{"data":{"id":"us-il/105-ilcs-5-2-3.80d","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"105 ILCS 5/2-3.80d","heading":"Agricultural Education Pre-Service Teacher Internship Program.","body":"(a) In this Section:\n\"Pre-service teaching student\" means a student who is a declared agricultural education major accepted into an approved agricultural teacher education program at a public university in this State and who has completed at least 30 credit hours and has maintained, at a minimum, a 2.5 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent.\n\"Illinois agricultural company\" means any company in this State that has an interest in the agricultural industry, as determined by the pre-service teaching student's public university.\n(b) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education must, in consultation with the Board of Higher Education, develop an Agricultural Education Pre-Service Teacher Internship Program, beginning at the secondary education level, for pre-service teaching students that consists of both of the following:\n(1) At a minimum, an 8-week experience or 300 hours of experience to prepare the pre-service teaching student for in-classroom experiences, including, but not limited to, experiences in the 5 career clusters for Illinois agricultural education through partnerships with Illinois agricultural companies. The 5 career clusters include agricultural business management, agricultural mechanics and technology, horticulture services operations and management, agricultural sciences, and natural resources conservation management.\n(2) Both in-classroom lectures and hands-on, applied learning.\n(c) Subject to appropriation, the State Board must award grants to a pre-service teaching student enrolled in the Internship Program under subsection (b), which may be used by the student to support all of the following activities:\n(1) A stipend not to exceed $7,500 for a pre-service teaching student's completion of the Internship Program, distributed in monthly installments.\n(2) Lodging for a pre-service teaching student while participating in the Internship Program.\n(3) Reimbursement for meals, not to exceed the per diem rate established by the Internal Revenue Service, for a pre-service teaching student while participating in the Internship Program.\n(4) Any reasonable costs for participation in the Internship Program charged by any participating Illinois agricultural company.","path":["CHAPTER 105 SCHOOLS","School Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1005\u0026ChapterID=17\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:25Z","sha256":"dfc09067cd65d428250f811752359d6a1a6a4c890da3d127da144ea17cbe5305","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/105-ilcs-5-2-3.80c","next":"us-il/105-ilcs-5-2-3.81"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}