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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 School Code is amended by changing Section
52-3.169 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.169)
7    Sec. 2-3.169. State Global Scholar Certification.
8    (a) The State Global Scholar Certification Program is
9established to recognized public and nonpublic high school
10graduates who have attained global competence. State Global
11Scholar Certification shall be awarded beginning with the
122017-2018 school year. School district or nonpublic school
13participation in this certification is voluntary.
14    (b) The purposes of State Global Scholar Certification are
15as follows:
16        (1) To recognize the value of a global education.
17        (2) To certify attainment of global competence.
18        (3) To provide employers with a method of identifying
19    globally competent employees.
20        (4) To provide colleges and universities with an
21    additional method to recognize applicants seeking
22    admission.
23        (5) To prepare students with 21st century skills.

 

 

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1        (6) To encourage the development of a globally ready
2    workforce in the STEM (science, technology, engineering,
3    and mathematics), manufacturing, agriculture, and service
4    sectors.
5    (c) State Global Scholar Certification confirms attainment
6of global competence, sufficient for meaningful use in college
7and a career, by a graduating public or nonpublic high school
8student.
9    (d) The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules as
10may be necessary to establish the criteria that students must
11achieve to earn State Global Scholar Certification, which
12shall minimally include attainment of units of credit in
13globally focused courses, service learning experiences, global
14collaboration and dialogue, and passage of a capstone project
15demonstrating global competency, as approved by the
16participating school district or nonpublic school for this
17purpose.
18    (e) The State Board of Education shall do both of the
19following:
20        (1) Prepare and deliver to participating school
21    districts or nonpublic schools an appropriate mechanism
22    for designating State Global Scholar Certification on the
23    diploma and transcript of a student indicating that the
24    student has been awarded State Global Scholar
25    Certification by the State Board of Education.
26        (2) Provide other information the State Board of

 

 

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1    Education deems necessary for school districts or
2    nonpublic schools to successfully participate in the
3    certification.
4    (f) A school district or nonpublic school that
5participates in certification under this Section shall do both
6of the following:
7        (1) Maintain appropriate records in order to identify
8    students who have earned State Global Scholar
9    Certification.
10        (2) Make the appropriate designation on the diploma
11    and transcript of each student who earns State Global
12    Scholar Certification.
13    (g) No fee may be charged to a student to receive the
14designation pursuant to the Section. Notwithstanding this
15prohibition, costs may be incurred by the student in
16demonstrating proficiency.
17(Source: P.A. 99-780, eff. 8-12-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
18    Section 10. The College and Career Success for All
19Students Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
 
20    (105 ILCS 302/30)
21    Sec. 30. Postsecondary-level course credit.
22    (a) In this Section:
23    "Institution of higher education" means a public
24university or public community college located in this State.

 

 

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1    "International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject"
2means an International Baccalaureate course taken by either
3International Baccalaureate diploma candidates or by
4International Baccalaureate course candidates.
5    "Subject score" means the total points awarded to a
6candidate for an International Baccalaureate course based on
7fulfillment of all subject requirements, including the
8end-of-course examination.
9    (b) Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, scores of
103, 4, and 5 on the College Board Advanced Placement
11examinations and, beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year,
12subject scores of 4 or higher for International Baccalaureate
13Diploma Programme subjects shall be accepted for credit to
14satisfy degree requirements by all institutions of higher
15education. Each institution of higher education shall
16determine for each Advanced Placement test and International
17Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject whether credit will be
18granted for electives, general education requirements, or
19major requirements and the Advanced Placement and
20International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject scores
21required to grant credit for those purposes.
22    Beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, each
23institution of higher education may award course credit to a
24student who has received State Global Scholar Certification.
25Each institution of higher education may determine whether
26credit will be granted for electives, general education

 

 

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1requirements, or major requirements for students who received
2State Global Scholar Certification.
3    (c) By the conclusion of the 2020-2021 academic year, the
4Board of Higher Education, in cooperation with the Illinois
5Community College Board, shall analyze the Advanced Placement
6examination and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
7subject score course granting policy of each institution of
8higher education and the research used by each institution in
9determining the level of credit and the number of credits
10provided for the Advanced Placement and International
11Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject scores in accordance
12with the requirements of this Section and file a report that
13includes findings and recommendations to the General Assembly
14and the Governor. Each institution of higher education shall
15provide the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
16Community College Board with all necessary data, in accordance
17with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of
181974, to conduct the analysis.
19    (d) Each institution of higher education shall publish its
20updated Advanced Placement examination and International
21Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject score course granting
22policy in accordance with the requirements of this Section on
23its Internet website before the beginning of the 2017-2018
24academic year.
25(Source: P.A. 99-358, eff. 8-13-15; 99-624, eff. 7-22-16.)
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,

 

 

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