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| Public Act 096-1393 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Grow
Your Own Teacher Education Act is | ||||
amended by changing Sections 10 and 30 and by adding Section 13 | ||||
as follows: | ||||
(110 ILCS 48/10) | ||||
Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||
"Accredited teacher preparation program" means a
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regionally accredited, Illinois approved teacher education | ||||
program authorized to
prepare individuals to fulfill all of the | ||||
requirements to
receive an Illinois initial teaching | ||||
certificate. | ||||
"Cohort" means a group of teacher education candidates who | ||||
are enrolled in and share experiences in the same program and | ||||
are linked by their desire to become Illinois teachers in | ||||
hard-to-staff schools and by their need for the services and | ||||
supports offered by the Initiative. | ||||
"Community organization" means a nonprofit organization | ||||
that has a demonstrated capacity to train, develop, and | ||||
organize parents and community leaders into a constituency that | ||||
will hold the school and the school district accountable for | ||||
achieving high academic standards; in addition to | ||||
organizations with a geographic focus, "community | ||
organization" includes general parent organizations, | ||
organizations of special education or bilingual education | ||
parents, and school employee unions. | ||
"Developmental classes" means classes in basic skill | ||
areas, such as mathematics and language arts that are | ||
prerequisite to, but not counted towards, degree requirements | ||
of a teacher preparation program.
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"Eligible school" means a public elementary, middle, or | ||
secondary school in this State that serves a substantial | ||
percentage of low-income students and that is either hard to | ||
staff or has hard-to-staff teaching positions.
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"Hard-to-staff school" means a public elementary, middle, | ||
or secondary school in this State that, based on data compiled | ||
by the State Board of Education in conjunction with the Board | ||
of Higher Education, serves a substantial percentage of | ||
low-income students, as defined by the State Board. | ||
"Hard-to-staff teaching position" means a teaching
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category (such as special education, bilingual education, | ||
mathematics, or science)
in which statewide data compiled by | ||
the State Board of Education
in conjunction with the Board of | ||
Higher Education indicates a multi-year pattern of substantial
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teacher shortage or that has been identified as a critical need | ||
by the local school board.
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"Initiative" means the Grow Your Own Teacher Education
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Initiative created under this Act. | ||
"Paraeducator" means an individual with a history of
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demonstrated accomplishments in school staff positions (such
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as teacher assistants, school-community liaisons, school
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clerks, and security aides) in schools that meet the definition | ||
of a hard-to-staff school under this Section.
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"Parent and community leader" means an individual who has | ||
or had a child enrolled in a school or schools that meet the | ||
definition of a hard-to-staff school under this Section and who | ||
has a history of active involvement in the school or who has a | ||
history of working to improve schools serving a
substantial | ||
percentage of low-income students, including membership in a | ||
community organization. | ||
"Program" means a Grow Your Own Teacher preparation program
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established by a consortium under this Act.
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"Schools serving a substantial percentage of low-income
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students" means schools that maintain any of grades | ||
pre-kindergarten through 8, in which at least 35% of the | ||
students are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches | ||
and schools that maintain any of grades 9 through 12, in which | ||
at least 25% of the students are eligible to receive free or | ||
reduced price lunches. | ||
"State Board" means the State Board of Higher Education.
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(Source: P.A. 95-476, eff. 1-1-08; 96-144, eff. 8-7-09.) | ||
(110 ILCS 48/13 new) | ||
Sec. 13. Transfer of powers and duties to the Board of | ||
Higher Education. On July 1, 2010, all powers and duties of | ||
the State Board of Education under this Act shall be | ||
transferred to the Board of Higher Education. All rules, | ||
standards, guidelines, and procedures adopted by the State | ||
Board of Education under this Act shall continue in effect as | ||
the rules, standards, guidelines, and procedures of the Board | ||
of Higher Education, until they are modified or abolished by | ||
the Board of Higher Education. | ||
(110 ILCS 48/30) | ||
Sec. 30. Implementation of Initiative. The State Board | ||
shall develop guidelines and application procedures for the | ||
Initiative in fiscal year 2011 2005. The State Board may, if it | ||
chooses, award a small number of planning grants during any
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fiscal year to potential consortia. Other than existing | ||
cohorts, the first programs under the Initiative shall be | ||
awarded grants in such a way as to allow candidates to begin | ||
their work at the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year. | ||
(Source: P.A. 93-802, eff. 1-1-05; 94-979, eff. 6-30-06.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2010.
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