Full Text of HB3522 103rd General Assembly
HB3522ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Janet Yang Rohr Filed: 3/6/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3522
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3522 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 2-3.169 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 | 9 | | established to recognized public and nonpublic high school | 10 | | graduates who have attained global competence. State Global | 11 | | Scholar Certification shall be awarded beginning with the | 12 | | 2017-2018 school year. School district or nonpublic school | 13 | | participation in this certification is voluntary. | 14 | | (b) The purposes of State Global Scholar Certification are | 15 | | as follows: | 16 | | (1) To recognize the value of a global education. |
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| 1 | | (2) To certify attainment of global competence. | 2 | | (3) To provide employers with a method of identifying | 3 | | globally competent employees. | 4 | | (4) To provide colleges and universities with an | 5 | | additional method to recognize applicants seeking | 6 | | admission. | 7 | | (5) To prepare students with 21st century skills. | 8 | | (6) To encourage the development of a globally ready | 9 | | workforce in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, | 10 | | and mathematics), manufacturing, agriculture, and service | 11 | | sectors. | 12 | | (c) State Global Scholar Certification confirms attainment | 13 | | of global competence, sufficient for meaningful use in college | 14 | | and a career, by a graduating public or nonpublic high school | 15 | | student. | 16 | | (d) The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules as | 17 | | may be necessary to establish the criteria that students must | 18 | | achieve to earn State Global Scholar Certification, which | 19 | | shall minimally include attainment of units of credit in | 20 | | globally focused courses, service learning experiences, global | 21 | | collaboration and dialogue, and passage of a capstone project | 22 | | demonstrating global competency, as approved by the | 23 | | participating school district or nonpublic school for this | 24 | | purpose. | 25 | | (e) The State Board of Education shall do both of the | 26 | | following: |
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| 1 | | (1) Prepare and deliver to participating school | 2 | | districts or nonpublic schools an appropriate mechanism | 3 | | for designating State Global Scholar Certification on the | 4 | | diploma and transcript of a student indicating that the | 5 | | student has been awarded State Global Scholar | 6 | | Certification by the State Board of Education. | 7 | | (2) Provide other information the State Board of | 8 | | Education deems necessary for school districts or | 9 | | nonpublic schools to successfully participate in the | 10 | | certification. | 11 | | (f) A school district or nonpublic school that | 12 | | participates in certification under this Section shall do both | 13 | | of the following: | 14 | | (1) Maintain appropriate records in order to identify | 15 | | students who have earned State Global Scholar | 16 | | Certification. | 17 | | (2) Make the appropriate designation on the diploma | 18 | | and transcript of each student who earns State Global | 19 | | Scholar Certification. | 20 | | (g) No fee may be charged to a student to receive the | 21 | | designation pursuant to the Section. Notwithstanding this | 22 | | prohibition, costs may be incurred by the student in | 23 | | demonstrating proficiency.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 99-780, eff. 8-12-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.) | 25 | | Section 10. The College and Career Success for All |
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| 1 | | Students Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows: | 2 | | (105 ILCS 302/30) | 3 | | Sec. 30. Postsecondary-level course credit. | 4 | | (a) In this Section: | 5 | | "Institution of higher education" means a public | 6 | | university or public community college located in this State. | 7 | | "International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject" | 8 | | means an International Baccalaureate course taken by either | 9 | | International Baccalaureate diploma candidates or by | 10 | | International Baccalaureate course candidates. | 11 | | "Subject score" means the total points awarded to a | 12 | | candidate for an International Baccalaureate course based on | 13 | | fulfillment of all subject requirements, including the | 14 | | end-of-course examination. | 15 | | (b) Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, scores of | 16 | | 3, 4, and 5 on the College Board Advanced Placement | 17 | | examinations and, beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, | 18 | | subject scores of 4 or higher for International Baccalaureate | 19 | | Diploma Programme subjects shall be accepted for credit to | 20 | | satisfy degree requirements by all institutions of higher | 21 | | education. Each institution of higher education shall | 22 | | determine for each Advanced Placement test and International | 23 | | Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject whether credit will be | 24 | | granted for electives, general education requirements, or | 25 | | major requirements and the Advanced Placement and |
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| 1 | | International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject scores | 2 | | required to grant credit for those purposes. | 3 | | Beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, each | 4 | | institution of higher education shall award course credit to a | 5 | | student who has received State Global Scholar Certification. | 6 | | Each institution of higher education shall determine whether | 7 | | credit will be granted for electives, general education | 8 | | requirements, or major requirements for students who received | 9 | | State Global Scholar Certification. | 10 | | (c) By the conclusion of the 2020-2021 academic year, the | 11 | | Board of Higher Education, in cooperation with the Illinois | 12 | | Community College Board, shall analyze the Advanced Placement | 13 | | examination and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme | 14 | | subject score course granting policy of each institution of | 15 | | higher education and the research used by each institution in | 16 | | determining the level of credit and the number of credits | 17 | | provided for the Advanced Placement and International | 18 | | Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject scores in accordance | 19 | | with the requirements of this Section and file a report that | 20 | | includes findings and recommendations to the General Assembly | 21 | | and the Governor. Each institution of higher education shall | 22 | | provide the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | 23 | | Community College Board with all necessary data, in accordance | 24 | | with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of | 25 | | 1974, to conduct the analysis. | 26 | | (d) Each institution of higher education shall publish its |
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| 1 | | updated Advanced Placement examination and International | 2 | | Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject score course granting | 3 | | policy in accordance with the requirements of this Section on | 4 | | its Internet website before the beginning of the 2017-2018 | 5 | | academic year.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 99-358, eff. 8-13-15; 99-624, eff. 7-22-16.)
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 8 | | 2023.".
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