IL SB1930

Establishes the Grow Your Own STEM and Vocational Education Teachers Program requiring public institutions of higher education to waive tuition, fees, and on-campus housing costs for students pursuing bachelor's or advanced degrees in agriculture, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or vocational education fields.

Program participants must agree to teach at a hard-to-staff school for at least 3 years at a high school or 5 years at a public institution of higher education/community college in Illinois, or reimburse the institution for waived costs.

Requires participants to maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average at all times while enrolled.

Creates the Grow Your Own Dual Credit Teachers Program to waive tuition and fees for licensed Illinois teachers with master's degrees pursuing up to 18 graduate hours to qualify as dual credit faculty.

Funding comes from the General Revenue Fund subject to appropriation, with the Board of Higher Education authorized to adopt necessary administrative rules; Act takes effect July 1, 2020.