Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1213 Compare Versions

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	1	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1213 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Caulkins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/65.27 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that scholarships awarded under the Teach Illinois Scholarship Program may be granted to individuals employed as teachers who agree to pursue a master's degree at a qualified institution of higher learning in order to teach dual credit courses at a secondary school. Provides that for any individual receiving a scholarship to teach dual credit courses, following the completion of the program of study, the individual must teach at least one dual credit course per school year in a secondary school in this State for a period of at least 5 years. Provides that individuals who fail to comply shall refund all of the awarded scholarships to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, whether payments were made directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the individuals, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by the scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is awarded. Provides that no individual may be required to refund tuition payments if his or her failure to teach a dual credit course in a secondary school is the result of financial conditions within school districts. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2023. LRB103 25118 RJT 51455 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1213 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Caulkins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/65.27 110 ILCS 947/65.27 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that scholarships awarded under the Teach Illinois Scholarship Program may be granted to individuals employed as teachers who agree to pursue a master's degree at a qualified institution of higher learning in order to teach dual credit courses at a secondary school. Provides that for any individual receiving a scholarship to teach dual credit courses, following the completion of the program of study, the individual must teach at least one dual credit course per school year in a secondary school in this State for a period of at least 5 years. Provides that individuals who fail to comply shall refund all of the awarded scholarships to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, whether payments were made directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the individuals, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by the scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is awarded. Provides that no individual may be required to refund tuition payments if his or her failure to teach a dual credit course in a secondary school is the result of financial conditions within school districts. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2023. LRB103 25118 RJT 51455 b LRB103 25118 RJT 51455 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1213 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Caulkins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that scholarships awarded under the Teach Illinois Scholarship Program may be granted to individuals employed as teachers who agree to pursue a master's degree at a qualified institution of higher learning in order to teach dual credit courses at a secondary school. Provides that for any individual receiving a scholarship to teach dual credit courses, following the completion of the program of study, the individual must teach at least one dual credit course per school year in a secondary school in this State for a period of at least 5 years. Provides that individuals who fail to comply shall refund all of the awarded scholarships to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, whether payments were made directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the individuals, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by the scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is awarded. Provides that no individual may be required to refund tuition payments if his or her failure to teach a dual credit course in a secondary school is the result of financial conditions within school districts. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2023.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning education.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
7	15		5 amended by changing Section 65.27 as follows:
8	16		6 (110 ILCS 947/65.27)
9	17		7 Sec. 65.27. Teach Illinois Scholarship Program.
10	18		8 (a) For the purposes of this Section:
11	19		9 "Area of identified staff shortage" means a school
12	20		10 district in which the number of teachers is insufficient to
13	21		11 meet student or school district demand or a subject area for
14	22		12 which the number of teachers who are qualified to teach that
15	23		13 subject area is insufficient to meet student or school
16	24		14 district demand, as determined by the State Board of
17	25		15 Education.
18	26		16 "Dual credit course" means a college course taken by a
19	27		17 high school student for credit at both the college and high
20	28		18 school level.
21	29		19 "Qualified institution of higher learning" means one of
22	30		20 the universities listed in Section 65.40 of this Act.
23	31		21 (b) The Commission shall implement and administer a
24	32		22 teacher scholarship program, to be known as the Teach Illinois
25	33		23 Scholarship Program. The Commission shall annually award
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	40	+	Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that scholarships awarded under the Teach Illinois Scholarship Program may be granted to individuals employed as teachers who agree to pursue a master's degree at a qualified institution of higher learning in order to teach dual credit courses at a secondary school. Provides that for any individual receiving a scholarship to teach dual credit courses, following the completion of the program of study, the individual must teach at least one dual credit course per school year in a secondary school in this State for a period of at least 5 years. Provides that individuals who fail to comply shall refund all of the awarded scholarships to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, whether payments were made directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the individuals, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by the scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is awarded. Provides that no individual may be required to refund tuition payments if his or her failure to teach a dual credit course in a secondary school is the result of financial conditions within school districts. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2023.
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34	68		1 scholarships to persons preparing to teach in areas of
35	69		2 identified staff shortages or to persons employed as teachers
36	70		3 who are preparing to teach dual credit courses within a
37	71		4 secondary school. These scholarships shall be awarded to
38	72		5 individuals who make application to the Commission and who
39	73		6 agree to take courses at qualified institutions of higher
40	74		7 learning that will prepare them to teach in areas of
41	75		8 identified staff shortages or to individuals employed as
42	76		9 teachers who make application to the Commission and who agree
43	77		10 to pursue a master's degree at a qualified institution of
44	78		11 higher learning in order to teach dual credit courses within a
45	79		12 secondary school.
46	80		13 (c) Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be
47	81		14 issued pursuant to rules promulgated by the Commission.
48	82		15 (d) Each scholarship shall be utilized by its holder for
49	83		16 the payment of tuition and non-revenue bond fees at any
50	84		17 qualified institution of higher learning. Such tuition and
51	85		18 fees shall be available only for courses that will enable the
52	86		19 individual to be licensed certified to teach in areas of
53	87		20 identified staff shortages or to be able to teach dual credit
54	88		21 courses. The Commission shall determine which courses are
55	89		22 eligible for tuition payments under this Section.
56	90		23 (e) The Commission shall make tuition payments directly to
57	91		24 the qualified institution of higher learning that the
58	92		25 individual attends for the courses prescribed.
59	93		26 (f) For any individual receiving a scholarship under this
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70	104		1 Section to teach in an area of identified staff shortage,
71	105		2 following Following the completion of the program of study,
72	106		3 the individual must accept employment to teach in an
73	107		4 elementary or secondary school in Illinois in an area of
74	108		5 identified staff shortage for a period of at least 5 years.
75	109		6 Individuals who fail to comply with this subsection (f)
76	110		7 provision shall refund all of the awarded scholarships to the
77	111		8 Commission, whether payments were made directly to the
78	112		9 institutions of higher learning or to the individuals, and
79	113		10 this condition shall be agreed to in writing by such all
80	114		11 scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is awarded.
81	115		12 No individual shall be required to refund tuition payments if
82	116		13 his or her failure to obtain employment as a teacher in a
83	117		14 school is the result of financial conditions within school
84	118		15 districts. The rules promulgated as provided in this Section
85	119		16 shall contain provisions regarding the waiving and deferral of
86	120		17 such payments.
87	121		18 (f-5) For any individual receiving a scholarship under
88	122		19 this Section to teach dual credit courses, following the
89	123		20 completion of the program of study, the individual must teach
90	124		21 at least one dual credit course per school year in a secondary
91	125		22 school in this State for a period of at least 5 years.
92	126		23 Individuals who fail to comply with this subsection (f-5)
93	127		24 shall refund all of the awarded scholarships to the
94	128		25 Commission, whether payments were made directly to the
95	129		26 institutions of higher learning or to the individuals, and
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106	140		1 this condition shall be agreed to in writing by such
107	141		2 scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is awarded.
108	142		3 No individual may be required to refund tuition payments if
109	143		4 his or her failure to teach a dual credit course in a secondary
110	144		5 school is the result of financial conditions within school
111	145		6 districts. The rules promulgated as provided in this Section
112	146		7 shall contain provisions regarding the waiving and deferral of
113	147		8 such payments.
114	148		9 (g) The Commission, with the cooperation of the State
115	149		10 Board of Education, shall assist individuals who have
116	150		11 participated in the scholarship program established by this
117	151		12 Section in finding employment in areas of identified staff
118	152		13 shortages or in finding dual credit courses in secondary
119	153		14 schools to teach.
120	154		15 (h) The scholarships under this Section are subject to
121	155		16 appropriations to the Commission by the General Assembly.
122	156		17 (Source: P.A. 94-205, eff. 1-1-06.)
123	157		18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
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