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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 2-3.80a as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.80a) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2-3.80a. Agricultural Agriculture science teacher | ||||||
| 8 | education. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education | ||||||
| 10 | shall develop an agricultural science teacher education | ||||||
| 11 | training continuum beginning at the secondary level and shall | ||||||
| 12 | provide incentive funding grants to the following: | ||||||
| 13 | (1) institutions of higher education that offer | ||||||
| 14 | State-approved agricultural science teacher preparation | ||||||
| 15 | programs; and | ||||||
| 16 | (2) public community colleges in this State that | ||||||
| 17 | provide an articulated agricultural science teacher | ||||||
| 18 | education course of study. the agriculture science teacher | ||||||
| 19 | education programs located at Illinois State University, | ||||||
| 20 | Southern Illinois University, the University of Illinois, | ||||||
| 21 | and Western Illinois University. Public community colleges | ||||||
| 22 | in this State that provide an articulated agriculture | ||||||
| 23 | science teacher education course of study are also eligible | ||||||
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| 1 | for funding. | ||||||
| 2 | (b) The funds provided by the State Board of Education | ||||||
| 3 | under subsection (a) of this Section may be used to support the | ||||||
| 4 | following activities: | ||||||
| 5 | (1) Teacher education candidate recruitment and | ||||||
| 6 | retention incentives. | ||||||
| 7 | (2) Having Master teachers and practitioners assist | ||||||
| 8 | with various aspects of the recruitment of potential | ||||||
| 9 | candidates and the preparation of those candidates as | ||||||
| 10 | skilled and qualified teachers of agricultural education | ||||||
| 11 | the preparation, coordination, and supervision of student | ||||||
| 12 | teachers. | ||||||
| 13 | (3) Establishing, and delivering, arranging for, or | ||||||
| 14 | providing financial support for professional development | ||||||
| 15 | experiences for new agricultural science teachers during | ||||||
| 16 | their first 5 years of teaching. | ||||||
| 17 | (4) Professional development for faculty in | ||||||
| 18 | universities' agricultural education teacher preparation | ||||||
| 19 | programs and for community college agriculture faculty | ||||||
| 20 | responsible for instruction in agricultural education | ||||||
| 21 | teacher preparation transfer programs university | ||||||
| 22 | agriculture education teacher education staff.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 95-153, eff. 1-1-08.)
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| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 25 | becoming law.
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