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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
52-3.80d as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.80d new)
7    Sec. 2-3.80d. Agricultural Education Pre-Service Teacher
8Training Program.
9    (a) In this Section:
10    "Non-traditional agricultural education teaching student"
11means a student enrolled in an institution of higher education
12in this State in a State-approved teacher preparation program
13who has completed at least 30 credit hours, has maintained a
14minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale (or
15its equivalent as determined by the State Board of Education),
16and has demonstrated, through application to the Agricultural
17Education Pre-Service Teacher Training Program, an interest in
18agricultural education.
19    "Pre-service teaching student" means a student who is
20enrolled in an approved agricultural education teacher
21preparation program at an institution of higher education or an
22articulated agricultural education teacher course of study at a
23public community college, has completed at least 30 credit

 

 

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1hours, and has maintained, at a minimum, a 3.0 cumulative grade
2point average.
3    "Illinois agricultural company" means any company in this
4State that has an interest in the agricultural industry, as
5determined by the pre-service teaching student's institution
6of higher education or public community college.
7    (b) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education
8must develop an Agricultural Education Pre-Service Teacher
9Training Program beginning at the secondary level that provides
10grants to all of the following:
11        (1) Students who qualify as pre-service teaching
12    students and who attend institutions of higher education in
13    this State that offer a State-approved agricultural
14    education teacher preparation program.
15        (2) Students who qualify as pre-service teaching
16    students and who attend public community colleges in this
17    State that provide an articulated agricultural education
18    teacher course of study.
19        (3) Non-traditional agricultural education teaching
20    students, as defined in this Section.
21    The Training Program must be a 12-week experience that
22includes all of the following:
23        (1) Hands-on experience in the 5 career clusters of
24    agricultural education through partnerships with Illinois
25    agricultural companies. The 5 career clusters are
26    agricultural business management, agricultural mechanics

 

 

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1    and technology, horticulture services operations and
2    management, agricultural sciences, and natural resources
3    conservation management.
4        (2) At least 2 weeks in each of the 5 career clusters
5    under paragraph (1).
6        (3) Both in-classroom lectures and hands-on, applied
7    learning.
8    (c) The funds provided by the State Board under subsection
9(b) may be used to support all of the following activities:
10        (1) A stipend not to exceed $7,500 for a
11    non-traditional agricultural education teaching student or
12    a pre-service teaching student for work completed under the
13    Training Program, distributed in monthly installments.
14        (2) Lodging for a pre-service teaching student while
15    participating in the Training Program.
16        (3) Reimbursement for meals, not to exceed $75 per day,
17    for a pre-service teaching student while participating in
18    the Training Program.
19        (4) Any reasonable costs for participation in the
20    Training Program charged by a participating Illinois
21    agricultural company.
22        (5) Any educational costs related to the Training
23    Program, including, but not limited to, for course credits
24    at the institution of higher education or public community
25    college.
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.