Date	Chamber	Action
3/21/2025	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

110 ILCS 48/20

110 ILCS 48/25

110 ILCS 48/35.5 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Act. In a provision regarding the selection of grantees, provides that: State appropriations shall be allocated with the intention of providing direct candidate support through consortia; and Grown Your Own Illinois may use no more than 5% of State appropriations for operational expenditures, but may supplement its operational expenditures with private funds. In a provision regarding expenditures under the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative: requires grants to be distributed to consortia from Grow Your Own Illinois in an equitable manner based on candidate needs and in such a way as to provide the required support for a cohort of candidates; and provides that site-based cohort coordinators shall indicate to Grow Your Own Illinois the needs of candidates and shall have the authority to inform the development and operations of the cohort pertaining to certain topics. Allows the Board of Higher Education to create a process to allow cohorts to communicate operational or funding challenges pertaining to the implementation of the Grow Your Own Illinois program. Allows the Board to adopt rules to establish a complaint process. Makes other changes.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/3/2025	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
2/4/2025	House	First Reading
2/4/2025	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/3/2025	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
3/4/2025	House	Assigned to Higher Education Committee
3/21/2025	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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