Rep. Jerry Costello, II
Filed: 5/3/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1498 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1498 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
52-3.80d as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.80d new)
7    Sec. 2-3.80d. Agricultural Education Pre-Service Teacher 
8Internship Program.
9    (a) In this Section: 
10    "Pre-service teaching student" means a student who is a 
11declared agricultural education major accepted into an 
12approved agricultural teacher education program at a public 
13university in this State and who has completed at least 30 
14credit hours and has maintained, at a minimum, a 2.5 cumulative 
15grade point average on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent.
16    "Illinois agricultural company" means any company in this 
 
 
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1State that has an interest in the agricultural industry, as 
2determined by the pre-service teaching student's public 
3university.
4    (b) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education 
5must, in consultation with the Board of Higher Education, 
6develop an Agricultural Education Pre-Service Teacher 
7Internship Program, beginning at the secondary education 
8level, for pre-service teaching students that consists of both 
9of the following: 
10        (1) At a  minimum, an 8-week experience or  300 hours of 
11    experience to prepare the pre-service teaching student for 
12    in-classroom experiences, including, but not limited to, 
13    experiences in the 5 career clusters for Illinois 
14    agricultural education through partnerships with Illinois 
15    agricultural companies. The 5 career clusters include 
16    agricultural business management, agricultural mechanics 
17    and technology, horticulture services operations and 
18    management, agricultural sciences, and natural resources 
19    conservation management.
20        (2) Both in-classroom lectures and hands-on, applied 
21    learning. 
22    (c) Subject to appropriation, the State Board must award 
23grants to a pre-service teaching student enrolled in the 
24Internship Program under subsection (b), which may be used by 
25the student to support all of the following activities: 
26        (1) A stipend not to exceed $7,500 for a pre-service 
 
 
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1    teaching student's completion of the Internship Program, 
2    distributed in monthly installments. 
3        (2) Lodging for a pre-service teaching student while 
4    participating in the Internship Program.
5        (3) Reimbursement for meals, not to exceed the per diem 
6    rate established by the Internal Revenue Service, for a 
7    pre-service teaching student while participating in the 
8    Internship Program.
9        (4) Any reasonable costs for participation in the 
10    Internship Program charged by any participating Illinois 
11    agricultural company.
 
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.".