100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2648

 

Introduced 2/8/2018, by Sen. Scott M. Bennett

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/2-3.80c

    Amends the School Code. Provides that the Agriculture Education Shortage Task Force shall report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly on or before January 1, 2021 (rather than January 1, 2019). Removes a provision providing that the Task Force is dissolved upon filing the report. Provides that the provision governing the Task Force is repealed on February 1, 2021 (rather than February 1, 2019). Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
52-3.80c as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.80c)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on February 1, 2019)
8    Sec. 2-3.80c. Agriculture Education Shortage Task Force.
9    (a) The General Assembly recognizes that agriculture is the
10most basic and singularly important industry in the State, that
11agriculture is of central importance to the welfare and
12economic stability of the State, and that the maintenance of
13this vital industry requires a continued source of trained and
14qualified agriculture educators to train future generations of
15agriculturalists.
16    In 2016, to respond to the ongoing teacher shortage in
17agriculture education in Illinois, the General Assembly passed
18Public Act 99-826, which deemed agriculture education as an
19area of critical need in Illinois.
20    (b) There is created the Agriculture Education Shortage
21Task Force consisting of the following members:
22        (1) one member of the Senate appointed by the President
23    of the Senate;

 

 

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1        (2) one member of the Senate appointed by the Minority
2    Leader of the Senate;
3        (3) one member of the House of Representatives
4    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
5        (4) one member of the House of Representatives
6    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
7    Representatives; and
8        (5) the following members, who shall be appointed by
9    the State Superintendent of Education within 30 days after
10    the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
11    General Assembly:
12            (A) one representative of the State Board of
13        Education;
14            (B) one member representing a statewide
15        professional teachers' association appointed with the
16        advice of the Committee established under subsection
17        (d) of Section 2-3.80 of this Code;
18            (C) one member representing a different statewide
19        professional teachers' association appointed with the
20        advice of the Committee established under subsection
21        (d) of Section 2-3.80 of this Code;
22            (D) one member representing a different
23        professional teachers' association in a city having a
24        population of over 500,000 appointed with the advice of
25        the Committee established under subsection (d) of
26        Section 2-3.80 of this Code;

 

 

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1            (E) one member who is a community college
2        agriculture education teacher appointed with the
3        advice of the Committee established under subsection
4        (d) of Section 2-3.80 of this Code;
5            (F) one member who is a university agriculture
6        education teacher appointed with the advice of the
7        Committee established under subsection (d) of Section
8        2-3.80 of this Code;
9            (G) one member representing a statewide
10        association representing superintendents;
11            (H) one member representing a statewide
12        association representing principals;
13            (I) one member representing a statewide
14        association representing school board members;
15            (J) one representative of a school district in a
16        city having a population exceeding 500,000;
17            (K) one member representing an education advocacy
18        group that works with parents; and
19            (L) one representative of an education public
20        policy organization.
21    (c) The Agriculture Education Shortage Task Force shall
22first meet at the call of the State Superintendent of Education
23within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act
24of the 100th General Assembly, and following meetings shall be
25at the call of the Chairperson, who shall be elected by a
26majority of appointed members at the first meeting of the Task

 

 

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1Force. The State Board of Education shall provide
2administrative support for the Task Force.
3    (d) Members of the Task Force shall serve without
4compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel and related
5expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose.
6    (e) The Task Force shall meet at least 3 times and shall
7review the following:
8        (1) the number of agriculture education teachers in
9    this State and the type of license held;
10        (2) the number of graduates who have graduated from an
11    approved agriculture education program of a public
12    university in this State in each of the past 4 years;
13        (3) the number of agriculture education position
14    openings at secondary education programs in this State in
15    each of the past 4 years; and
16        (4) licensure standards, including national licensure
17    standards, for the agricultural education endorsement on a
18    professional educator license or an educator license with
19    stipulations.
20    (f) The Task Force shall issue a report to the Governor and
21the General Assembly, which must be approved by a majority vote
22of appointed members and must include recommendations
23regarding:
24        (1) recruitment and retention of agriculture education
25    teachers, including recommendations on funding for
26    existing incentive programs;

 

 

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1        (2) participation in federal programs that may assist
2    in the recruitment and retention of agriculture teachers;
3    and
4        (3) other subjects determined by the members of the
5    Task Force.
6    (g) The Task Force shall report its findings to the
7Governor and General Assembly on or before January 1, 2021
82019, and, upon filing its report, the Task Force is dissolved.
9    (h) This Section is repealed on February 1, 2021 2019.
10(Source: P.A. 100-118, eff. 8-15-17.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.