101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB0059
 
Introduced 1/16/2019, by Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
110 ILCS 27/20

     Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that an institution may not collect fees from a high school student enrolled in a dual credit course in excess of what the institution needs, per student, to administer a dual credit program. Provides that any fees collected from the high school student may not be used for any purpose other than administering the dual credit program. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Dual Credit Quality Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 27/20)

7    Sec. 20. Standards.  All institutions offering dual credit 
8courses shall meet the following standards:
9        (1) Instructors teaching credit-bearing college-level 
10    courses for dual credit must meet the same academic 
11    credential requirements as faculty teaching on campus and 
12    need not meet certification requirements set out in Article 
13    21 of the School Code.
14        (2)  Instructors in career and technical education 
15    courses must possess the credentials and demonstrated 
16    teaching competencies appropriate to the field of 
17    instruction.
18        (3)  Students must meet the same academic criteria as 
19    those enrolled in credit-bearing college courses, 
20    including taking appropriate placement testing.
21        (4)  Course content must be the same as that required 
22    for credit-bearing college courses.
23        (5)  Learning outcomes must be the same as for 
 
 
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1    credit-bearing college courses and be appropriately 
2    measured.
3        (6)  Institutions shall provide high school instructors 
4    with an orientation in course curriculum, assessment 
5    methods, and administrative requirements before high 
6    school instructors are permitted to teach dual credit 
7    courses.
8        (7)  Dual credit instructors must be given the 
9    opportunity to participate in all activities available to 
10    other adjunct faculty, including professional development, 
11    seminars, site visits, and internal communication, 
12    provided that such opportunities do not interfere with an 
13    instructor's regular teaching duties.
14        (8)  Every dual credit course must be reviewed annually 
15    by faculty through the appropriate department to ensure 
16    consistency with campus courses.

17        (9)  Dual credit students must be assessed using methods 
18    consistent with students in traditional credit-bearing 
19    college courses.

20        (10) An institution may not collect fees from a high 
21    school student enrolled in a dual credit course in excess 
22    of what the institution needs, per student, to administer a 
23    dual credit program. Any fees collected from the high 
24    school student may not be used for any purpose other than 
25    administering the dual credit program. 

26(Source: P.A. 96-194, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
 
 
 
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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
2becoming law.