PERSICO-MITCHELL,JERRY-BASSI-O'CONNOR-COULSON, SCHMITZ, LYONS,EILEEN, JONES,JOHN, BELLOCK, WAIT, KURTZ, OSMOND, KLINGLER, KRAUSE, LINDNER, KOSEL, WINTERS, STEPHENS, MEYER, MATHIAS, HULTGREN, MITCHELL,BILL, OSTERMAN, DAVIS,MONIQUE AND MCGUIRE. 105 ILCS 5/2-3.131 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.132 new Provides that this amendatory Act may be referred to as the Quality Teacher Incentive and Mentoring Law. Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to implement and administer a quality teacher incentive program, in which the Board provides signing bonuses of $1,000 each to eligible teachers. Requires the teacher to agree to teach in a public school for a minimum of 3 consecutive years. Requires the State Board of Education to implement a quality teacher mentoring program, in which the Board awards grants to school districts that meet certain criteria to allow these school districts to develop or expand teacher mentoring programs. Requires the school district to have a mentoring program for new teachers in their first 3 years of employment. Effective July 1, 2001. JAN-29-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK JAN-30-2001 H FIRST READING JAN-30-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-05-2001 H PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO PERSICO FEB-05-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MITCHELL,JERRY FEB-05-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BASSI FEB-05-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR O'CONNOR FEB-05-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR COULSON FEB-06-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ELEM SCND ED FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCHMITZ FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOJCIK FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,JOHN FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BELLOCK FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WAIT FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KURTZ FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OSMOND FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BRADY FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KLINGLER FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KRAUSE FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LINDNER FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KOSEL FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WINTERS FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR STEPHENS FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MYERS,RICHARD FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MEYER FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MATHIAS FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HULTGREN FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL,BILL FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PARKE FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OSTERMAN FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE MAR-01-2001 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 021-000-000 HELM MAR-01-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-15-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-15-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-27-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCGUIRE APR-06-2001 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary