republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-392.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUC-GROW YOUR OWN TEACHERS"
description: "Amends the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Act. Makes changes concerning the purposes and goals of the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative, the definitions of certain terms, including adding a definition of \"cohort\", the composition of a consortium, candidate qualifications, a cohort's education (instead of training), collective consortium decision-making, supportive services, the program of forgivable loans, the award of grants under the Initiative, the inclusion of certain costs in program budgets, and funds to cover the salary of a site-based cohort coordinator. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 392"
citation: "Illinois HB 392 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-02"
last_action: "2009-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/052f69db-c3a3-445c-bdd9-128785824f65"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=392&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40681&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "0835da08f570c87fd669812df8fde458b00fe2e690cf5bed6b79b5ad067b71b5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 392 (96th) — EDUC-GROW YOUR OWN TEACHERS

Amends the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Act. Makes changes concerning the purposes and goals of the Grow Your Own Teacher Education Initiative, the definitions of certain terms, including adding a definition of "cohort", the composition of a consortium, candidate qualifications, a cohort's education (instead of training), collective consortium decision-making, supportive services, the program of forgivable loans, the award of grants under the Initiative, the inclusion of certain costs in program budgets, and funds to cover the salary of a site-based cohort coordinator. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0392&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40681&DocNum=392&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0392eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40681&DocNum=392&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0392enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40681&DocNum=392&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Esther Golar — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Esther Golar `filing`
- **2009-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-09** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
- **2009-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2009-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2009-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2009-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi
- **2009-02-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2009-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2009-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2009-03-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2009-03-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William D. Burns
- **2009-03-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-05-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2009-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-07** Effective Date August 7, 2009
- **2009-08-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0144 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/052f69db-c3a3-445c-bdd9-128785824f65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).