Rep. Milton Patterson
Filed: 4/26/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2233
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2233 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
5 | 2-3.142 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.142 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 2-3.142. Exemplary Teacher Grant Program. Subject to | ||||||
8 | appropriation, the State Board of Education shall create the | ||||||
9 | Exemplary Teacher Grant Program under which 10 grants in the | ||||||
10 | amount of $5,000 each shall annually be awarded to selected | ||||||
11 | teachers. A grant recipient shall use the grant for his or her | ||||||
12 | classroom in any reasonable way that he or she sees fit for the | ||||||
13 | purpose of further educating his or her students. | ||||||
14 | Each school district may nominate one teacher for receipt | ||||||
15 | of a grant under the Program. The State Board of Education | ||||||
16 | shall establish an advisory panel of State legislators to |
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1 | advise the State Board in the selection of the 10 grant | ||||||
2 | recipients from among these nominations. ".
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