Bill Text: IL HB4047 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4047 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB4047-Introduced.html

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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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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Grow Your Own Teacher Education Act is
amended by changing Section 5 and by adding Section 95 as
follows:
(110 ILCS 48/5)
Sec. 5. Purpose. The Grow Your Own Teacher preparation
programs established under this Act shall comprise a major new
statewide initiative, known as the Grow Your Own Teacher
Education Initiative, to prepare highly skilled, committed
teachers who will teach in hard-to-staff schools, including
within the Department of Juvenile Justice School District, and
hard-to-staff teaching positions and who will remain in these
schools for substantial periods of time.
The Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative shall
effectively recruit and prepare parent and community leaders
and paraeducators to become effective teachers statewide in
hard-to-staff schools serving a substantial percentage of
low-income students and hard-to-staff teaching positions in
schools serving a substantial percentage of low-income
students. Further, the Initiative shall increase the diversity
of teachers, including diversity based on race and ethnicity.

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The Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative shall ensure
educational rigor by effectively preparing candidates in
accredited bachelor's degree programs in teaching, through
which graduates shall meet the requirements to secure an
Illinois initial teaching certificate.
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.
(Source: P.A. 95-476, eff. 1-1-08; 96-144, eff. 8-7-09; 96-414,
eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
(110 ILCS 48/95 new)
Sec. 95. Expiration. This Act is repealed on January 1,
2017.