Bill Text: IL SB3047 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Creates the Grow Your Own STEM and Vocational Education Teachers Act. Requires a public university to waive any tuition, fees, and on-campus housing costs of a student who agrees to pursue a minimum of a bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics for a teaching occupation that includes, but is not limited to, mathematics, natural sciences, or career and vocational education in the areas of technology teacher, industrial arts teacher, trade teacher, health care teacher, or information technology teacher and maintains a 3.0 cumulative grade point average. Provides that the student shall agree to fully reimburse the public university if the student fails to teach at least 3 years at an Illinois high school or at least 5 years at an Illinois public institution of higher education. Provides for funding. Requires the Board of Higher Education to adopt rules it determines are necessary for the administration of the Act. Effective July 1, 2020.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3047 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB3047-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Grow | ||||||
| 5 | Your Own STEM and Vocational Education Teachers Act.
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| 6 | Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "public institution of | ||||||
| 7 | higher education" means the University of Illinois, Southern | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois | ||||||
| 10 | State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois University, Western Illinois University, or any other | ||||||
| 12 | public university or college, other than a community college, | ||||||
| 13 | new or hereafter established or authorized by the General | ||||||
| 14 | Assembly.
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| 15 | Section 10. Grow Your Own STEM and Vocational Education | ||||||
| 16 | Teachers Program. Subject to any tuition waiver limitation | ||||||
| 17 | established by the Board of Higher Education, a public | ||||||
| 18 | institution of higher education shall, if funds are | ||||||
| 19 | appropriated to the Board of Higher Education under this Act, | ||||||
| 20 | waive any tuition, fees, and on-campus housing costs for a | ||||||
| 21 | student who does all of the following: | ||||||
| 22 | (1) Agrees to pursue a minimum of a bachelor's degree | ||||||
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| 1 | in agriculture, science, technology, engineering, or | ||||||
| 2 | mathematics for a teaching occupation that includes, but is | ||||||
| 3 | not limited to, mathematics, natural sciences, or career | ||||||
| 4 | and vocational education in the areas of agriculture | ||||||
| 5 | education teacher, technology teacher, industrial arts | ||||||
| 6 | teacher, trade teacher, health care teacher, or | ||||||
| 7 | information technology teacher. | ||||||
| 8 | (2) Agrees to attend a public institution of higher | ||||||
| 9 | education to pursue an undergraduate degree or an advanced | ||||||
| 10 | degree in one of the concentrations set forth under | ||||||
| 11 | paragraph (1) of this Section. | ||||||
| 12 | (3) Agrees to teach at a hard-to-staff school, as | ||||||
| 13 | determined by the Board of Higher Education. | ||||||
| 14 | (4) Maintains a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point | ||||||
| 15 | average (or its equivalent) at all times. | ||||||
| 16 | (5) Agrees to fully reimburse the public institution of | ||||||
| 17 | higher education for any waived tuition, fees, or costs if | ||||||
| 18 | the student fails to teach at least 3 years at a high | ||||||
| 19 | school located in this State or less than 5 years at a | ||||||
| 20 | public institution of higher education or a public | ||||||
| 21 | community college located in this State.
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| 22 | Section 15. Grow Your Own Dual Credit Teachers Program. | ||||||
| 23 | Subject to any tuition waiver limitation established by the | ||||||
| 24 | Board of Higher Education, a public institution of higher | ||||||
| 25 | education shall, if funds are appropriated to the Board of | ||||||
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| 1 | Higher Education under this Act, waive any tuition and fees for | ||||||
| 2 | a student who is a licensed Illinois teacher with a master's | ||||||
| 3 | degree and who does all of the following: | ||||||
| 4 | (1) Agrees to pursue up to a maximum of 18 graduate | ||||||
| 5 | hours necessary to qualify the student to teach dual credit | ||||||
| 6 | consistent with applicable accreditation and State | ||||||
| 7 | standards for dual credit faculty. These credit hours shall | ||||||
| 8 | be in disciplines consistent with the general education | ||||||
| 9 | areas specified in the General Education Core Curriculum or | ||||||
| 10 | with the student's major in the Illinois Articulation | ||||||
| 11 | Initiative, provided the institution has those courses. | ||||||
| 12 | (2) Agrees to fully reimburse the public institution of | ||||||
| 13 | higher education for any waived tuition or fees if the | ||||||
| 14 | student fails to teach at least 5 years at a high school | ||||||
| 15 | located in this State after the completion of the graduate | ||||||
| 16 | hours.
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| 17 | Section 20. Funding. Funding for this Act shall come from | ||||||
| 18 | the General Revenue Fund and shall be subject to appropriation.
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| 19 | Section 90. Rules. The Board of Higher Education shall | ||||||
| 20 | adopt rules it determines are necessary for the administration | ||||||
| 21 | of this Act.
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 23 | 2019.
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