97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3328
 
Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Angelo Saviano
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
110 ILCS 27/20

     Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that an institution of higher learning may offer dual credit courses only to high school students in the 12th grade and is prohibited from offering more than 9 semester hours of dual credit courses to those students.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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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 offer dual credit courses only 
21    to high school students in the 12th grade and is prohibited 
22    from offering more than 9 semester hours of dual credit 
23    courses to those students.


24(Source: P.A. 96-194, eff. 1-1-10.)