HB0035 Summary

• Transfers administration of the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative from the Board of Higher Education to Grow Your Own Illinois organization

• Expands program eligibility to include high school students enrolled in dual credit courses and early childhood programs meeting specific subsidy requirements

• Removes the requirement that candidate selection consider prior college education interruption and allows high school students with dual credit enrollment to participate in cohorts

• Establishes that the Board of Higher Education cannot adopt candidate eligibility rules more restrictive than those specified in the statute

• Clarifies that participating institutions may offer dual credit courses to high school students subject to the Dual Credit Quality Act requirements