Full Text of SB2838 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Dual Credit Quality Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 15 and 20 and by adding Sections 16, 17, 18, | 6 | | 19, 30, and 35 as follows: | 7 | | (110 ILCS 27/15)
| 8 | | Sec. 15. Student academic standing access, eligibility, | 9 | | and attainment .
| 10 | | (a) The Illinois Community College Board and the Board of | 11 | | Higher Education shall develop policies to permit multiple | 12 | | appropriate measures using differentiated assessment for | 13 | | granting eligibility for dual credit to students. The measures | 14 | | developed shall ensure that a student is prepared for any | 15 | | coursework in which the student enrolls. | 16 | | (b) Institutions may adopt policies to protect the academic | 17 | | standing of students who are not successful in dual credit | 18 | | courses, including, but not limited to, options for (i) late | 19 | | withdrawal from a course, or (ii) taking the course on a | 20 | | pass-fail basis, or both. All institutional policies relating | 21 | | to the academic standing of students enrolled in dual credit | 22 | | courses or the transfer of credit for dual credit courses must | 23 | | be made publicly available by the institution and provided to |
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| 1 | | each student enrolled in dual credit courses offered by that | 2 | | institution.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 96-194, eff. 1-1-10.) | 4 | | (110 ILCS 27/16 new) | 5 | | Sec. 16. High school and community college partnership | 6 | | agreements; dual credit. A community college district shall, | 7 | | upon the request of a school district within the jurisdiction | 8 | | of the community college district, enter into a partnership | 9 | | agreement with the school district to offer dual credit | 10 | | coursework. | 11 | | A school district may offer any course identified in the | 12 | | Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core | 13 | | Curriculum package under the Illinois Articulation Initiative | 14 | | Act as a dual credit course on the campus of a high school of | 15 | | the school district and may use a high school instructor who | 16 | | has met the academic credential requirements under this Act to | 17 | | teach the dual credit course. | 18 | | The partnership agreement shall include all of the | 19 | | following: | 20 | | (1) The establishment of the school district's and the | 21 | | community college district's respective roles and | 22 | | responsibilities in providing the program and ensuring the | 23 | | quality and instructional rigor of the program. This must | 24 | | include an assurance that the community college district | 25 | | has appropriate academic control of the curriculum, |
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| 1 | | consistent with any State or federal law and as required or | 2 | | negotiated with the Higher Learning Commission or other | 3 | | applicable accrediting agency. | 4 | | (2) The dual credit courses that the school district | 5 | | will offer its students and whether those courses will be | 6 | | offered on the high school or community college campus or | 7 | | through an online platform established by the Illinois | 8 | | Community College Board. | 9 | | (3) The establishment of academic criteria for | 10 | | granting eligibility for high school students to enroll in | 11 | | dual credit coursework. The academic criteria shall be | 12 | | evidence-based and shall include multiple appropriate | 13 | | measures to determine whether a student is prepared for any | 14 | | dual credit coursework in which the student enrolls. | 15 | | (4) The establishment of any limitations that the | 16 | | school district or community college district may put on | 17 | | course offerings due to availability of instructors, the | 18 | | availability of students for specific course offerings, or | 19 | | local board policy. | 20 | | (5) The requirement that the dual credit instructor | 21 | | meet the academic credential requirements to teach a dual | 22 | | credit course, consistent with paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) | 23 | | of Section 20 of this Act, but shall not be required to | 24 | | exceed those credentials. | 25 | | (6) The collaborative process and criteria by which the | 26 | | school district shall identify and recommend and the |
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| 1 | | community college district shall review and approve high | 2 | | school instructors of dual credit courses taught on the | 3 | | campus of a high school. This provision shall require that | 4 | | the school district be responsible for hiring and | 5 | | compensating the instructor. | 6 | | (7) The requirement that a community college district | 7 | | take the appropriate steps to ensure that dual credit | 8 | | courses are equivalent to those courses offered at the | 9 | | community college in quality and rigor to qualify for | 10 | | college credit. The dual credit programs shall encompass | 11 | | the following characteristics: | 12 | | (A) Student learning outcomes expected for dual | 13 | | credit courses in General Education Core Curriculum | 14 | | courses and the professional and career and technical | 15 | | disciplines shall be the same as the student learning | 16 | | outcomes expected for the same courses taught on the | 17 | | postsecondary campus. | 18 | | (B) Course content, course delivery, and course | 19 | | rigor shall be evaluated by the community college chief | 20 | | academic officer or his or her designee, in | 21 | | consultation with the school district's superintendent | 22 | | or his or her designee. The evaluation shall be | 23 | | conducted in a manner that is consistent with the | 24 | | community college district's review and evaluation | 25 | | policy and procedures for on-campus adjunct faculty, | 26 | | including visits to the secondary class. This |
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| 1 | | evaluation shall be limited to the course and the | 2 | | ability of the instructor to deliver quality, rigorous | 3 | | college credit coursework. This evaluation shall not | 4 | | impact the instructor's performance evaluation under | 5 | | Article 24A of the School Code. | 6 | | (C) The academic supports and, if applicable, | 7 | | guidance that will be provided to students | 8 | | participating in the program by the high school and the | 9 | | community college district. | 10 | | (8) Identify all fees and costs to be assessed by the | 11 | | community college district for dual credit courses. This | 12 | | provision shall require that any fees and costs assessed | 13 | | for dual credit courses shall be reasonable and promote | 14 | | student access to those courses, and may take into account | 15 | | regional considerations and differences. | 16 | | (9) The community college district shall establish a | 17 | | mechanism for evaluating and documenting on a regular basis | 18 | | the performance of students who complete dual credit | 19 | | courses, consistent with paragraph (9) of Section 20 and | 20 | | Section 30 of this Act, and for sharing that data in a | 21 | | meaningful and timely manner with the school district. This | 22 | | evaluation shall be limited to the course and the | 23 | | coursework. This evaluation shall not impact the | 24 | | instructor's performance evaluation under Article 24A of | 25 | | the School Code. | 26 | | If, within 180 calendar days of the school district's |
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| 1 | | initial request to enter into a partnership agreement with the | 2 | | community college district, the school district and the | 3 | | community college district do not reach agreement on the | 4 | | partnership agreement, then the school district and community | 5 | | college district shall jointly implement the provisions of the | 6 | | Model Partnership Agreement established under Section 19 of | 7 | | this Act for which local agreement could not be reached. A | 8 | | community college district may combine its negotiations with | 9 | | multiple school districts to establish one multi-district | 10 | | partnership agreement or may negotiate individual partnership | 11 | | agreements at its discretion. | 12 | | (110 ILCS 27/17 new) | 13 | | Sec. 17. Out-of-state dual credit contracts. On or after | 14 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | 15 | | Assembly, a school district may not enter into a new contract | 16 | | with an out-of-state institution to provide a dual credit | 17 | | course without first offering the community college district in | 18 | | the district in which the school district is located the | 19 | | opportunity to provide the course. Prior to entering into a | 20 | | contract with an out-of-state institution, the school district | 21 | | shall notify the Board of Higher Education of its intent to | 22 | | enter into an agreement with an out-of-state institution. The | 23 | | Board of Higher Education shall have 30 days to provide the | 24 | | school district with a list of in-state institutions that can | 25 | | provide the school district an equivalent dual credit |
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| 1 | | opportunity. In deciding which dual credit courses to offer, a | 2 | | school district reserves the right to evaluate any dual credit | 3 | | course offered by any institution for quality, rigor, and | 4 | | alignment with the school district's students' needs. | 5 | | Agreements to provide dual credit courses between a school | 6 | | district and an out-of-state institution in existence on the | 7 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | 8 | | Assembly shall remain in effect and shall not be impacted by | 9 | | this Section. | 10 | | (110 ILCS 27/18 new) | 11 | | Sec. 18. Recognition of dual credit coursework completion. | 12 | | Any General Education Core Curriculum dual credit coursework | 13 | | completed by a high school student under this Act must be | 14 | | recognized as credit-bearing college-level coursework meeting | 15 | | General Education Core Curriculum requirements, consistent | 16 | | with the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act, if the course or | 17 | | courses have an existing Illinois Articulation Initiative code | 18 | | at the community college. Dual credit coursework completed by a | 19 | | high school student under this Act is transferrable to all | 20 | | public institutions in this State on the same basis as | 21 | | coursework completed by a public community college student who | 22 | | has previously earned a high school diploma in the manner set | 23 | | forth under the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. | 24 | | (110 ILCS 27/19 new) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 19. Model Partnership Agreement and Dual Credit | 2 | | Committee. A Model Partnership Agreement shall be developed | 3 | | through a Dual Credit Committee involving collaboration | 4 | | between the Illinois Community College Board and the State | 5 | | Board of Education by June 30, 2019. The Committee shall | 6 | | consist of 5 members appointed by the State Superintendent of | 7 | | Education and 5 members appointed by the Executive Director of | 8 | | the Illinois Community College Board. The Model Partnership | 9 | | Agreement shall address all of the matters set forth in Section | 10 | | 16 of this Act. | 11 | | (110 ILCS 27/20)
| 12 | | Sec. 20. Standards. All institutions offering dual credit | 13 | | courses shall meet the following standards: | 14 | | (1) High school instructors teaching credit-bearing | 15 | | college-level courses for dual credit must meet any of the | 16 | | academic credential requirements set forth in paragraph | 17 | | (1), (2), or (3) of this Section and need not meet higher | 18 | | certification requirements or those set out in Article 21B | 19 | | of the School Code: | 20 | | (A) Approved instructors of dual credit courses | 21 | | shall meet any of the faculty credential standards | 22 | | allowed by the Higher Learning Commission to determine | 23 | | minimally qualified faculty. At the request of an | 24 | | instructor, an instructor who meets these credential | 25 | | standards shall be provided by the State Board of |
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| 1 | | Education with a Dual Credit Endorsement, to be placed | 2 | | on the professional educator license, as established | 3 | | by the State Board of Education and as authorized under | 4 | | Article 21B of the School Code and promulgated through | 5 | | administrative rule in cooperation with the Illinois | 6 | | Community College Board and the Board of Higher | 7 | | Education. | 8 | | (B) An instructor who does not meet the faculty | 9 | | credential standards allowed by the Higher Learning | 10 | | Commission to determine minimally qualified faculty | 11 | | may teach dual credit courses if the instructor has a | 12 | | professional development plan, approved by the | 13 | | institution and shared with the State Board of | 14 | | Education, within 4 years of the effective date of this | 15 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, to raise | 16 | | his or her credentials to be in line with the | 17 | | credentials under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph | 18 | | (1). The institution shall have 30 days to review the | 19 | | plan and approve an instructor professional | 20 | | development plan that is in line with the credentials | 21 | | set forth in paragraph (2) of this Section. The | 22 | | institution shall not unreasonably withhold approval | 23 | | of a professional development plan. These approvals | 24 | | shall be good for as long as satisfactory progress | 25 | | toward the completion of the credential is | 26 | | demonstrated, but in no event shall a professional |
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| 1 | | development plan be in effect for more than 3 years | 2 | | from the date of its approval. A high school instructor | 3 | | whose professional development plan is not approved by | 4 | | the institution may appeal to the Illinois Community | 5 | | College Board or the Board of Higher Education, as | 6 | | appropriate. | 7 | | (C) The Illinois Community College Board shall | 8 | | report yearly on its Internet website the number of | 9 | | teachers who have approved professional development | 10 | | plans under this Section. | 11 | | (2) A high school instructor shall qualify for a | 12 | | professional development plan if the instructor: | 13 | | (A) has a master's degree in any discipline and has | 14 | | earned 9 graduate hours in a discipline in which he or | 15 | | she is currently teaching or expects to teach; or | 16 | | (B) has a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 18 | 17 | | graduate hours in a discipline that he or she is | 18 | | currently teaching or expects to teach and is enrolled | 19 | | in a discipline-specific master's degree program; and | 20 | | (C) agrees to demonstrate his or her progress | 21 | | toward completion to the supervising institution, as | 22 | | outlined in the professional development plan. | 23 | | (3) An instructor in career and technical education | 24 | | courses must possess the credentials and demonstrated | 25 | | teaching competencies appropriate to the field of | 26 | | instruction. |
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| 1 | | (4) Course content must be equivalent to | 2 | | credit-bearing college-level courses offered at the | 3 | | community college. | 4 | | (5) Learning outcomes must be the same as | 5 | | credit-bearing college-level courses and be appropriately | 6 | | measured. | 7 | | (6) A high school instructor is expected to participate | 8 | | in any orientation developed by the institution for dual | 9 | | credit instructors in course curriculum, assessment | 10 | | methods, and administrative requirements. | 11 | | (1) Instructors teaching credit-bearing college-level | 12 | | courses for dual credit must meet the same academic | 13 | | credential requirements as faculty teaching on campus and | 14 | | need not meet certification requirements set out in Article | 15 | | 21 of the School Code. | 16 | | (2) Instructors in career and technical education | 17 | | courses must possess the credentials and demonstrated | 18 | | teaching competencies appropriate to the field of | 19 | | instruction. | 20 | | (3) Students must meet the same academic criteria as | 21 | | those enrolled in credit-bearing college courses, | 22 | | including taking appropriate placement testing. | 23 | | (4) Course content must be the same as that required | 24 | | for credit-bearing college courses. | 25 | | (5) Learning outcomes must be the same as for | 26 | | credit-bearing college courses and be appropriately |
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| 1 | | measured. | 2 | | (6) Institutions shall provide high school instructors | 3 | | with an orientation in course curriculum, assessment | 4 | | methods, and administrative requirements before high | 5 | | school instructors are permitted to teach dual credit | 6 | | courses. | 7 | | (7) Dual credit instructors must be given the | 8 | | opportunity to participate in all activities available to | 9 | | other adjunct faculty, including professional development, | 10 | | seminars, site visits, and internal communication, | 11 | | provided that such opportunities do not interfere with an | 12 | | instructor's regular teaching duties. | 13 | | (8) Every dual credit course must be reviewed annually | 14 | | by faculty through the appropriate department to ensure | 15 | | consistency with campus courses.
| 16 | | (9) Dual credit students must be assessed using methods | 17 | | consistent with students in traditional credit-bearing | 18 | | college courses.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 96-194, eff. 1-1-10.) | 20 | | (110 ILCS 27/35 new) | 21 | | Sec. 35. Dual Credit Grant. Subject to appropriation, the | 22 | | Illinois Community College Board shall award funds to community | 23 | | college districts to expand their service and lower costs for | 24 | | high school students desiring to take college-level classes | 25 | | prior to receiving their high school diploma to accelerate |
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