Sen. David Luechtefeld
Filed: 5/27/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 762
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 762, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
3 | with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. | ||||||
4 | 1, on page 1, line 4, after "by", by inserting "changing | ||||||
5 | Section 2-3.52A and"; and
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6 | on page 1, immediately below line 5, by inserting the | ||||||
7 | following:
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8 | "(105 ILCS 5/2-3.52A) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.52A)
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9 | Sec. 2-3.52A. Pilot programs. | ||||||
10 | (a) To improve the quality of
teaching as a profession the | ||||||
11 | State Board of Education may,
pursuant to appropriations for | ||||||
12 | such purposes, establish pilot
programs for teachers relating | ||||||
13 | to clinical schools, restructuring
the teaching workplace, and | ||||||
14 | providing special assistance and support
to beginning | ||||||
15 | teachers. Such programs shall be conducted in accordance
with | ||||||
16 | rules adopted by the State Board of Education. Such rules shall
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17 | provide for, but not be limited to, advisory councils and | ||||||
18 | annual
reports on the progress of the pilot programs.
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19 | (b) Beginning July 1, 2004 and continuing for 3 years, the | ||||||
20 | State Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification | ||||||
21 | Board are authorized to administer a pilot project designed to | ||||||
22 | improve math and science achievement of fifth grade students. | ||||||
23 | With annual joint approval by the State Board of Education and | ||||||
24 | the State Teacher Certification Board, teachers who hold a 6-12 |
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1 | certificate endorsed in mathematics or science and who hold a | ||||||
2 | middle grades endorsement or qualify for teaching in the middle | ||||||
3 | grades may teach fifth grade students in the area of their | ||||||
4 | endorsement, provided that no teacher otherwise assigned to | ||||||
5 | teach those students is, as a direct result of the use of such | ||||||
6 | teachers, subject to reduction in force.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 85-322.)".
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