Bill Amendment: IL SB1991 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
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Bill Title: AGRICULTURE EDUCATION SHORTAGE
Status: 2017-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0118 [SB1991 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1991-Senate_Amendment_002.html
Bill Title: AGRICULTURE EDUCATION SHORTAGE
Status: 2017-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0118 [SB1991 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1991-Senate_Amendment_002.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1991
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1991, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
3 | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
6 | 2-3.80c as follows:
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7 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.80c new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 2-3.80c. Agriculture Education Shortage Task Force. | ||||||
9 | (a) The General Assembly recognizes that agriculture is the | ||||||
10 | most basic and singularly important industry in the State, that | ||||||
11 | agriculture is of central importance to the welfare and | ||||||
12 | economic stability of the State, and that the maintenance of | ||||||
13 | this vital industry requires a continued source of trained and | ||||||
14 | qualified agriculture educators to train future generations of | ||||||
15 | agriculturalists. | ||||||
16 | In 2016, to respond to the ongoing teacher shortage in |
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1 | agriculture education in Illinois, the General Assembly passed | ||||||
2 | Public Act 99-826, which deemed agriculture education as an | ||||||
3 | area of critical need in Illinois. | ||||||
4 | (b) There is hereby created the Agriculture Education | ||||||
5 | Shortage Task Force consisting of the following members: | ||||||
6 | (1) one member of the Senate appointed by the President | ||||||
7 | of the Senate; | ||||||
8 | (2) one member of the Senate appointed by the Minority | ||||||
9 | Leader of the Senate; | ||||||
10 | (3) one member of the House appointed by the Speaker of | ||||||
11 | the House of Representatives; | ||||||
12 | (4) one member of the House appointed by the Minority | ||||||
13 | Leader of the House of Representatives; | ||||||
14 | (5) the Head Consultant for agriculture education at | ||||||
15 | the State Board of Education under subsection (c) of | ||||||
16 | Section 2-3.80 of this Code; and | ||||||
17 | (6) 4 appointees from the Committee established under | ||||||
18 | subsection (d) of Section 2-3.80 of this Code, consisting | ||||||
19 | of 2 secondary agriculture teachers, one community college | ||||||
20 | agriculture teacher, and one university agriculture | ||||||
21 | teacher educator. | ||||||
22 | (c) The Task Force shall review and provide a report to the | ||||||
23 | Governor and General Assembly, including the following: | ||||||
24 | (1) the current number of agriculture education | ||||||
25 | teachers in Illinois who currently teach utilizing a | ||||||
26 | professional educator license; |
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1 | (2) the current number of agriculture education | ||||||
2 | teachers who teach utilizing an educator license with | ||||||
3 | stipulations; | ||||||
4 | (3) the number of graduates who have graduated from an | ||||||
5 | approved agriculture education program at a public | ||||||
6 | university in this State in each of the past 4 years; | ||||||
7 | (4) the number of agriculture education job openings at | ||||||
8 | secondary education programs in Illinois in each of the | ||||||
9 | past 4 years; | ||||||
10 | (5) recommendations to the General Assembly for | ||||||
11 | recruitment and retention of agriculture education | ||||||
12 | teachers, including recommendations on funding for | ||||||
13 | existing incentive programs and budget items to recruit and | ||||||
14 | retain agriculture education teachers; | ||||||
15 | (6) recommendations to the General Assembly for | ||||||
16 | participation in federal programs that may assist in the | ||||||
17 | recruitment and retention of agriculture teachers; and | ||||||
18 | (7) recommendations for reforms to current licensure | ||||||
19 | and testing requirements necessary for an agriculture | ||||||
20 | education applicant to attain a professional educator | ||||||
21 | license. | ||||||
22 | (d) The chairperson of the Agriculture Education Shortage | ||||||
23 | Task Force shall be elected by majority vote of the Task Force | ||||||
24 | members who are members of the General Assembly appointed by | ||||||
25 | the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
26 | Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the |
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1 | Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, who shall | ||||||
2 | establish meeting dates, times, and locations for the | ||||||
3 | Agriculture Education Shortage Task Force and shall file a | ||||||
4 | final report with the Governor and General Assembly as required | ||||||
5 | by this Section. | ||||||
6 | (e) The State Board of Education shall provide | ||||||
7 | administrative and other support as necessary. | ||||||
8 | (f) The appointments required for the Agriculture | ||||||
9 | Education Shortage Task Force shall be made within 30 days | ||||||
10 | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th | ||||||
11 | General Assembly. | ||||||
12 | (g) The first meeting of the Agriculture Education Shortage | ||||||
13 | Task Force shall commence within 60 days after the effective | ||||||
14 | date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. | ||||||
15 | (h) The Agriculture Education Shortage Task Force shall | ||||||
16 | hold at least 3 meetings. Members of the Task Force may | ||||||
17 | participate by video link or phone. | ||||||
18 | (i) A majority vote of all members of the Agriculture | ||||||
19 | Education Shortage Task Force is necessary for recommendations | ||||||
20 | to the Governor and General Assembly. | ||||||
21 | (j) The Agriculture Education Shortage Task Force shall | ||||||
22 | file its final report with the Governor and General Assembly no | ||||||
23 | later than January 1, 2019. | ||||||
24 | (k) This Section is repealed on February 1, 2019.
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25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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1 | becoming law.".
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