Full Text of SB0274 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 2-3.80 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.80) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.80)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.80. (a) The General Assembly recognizes that | 8 | | agriculture is
the most basic and singularly important | 9 | | industry in the State, that
agriculture is of central | 10 | | importance to the welfare and economic stability
of the State, | 11 | | and that the maintenance of this vital industry requires a
| 12 | | continued source of trained and qualified individuals for | 13 | | employment in
agriculture and agribusiness. The General | 14 | | Assembly hereby declares that it
is in the best interests of | 15 | | the people of the State of Illinois that a
comprehensive | 16 | | education program in agriculture be created and maintained by
| 17 | | the State's public school system in order to ensure an | 18 | | adequate supply of
trained and skilled individuals and to | 19 | | ensure appropriate representation of
racial and ethnic groups | 20 | | in all phases of the industry. It is the intent
of the General | 21 | | Assembly that a State program for agricultural education
shall | 22 | | be a part of the curriculum of the public school system K | 23 | | through
adult, and made readily available to all school |
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| 1 | | districts which may, at
their option, include programs in | 2 | | education in agriculture as a part of the
curriculum of that | 3 | | district.
| 4 | | (b) The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules | 5 | | and regulations
as are necessary to implement the provisions | 6 | | of this Section. The rules
and regulations shall not create | 7 | | any new State mandates on school districts
as a condition of | 8 | | receiving federal, State, and local funds by those
entities. | 9 | | It is in the intent of the General Assembly that, although this
| 10 | | Section does not create any new mandates, school districts are | 11 | | strongly
advised to follow the guidelines set forth in this | 12 | | Section.
| 13 | | (c) The State Superintendent of Education shall assume | 14 | | responsibility
for the administration of the State program | 15 | | adopted under this Section
throughout the public school system | 16 | | as well as the articulation of the
State program to the | 17 | | requirements and mandates of federally assisted
education. | 18 | | There is currently within the State Board of Education an
| 19 | | agricultural education unit to assist school districts in the | 20 | | establishment
and maintenance of educational programs pursuant | 21 | | to the provisions of this
Section. The staffing of the unit | 22 | | shall at all times be comprised of an
appropriate number of | 23 | | full-time employees who shall serve as program
consultants in | 24 | | agricultural education and shall be available to provide
| 25 | | assistance to school districts. At least one consultant shall | 26 | | be
responsible for the coordination of the State program, as |
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| 1 | | Head Consultant.
At least one consultant shall be responsible | 2 | | for the coordination of the
activities of student and | 3 | | agricultural organizations and associations.
| 4 | | (d) A committee of 13 agriculturalists representative of | 5 | | the various and
diverse areas of the agricultural industry in | 6 | | Illinois shall be established
to at least develop a curriculum | 7 | | and overview the implementation of the
Build Illinois through | 8 | | Quality Agricultural Education plans of the Illinois
| 9 | | Leadership Council for Agricultural Education and to advise
| 10 | | the State Board of Education on vocational agricultural | 11 | | education , including the administration of the agricultural | 12 | | education line item appropriation and agency rulemaking that | 13 | | affects agricultural education educators . The
committee | 14 | | Committee shall be composed of the following: | 15 | | (1) 3 (6) agriculturalists
representing the Illinois | 16 | | Leadership Council for Agricultural Education; | 17 | | (2) 3 agriculturalists; | 18 | | (3) 2 secondary agriculture teachers
(2) Secondary | 19 | | Agriculture Teachers ; | 20 | | (4) one representative of (1) "Ag In The Classroom" | 21 | | Teacher ; | 22 | | (5) one community college agriculture teacher (1)
| 23 | | Community College Agriculture Teacher ; | 24 | | (6) one adult agriculture educator (1) Adult | 25 | | Agriculture Education
Teacher ; | 26 | | (7) one university agriculture teacher educator (1) |
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| 1 | | University Agriculture Teacher Educator ; and | 2 | | (8) one FFA representative (1) FFA
Representative . | 3 | | All members of the committee Committee shall be appointed | 4 | | by the
Governor by and with the advice and consent of the | 5 | | Senate. The terms of
all members so appointed shall be for 3 | 6 | | years, except that of the members
initially appointed, 5 shall | 7 | | be appointed to serve for terms of one 1 year, 4
shall be | 8 | | appointed to serve for terms of 2 years , and 4 shall be | 9 | | appointed
to serve for terms of 3 years. All members of the | 10 | | committee Committee shall serve
until their successors are | 11 | | appointed and qualified. Subject to a requirement that | 12 | | committee members in office before the effective date of this | 13 | | amendatory Act of 102nd General Assembly may serve the full | 14 | | term to which they were appointed, the appointment of | 15 | | committee members to terms that commence on or after the | 16 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 17 | | Assembly shall be made in a manner that gives effect at the | 18 | | earliest possible time to the changes that are required by | 19 | | this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly in the | 20 | | representative composition of the committee's membership. | 21 | | Vacancies in terms
shall be filled by appointment of the | 22 | | Governor with the advice and consent
of the Senate for the | 23 | | extent of the unexpired term. | 24 | | The State Board of
Education shall implement a Build | 25 | | Illinois through Quality Agricultural
Education plan following | 26 | | receipt of these recommendations , which
shall be made |
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| 1 | | available on or before March 31, 1987.
Recommendations shall | 2 | | include, but not be limited to, the development of a
| 3 | | curriculum and a strategy for the purpose of establishing a | 4 | | source of
trained and qualified individuals in agriculture, a | 5 | | strategy for
articulating the State program in agricultural | 6 | | education throughout the
public school system, and a consumer | 7 | | education outreach strategy regarding
the importance of | 8 | | agriculture in Illinois. | 9 | | The committee of agriculturalists
shall serve without | 10 | | compensation.
| 11 | | (e) A school district that offers a secondary agricultural | 12 | | education program that is approved for State and federal | 13 | | funding must ensure that, at a minimum, all of the following | 14 | | are available to its secondary agricultural education | 15 | | students: | 16 | | (1) An instructional sequence of courses approved by | 17 | | the State Board of Education. | 18 | | (2) A State and nationally affiliated FFA (Future | 19 | | Farmers of America) chapter that is integral to | 20 | | instruction and is not treated solely as an | 21 | | extracurricular activity. | 22 | | (3) A mechanism for ensuring the involvement of all | 23 | | secondary agricultural education students in formal, | 24 | | supervised, agricultural-experience activities and | 25 | | programs.
| 26 | | (f) Nothing in this Section may prevent those secondary |
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| 1 | | agricultural education programs that are in operation before | 2 | | January 1, 2007 ( the effective date of Public Act 94-855) this | 3 | | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and that do not | 4 | | have an active State and nationally affiliated FFA chapter | 5 | | from continuing to operate or from continuing to receive | 6 | | funding from the State Board of Education.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 94-855, eff. 1-1-07; revised 8-24-20.)
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