SCH CD-TEACHR-BONUS-REPAY LOAN House SponsorsRep. Robert W. Churchill-Frank Aguilar-Rich Brauer-Raymond Poe-Jim Watson, Sidney H. Mathias, Ed Sullivan, Jr., Rosemary Mulligan and Carole Pankau 1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die 105 ILCS 5/2-3.131 new105 ILCS 5/2-3.132 new Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish and administer a program to provide signing bonuses to teachers who contract with the State Board to teach in a public school, for a minimum of 5 consecutive school years, in a school district that has a shortage of teachers or in a subject area that has a shortage of teachers, with the State Board determining the amount of the bonus. Also requires the State Board to establish and administer a loan repayment program for teachers who contract with the State Board to teach in a public school, for a minimum of 5 consecutive school years, in a school district that has a shortage of teachers or in a subject area that has a shortage of teachers, with the State Board awarding a grant to a teacher under contract in an amount that equals 50% of the amount in higher education student loans that the person must repay that school year. Effective July 1, 2003. 2/21/2003HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Churchill 2/21/2003HouseFirst Reading 2/21/2003HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/26/2003HouseAssigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee 3/3/2003HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank Aguilar 3/3/2003HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer 3/3/2003HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe 3/3/2003HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson 3/3/2003HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias 3/3/2003HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr. 3/3/2003HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan 3/5/2003HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Carole Pankau 3/13/2003HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die