | 4 | | for teaching the skills and knowledge needed to prepare | 5 | | highly competent teachers. Professional preparation shall | 6 | | include on-going direct experience in target schools and | 7 | | evaluation of this experience. | 8 | | (6) The consortium shall offer the program to cohorts | 9 | | of candidates, as defined in Section 10 of this Act, on a | 10 | | schedule that enables candidates to work full time while | 11 | | participating in the program and allows paraeducators to | 12 | | continue in their current positions. In any fiscal year in | 13 | | which an appropriation for the Initiative is made, the
| 14 | | consortium shall guarantee that support will be available | 15 | | to an admitted cohort for the cohort's education for that | 16 | | fiscal year. At the beginning of the Initiative, programs | 17 | | that are already operating and existing cohorts of | 18 | | candidates under this model shall be eligible for funding. | 19 | | (7) The institutions of higher education participating | 20 | | in the consortium shall document and agree to expend the | 21 | | same amount of funds in implementing the program that these | 22 | | institutions spend per student on similar educational | 23 | | programs. Grants received by the consortium shall | 24 | | supplement and not supplant these amounts. | 25 | | (8) The State Board shall establish additional | 26 | | criteria for review of proposals, including criteria that |
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| 1 | | address the following issues: | 2 | | (A) Previous experience of the institutions of | 3 | | higher education in preparing candidates for | 4 | | hard-to-staff schools and positions and for non-public | 5 | | special education facilities and in working with | 6 | | students with non-traditional backgrounds. | 7 | | (B) The quality of the implementation plan, | 8 | | including strategies for overcoming institutional | 9 | | barriers to the progress of non-traditional | 10 | | candidates. | 11 | | (C) If a community college is a participant, the | 12 | | nature and extent of existing articulation agreements | 13 | | and guarantees between the community college and the | 14 | | 4-year institution of higher education. | 15 | | (D) The number of candidates to be educated in the | 16 | | planned cohort or cohorts and the capacity of the | 17 | | consortium for adding cohorts in future cycles. | 18 | | (E) Experience of the community organization or | 19 | | organizations in organizing parents and community | 20 | | leaders to achieve school improvement and a strong | 21 | | relational school culture. | 22 | | (F) The qualifications of the person or persons | 23 | | designated by the 4-year institution of higher | 24 | | education to be responsible for cohort support and the | 25 | | development of a shared learning and social | 26 | | environment among candidates. |
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| 1 | | (G) The consortium's plan for collective | 2 | | consortium decision-making, involving all consortium | 3 | | members, including mechanisms for candidate input. | 4 | | (H) The consortium's plan for direct impact of the | 5 | | program on the quality of education in the eligible | 6 | | schools. | 7 | | (I) The relevance of the curriculum to the needs of | 8 | | the eligible schools and positions, and the use in | 9 | | curriculum and instructional planning of principles | 10 | | for effective education for adults. | 11 | | (J) The availability of classes under the program | 12 | | in places and times accessible to the candidates. | 13 | | (K) Provision of a level of performance to be | 14 | | maintained by candidates as a condition of continuing | 15 | | in the program. | 16 | | (L) The plan of the 4-year institution of higher | 17 | | education to ensure that candidates take advantage of | 18 | | existing financial aid resources before using the loan | 19 | | funds described in Section 25 of this Act. | 20 | | (M) The availability of supportive services, | 21 | | including, but not limited to, counseling, tutoring, | 22 | | transportation, technology and technology support, and | 23 | | child care. | 24 | | (N) A plan for continued participation of | 25 | | graduates of the program in a program of support for at | 26 | | least 2 years, including mentoring and group meetings. |
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| 1 | | (O) A plan for testing and qualitative evaluation | 2 | | of candidates' teaching skills that ensures that | 3 | | graduates of the program are as prepared for teaching | 4 | | as other individuals completing the institution of | 5 | | higher education's preparation program for the | 6 | | certificate sought. | 7 | | (P) A plan for internal evaluation that provides | 8 | | reports at least yearly on the progress of candidates | 9 | | towards graduation and the impact of the program on the | 10 | | target schools and their communities. | 11 | | (Q) Contributions from schools, school districts, | 12 | | and other consortia members to the program, including | 13 | | stipends for candidates during their student teaching. | 14 | | (R) Consortium commitment for sustaining the | 15 | | program over time, as evidenced by plans for reduced | 16 | | requirements for external funding, in subsequent | 17 | | cycles.
| 18 | | (S) The inclusion in the planned program of | 19 | | strategies derived from community organizing that will | 20 | | help candidates develop tools for working with parents | 21 | | and other community members.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 95-476, eff. 1-1-08; 96-144, eff. 8-7-09.) | 23 | | (110 ILCS 48/25)
| 24 | | Sec. 25. Expenditures under the Initiative. | 25 | | (a) Every program under the Initiative shall implement a |
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| 1 | | program of forgivable loans to cover any portion of tuition, | 2 | | books, and fees of candidates under the program in excess of | 3 | | the candidates' grants-in-aid. All students admitted to a | 4 | | cohort shall be eligible for a forgivable student loan. Loans | 5 | | shall be fully forgiven if a graduate completes 5 years of | 6 | | service in hard-to-staff schools ,
or hard-to-staff teaching | 7 | | positions , or Illinois non-public special education facilities | 8 | | under Section 14-7.02 of the School Code , with partial | 9 | | forgiveness for shorter periods of service. The State Board | 10 | | shall establish standards for the approval of requests for | 11 | | waivers or deferrals from individuals to waive this obligation. | 12 | | The State Board shall also define standards for the fiscal | 13 | | management of these loan funds. | 14 | | (b) The State Board shall award grants under the Initiative | 15 | | in such a way as to provide the required support for a cohort | 16 | | of candidates for any fiscal year in which an appropriation for | 17 | | the Initiative is made. Program budgets must show expenditures | 18 | | and needed funds for the entire period that candidates are | 19 | | expected to be enrolled. | 20 | | (c) No funds under the Initiative may be used to supplant | 21 | | the average per-capita expenditures by the institution of | 22 | | higher education for candidates. | 23 | | (d) Where necessary, program budgets shall include the | 24 | | costs of child care and other indirect expenses, such as | 25 | | transportation, tutoring, technology, and technology support, | 26 | | necessary to permit candidates to maintain their class |
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| 1 | | schedules. Grant funds may be used by any member of a | 2 | | consortium to offset such costs, and the services may be | 3 | | provided by the community organization or organizations, by any | 4 | | other member of the consortium, or by independent contractors. | 5 | | (e) The institution of higher education may expend grant | 6 | | funds to cover the additional costs of offering classes in | 7 | | community settings and for tutoring services. | 8 | | (f) The community organization or organizations may | 9 | | receive a portion of the grant money for the expenses of | 10 | | recruitment, community orientation, and counseling of | 11 | | potential candidates, for providing space in the community, and | 12 | | for working with school personnel to facilitate individual work | 13 | | experiences and support of candidates. | 14 | | (g) The school district or school employee union or both | 15 | | may receive a portion of the grant money for expenses of | 16 | | supporting the work experiences of candidates and providing | 17 | | mentors for graduates.
Notwithstanding the provisions of | 18 | | Section 10-20.15 of the School Code, school districts may also | 19 | | use these or other applicable public funds to pay participants | 20 | | in programs under the Initiative for student teaching required | 21 | | by an accredited teacher preparation program. | 22 | | (h) One or more members of the consortium may expend funds | 23 | | to cover the salary of a site-based cohort coordinator. | 24 | | (i) Grant funds may also be expended to pay directly for | 25 | | required developmental classes for candidates beginning a | 26 | | program.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 95-476, eff. 1-1-08; 96-144, eff. 8-7-09.)
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