Rep. Milton Patterson

Filed: 5/16/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2233

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2233 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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 25 grants in the
10 amount of $2,000 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 each year. The State Board of
16 Education shall create the grant nomination application and

 

 

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1 shall establish the criteria for receipt of a grant. The State
2 Teacher Certification Board shall select the 25 grant
3 recipients from among the nominations.".