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_003.html
Bill Title: AGRICULTURE EDUCATION SHORTAGE
Status: 2017-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0118 [SB1991 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1991-Senate_Amendment_003.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 created the Agriculture Education Shortage | ||||||
5 | 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 of Representatives | ||||||
11 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | ||||||
12 | (4) one member of the House of Representatives | ||||||
13 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
14 | Representatives; and | ||||||
15 | (5) the following members, who shall be appointed by | ||||||
16 | the State Superintendent of Education within 30 days after | ||||||
17 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th | ||||||
18 | General Assembly: | ||||||
19 | (A) one representative of the State Board of | ||||||
20 | Education; | ||||||
21 | (B) one member representing a statewide | ||||||
22 | professional teachers' association appointed with the | ||||||
23 | advice of the Committee established under subsection | ||||||
24 | (d) of Section 2-3.80 of this Code; | ||||||
25 | (C) one member representing a different statewide | ||||||
26 | professional teachers' association appointed with the |
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1 | advice of the Committee established under subsection | ||||||
2 | (d) of Section 2-3.80 of this Code; | ||||||
3 | (D) one member representing a different | ||||||
4 | professional teachers' association in a city having a | ||||||
5 | population of over 500,000 appointed with the advice of | ||||||
6 | the Committee established under subsection (d) of | ||||||
7 | Section 2-3.80 of this Code; | ||||||
8 | (E) one member who is a community college | ||||||
9 | agriculture education teacher appointed with the | ||||||
10 | advice of the Committee established under subsection | ||||||
11 | (d) of Section 2-3.80 of this Code; | ||||||
12 | (F) one member who is a university agriculture | ||||||
13 | education teacher appointed with the advice of the | ||||||
14 | Committee established under subsection (d) of Section | ||||||
15 | 2-3.80 of this Code; | ||||||
16 | (G) one member representing a statewide | ||||||
17 | association representing superintendents; | ||||||
18 | (H) one member representing a statewide | ||||||
19 | association representing principals; | ||||||
20 | (I) one member representing a statewide | ||||||
21 | association representing school board members; | ||||||
22 | (J) one representative of a school district in a | ||||||
23 | city having a populations exceeding 500,000; | ||||||
24 | (K) one member representing an education advocacy | ||||||
25 | group that works with parents; and | ||||||
26 | (L) one representative of an education public |
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1 | policy organization. | ||||||
2 | (c) The Agriculture Education Shortage Task Force shall | ||||||
3 | first meet at the call of the State Superintendent of Education | ||||||
4 | within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
5 | of the 100th General Assembly, and following meetings shall be | ||||||
6 | at the call of the Chairperson, who shall be elected by a | ||||||
7 | majority of appointed members at the first meeting of the Task | ||||||
8 | Force. The State Board of Education shall provide | ||||||
9 | administrative support for the Task Force. | ||||||
10 | (d) Members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
11 | compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel and related | ||||||
12 | expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose. | ||||||
13 | (e) The Task Force shall meet at least 3 times and shall | ||||||
14 | review the following: | ||||||
15 | (1) the number of agriculture education teachers in | ||||||
16 | this State and the type of license held; | ||||||
17 | (2) the number of graduates who have graduated from an | ||||||
18 | approved agriculture education program of a public | ||||||
19 | university in this State in each of the past 4 years; | ||||||
20 | (3) the number of agriculture education position | ||||||
21 | openings at secondary education programs in this State in | ||||||
22 | each of the past 4 years; and | ||||||
23 | (4) licensure standards, including national licensure | ||||||
24 | standards, for the agricultural education endorsement on a | ||||||
25 | professional educator license or an educator license with | ||||||
26 | stipulations. |
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1 | (f) The Task Force shall issue a report to the Governor and | ||||||
2 | the General Assembly, which must be approved by a majority vote | ||||||
3 | of appointed members and must include recommendations | ||||||
4 | regarding: | ||||||
5 | (1) recruitment and retention of agriculture education | ||||||
6 | teachers, including recommendations on funding for | ||||||
7 | existing incentive programs; | ||||||
8 | (2) participation in federal programs that may assist | ||||||
9 | in the recruitment and retention of agriculture teachers; | ||||||
10 | and | ||||||
11 | (3) other subjects determined by the members of the | ||||||
12 | Task Force. | ||||||
13 | (g) The Task Force shall report its findings to the | ||||||
14 | Governor and General Assembly on or before January 1, 2019, | ||||||
15 | and, upon filing its report, the Task Force is dissolved. | ||||||
16 | (h) This Section is repealed on February 1, 2019.
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.".
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